Rustling Russell And His Tubax Parade

Rustling Russell And His Tubax Parade is a band that primarily focuses on tubax compositions.

The conductor of the band, Rustling &quot;The Rustler&quot; Russell, formed the music group in 1996 in an attempt to make a profit off the success of Alan Seymour's 1996 album 'Whenever You Retweet Somebody'. However, they only had one hit in 1997 with their song 'Tub Full of Tubax'. Rustling Russell has yet to confirm these allegations.

Despite being formed in 1996, all the members of the band had previously worked together on 'Bumbling Trumputt', the theme tune for Mute the Grill, in 1980, and performed the song live over the intro sequence of all fifteen episodes. After the series ended, they had no intention of collaborating further until they were reunited by Rustling Russell the following year, seeking to recapture the tubax magic of 'Bumbling Trumputt', and this is in no way down to an inconsistency in dates across the Wikia.

In 2016, the band made a comeback in the charts with their single 'Ode to Tubax' which featured ground-breaking experimental instrumentation (tubax playing). The song reached the number 4 position in the charts before the band quickly faded into obscurity again.

Trivia

 * In 1997, the band got in legal trouble with Alan Seymour. Alan claimed that Rustling Russell had stolen his 'iconic look'. He said in an interview with Terry Wogan in 1996; &quot;He's stealing my f***ing look, I tell ya! He even shaved his head bald just to look more like me! Howay!&quot;. Alan strongly believed this, despite the fact that Rustling Russell had and still remains to have a full head of hair.
 * The tubax is a modified saxophone developed in 1999 by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. It is available in both E♭ contrabass and B♭ or C subcontrabass sizes. Its name is a portmanteau of the words &quot;tuba&quot; and &quot;sax&quot;.