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Eric Stein aka {MonkFunkâ„¢}

I DON'T WANT NO CAKE ON MY BIRTHDAY, I WANT MY CAKE EVERY DAY...

About Me

I still have to update a lot of this... but here is the breakdown:

* I have been playing guitar over 16 years
* taught guitar for about 4-5 years for my job & helped tons of people learn to play guitar
* I write funny, folk rock songs, record and play rock, blues guitar
* Play lead guitar in Slinky Styles - Just last year we played Metro, Headlined Double Door, and played House of Blues, who knows what '08 will bring
* I run MonkFunk Music Community , give independent bands and musicians a free music enhanced website
* and much, much more...
* My current job is eCommerce Manager for an Appliance Parts company

You can buy my folk-rock album, "Peace Dude, Man" at the following places:
Song

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 10/25/2004
Band Website: MonkFunk.com
Band Members: Eric Stein
Produced by Dan Baron of Windy City Records
( WCRecords.com )
Influences: Stevie Ray Vaughan, Steve Vai, Jim Croce, Cat Stevens, Van Halen, Randy Rhoads, Beck, Eels, Nuno Bettencourt, Slash, Metallica, Chris Duarte, Childrens Music, Nursery Rhymes, Garth Brooks, Kenny Chesney, Keith Urban, Little Texas, Alabama, Willie Nelson, Albert Lee, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Spaceships for Jesus~the space opera~ and much much much more!
Sounds Like: Nothing you've ever heard!!!
Bob Dylan on Crack???
Record Label: WCRecords
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New Album Added! Mae Smith 616

I just added my first CD from back in 1999 when I was going to school at Southern Illinois University. This was my first musical year of recording stuff and writing songs. I really knew nothing like I...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:59:00 PST

Funny MonkFunk.com Promo .1

THANK YOU TO JIM BETSIOS (UFIPMAN ON MY TOP 8) FOR THIS AWESOME MONKFUNK.COM PROMO!...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Thu, 21 Dec 2006 04:27:00 PST

Axe the band! My Uncle is the Drummer

This is my Uncles Band Axe from the 80's one of the first Bands on MTV...Learn more about them here:Axe on RockDetector.com at 2:08 you can see a picture of my Uncle Ted, he is the drummer!...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Wed, 20 Dec 2006 03:20:00 PST

9/11 - The biggest coverup and conspiracy of our generation

The most powerful and richest people in the world construct and orchestrate a plan to blow up a few buildings, kill a few thousand people, make it look like a terrorist attack to scare everyone and ca...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Thu, 21 Sep 2006 06:08:00 PST

Thanks to GOYK for the Photo Shoot!

Thanks to GOYK PHOTO for the professional photos! Thanks again! Please check out GOYK PHOTO a...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:07:00 PST

VOTE FOR MY SONG ON Q101.COM!!!

Wusup Ya'llFinally, some recognition for all my hard work!Go here an please vote for my song:No Strife on Q101.comhttp://www.q101.com/localonline/View.aspx?ID=6746Giv e me a 10 please!If you want to se...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 03:03:00 PST

AWESOME VIP AND PARTY WEEKEND!

Man last weekend was awesome and it didn't stop till last night....let's see...Friday VIP at Enclave for the bodypainting fashion show by my awesome friend's, Windy City Media, Mario Ink, and GOYK Pho...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Tue, 19 Sep 2006 03:41:00 PST

{MonkFunk}***Updates and Specials*** - Please Read!

Hey everyone!Hope everyone is doing good this week and your music is getting heard, your videos seen, your blogs read and your CD's bought!I want to drop you this quick note to make you aware of a few...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Fri, 15 Sep 2006 05:45:00 PST

MONKFUNK *LIVE* Radio Show! Fridays 6-8

Hey everyone.Things are going awesome at monkfunk.com, thanks for everyone who has been logging in and updating their profiles, listing gigs and new songs!Something super cool just happened and it is ...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:43:00 PST

Quick MonkFunk.com Update

hey ya'll!long time no talk!This is a super quick announcement, I will send a more detailed announcement in a day or so, but....I quit my real job about 2 months ago and have been focusing all my time...
Posted by Eric Stein aka {MonkFunk"} on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 06:25:00 PST