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The Trouble With Monkeys

How Do You Punk The Monk?

About Me

The impassioned inexperience, drive, commitment to hilarity, and performance of butt-simple, easy-to-understand songs all collaborate to make THE TROUBLE WITH MONKEYS something, well, FUN. Our music won't cure acne, banish bad people from the planet, or magically conjure a decent United States president. But Monkey Music can get your synapses all blissy and stuff -- which ain't a bad thing.

Think about it -- If you have a great time listening to Monkey Music, then YOU may be inspired to fix all of the world's ills. It could happen (and we'll take a small piece of credit for all your accomplishments while under the sway of our giddy explosion of noise).

As for us -- we'll still be trying to remember which chords go where in what song. We know OUR place in the world.

Think you can be a Monkey Punk?
Go to www.punkthemonk.com and find out how.

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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/29/2008
Band Website: punkthemonk.com
Band Members: Michael M- Guitar, Vocals
Smitty- Guitar, Vocals
Michael G- Keyboards, Vocals
Patrick- Bass, Bananas
Jake- Drums, Other Noises
Influences: Beatles, Who, Sex Pistols, Stranglers, Buzzcocks, Sigur Ros, Crowded House, T.Rex, David Bowie, Led Zeppelin, Frank Sinatra, Neil Finn, John Lennon/Paul McCartney, Roy Orbison, Diana Ross, Paul Rodgers, Phish, Pearl Jam, The Faint, Zero-7, Gov't Mule, Soul Coughing, Medeski/Martin/Wood, Stone Temple Pilots, The Simple Things, Soundgarden, Janis Joplin, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Spiro Malas, BRMC, U2, Nouvelle Vague, Stray Cats, Elvis Presley, Melanie Pain, Johnny Cash, Phoebe Killdeer, Nina Simone, Timberlake, Spears, Chopin, Jeff Buckley, Otis Redding
Sounds Like: ... a barrel of Monkeys fighting over a parking space at Westfield Plaza.
Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

A Monkey Wrench.

It's not often our monkey wants to change the tunes he listens to, but sometimes even the heaviest of metals dudes don't mind a little 'different' once in a while. So you might have noticed that our "...
Posted by The Trouble With Monkeys on Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:23:00 PST

TTWM Punks the MONKEES !!

Hi Monkey Friends...Because we're always looking for fun, surprising, and weird things to do, we decided to do a "punked up" Monkees mini-set at our May 22, 2008 show at San Francisco's Beale Street. ...
Posted by The Trouble With Monkeys on Wed, 28 May 2008 12:29:00 PST