The Flaming Monkeys

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Member Since: 11/8/2005
Band Website: theflamingmonkeys.com
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The Flaming Monkeys (TFM), started out three years ago as South London's newest and rawest punk rock band. At the time they were four irritating little hooligans who had a remarkable ability to write music and play their instruments.

Since then the band's music and high octane stage performance has caused major waves in the music industry

In 2005, just over a year since forming, TFM achieved massive airplay on Xfm by winning XFM Rock School and went on to support the Kaiser Chiefs at the Xfm Winter Wonderland

Now credits include touring Scotland and playing to over 60,000 people, playing at O2 Wireless Festival and Reading Festival, having a documentary about them made by ITV and winning Best Live Unsigned Act at this year's Vodafone Live Music Awards

Meet the Flaming Monkeys

Ben Allison, lead singer and lead guitarist. With influences like Motley Crue and Guns n Roses, Ben's zeal for vocal gymnastics is easily placed. Since winning Rock School, Ben has also developed his raw guitar playing talent into finely tuned skill. Despite the fact that he has now (literally) outgrown his guitar, audiences are still blown away by a guitarist who shows proficiency well beyond his 15 years

The musical platform and like minded licks for Ben's rapid fire phrasing is set by fellow speed demon guitarist Jimmy Robinson. After quenching his thirst for speed on an elixir brewed from a melting pot of hair metal, Jimmy is redefining the technical boundaries of teenage guitarists everywhere. With his passion for speed and harmonies Jimmy aids Ben concocting songs and solos that both delight audiences and bring tears to the eyes of the most gig hardened Scandinavian shred kings

The lower frequencies of the unique TFM wall of sound are handled by bassist Chris Allan. Chris is also the glue that keeps the band's egos in check. If he's not encouraging arguments in the band he's preventing them. According to him sarcasm is the highest form of wit and he never misses a chance to take a cheap shot. Chris's ambition is to make you feel like an idiot

David Wearn is the youngest member of the band. He is also a lunatic and is indiscriminate in the anarchy he effortlessly conjures. But don't let the fool fool you. He's a dedicated drummer. If David's not shouting, fighting or gyrating he's practising his chops. The only drummers who can match David for flamboyance are +44's protoge, Travis Barker and mad sticks man Tre Cool, of Green Day. David meticulously unlocks the secrets behind their playing and through his unrelenting practice regime interprets their styles in his own unique and explosive way

The Flaming Monkeys' infectious blend of punk and rock music is set to take the London music scene by storm, so come and see them, or they'll come and see you

We are playing a gig at this year's Clothes Show at the NEC on Saturday 8th December at 11.30am. More information available at www.clothesshowlive.com. Hopefully see you there.

The Rock and Roll video is now being played on Fizz, Sky channel 361.

Breaking News!!!! The Flaming Monkeys cover of the great Led Zeppelin's Rock and Roll is now available for pre-order at www.indiestore.com/theflamingmonkeys. Release date is the 26th November, but please pre-order now and help us reach the charts as the youngest ever unsigned band to do so! Hear the new recording now featuring new member Jimmy on our profile. The video will be available to see on Wednesday 24th October.

Get your TFM MySpace profile today! Simply select & copy the code in our new downloadable Media section below, paste into your profile and your ready to ROCK!! If you wanna check it out before you apply it to your own profile then add our Personal MySpace profile to your friends:

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Breaking News!!!! The Flaming Monkeys were last night voted Kerrang Best Live Unsigned Act for 2007 at the Vodafone Live Music Awards at Earls Court

Watch Channel 4 tonight at 11pm to see whether we have won this year's Kerrang Best Live Unsigned act award at the Vodafone Live Music Awards!

Click the banner to read a fantastic article by Mick Burgess of Metal Express Radio!

We have been nominated for Kerrang's Best Live Unsigned act at this years Vodafone Live Music Awards! Please help us win by voting for us. Click the banner. Every vote counts!!!

Web Lives featuring The Flaming Monkeys starts today and continues every Tuesday. Please tell all your friends about it. Just click the banner from 1pm tomorrow

New profile design is now LIVE on the main TFM profile: myspace.com/flamingmonkeys and the Japan profile: myspace.com/theflamingmonkeysjapan

Please leave us your thoughts in the comments section! Enjoy!!!

We are the subject of a new interactive Web TV show called 'Web Lives' which will be on www.itv.com soon! Keep checking back for the schedule. You will be able to influence further shows by going online at www.itv.com

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