Frequently Asked Questions
01. Hey, who's this Ultrabunny and what happened to BunnyBrains 88?
Simple answer, BunnyBrains 88 changed their name to Ultrabunny. See question 3 below. We're very tired off people confusing our band (the original members of BunnyBrains) with what Dan Seward is passing off as "The Bunny Brains" these days (total crap). Thus we changed our name and want you to appreciate us for what we are, not what we were. the music is still the same as BB88, and its still Malcolm Tent, Bobby Bunny and Pete Beest, we just have a new catchy name that proves our dominance over all bunny bands.
02. Ultrabunny, you mean like UltraMan?
You got it, we can grow to the size of large buildings and whoop the asses of giant alien monster rock bands, but only for 3 minutes.
03. Whats this about two bands named BunnyBrains? Which is the real one? Will they get back together?
Bobby Bunny and Malcolm Tent started BunnyBrains in 1988. Dan Bunny (aka Eg the Poet) invited himself in as singer some time later. 16 years and 65 additional band members later, everyone had quit except for the original 3, who due to artistic and personal differences had separated into BunnyBrains 88, (original recipe) and Dan's solo act going by the name The Bunny Brains (extra crispy). Both bands formed from the same core unit which coagulated in 1988. Due to the inevitable personality conflicts inherent in rock and roll, 2 bands ended up being better than one. Both seem fairly real and neither thinks you could handle a reunification.
04. What happened to former band members?
Raimondo has a studio in Connecticut and engineers for us sometimes. Most of the other members have long since given up playing in thankless rock bands and have gotten real jobs and faamilies, but we still love each other and support everyone in the Bunny family.
05. Who really started the band?
To set the record straight, the BunnyBrains were originally formed by Bobby Bunny and Elisa Flynn. They were playing together in Invaders From Sears in 1987 and since the Vaders were basically Bob's band, Elisa wanted to start a new band where they could be equal partners. Elisa came up with name and the two of them wrote a list of 10 song titles that would be there first album. Bobby & Elisa immediately recorded 2 tracks (Brickhed with a Mohawk and Dead Squirrel) but almost immediately after, Elisa ran off with another man in a rival local band, and Bobby was left with a dead project. But a month later, Malcolm Tent was asked to fill in and the two gentlemen sat down for a improvised recording session in Bob's aunt's basement and 3 hours later had a 6 song demo tape. The newly formed BunnyBrains then hit the road for a few live radio performances in Connecticut and Massachussetts and just when things were getting fun, local weirdo performance artist Eg the Poet stopped by and decided to do vocals one session, and he saw a good thing and chucked his other band projects to join the bunnies. Let it be known, that since Day 1, the band had been conceived as an "open project" or a franchise, in which members joined and left on a nightly basis. You played whatever instrument you felt like bringing, and talent was never a factor. the band was quite a communal endeavor at first, a super group of members of at least a dozen other local noise bands. So yes, you could say that Bobby started the band, and that Dan had a hand in it too, but without the motivation of the 65 or so other band members over the years, all that wouldve proved worthless. BunnyBrains is a product of a scene, a melting pot of myriad musical misfits. A band whose sum outweighs the individual parts. A band that belongs to everyone and is owned by noone. Regardless of how it started, it doesnt seem to ever want to finish. We're guessing we could go another 16 years easily, and maybe someday you will be a member too!
06. What is Dan Bunny doing now?
Really, we couldnt care less. Next question?
07. How to start your own band called The BunnyBrains
Amazingly so, The BunnyBrains is open to franchise options. Should for any reason you feel you would like to join the band, but can't because either you live too far away or we're not hiring anybody at the moment or maybe you think you can make your own music but just need an umbrella organization, you can start yer own BunnyBrains in yer town, with full permission from us as long as you follow a few simple ground rules:
• Let us know first
• Play ANY kind of music you desire, or even do nonmusical noise or performance or whatever it is you do. SpeedMetal, TwoTone, Goth, BlurCore, BlueGrass, String Quartet, LiteJazz, CantoPop, LesbianFolk, whatever, the more Bunnies out there the faster we all can dominate the world music scene together.
• Use the name BunnyBrains with no other mofications other than your town or zip code as a local designator (such as SF BunnyBrains, Nashville BunnyBrains, or BunnyBrains 90210) and throw in their somewhere that you are an officially licensed BunnyBrains franchise.
• Keep us up to date on yer shows and releases and we will publish yer news on this web site and get a community thing going. Bunnyhood Unite!
• Once a year we'll try to make a compilation CD featuring all the Bunny franchise bands and us and maybe have a convention where we can all play a massive gig together. BunnyBands(sm) are also encouraged to work with each other and provide a comraderie of musical mayhem regardless of taste and style and professionalism.
• NOT KNOWING HOW TO PLAY anything is NOT AN EXCUSE to not start a band. Git out there and do SOMETHING, anything, just remember to have fun. People may run screaming from you, but eventually they'll just think yer a weirdo.
• If there's anything we can do to help you, just ask. (Sorry, we're broke, any other questions?)