Robots in Disguise
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- For the animated series, see Transformers: Robots in Disguise
Robots in Disguise is an electro punk band from London and Berlin. Dee Plume and Sue Denim are its only two members as of 2005, apart from a drummer named Ann Droid, and occasionally at gigs, a bassist (usually either Noel Fielding or Chris Corner). Sue and Dee met whilst students in Liverpool. They have released one EP: "Mix Up Words And Sounds" and two albums: "Robots in Disguise", and "Get RID".
The girls have taken their stage names from the word for a writer's pen name: "nom de plume" (Dee Plume) and the word for an assumed name "pseudonym" (Sue Denim).
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Sue has also appeared in three episodes of the BBC comedy The Mighty Boosh, where Dee has appeared in five episodes. The Mighty Boosh has been named as the reason for their recent recognition in the UK, particularly after playing a number of after show gigs for the Boosh during their recent tour, but they have been gaining fans in continental Europe for years. Their first Boosh appearance was in the series one episode "Mutants", which featured Dee sporting an elephant trunk and a blue-skinned Sue. The Robots turned up again in series one's "Electro" episode, where they played electro girls 'Neon' and 'Ultra' in a band called "Kraftwerk Orange". Neon and Ultra were two outlandish-looking girls in bad '80s gear, and they had quick tempers and eventually "stabbed everybody up" when a gig went wrong. Their third appearance was in series two episode "Nanageddon" where they played goth girls 'Anthrax' and 'Ebola'. (Dee was credited as "Dee Gaitskell" in this episode.) In both episodes the show's main characters, Howard Moon and Vince Noir, tried to impress the girls but ended up failing miserably and getting into trouble with dark, supernatural forces for their efforts. Dee's fourth appearance was as a magazine delivering ninja in "Call Of The Yeti". Her fifth was as a shell-covered fisherman's wife in "The Legend of Old Gregg".
"Shut up now Alexandra, please." Said Dee Plume to Mr Crusty.
