Statler & Waldorf are an Australian electronic music group and production duo formed in Brisbane in 2001. The founders were Dennis Gascoigne on synthesisers and vocals (a.k.a. Agent 86, Statler) and Cameron Hales as turntablist (a.k.a. Camschwa; ex-Subito). They were joined by Leo Hede on Ableton and FX (a.k.a. Luminary, Waldorf) in early 2003, with Hales leaving at the end of that year. They released an extended play, Collusions (October 2004), and a studio album, AndroNovaVirus (October 2005), before disbanding in 2006. During 2005 Gascogine and Hede had joined with former Australian Idol finalists, Chanel Cole and Daniel Belle as a briefly existing trip hop four-piece group, Spook. They also issued a studio album, The Dusk Sessions, on the same date, which reached No. 24 on the ARIA Dance Albums Chart. History Statler & Waldorf were formed in Brisbane as an electronic music duo by Dennis Gascoigne on synthesisers and vocals (a.k.a. Agent 86, and then Statler) and Cameron Hales as turntablist (a.k.a. Camschwa; ex-Subito). The band name references like characters from The Muppet Show and related feature films, "'the two old guys up in the box on the Muppets,' Gascoigne explains. 'You know the ones that just hate everything?'" Gascoigne had grown up in Warialda and started playing guitar at age 14. While attending university in Brisbane he was in a group, Bob, which "was quickly superseded by Seethe, a Skate punk band which over its three or so year life enjoyed some success playing with bands like Grinspoon, Lagwagon, Nitocris..." Seethe disbanded, and he qualified as a civil engineer. Early in 2003 they were joined by Leo Hede on Ableton and FX (a.k.a. Luminary, and then Waldorf). Hede had piano and recorder lessons in primary school and followed with bass guitar in high school. He was briefly in a high school group, Wraith Flakes, which "enjoyed success and notoriety at the 3 gigs they played at high school dances." Gascoigne recalled the formation of the trio version of Statler and Waldorf, "We weren't always a three-piece though. Back in 2001, Camschwa and I started producing tracks for a couple of DJs around town. Eventually we got the bug to put it together as a set and started playing it live. Luminary joined us in 2003 to expand the live performance component." Matt Fraser of Time Off magazine caught one of the trio's gigs, "[they are] playing an intriguing