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The Bobs are a " New Wave " A Cappella group founded in San Francisco, California . The group is known for humorous original songs and '' Avant-garde '' arrangement techniques. Instead of Covering more traditional Doo-wop songs, The Bobs started out with songs like " Helter Skelter " ( The Beatles ) and "Psycho Killer" ( Talking Heads ). Although two of their albums are dominated by covers, the overwhelming majority of their repertoire is original, with songs discussing diverse subjects like lunar cattle farming, sleepy bus drivers, Bumper Sticker s, laundry, Hurricane -related flooding, Graffiti , Oliver North , shopping-mall security guards, celebrity Autograph s, Synaesthesia , post office violence, heart transplants, Heaven's Gate , Spontaneous Human Combustion , Turtle s, rebellious footwear, Tattoos , nicknames for genitalia, and felines intent on ruling the world. The Bobs have broken with a cappella tradition several times by including instruments. The majority of the 1995 album ''Plugged'' is backed by toy drums. ''Plugged'' also made heavy use of studio equipment to make the voices sound more like Guitar s and Bass Guitar s. ''Coaster'' includes a rock rhythm section on one song. But this original "band without instruments" usually uses just their mouths, hands, feet and "other body parts" to fill a room with a sound as big as an orchestra. Members of the group are always credited with "Bob" as their middle name. The name is often described as an acronym for " Best Of Breed ," an award given out at Dog Show s. The group has garnered a healthy cult following in the U.S. and Europe in the 24 years they've been touring and recording, and has won numerous songwriting and vocal performance honors. DISCOGRAPHY
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Other singers have toured with the group, but were not incorporated as permanent additions. Maureen "Bob" Smith performs on two songs on the recording ''Sing the Songs of . . .'' ORIGINAL MEMBERS
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