The character's shift was explained in their backstory which involves her robot's invention in 1896 by a noted San Diego inventor character named Colonel Peter A. In early 2014, Bunny Bennett began began to transition her Rabbit persona from male to female to reflect her personal transformation to a trans woman. A cover of Rihanna's "Diamonds" was released as a single in 2013, followed by their third album, MK III, at the end of the year. His character was replaced by the group's touring drummer, Samuel Luke, who assumed the robot persona of Hatchworth. The second studio album, The 2¢ Show, was released in 2012 and Sprague left the group shortly after. Prior to the album's release, Burke had left the band citing personal reasons. They toured both theatrical and musical venues and became popular in the steampunk community, playing Sci Fi, Fantasy, and steampunk conventions, and in late 2011 they released their first live album, Live at the Globe of Yesterday's Tomorrow. Playing a sort of story-driven vaudevillian folk-pop, the album introduced The Spine (David Bennett) on vocals, guitar, and bass, Rabbit (Bunny Bennett) on vocals, accordion, and keys, The Jon (Sprague) on vocals, guitar, bass, and drums, and Upgrade (Burke) on vocals and tambourine. Eventually adopting the name Steam Powered Giraffe, they introduced the Victorian-era robot characters that would populate their music and stage show, beginning with 2009's Album One. The quartet began developing their stage personas as quirky, robotic street performers called Peoplebots in early 2008. Their story began in the theater arts program at Grossmont College where the Bennetts met Erin Burke and Jon Sprague. Formed by identical twins David and Isabella "Bunny" Bennett, they incorporate a variety of elements into their act including songs, sketches, pantomime, and improvised dialogue, all based around an elaborate and ever-evolving fictional backstory. Įrin Burke left the band in 2011 to pursue her acting career.Steam Powered Giraffe are a theatrical steampunk ensemble from San Diego, California. Jon must have noticed too because it was just shortly after that he suggested they all form their own group.Īnd that is how Steam Powered Giraffe began, in a nut shell. Hager's tutelage that Erin and her fellow students formed Troupe San Diego.ĭuring her time with Troupe, Erin found that she, David, Bunny, and Jon had better chemistry with each other than with any of the other members. Also, while at Grossmont, Erin attended Jerry Hager's Theatre Mime class where she fell in love with the art. ![]() Erin participated in many productions in which she doffed her male roles and donned her slutty female roles. In her senior year, she was the president of the Patrick Henry Players.įollowing her high school graduation, Erin attended Grossmont College where she received her AA in Technical Theatre. Not much is known of Erin's time at this institution other than the fact that she had many male roles and discovered her love of teaching.īy the time she reached high school, Erin was a full fledged Drama Nerd. In 1999, Erin discovered the world of San Diego Junior Theatre. She took a brief, 6 year soiree into the world of competitive cheer after the school's theatre program was disbanded. ![]() ![]() She apologizes for that.Įrin fell in love with performance art at the age 5 when she played Tinkerbell in a school play. Erin would set the stage for every experience her little sister would have. Erin's duties as the "experimental child" increased at the birth of her sister, Kelly. Thus Erin was dubbed the "experimental child". It had been so long since anyone had had a child that no one remembered how to raise one. Being the first of her generation in the Burke-Evans clan, Erin was something of an enigma to her family.
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