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Monkeys In Love

About Me

MONKEYS IN LOVE met at the late, lamented Cut+Paste karaoke in December 2004. Met again at a rave in a disused mental asylum May 2005 and the band as you know and love today was born.MONKEYS IN LOVE have been described as "demented cyberpop" and more recently, "shouty surf popstrels".Get your fine selves to our next gig - FRIDAY 25 JUNE AT THE CRESCENT IN SALFORD.

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Music:

Member Since: 12/9/2005
Band Members: Laura shouts, plays keys, accordian and makes the costumes/props. Steve shouts, plays other keys, presses stop/start button on other equipment and does a lot of programming. Ey Mon plays guitar and does shouting. Binxs Hypera does bass.
Influences: Rolf Harris, Bad Taste Barbies, Adam Leonard, Hug Party Strums of Indigo, dave Leach, Matt & His Banjo, Sheila, Julian's Treatment, Catharsis, Mouse on Mars, Stereolab, Broadcast, Seeland, Belle and Sebastian, Can, Faust, Throbbing Gristle, Kinks, Neu!, Cluster, Eno, Roxy Music, Devo, Monks, Gal Costa, Basil Kirchin, Amanda Blank, Spank Rock, Major Lazer, Wee Pappa Girl Rappers, France Galle, Serge Gainsbourg, Jane Birkin, Green Velvet, Alan Hawkshaw, Slapp Happy, Henry Cow, Art Bears, Residents, Fall, Bo Didley, Frank Sidebottom, Fall, Cramps, Jilted John, Wire, Flying Lizards, AFX, Autechre, Squarepusher, Board of Canada, MGMT, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Television Personalities, Pharrell, Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Beach Boys, Sister Irene O'Connor, Lee Hazelwood, Judy Mackenzie, Sven Libaek, Doug Wood, James Harpham, Desmond Leslie, Tristram Cary, Roger Roger, Ennio Morricone, Piero Umiliani, Armando Trovajoli, Piero Piccioni, Piero Umiliani, Gianni Marchetti, Eddie Warner, Wendy & Bonnie, Giorgio Moroder, Fleetwood Mac, Carpenters, Rah Band, John Baker, Delia Derbyshire, Muppets, Dudley Moore, Mr Humphries, Peppino De Luca, I Marc 4, Ivor Slaney, Edward Williams, Public Enemy, Salt & Peppa, Stakker, Rob Base & DJ EZ Rock, Skepta, Syd Barrett, Brigitte Bardot, Clothilde, Lee Perry, Better Beatles, Soulja Bpy, Monochrome Set, King Tubby, Tubby Hayes, Mike Taylor, Ted Taylor Organsound, Mike Sammes Singers, Mike Curb Congregation, Joe Meek, Kraftwerk, New Order, Hall & Oates, Ice Cube, Grace Jones, Syd Dale, John Scott, Rob Hubbard, JP Massiera, Krzysztof Komeda, Sly & The Family Stone, Parliament, Funkadelic, B-52s, REM, Mantronix, LFO, Santogold, William Shatner, Salad, Eyehategod, Killdozer, Nirvana, Breeders, Althea & Donna, Talking Heads, Tom Tom Club, Derek Griffiths, John Kongas, John Sangster, Rendell & Carr, Pulp, Black Devil, Jerry Goldsmith, Joel Goldsmith, James Asher, James Clarke, Mike Vickers, Eric Peters, Isaac Hayes, Sylvester, Reparata & The Delrons, RD Burman, Cliff Johns, Mike Vickers, Brian Bennett, Nino Nardini, Jack Arel, Pierre Duttour, Gary Bellington, Daphne Oram, Belbury Poly, Focus Group, Advisory Circle, Roj, Smashing Pumpkins, John Cooper Clarke, 5th Dimension, Nancy Sinatra, Supremes, Free Design, Glenn Campbell, Johnny Cash, Donna Summer, Groop, Mort Garson, Nick Harrison, Yamasuki, Alain Goraguer, Van Der Graaf Generator, Luv'd Ones, Shangri La's, Princess Superstar, Alan Tew, Reg Tilsley, Bacarah, James Brown, Pussycat, Delphine, Richard Harris, Sly & Robbie, MBV, Big Black, Rapeman, Fudge Tunnel, Raymond Scott, Johnny Douglas, Jonny Trunk, Electric Wizard, Os Mutantes, Os Brazoes, Rock & Other Four Letter Words, Goblin, Edda Dell'Orso, White Noise, United States of America, Klaus Doldinger, Gert Wilden, Klaus Weiss, Tortoise, Christophe, Nino Ferrer, Nino Rota, EC8OR, Cobra Killer, Hanin Elias, Bomb 20, Syndicte of Sound, Captain Beefheart, Move, Sonny Bono, Daughters of Albion, New From Babel, Angelo Lavagnino, Neil Ardley, Mike Garrick, John Cameron, Barbara Moore, Voices in Latin, Birds n' Brass, Orriel Smith, Settlers, Steeleye Span, Sunforest, Elephant's Memory, Harmonia, Beyonce, Nina Simone, Undertones,Pierre Henry, Roger Webb, Dudley Simpson, Paddy Kingsland, Bruno Nicolai, Max Tundra, Martha & the Vandellas, Nico, Iggy Pop, Alessandro Alessandroni, I Cantori Moderni, Rainbow Team, Jean-Claude Vannier, James Chance & the Contortions, Shadows, Sophia Loren, Novi Singers, Luis Bacalov, Aphrodite's Child, Egg, Berto Pisano, Janko Nilovic, Paul Piot, Ruth White, Derek Scott, Vernon Elliott, Freddie Phillips, Gang 90, David Cain, Benny from Crossroads, Scientist, L'il Louis, Barron Knights, Mel Brooks, Jon Pertwee, Black Sabbath, Alberto Baldan Bembo, Suede, Men of Vision, Leo Hassler Synthesiser, Jacques Dutronc, Lesiman, Prince, Prince Jammy, Neil Diamond, Tracey Ullman, This Heat, Camberwell Now, Sun Ra, Idle Race, Vashti Bunyan, David McCallum, David Axelrod, Hurricane Smith, Alex "Hurricane" Smith, Crack WAR, Numbers, Erase Errata, Slits, Raincoats, Elastica, Hey! Elastica, 23 Skiddoo, Cabaret Voltaire, Albert Elms, Vic Elms, Barry Gray, Ron Geesin, Sugarhill Gang, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Wedding Present, Wiley, Erasure, Soundmurderer, Dave Dudley, Gary Glitter, Mud, Sweet, Suzy Quatro, MIA, Diplo, Nora Dean, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Miss Nelson, Bruce Haack, Chad Jackson, Bobby Brown, 2 Unlimited, Snap, Technohead, Blackout Crew, I Roy, U Roy, Bangles, Musical Youth, ABBA, Murray Head, Hoyt Curtin, DAF, Frank Gartner, Hal Blaine, Matching Mole, East 17 etc
Sounds Like: A partytronic rave-blast in a music library/shouty surf-popstrels jumping in Stereolab's grave as fast.
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Just one more thing, sir...

Forgot to mention:Every CD has a a different bonus "extra" track. There are demos, weird songs that we've found on the internet, a 20+ minute DJ mix , all kinds of crazy stuff. If we do make anymore c...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:34:00 GMT

Our new CD is ready for your delectation.

Hey now,Just a quick bit of hype. We will be selling our new single "Wave of Doom" at the gig this coming Friday (you know, the one at the Crescent in Salford) and am glad to say it sounds pretty marv...
Posted by on Mon, 21 Jun 2010 09:58:00 GMT

Crescent gig news and more new music. We spoil you yet again.

Hai-yah,Just a quick note to say that it looks like Amongst The Russsians have pulled out of the gig on 25th June, which is sort of okay, as it was the venue/promoters who booked them to play on the s...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 15:58:00 GMT

Come look at Laura's art and come listen to our music. Come. Yes, come.

Dear you,Hello. I hope you're well and feeling sexy. Just a couple of things for your attention:Laura and our friends Tom and Fiona will be exhibiting their marvellous artwork at Bankley Studios in Le...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:58:00 GMT

Thank you!

Hello again,Thanks to everyone who played/spectated/participated on Saturday night. Not the hugest turnout, but it was the Bank Holiday and there was a hell of a lot of stuff on before, during and aft...
Posted by on Tue, 04 May 2010 10:27:00 GMT

Salesmen's Wives - Special VIPs - a new recordering

Hello sailor,We've added a rough demo of a brand, spanking new song what we have made. It's called "Salesmen's Wives - Special VIPs" and the recording of it is rough as dogs. You can nearly hear the d...
Posted by on Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:56:00 GMT

G.H.O.S.T.

I've added another demo. This one's an unfinished track for an E.P. I wanted to do about the Enfield Poltergeist. I was going to do a few more and send to Ghostbox Records. I may well do so one day. J...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Apr 2010 08:20:00 GMT

Pop concerts, we're playing more pop concerts.

Hello again, you.You may have noticed that we have added two upcoming gigs to our profile. We're also hoping to add a third for the end of May/beginning of June but probably need to speak to some venu...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Apr 2010 06:43:00 GMT

Mara's Moon

I've just added a demo of Mara's Moon that we recorded about a year ago. The original Mara's Moon appeared on The Electronic Record For Children, an LP by Miss Nelson and Bruce from 1969 and is probab...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:05:00 GMT

What are these new songs?

Right then, just a quick explanation of what's what.Jenny and Second Shopping Song were recorded live to electronic dictaphone, thus the "curious" sound quality. I have to say I'm quite a fan of those...
Posted by on Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:27:00 GMT