Rebecca Wallace

As Doctor Noize, Cullinan wrote a book,The Ballad of Phineas McBoof, and created a CD around it. It’s the story of a monkey musician who becomes so popular that he runs away to escape his groupies. On his journey, he meets other musicians — including drummer Backbone The Octopus and Riley The Robot, who has an electronic sound on “keyboards and toys” — and forms a new band, The International Band of Misunderstood Genuises. The CD features a host of guest voices portraying the animals, such as opera singer Nathan Gunn.