Band Davion

***Band Davion*** are a cartoon virtual band incarnated by the creator of The Jungle Forest Gang, Danny Lyons. The band consists of six cartoon characters (and six supporting): Davion McDougal (drums), Stella Aliz (brass), Moby DeVante (electric lead guitar), Pearl Annesley (accordion), Danny Lyons (guitar), and Carrie Gonzalez (bass guitar). The six supporting members are Pipster Nichols (keyboards), Diego Moreno (xylophone), Sid Pepworth (synth pad), Donna LeBeau (tambourine), Gianna Farina (bells), and Milana Caro (triangle).

## History

### Development

On December 7, 2021, Lyons came up with the idea to create an animated music group based on his interests in 80's and 90's synthwave and retrowave genre. The concept all started with a depiction of what style his OC (also known to be the mascot for Daniel Lyons Entertainment), and Carrie Gonzalez would look like in Eric W. Schwartz's art style, which is basically Warner Bros. For example: Animaniacs, Tiny Toons Adventures, etc. After that, he depicted four cartoon characters by the names of Davion McDougal, Stella Aliz, Moby DeVante and Pearl Annesley with their appearances and musical instruments. The characters having to be in the style of Eric W. Schwartz/Warner Bros. gives them a subtle observation for the band to fit in with the glimpse of the synthwave/retrowave genre.

Several weeks later after the band was created (December 22, 2021), Lyons came across a cover of one of The Chats' songs performed by four original members of The Wiggles, including Simon Pryce - giving him the motivation to make a Band Davion cover out of it, although it was a demo. For instance, the song was called "Pub Feed" - and in The Wiggles' version, some words were changed to make the song have a consuming feel. Several days after the Band Davion demo cover of "Pub Feed" was recorded, Lyons then began to evolve the band by composing songs by the names of "Old McDougal Formed A Band", "Rock It, Roll It", "On Your Side", and so on. Most of the tracks were at first composed as demo songs from December 2021 to January 2022, while the rest of the songs recorded in March 2022 like "Strumming on Friday" and "Boring Mondays" seemed to be qualified as final products in Lyons' standards. The mentioned songs are featured in Band Davion's first record album, "Reliving the Golden".

### Pre-Davion Days

While it may not have any relation to Band Davion, on October 18, 2021, Lyons had a dream centering around himself and Alfred "Weird Al" Yankovic in a radio podcast, discussing about how he would like to team up with Yankovic in future songs, including parodies - as well as the fact that Yankovic would be a graphic designer like he is. A short time later, he created a sort of "what if" commercial announcing the release of "It Begins" by Weird Al Yankovic and Danny Lyons. The album would consist of the following songs, including parodies: "It Begins", "Mystics", "Fantasies", "Silver Slither", "The Name's Danny", "It's Called a Hustler", "Battle", "Think Before You Speak", "Living", "The Hulk", "It's Us", and "Fire (WAY+DLE cover)". He then released the make-believe commercial on his Facebook profile after said dream.

Then, somewhere earlier in November 2021, during his continued rehabilitation therapy - after him and his mother were driving back home, he listened to a familiar song on the local radio station, "Dancing with Myself" by Billy Idol - which gave him the visuals in mind that had his OC dancing and singing it, with Davion McDougal in the background also dancing to it. Davion wore an Elvis Presley themed suit, which would've resulted in a prototype version of himself - although it hadn't crossed Lyons' mind before he was depicted.

## Members

### Active

* Davion McDougal (Drums)
* Stella Aliz (Brass)
* Moby DeVante (Electric Lead Guitar)
* Pearl Annesley (Accordion)
* Danny Lyons (Guitar)
* Carrie Gonzalez (Bass Guitar)

### Supporting

* Pipster Nichols (Keyboards)
* Diego Moreno (Xylophone)
* Sid Pepworth (Synth Pad)
* Donna LeBeau (Tambourine)
* Gianna Farina (Bells)
* Milana Caro (Triangle)

## Discography

### Studio albums

* *Reliving the Golden* (2022)
* *Hexa-Tastic* (2024)
* *The Don Bluth Generation* (TBD)

## Filmography

* *The Musical Adventures of Band Davion* (2023-)
	+ *The Reuniters of Musical Glory* (2023)
	+ *The Search for the Treasure* (2024)
* *Band Davion: Sixsome Spectacular* (2025)