One of our favorite pretend, foam-rubber guitarists is Floyd Pepper from The Electric Mayhem (Kermit’s personal Velvet Underground). Floyd is the lanky one who spent most of his time making sarcastic comments to the like of Miss Piggy, and is known in rock-puppet hood to be a musician’s musician and a pretty mellow fellow.

YES, he was named after Pink Floyd (He is pink) and the Beatles album Sgt. Peppers (notice the left handed bass playing?) Floyd is a homage to classic rock and, although he didn’t get the level of attention as Dr. Teeth or Animal (bassists seldom do), rumor has is he was the true creative force in the band.

Floyd’s face tells the story of Rock and Roll. Don’t his hollow eyes bring to mind many nights on the road with the Electric Mayhem? Animal keeping them up till’ all hours of the night? Floyd does seem to be Animal’s giver. Can you say LITTER BOX?

Floyd was voiced by Muppet pioneer, Jerry Nelson, who is famous for being the first man on the planet to step into a Snuffleupagus costume. He is also known for his close relationship to his mentor, Richard Hunt, and together they were the famous Blue Two Headed Monster.
We will be covering more about the Electric Mayhem and how each member contributed to Puppet-Rock history in the future, stay tuned.

This is a great clip of Floyd playing a cover of the Beatle’s classic, While My Guitar Gently Weeps. He plays guitar in this song, as opposed to bass, and shows an incredible amount of sensitivity with regard to the material.

Lets see if you can keep back the tears.