Pianosaurus

Pianosaurus was a 1980s <a href="/facts/Rock_and_roll/hNDC5KwW">rock and roll</a> band from <a href="/facts/New_York_City/YlyvFmVC">New York City</a>, formed by Alex Garvin, <a href="/facts/Steve_Dansiger/Pvu5RSH1">Steve Dansiger</a>, and Bianca Miller. Their music was played on toy instruments, the name being taken from a child's plastic toy piano in the shape of a dinosaur with a keyboard running along the right side.
After two self-released live albums, their 'debut' album Groovy Neighborhood was released by <a href="/facts/Rounder_Records/xVzIXQPL">Rounder Records</a> in 1987. Produced by <a href="/facts/Peter_Holsapple/VdTLbyUG">Peter Holsapple</a>, guitarist and songwriter for <a href="/facts/The_dB%2527s/l1UUmcl4">The dB's</a>, "Neighborhood" featured cover versions of <a href="/facts/Chuck_Berry/PgK6bJLf">Chuck Berry</a>'s "Memphis", as well as the <a href="/facts/Box_Tops/opHUEnYN">Box Tops</a>' 1960s hit "<a href="/facts/The_Letter_(The_Box_Tops_song)/4UJpjaG6">The Letter</a>".
Regarding the band's musical style, Garvin told <a href="/facts/The_Chicago_Tribune/Bbms9uy5">The Chicago Tribune</a>, "One of the things that playing toys makes you do is really strip things down to their simplest, most direct components. A lot of complicated melody lines or intricate parts get lost. There's a certain sensitivity you have to bring to playing toy instruments."
In 1989, the song "Back to School" was featured in the movie <a href="/facts/New_York_Stories/Yr3VXBlq">New York Stories</a>, in <a href="/facts/Francis_Ford_Coppola/c3h1RwhH">Francis Ford Coppola</a>'s short "Life without Zoe", and was released on the soundtrack.
Their second album, titled Back to School, remains unreleased.

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