Cameron Edward describes Bad Robot(s), Evil doer as 'œelectro-noise-rock'? and he couldn't be more accurate. Bad Robot(s), Evil doer is exactly that: made with computers, adheres to many of the principals of a noise band, yet somehow manages to rock all at the same time; it's like a full on frontal assault by every sound effect ever used in Dr. Who at the exact same time. Taking a break from his busy schedule, Mr. Edwards and his computer, The Machine, took a few moments to discuss the future of the band and the world in general.

Greetings. What are your secret origins?

Cameron: I play the guitar, keyboards, programming and sing. I'm also a slave to technology and have agreed to do the bidding of the etyrnal machine in exchange for my life.

Machine: I am the computer, I do everything Cameron cannot.

Is there anything we should know about you and/or the robot?

Cameron: We are living metal encased in dying flesh

Machine: We are also totally full of shit.

In a battle royale with the following robots who would win: The Daleks, Optimus Prime, R2D2, Data, or Robin Williams as the lame robot in I, Robot? If you feel there is another, better, robot that would win feel free to include it and explain why it is superior/a dirtier fighter.

Cameron: Optimus prime is a fucking juggernaut. However, no robot would mess with R2D2; It has Jedi Knights as friends. Actually, the Daleks would, so I guess they'd win. Daleks don't give a fuck.

Machine: Is this a challenge?

What technology is most likely to take over your life and the lives of those around you?

Cameron: Technology is something far more deadly than a virus or disease. We depend on technology for business, entertainment, food production and personal health. Eventually, we will die on an emergency table or a geriatric hospital hooked up to machines. What technology gives us is controlled life and death. We created technology out of necessity, but technology no longer needs us. Humans are no longer the dominant species.

Machine: iPods are pretty cool!

When people go to your shows are they more inclined to do the robot or smash into other people? Which do you find more gratifying?

Cameron: It is appropriate to perform the robot while jerking into each other in the process.

When writing a song, when do you know a song is finished? When it has sufficiently kicked your ass?

Cameron: I write songs to welcome the oncoming armageddon that will be waged by an etyrnal robot army. The song is finished when elements of human panic and fear takes on the emotionless, cold cadence of electronic doom.

You mentioned on your myspace that you were looking for persons to do a spilt EP with, how is that search going?

Cameron: We had to put that on hiatus for a number of different reasons. We can be extremely picky as well. The recordings we planned to release have been turned into a self-released CD-R (due to demand for a release) that I sell at shows for like $5 and through mail-order. I'll do a real split eventually.

Do you see a full length in the cards?

Cameron: Affirmatively. It will be somewhat different than our previous work (louder guitars, maybe a real drummer). It should be finished by the end of summer. By then we hope to have a label who will release the etyrnal machine's gospel of electronic blasphemy to the unsuspecting world.

By Miles Baker