The Compost Bins
2015-2016
This set-up consisted of two compost bins. The bin on the left was used as a bass drum. There was a micriphone inside to give it some power and a pedal connected to a long stick to wack the side of the bin. The benefit of this set-up was that the bins had wheels so they were easy to move, and the stucture of the bins was solid and held up the drums very well. This set up was great for out-door shows. A couple of bricks were dropped into the bottom of the bins to give them some extra stability.
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2009-2014
This set up was specifically designed for air travel, and is still the set up Junkyard Symphony uses whenever
tehy have to tavel far from home. It can fit into 4 cases so that the equipment can be checked on the plane
with no extra bagagge fees. The drum sets consist of plastic buckets, metal pails, a hub cap, dog bowls, a recycle bin, a cow bell, a tin cup, and an old ships bell. The juggling gear consists
of plungers, jugs, diabolo, devil sticks, flying mops, plunger poms, wig, rice shakers, toy basket ball net, magic string and bottle, tennis ball paddle, ball catching cup, noodle goggles, bottle cap nose,
and of course a whistle. They also have a compactable dolly that packs into the suitcase to transport all the equipment to and from the plane, taxi, hotel etc.
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2007-2009
This particular set-up features two rolling trashcans with buckets, pails, water jugs, dog bowls, a hubcap
and cowbells. It sounded great and was very useful to transport for everything including the juggling gear could fit inside the two trashcans. This set-up however could not
be taken on the plane which is why they use a more compact set up now.
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2005-2006
For a brief time Junkyard Symphony used a set-up that looked like a real drum kit. It was the easiest set up
to play on because everything was well placed and it was a sit down kit, but it was too complicated to assemble and the tradition in Junkyard Symphony is to drum while standing up
so this particular version didn't last long.
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1992-2004
For the longest time Junkyard Symphony used this particular set-up, which featured pots and pans, an oil barrel, buckets, a tire rim, barrels, hub caps, a bath tub
and even the kitchen sink. This set-up was the most fun, but it was also very loud, very big, very heavy, very difficult to transport and very diffficult to set up, so that is why
Junkyard Symphony uses a lighter, quieter set up now. The bottom picture shows the red dominated colours of the original set up from 1992 which and Jonny and Christian used. Back then their stage names were Jonny O and the Amazing Lackey's. Jonny eventually changed his name to Junkyard Jonny in 1999 when Christian left the company.
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