![]() ![]() ![]() The latter recording was released as a single on their own Lumania Records in 1979 and remains their best-known song, as well as the most requested song in the history of The Dr. Haimer was a fan of the show and convinced Mumy to "pick a couple of songs and do them right" to send in, the results being their songs "Boogie Woogie Amputee" and " Fish Heads" which they re-did on a Teac four track machine. Originally, both Haimer and Mumy were named "Art Barnes", but Haimer's alter ego was publicly renamed "Artie" in 1979 to differentiate between them. Their surname Barnes was taken from a Bill Cosby comedy routine called " Revenge", in which a character called Junior Barnes throws a slushball at Cosby as a child. They started when they were about 16 with a two track recorder, making goofy tracks, never meant to be shared. They formed the band Barnes & Barnes in 1970. The two began calling each other "Art" in joking reference to these films. Following the ending of Mumy's role on the TV series Lost in Space, they shot short films with a Super 8 motion picture camera, dubbed "Art Films". Robert Haimer and Bill Mumy were childhood friends who occasionally performed together on their musical instruments. When recording or performing as Barnes & Barnes, Mumy and Haimer adopt the personae of Art Barnes and Artie Barnes, respectively twin brothers from the fictional civilization of Lumania, existing in an alternate dimension complete with its own language and customs. By 1978, Barnes & Barnes had gained public recognition with the radio debut of their novelty song " Fish Heads," on the U.S. The duo formed in 1970 by high school classmates Bill Mumy and Robert Haimer, originally as a private home recording project. Though commonly associated with novelty music and comedy rock, their music has also incorporated elements of new wave, synth-pop, and folk rock. Lumania, Rhino, Boulevard, Oglio, Collectors' Choice, Demented Punkīarnes & Barnes are an American musical duo, formed in Los Angeles in 1970. Comedy rock, new wave, synthpop, experimental ![]()
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