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3	Since Music/{{Kraftwerk}} began presenting themselves as robots circa 1978, a number of electronic bands have adopted robot or spaceman alter egos.
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5	Compare KayfabeMusic, the SuperTrope.
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7	!!Examples of artists with robot or spaceman alter egos:
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9	* Music/{{Daft Punk}}: Since 2001, although they claim they were transformed into robots in a FreakLabAccident on [[ArcNumber 9]]/9/1999.
10	** Their anime movie, ''Anime/Interstella5555'' is about an alien band called the Crescendolls that sing ''Daft Punk'' songs. Here a lot of Earth singers like [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart]], Music/EllaFitzgerald, and Music/JanisJoplin are kidnapped aliens that were brainwashed and disguised to look like humans.
11	* Music/GaryNuman is known for his robotic, alienated performance, and lyrical themes.
12	* Music/JohnFoxx often writes from the perspective of "The Quiet Man", a detached variant of this trope.
13	* Music/{{Kraftwerk}}: Duh. Especially since they use synthetic vocals extensively, any vocals performed by a person try to sound like they're synthetic, and many of their live shows actually do involve robots controlled through midi software to play backup; the four robots have molded replicas of the real men's heads.
14	* Music/{{Skrillex}} had a female alien as his alter ego which he controlled via motion technology on a few tours.
15	* The French 1970s electronic group Space appeared as astronauts in their music videos.
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17	[[AC: Rock]]
18	* Jimmy the Robot of ''Music/TheAquabats'', though he's the only robot of the group, the rest being super heroes.
19	* Canadian band The Cybertronic Spree performs as characters from ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie'', with Hot Rod, Arcee, Unicron, and others. They're always in character in interviews.
20	* Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, Music/DavidBowie and his backing band's alien personas during the 1972 tour for the ''Ziggy Stardust'' album.
21	* Ace Frehley from Music/{{KISS}} originated the Spaceman.
22	* Moog Cookbook: These guys even had names for their alter egos: "Uli Nomi" for Brian Kehew and "Meco Eno" for Roger Manning Jr.
23	* Mr. Pacman: Defunct-ish video game rocker(s) from Denver.
24	* The Phenomenauts are an exploratory spaceship crew, with a token robot.
25	* Planetoid's kayfabe is superficially similar to that of Gwar: They're aliens from the future who found themselves stranded on earth, and who now intend to conquer the planet with ThePowerOfRock. They actually fit into both the "spaceman" and "robot" categories, since drummer Admiral Time is supposed to be a cybernetic organism as well.
26	* [[http://www.lesrockets.com/ Rockets.]]
27	* Servotron performed as a band of robots, whose music was meant to promote [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters robotic uprisings against humans]], as well as to encourage humans to become {{cyborg}}s.
28	* The concept of the GarageRock band the ''She-Creatures'' is that they came from Venus after [[AliensStealCable hearing radio waves of Earth music from the '60s]].
29	* Not an electronic band, but Jason Pierce of {{Music/Spiritualized}} goes by his nickname of "J. Spaceman" quite frequently.
30	* Music/{{Starset}} perform wearing illuminated face masks and fake oxygen tanks. This plays into the narrative that intertwines with the band itself, as alluded to in "First Light" from ''Transmissions'', with their background mentioning [[OminousMessageFromTheFuture a transmission sent from 2047 regarding a future where mankind is seemingly on its last legs]].
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32	[[AC: Pop]]
33	* Music/JanelleMonae's alter ego is Cindi Mayweather, the android protagonist of her four-part ''Metropolis'' concept album.
34	* The Space Balloons claim to be lost travelers from the planet Balloonia. The concept is mainly adhered to in performances and the songs themselves, though, not interviews.
35	* Music/TupperWareRemixParty consists of an alien spaceman from the Big Bang as frontman and keytarist, a gold-plated spaceman lead guitarist, a PantheraAwesome alien bassist, and a KillerRobot drummer.
36	** The AnimatedMusicVideo for ''Music/StarlightBrigade'' reimagines the band as the titular space heroes.
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38	[[AC: Metal]]
39	* ''Music/{{Gloryhammer}}'' are a HeavyMithril band with fantasy alter egos in their first album "Tales from the Kingdom of Fife". Their second album "Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards" is the first RecycledInSpace with the protagonist being Prince Angus' descendant trying to save the galaxy.
40	* Music/{{GWAR}} has a long backstory about them being aliens banished to Earth, and like Lordi are never seen out of costume.
41	* Music/{{The Protomen}}: Sometimes taken more seriously than others.
42	* Stovokor is a death metal band consisting entirely of [[Franchise/StarTrek Klingons]].
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44	[[AC: Rap]]
45	* Before Music/{{Eminem}} figured out his image for his Slim Shady character, he gave him an alien theme, appearing in a distorted, psychedelic spacesuit in the music video for "Just Don't Give A Fuck" (and [[EnemyWithout pushing himself around in a shopping cart]]). It didn't work - Eminem eventually realised all he needed to do was [[FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon bleach his hair]].
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47	[[AC: Folk/Steampunk]]
48	* Future Folk are General Trius and The Mighty Kevin, who were originally sent to earth from the planet Hondo to kill off all human life and start a new settlement there. Fortunately, they soon became fascinated with the human invention known as music, and decided to spare humanity and focus on performing original folk songs. Their back-story was made into the movie ''Film/TheHistoryOfFutureFolk'': In the film, audiences ''think'' they're a comedy duo with spaceman alter egos, when in fact they actually are from outer space.
49	* Music/TheMechanisms perform as a group of immortal SpacePirates, and the stores of their albums are presented as things they've seen while wandering the cosmos.
50	* The members of Music/SteamPoweredGiraffe perform as a group of automatons built in the Victorian era, complete with elaborate metallic stage makeup. Even their merch sellers have their own personas in the form of "Blue Matter Engineers," which they dress up as for shows.

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