New to Chicago’s hyper-niche scene of barcade robot punk bands are the Biscuits—Logan Arcade’s very own Misfits cover act, comprising four animatronic dogs named Glenn Dogzig, Jerry Bonely, Doyle Von Frankenbone, and . . . Robo.
For a few months this past summer, Vondle ended up making the Biscuits his full-time job, taking leave from Ideo to work on the reanimation. Within a week of his hiring, he’d programmed a first Misfits song into the original animatronics as a proof of concept, but then he decided he needed to deconstruct and rewire the band—a much bigger task. “It was one thing to get them working with all the old stuff,” he says, “but it was not going to last. Once I knew what needed to be done, I was able to go back and make sure everything was up to snuff.”
How long will the Biscuits’ residency last? Zespy says it’s open ended: “I don’t know if it’s going to be a McRib-style situation or what. If the novelty wears off, we’ll tweak the band and bring it back a year later with new songs. As long as people still like it, it’ll stay.”
