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The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope)

Monkey Rope

About Me

Monkey Rope are now The 'A' Train.

Our new page is here: The 'A' Train

Praise for The 'A' Train:

“Special... A band worth keeping tabs on.” BBC

“…easily the best unsigned band I have ever heard.” Up All Night

“They glow with passion, ambition and musical confidence,” The Mag

Ps. Join our mailing list over on the left side of the page, and check out James' and Dan's Myspace pages...

www.myspace.com/jamesmckean

www.myspace.com/danmckean



My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/9/2005
Band Website: monkeyrope.co.uk
Band Members: Contact us at [email protected]

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Hosting by YMLP.comJames McKean - Vocals / Guitar

Dan McKean - Vocals / Guitar

Ben ’Black’ Hooton - Bass

Allie Goldacre - Drums / Vocals

(Other associates include Raph Goldacre, Chris Philpot and Sam Crombie)
Influences: The Beatles, The Band, Stevie Wonder, Dylan, The Smiths, Buckleys Sr and Jnr, The Stone Roses, David Bowie, Bob Marley And The Wailers, Outkast, The Flaming Lips, Primal Scream, Soul, Gospel, Hip Hop, Blues, Funk, Reggae, Electro etc
Sounds Like: Just listen, dudes.

Type of Label: None

My Blog

Stoked Acoustic - This Friday; Only £1!!!

The next Stoked Acoustic event is now fully set for Friday 4th April. Much has changed since the last Stoked night in January, but plenty should be reassuringly familiar; we’ll still have ...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:10:00 PST

Monkey Rope R.I.P.

We've decided that its time for a new start. Our gig at The Water Rats last Saturday will be our last under the name 'Monkey Rope'. In the spirit of change we played a 7 song set, featuring no fewer...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:41:00 PST

Dan’s new myspace page...

Head on over to www.myspace.com/danmckean to find Dan's newly created myspace page, featuring Dan-tastic Monkey Rope recordings that you won't find elsewhere on the net.  And add him, of cou...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:45:00 PST

The Life You Save

There's another new song up on James' page at www.myspace.com/jamesmckean which goes by the name of The Life You Save.  Have a great weekend....
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:26:00 PST

New song and new photos

We've uploaded some photos from the Stoked Acoustic night we put on a couple of weeks back. We'll be looking to organise the next one for late March, hopefully. You'll also find another new song calle...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Mon, 28 Jan 2008 03:25:00 PST

Acoustic demos

We've uploaded some new acoustic demos over on James' page. We'll probably be chopping and changing with lots of new material over the coming weeks, so if you like the tunes download them w...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Wed, 09 Jan 2008 07:28:00 PST

Announcement: Friday 11th January Entry £1!!!

We're putting on what promises to be a delightful acoustic night for you this Friday 11th January. For a paltry one pound, you'll be welcomed into the upstairs room of The Red Lion pub, 132 ...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:15:00 PST

New photos

We've uploaded some new photos from our recent gig at 93 Feet East. There are also some new-ish shots from our Dublin Castle gig. 
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:35:00 PST

93 Feet East

After a quick two hour rehearsal in Denmark Place (our first full band practice since our last gig), we arrived at 93 Feet East as early as London transport would allow (1 hour 45 minutes from To...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:41:00 PST

Subba Cultcha podcast

I'm still not entirely sure what podcasts are, but we're on one, as prepared by the good people at Subba Cultcha.  The big banner on our page (In the Bio bit) should link you to it.  Do...
Posted by The A Train (Formerly Monkey Rope) on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 03:16:00 PST