The Club Penguin Band is a group of four penguins that appear very rarely in the Club Penguin game, usually in conjunction with special events and parties. If you meet them in game and click on them, you can get a special autographed background featuring the band for use on your player card.
The Club Penguin Band includes four members at present. The members are G. Billy (dark blue penguin who plays drums and flute), Petey K (green penguin who plays accordion and piano), Stompin’ Bob (red penguin who plays stand-up bass/cello) and Franky (yellow penguin who plays acoustic guitar). They always appear together as a group, and are normally playing music on stage. They also have appeared numerous times in the game, beginning with the Winter Luau in 2006. Their most recent appearance was backstage at the Club Penguin Play Awards. They are also scheduled to perform and appear at Music Jam 2009.
They appeared in the Club Penguin game as part of the Wild West party in 2006. In that party, they lost their instruments and players went on a scavenger hunt to find them. Everyone who completed the scavenger hunt received the original Club Penguin Band player background. The band appeared again at the Music Jam 2008, playing on stage at the Iceberg. During breaks, they would appear on different servers in the Backstage area, where members had the chance to meet them and obtain the special autographed player card background.
Club Penguin players are very excited about an upcoming scheduled appearance for the Club Penguin Band. Music Jam 2009 is returning to the game in July and once again, the Club Penguin Band will make an appearance. They’re scheduled to perform somewhere in the game and they will go on break like last year. During those breaks, they will make random appearances on different servers and players have the chance to meet them. You’ll need to be patient and maybe have a little luck to find them. Here are some tips and tricks to make the search a little easier. First, and this is really important, you need to remember that they will only appear “in person” in the backstage area and you need to be a paid member to get in there. Second, they move from server to server pretty quickly and don’t stay in one place for very long. Sometimes the best strategy is to just pick a popular server, go backstage and wait for the band to come to you. That’s because whenever they move to a new server, the room fills up very quickly and you might not be able to get in, even if you know they’re inside. If you don’t have the time or patience to wait for them to come to you, you can use a Clubpenguin Band Tracker to find out which server they’re on at that moment. You may need to try a few times because they appear on popular servers, because they get really crowded fast.
Remember that the Club Penguin Band doesn’t visit very often, and when they do it’s only for a short while. Keep that in mind as you use the above tips and tricks to find them. If you do, it’s a really fun experience and the autographed player card background makes a great souvenir!