The dicey politics of animatronics are no longer to remain ensconded in secrecy. This fall, a documentary will expose the truth behind the rise and fall of The Rock-afire Explosion, the animal-robot house band for Showbiz Pizza Place (most recently featured in MGMT's "Electric Feel" video) before Chuck E. Cheese and a sinister idea known as "concept unification" became its ruination.

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The dicey politics of animatronics are no longer to remain ensconded in secrecy. This fall, a documentary will expose the truth behind the rise and fall of The Rock-afire Explosion, the animal-robot house band for Showbiz Pizza Place (most recently featured in MGMT's "Electric Feel" video) before Chuck E. Cheese and a sinister idea known as "concept unification" became its ruination.
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