The band is composed of, Hotrod who plays bass and vocals, Arcee who plays the keyboard and vocals, Spike on guitar and backing vocals, Rumble on drums of course, Quintesson on keyboards and backing vocals,and Unicron on lead guitar, with dance accompaniment by Soundwave and Bumblebee. They bring a vibrancy and life to the songs, and a sense of nostalgia that is just inspiring. I highly recommend their youtube channel, that I will be putting a link down below. But for now, on with the letter that I wrote to them. You might find it corny but it's very sincere and pure. So, here ya go.
Hello Autobots, and Decepticons!
I ran across your youtube channel and your spectacular
version of “You got the touch.” which I found to be just incredible! Your
costumes, the talent, the cohesion that you all have as the band, “The
Cybertronic Spree” is just a jaw dropping thing that you don’t hear or see
anymore with the bands of today. But,
when hearing your amazing cover of Lisa Lougheed’s “Run with us” from the
Raccoons cartoon. That song just took a crowbar to an old deserted, cobwebbed,
boarded up area of my mind and opened it wide.
Boom! I was a kid again, smiling so hard I was crying.
There were emotions still trapped in there from when I was
young. That young part of me hadn’t aged and discovering him hidden back in the
furthest part of my mind made me cry. So then I went back and tracked down the
Raccoons cartoon and remembered watching it, and making my sisters watch it
too.
It came on First
Choice, this Canadian satellite channel, and I would record it for future re-viewing.
Those times were the best times for me. But not as a kid though. My family was
getting divorced, my aunt died, I had a nervous breakdown at the age of 12 and
lived with my grandparents to be away from my father. I lived in my own world
and watching cartoons like The Raccoons, Transformers, Starchaser the legend of
Orin, Rock and Rule, those shows were my outlet.
As an adult, I still love cartoons and continue to watch
them. But there was something though about The Raccoons and that song “Run with
us.” I used to wish I could run away with them. Upon rediscovering all of this,
even at my age now, I get chills hearing Arcee singing it and really belting it
out there. You can see the crowd just eating it all up!
I know that I will probably never make up to Toronto or the
surrounding area to see you play live, but at least I get to see you guys perform on
youtube and that makes me smile like a kid. You guys have gift and it’s not
very common nowadays.
I am sorry for making this so long. So I’ll just say thank
you for making me feel like a kid again and thank you for giving him back to
me.
And for that, I’ll be a fan of yours forever.
Tim.
"Tim! Thank you so much for this message. The band's goal is to spread happiness around the world and we are glad we could help you with that. Your message made us all smile. Even Unicron! Big hugs!"
To which I said, "Achievement unlocked: made Unicron smile.:)"
You can find them on the web at these links:
and on twitter @cybertronicband
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