Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters

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-- AND THE MONSTERS -- Backed by a new label, May Cause Dizziness Records, Cliff Greenwood is back with another batch of acoustic country-punk tracks. Although this new self titled is in the same Johnny Clash vein as 2006's Musical Heritage, the rock n roll is emphasized more than ever with the help of The Sore Thumbs' Miles Peck's screaming guitar licks. In between the rock, Greenwood is still able to show his acoustic prowess with songs like Arbuckle (about his dog), where it's just Cliff and his guitar. All in all, Cliff Greenwood & the Monsters is a mixture of rockabilly, punk, outlaw country, spaghetti western, folk, rock n roll, and just plain good ol' times.-- MUSICAL HERITAGE was released in 2006...To help bring his words to life, Greenwood called in a handful of other promising young musicians including bassist Matt McKenzie who has played with bands such as the late Tsunami Bomb, Ariel Mile, and the Action Design. With editing help from the Horrorpops Geoff Kresge and mixing/mastering done by notable engineer, Paul Miner, the quality of Heritage's sound matches the quality of Greenwood's songwriting. When you get down to it, Mr. Cliff Greenwood just plays good old fashion music the way it is supposed to be played with an acoustic guitar.-- ROCK N ROLL RESUME -- UNION OF THE DEAD - bass, lead vocals (1998-2001). LOOSE CHANGE- guitar, backup vocals (2001-2002). TIGER ARMY - merch guy/roadie (2001-2002). TAKE THE WALL- lead guitar, lead vocals (2002-2005). Mr. G and THE MONSTERS - acoustic rock machine (2003-present).
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Member Since: 10/9/2003
Band Website: This is it...for now
Band Members: THE MONSTERZ!!! The following is a list of musicians who have played, recorded, or sung with me: Miles Peck, Matty Dirtbike McKenzie, Jake the Barber Krohn. Shelby Cobra, Eddie Picnic, MikeKaso, Chadwoody, BrianBrophster, Hank the Pedal Steel Master, Paul "Slim" Hoffman, and any drummer who wants to rock with me. The following drummers already have: Jesse Wickman from One Horse Town, Iceman from Hit By A Semi, Scott from the Ballistics, Freddy Hell ex-Tiger Army, and Mike Schaus from Take the Wall.
Influences: Family, Friends, The Clash, Rumbleseat, Johnny Cash, The Bronx, Hank Williams Sr, Hank Williams Jr, Hank Williams III, Tom Petty, Eddie Cochran, Slayer, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, John Reis, Alkaline Trio, Hot Water Music, The Draft, Chuck Ragan, The Evens, Carl Perkins, AFI, Stiff Little Fingers, Converge, Morissey, Dwight Yoakam, Kurt Kobain, Al Green, Greg Graffin, Murder City Devils, Dropkick Murphys, the Horrorpops, Chris Isaak, One Man Army, Dead to Me,The Pogues, TSOL, the Explosion, Bouncing Souls, Rancid, Danzig, Misfits, Johnny Dilks, Shelby Cobra, Hit By A Semi, The Sore Thumbs, Hudson Drags, the Bay Area, Chico, Geoff Kresge, Freddy Hell, Matt McKenzie, Mike Schaus, Eddie Picnic, Mike Caso, Kenny, ManBat, Everett, DeadBody Wreckerds, Mesh Magazine, Edgar Allen Poe, Steinbeck, Hunter S. Thompson, Cormac McCarthy, Robert Graves, people who love to rock, Zombies, Monsters, etc, etc, etc.
Sounds Like: Sort of like a mixture of the influences above, but only the ones that use acoustic guitars...so nothing like Slayer or The Bronx, or Murder City...not for this project at least. Mostly acoustic country punk. Just listen, damnit.
Record Label: Dead Body Wreckerds/May Cause Dizziness
Type of Label: Indie

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FROM ZERO MAGAZINE'S SHOW PREVIEW:"Charley Horse, with members of The Cramps and Throw Rag, and Viva Hate, with ex-members of Tiger Army and AFI, have enough star power alone to draw a crowd of intere...
Posted by Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters on Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:05:00 PST

New CD at interpunk.com

It's cheap! Copy and paste this link to buy the new CD...http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=69066& or type in "Cliff Greenwood" in the search. Musical Heritage is available at http://www...
Posted by Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters on Wed, 31 Oct 2007 05:57:00 PST

Three Month Recess

I recently purchased an 8-track digital recorder because I have Music ADD. Here's what I've been working on:THREE MONTH RECESS @www.myspace.com/threemonthrecessAll songs are instrumentals. All s...
Posted by Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters on Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:05:00 PST

Bands I have been in on Myspace

UNION OF THE DEAD (played bass and sang): www.myspace.com/unionofthedead TAKE THE WALL (played guitar and sang): www.myspace.com/takethewall ...
Posted by Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters on Tue, 21 Nov 2006 05:15:00 PST

If Anyone Cares...(a story)...

For those who don't know, in the late to mid 90s, I was in a band called Union of the Dead when I lived in a college town in Chico, which is located about three hours north of SF. This is where ...
Posted by Cliff Greenwood & The Monsters on Sat, 08 Oct 2005 04:33:00 PST