User:Rickyjoeshippy

My Fastest Robot is an poptronica band formed in Dallas, Texas in 2008. Its members are Ricky Joe Shipman (keyboards, programming), Monty Harp (bass guitar), and Nicole Shipman (vocals). My Fastest Robot released their first single in February 2010 titled "Punch". The band is influenced by a wide range of electronic acts from 80's pop and new wave to modern electro music (Teddybears, M.I.A., MGMT). They began as The Owen Moore Band a cowpunk band. The band originally consisted of Shipman, Harp, Michael Glanton, and Tim Zeto. When the Owen Moore Band desolved in 2007 Shipman and Harp began searching for a new sound and upon hearing Teaddybears STHLM found a starting point to begin their own work. Although their sound is more stripped down than Teaddybears they all sight the band as a major influence on their sound along with Swingfly and other Stockholm bands. Their name came from a drawing that Shipman had done several years before. they decided on the name after using Mnemonic Rhythm Truck breifly than Soul Ever Lift. But doing a search for the name found a band in neighboring Fort Worth using the name Soulever Lift.