The Neoclassics

For the gaming, software, and technology brand, see Argie Bee.

The Neoclassics
Also known as	Neon and the Argie Bees Mascot + A Redgreen Band The Argie Bees mRGB / RGBS
Origin	Sydney, NSW, Australia
Genres	Alternative Experimental Pop Rock Soundtrack
Works	The Neoclassics discography
Years active	2011 (2011)–present
Labels	Fishal Project Records
Spinoffs	Mira & Fret
Members	Virtual: Neon Mascot Flye Frie Nyah and others Actual: Darien Brice Dickinson
Website	theneoclassics.bandcamp.com

The Neoclassics (previously known as Neon and the Argie Bees) are an Australian virtual band and orchestra, founded in 2011 by Darien Brice Dickinson, as the music outfit of Studio RGB-Newt / The Fishal Project, to produce soundtracks and other original studio albums for their productions. They are managed by The Fishal Project's independent record label, Fishal Project Records.

Comprised of fictional NeonWabbit characters, spearheaded by Neon Mascot (in his regular outfit) and other rotating members, such as Flye 'n' Frie, and Nyah (who also appears in fictional band Mira & Fret as the second lead guitarist), they experiment in a wide variety of genres, including Experimental, Heavy Metal, and Pop Rock.

History

Creation and early years (2011–2015)

A early version of the band, Neon and the Wabbits, was created in 2011 to be listed as the artist name for a few joke tracks created for the Know Your Meme community, one of which was titled and stylized as "Bold Lettering (Before the Brackets)".

During these years, they also composed the theme songs "Really Neat!" and "Accordio Nyah" for both The Fishal Project and Studio RGB-Newt's ident cards/ending logos as used in animations, games, and video productions.

Hiatus (2016–2017)

The band is said to have been on hiatus a few years after their founding, as NeonWabbit focused on college, however, they did make a couple of tracks and covers as background music for his student films, including Breath (2015) and Parramajestique (2015).

At this time, early pre-production work also started on the tribute compilation album Bonding Generations, focusing on themes from Amazon-MGM's James Bond 007 franchise, and a "special edition" of the album, with music from other police dramas, spy thrillers, and covers of songs that sound like they belong.

Return and "Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2018–2019)

As music was required for usage in The Aussie Goldmine's original animated series pitch pilot, a soundtrack EP (Music from The Aussie Goldmine's Original Pitch Pilot) was produced, but subsequently lost to time. The only surviving track from this effort was "Put Down Your Pickaxe", the end credits theme, due to it being included in a test upload of the end credits sequence.

As a further test to see the process of uploading to music streaming services, two demos of the track were bundled together in November 2023, and distributed via Distrokid, with self-published Bandcamp, SoundCloud, and Newgrounds versions of the single released shortly after.

Second hiatus (2020–2022)

As no Studio RGB-Newt productions required an original soundtrack during the start of the 2020s, the band is said to have taken a second hiatus during these years.

While on this "hiatus", a demo for "Caring for Carin" was produced in mid-2022, but was left abandoned. Another tribute compilation album, The Wins We've Won, focusing on music related to Microsoft's MS-DOS and Windows operating systems, also went into pre-production at this time.

The Thirst Tides, B-Sides, and more soundtracks (2023–present)

Efforts to create an original album of songs not associated with any Studio RGB-Newt production resumed in 2023, after earlier attempts since the band's founding. This resulted in the decision to produce a 15-track album titled The Thirst Tides, with each song having a different genre. The theme of water was decided upon for this debut album as NeonWabbit's first ever project, Surfman in the "NO" Race, also focused on water.

Out of the 15 tracks, 8 were decided to be turned into singles, with each single having a separate new song as a B-side. These B-sides are to be compiled in an EP titled The Thirst B-Sides. The remaining tracks from the main album will also technically be released as singles, but labelled as "promo releases", with remixes of themselves serving as their B-sides, not entirely new songs. Additionally, bonus tracks are included on certain releases, such as "A Thirst Quenched" appearing on the B-sides compilation EP, and "Where Is Clover?" appearing on the single release of "Seabreeze".

All tracks from these projects will have their own music video or lyric video, and unique art style, themes, and fonts for their cover art and other promo material. Soundtracks for various animation and video game projects, such as the Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home soundtrack album for the game F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon, also went into production at this time.

March 2026 rebrand (2026–present)

The band was fully rebranded from "Neon and the Argie Bees" to "The Neoclassics" in March 2026, to separate it from NeonWabbit's "Argie Bee" gaming, software, and technology brand. The name was chosen as it was unique, tongue-in-cheek (originally, the rebrand was going to be to "The New Classics", which is ironic as you normally can't have something new and classic at the same time, but it was discovered there are three existing bands already with that name), and still references "Neon" in some way with the first three letters.

Related projects

• Mira & Fret, the fictional animated band featured in Nyah Has an Adventure episode b-plots. From a meta standpoint, i.e. not in-universe, The Neoclassics write and perform all their music.

Musical style and influences

The band has gone on record to say they have been inspired by mainstream alternative rock artists Muse, Coldplay, and Green Day, as well as "underground indie artists" such as King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, Pond, GUM, MGMT, bo en, Bill Wurtz, Jack Stauber, and Tally Hall (including side projects like Miracle Musical and Joe Hawley's solo efforts).

Discography

Main article: The Neoclassics discography

• "Put Down Your Pickaxe" (2017 Demo version / 2019 Epic version) (2023 single)

Unreleased

Soundtracks

• Feather 'n' Flame: Phonic Home (upcoming soundtrack to F.F.: The Harpy & Dragon)

Other

• "Caring for Carin" (upcoming promo release)
• The Thirst Tides (upcoming album)
• The Thirst B-Sides (upcoming compilation album/EP)
• 2... 2! (upcoming album)
• Farewell Stairwell (upcoming album)
• Album of Celestial Abandon (upcoming album)

Videography

Main article: The Neoclassics videography

External links

The Neoclassics

• The Neoclassics on Bandcamp

NeonWabbit

• NeonWabbit on SoundCloud
• NeonWabbit's Audio on Newgrounds
• NeonWabbit on Audiomack

Under other / previous names

YouTube

• Neon and the Argie Bees / @TheArgieBees on YouTube (official channel)
• Neon and the Argie Bees - Topic on YouTube
• Neon and the Argie Bees - Topic on YouTube Music

Other streaming services

• Neon and the Argie Bees on Amazon Music
• Neon and the Argie Bees on Spotify
• Neon and the Argie Bees on Apple Music
• Neon and the Argie Bees on Deezer
• Neon and the Argie Bees on TIDAL
• Neon and the Argie Bees on iHeartRadio
• Neon and the Argie Bees on Boomplay
• Neon and the Argie Bees on Anghami
• Neon and the Argie Bees on Qobuz

Meta

• Neon and the Argie Bees on Last.fm