Danger, Will Robinson, danger.

There’s a storm on the horizon and it is threatening to change the way you think about music.

With a live performance that is more similar to a carnival than a concert, Danger Bob is rapidly heading toward Ames. Fortunately, the group is coming to show Ames’ citizens how to have a good time, not to wreak mass destruction.

The Lawrence, Kan. based band, which was formed in 1992 when grunge ruled the airwaves, has struggled to swim against the current of the music world.

Take the group’s music for instance. The four piece band writes pop music while everyone else seems to have abandoned it.

“When we started out six years ago,” vocalist/guitarist Karl (who no longer uses his last name because the people who used to attend the group’s concerts would look him up in the phone book and prank call him) said, “there were a lot of grunge groups in Lawrence. I got sick and tired of all of these bands taking themselves so seriously. So, we decided to put together a band to make fun of those bands. We wanted to stir things up and take the piss out of them.”

With this agenda in mind, Karl hooked up with guitarist Andy Bob and bassist Jason (both of whom also refuse to use their last names), who were both formerly in a group called The Patty Duke Experience that “crumpled.”

Drummer Kenny G rounded out the group’s lineup and it began to focus on its mission to make music fun again.

“We don’t take ourselves too seriously,” Karl said. “We just like to have a good time. Writing pop songs is a whole lot of fun. We create good, catchy melodies and write lyrics to make ourselves laugh.”

Such lyrics can be found on either one of the group’s CD releases (“Megavegas” and “Le Pop Shoppe”) or on its out-of-print cassette-only release, “The Joshua Tree,” which was purposefully named after U2’s award-winning album (“We were looking for a lawsuit,” Karl said, “but unfortunately, it never happened.”)

The group’s live performance is designed to ensure that everyone in the audience has a good time. Early on in the group’s career, it wasn’t surprising to see a chicken being passed around by the crowd or a confetti cannon spraying the audience with multi-colored tiny pieces of paper.

These days, the group’s live performances are even more spectacular. The band has hired a fire-eater (who does double-duty by eating glass as well) to tour with them. The confetti machine has been turned into a giant contraption that blows bubbles, and pyrotechnics light up the stage.

“Unfortunately, the fire-eater won’t be with us this time,” Karl said. “He had prior obligations and can’t make the trip. I’m also not sure if we’ll be bringing the bubble machine or not. Right now, it’s shooting six feet of water instead of bubbles. That could be a good time for the audience, but I’m sure that the people who would have to clean up the M-Shop wouldn’t appreciate it.”

After the M-Shop show, the group will be heading to Kansas City for the Clammies, a parody of the Grammy Awards. Danger Bob was nominated this year for Band of the Year, Album of the Year, and Best Alternative Rock Band. Karl is much happier with his Clammy nominations than he ever would be with a Grammy nomination.

“The Grammys are a bunch of crap,” Karl stated. “We know that we suck if we’re nominated for a Grammy. That award is such a piece of trash. It has nothing to do with musical integrity.”

Danger Bob will be bringing its integrity (and hopefully its bubble machine) to an all-ages show at the M-Shop tonight. The show starts at 9 p.m. and tickets are $5. The Dick Prall Band and TV50 are scheduled to open.