History Music / DrCarmillaAndTheMechanisms

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Dr. Carmilla and The Mechanisms are the 7-piece bastard brainchild of two [[DieselPunk diesel punk]] cabaret bands- Music/DrCarmilla and, unsurprisingly, [[http://themechanisms.wordpress.com/ The Mechanisms]] (number of members subject to sporadic change). They formed in Oxford, UK sometime during 2010.

'''The current roster is:'''
* Music/DrCarmilla: [[TheCaptain The Captain]]. A [[LesbianVampire lesbian vampire]] and [[MadScientist mad scientist]] who created the band in order to offset her lonliness. She is most often seen providing vocals, guitar and/or piano for live shows.
* Jonny d'Ville: Carmilla's First Mate and an [[LovableTraitor unloveable traitor]]. His main goal in life seems to be finding as many different ways to a) throw [[Music/DrCarmilla Carmilla]] off the ship and b) get as many people to hate him as possible. He usually provides vocals and occasionally a touch of harmonica.
* The Toy Soldier: A battered, old, [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman very British]] robot the band found one day. It tends to offer vocals, glockenspiel and sometimes mandolin.
* Nastya Rasputina: A [[RebelliousPrincess princess]] from the [[StealthPun Empire of Cyberia]]. She serves as the ship's engineer and also provides the band with delicious viola and synthesizer melodies.
* Ivy Alexandria: An Archivist for the crew who has no recollection of her life beforehand and seems to have joined the crew because, why not? She's the band's woodwind section, offering flute, oboe and penny whistle thusfar.
* Ashes O'Reilly: Former [[TheIrishMob mobster]] and the crew's Quartermaster. Ashes provides the band with bass guitar and silent judging. Also, cake (although none of the band seem to have been adventurous enough to try it).
* [[RecycledInSpace Drumbot Brian]]: Brings some delicious beats to the music and wine to the afterparty.
* Gunpowder Tim : A veteran of the war with the moon Kaiser, and guilty of the destruction of the moon. Gunner and Guitarist.


!Tropes featured by DrCarmillaAndTheMechanisms as a whole:

* ConceptAlbum : [[ConceptAlbum Concept Band]], more like.
* DieselPunk
* EvilFeelsGood : Jonny, at the very least, seems to enjoy being an unredeemable asshole. We're still on the fence with Ashes.
* BeingEvilSucks : The story of [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]]'s life.
* GriefSong : Loreli (Pt. I & II)
* HeavyMeta :
* IAmBecomingSong : The Alchemist, Loreli II, Homesick, Alive I Cried. All of these songs are about Carmilla. No one is surprised.
* IHateYouVampireDad : Most of the band seems to take this stance when dealing with [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]].
* JustForPun : If puns can happen, they ''will'' happen. (See: ALL tropes on puns.)
* LivingShip : The Aurora is ''some kind'' of biomechanical vessel
** For a bonus point, the crew's engineer is also in a relationship with said ship.
* LonelyTogether : It differs between members how much any of them actually cares about this, though.
* NeoclassicalPunkZydecoRockabilly : The band is known to mix Folk, Classical, Punk, Electronica, Swing, Jazz and various other genres.
** They have also classified themselves as [[DieselPunk Dieselpunk]] cabaret, Space Folk and [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] has been known to describe herself as a [[VisualKei Visual Kei]] artist.
* RhythmTypewriter : Interlude
* RobotOrSpacemanAlterEgo
* SanitySlippageSong : Homesick
* SpacePirates : Effectively the whole concept behind the band.
* SpokenWordInMusic : The band seems to really enjoy this one.
* PostModernism
* RuleOfCool : Cyborg pirates lead by a vampire captain on a biomechanical ship. In space.
* VocalTagTeam : Carmilla, Jonny and the Toy Soldier
* WhoWantsToLiveForever : Strongly invoked in Carmilla's story.

!Tropes featured by The Mechanisms

* BeardOfEvil : Jonny D'Ville. Just look at him.
* CloneJesus : Close enough.
* TheIrishMob : [[InSpace IN SPACE!]] Ashes' backstory.
* MurderBallad : One Eyed Jacks is Jonny D'Ville's origin song in which he murders his father. And then proceeds to kill everyone else too.
** Fantasia, also a song about Jonny, features him being stalked and murdered by some kind of creature in a dream sequence. He dies on the moon.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman : There are many jokes in their stage performance relating to The Toy Soldier, including references to [[SpotOfTea tea]] and heavy use of the [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccents British accent]].
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: the fate of Dr. Carmilla (allegedly - Jonny maintains it was an accident).
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* QuintessentialBritishGentleman : There are many jokes in their stage performance relating to The Toy Soldier, including references to [[SpotOfTea tea]] and heavy use of the [[UsefulNotes/BritishAccent British accent]].

* QuintessentialBritishGentleman : There are many jokes in their stage performance relating to The Toy Soldier, including references to [[SpotOfTea tea]] and heavy use of the [[BritishAccent British accent]].

Dr. Carmilla and The Mechanisms are the 7-piece bastard brainchild of two [[DieselPunk diesel punk]] cabaret bands- [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]] and, unsurprisingly, [[http://themechanisms.wordpress.com/ The Mechanisms]] (number of members subject to sporadic change). They formed in Oxford, UK sometime during 2010.

* [[DrCarmilla Dr. Carmilla]]: [[TheCaptain The Captain]]. A [[LesbianVampire lesbian vampire]] and [[MadScientist mad scientist]] who created the band in order to offset her lonliness. She is most often seen providing vocals, guitar and/or piano for live shows.
* Jonny d'Ville: Carmilla's First Mate and an [[LovableTraitor unloveable traitor]]. His main goal in life seems to be finding as many different ways to a) throw [[DrCarmilla Carmilla]] off the ship and b) get as many people to hate him as possible. He usually provides vocals and occasionally a touch of harmonica.

* Ivy Alexandria: An Archivist for the crew who has no recollection of her life beforehand and seems to have joined the crew because, [[SureWhyNot Sure, Why Not?]] She's the band's woodwind section, offering flute, oboe and penny whistle thusfar.

* [[RecycledInSpace Steampunk Jesus]]: Brings some delicious beats to the music and wine to the afterparty.

* DeadHorseGenre : Folk. But that's okay, because it's [[RecycledInSpace SPACE FOLK]].

* JackAttack : A Jack guaranteed in every song! (Nearly.)