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I think my interest in TMBG is a little too well-documented for me to deny that! The OG character designs were inspired by 70s They and muppets (the Muppets are a 70s phenomena so it fit perfectly) but I found the muppet designs had so much character in their own right that they immediately became their own beings altogether.

Sydney was a band kid in high school, but played flute. Outside of performing as an ensemble, though, Sid doesn’t really listen to music much. That’s a brain problem situation I somewhat share with dear Sydney: when music is playing talking, reading, listening, or generally performing any other task becomes very difficult. Audio shuts off multitasking.

Stephen can’t play anything, but he likes dance electronica, heavy metal, and industrial music. He really just likes anything with a solid beat and a lot of interestingly-textured distortion. He could probably be a kickass drummer, a la Animal, but that would require someone being willing to give him a drumset/lessons. Those who know him would mostly prefer to not sit through that.

I don’t think Syd and Stephen would make a very good band together. They don’t understand each other’s musical tastes enough to be able to collaborate on a final product that sounds like a song that anyone but Stephen would listen to. Neither of them are really lyricists, either. They’re tech kids first and writers maybe.... third. Or fourth.