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MONKEY PUZZLE

About Me

Sharing their name with a persistent evergreen tree, Oxford and Abingdon quartet Monkey Puzzle mix angular indie guitars with throbbing basslines and crashing drums. Loud but quiet, and shy yet self-assured, the Puzzle aim to bring to you their blend of indie-rock through striking live performances and downloads.

Formed towards the end of 2006, Monkey Puzzle have been rehearsing a tight collection of songs over the past twelve months or so. The Puzzle have hit the ground runnning at the start of 2008 and already had studio time to record and mix 'Astro Girl' and 'Ashes', and now look set to take their set to the stage!

Contact the Puzzle - [email protected]

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Music:

Member Since: 10/02/2007
Band Members:

Jed Ramsay (vocals / guitar),

Tom Pater (guitar / vocals),

Gareth Strachan (drums),

Mark Heelis (bass).


Influences:

Photos from our *debut* headline gig at the Wheatsheaf 07-11-07

Photos from our debut gig at the Port Mahon 01-03-07


Sounds Like:

NEXT GIG...


Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

This Saturday at Stocks

This coming Saturday, 24th of May Monkey Puzzle head on down to Stock's Bar in Abingdon. It will be our first gig outside the city, and what better one than to play in the town drummer Gareth and bass...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 00:49:00 GMT

Apologies....

for the lack of blogging.... work sucks eh? Anyway, rewind a few weeks to our gig at the Jericho Tavern on the 9th of May. Our first gig at the venue, supporting Dissolved In, Cold Blood and Matt Wee...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 00:17:00 GMT

NEW NEWS...

Monkey Puzzle are pleased to confirm the following two gigs: Saturday 24th May 2008 - Stocks Bar, Abingdon Saturday 20th September 2008 - Port Mahon, Oxford This is in addition to our next gig at the ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:33:00 GMT

JERICHO TAVERN POSTER

Check out our new poster below for our May gig at the Jericho Tavern.Gig details to come soon... Go on, get the date in your diaries NOW! See you there, The Puzzle!
Posted by on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 10:30:00 GMT

NIGHTSHIFT REVIEW

Thanks to Nightshift for featuring us in this months (April 08) edition. If you want to read what they thought of ’Astro Girl’ and ’Ashes’, check out the following link: http:/...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Mar 2008 05:56:00 GMT

Purple Turtle Blog

Monkey Puzzle at the Purple Turtle - Friday 14th March 2008 6.45pm, Friday 14th March; Tom, Mark and Gareth take to the stage to soundcheck at the Purple Turtle. After delaying soundcheck to give Jed ...
Posted by on Tue, 25 Mar 2008 01:05:00 GMT

PURPLE TURTLE GIG 14/03/08

.. FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / .. FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / FREE ENTRY!!! / Monkey ...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:15:00 GMT

PORT MAHON DIARY

3 bands in one venue + 2 birthdays + free entry equalled a very hot and sweaty gig at Oxford's Port Mahon. Arriving at the venue at 5.30pm, we knew it would be a push for space accommodating Gare...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 11:16:00 GMT

MONKEY PUZZLE ON THE DOWNLOAD TONIGHT

Check out the Download Show tonight on BBC Radio Oxford from 6pm - 7pm, where Monkey Puzzle bassist Mark will be choosing his pick from the weeks demos, and chatting to Tim Bearder about the...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:23:00 GMT

PORT MAHON GIG DETAILS

MONKEY PUZZLE @ THE PORT MAHON, OXFORDSATURDAY 9TH FEBRUARY 2008FREE ENTRY!!! Joining the Puzzle at the Port Mahon this coming Saturday will be Hedy Brew and SNJPE. The running order is as follows: SN...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 23:52:00 GMT