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THE GREASE MONKEYS

demand quality of life, while celebrating disaster

About Me

Buncha Glasgow-based rock'n'roll misfits (small M) been bangin' out their loud rocked-out take on 60's garage & 70's punk for over 8 years. First album, "Grease Blast!!!" released 2002 on Bronx Cheer Records. Second album, "In Search of the Truth ...and Good Pizza" recorded recently w/ Tim Kerr (Big Boys, Poison 13, Monkeywrench, etc etc) due for release later this year. Gigging regularly in & around Scotland - and beyond ...did a 3 week euro-tour in 2002; and a week around Ireland in 2004. Done 2 BBC Radio Scotland live sessions for Vic Galloway's "Air" show. Have played shows with the Dexateens, the BellRays, the DT's, thee Exciters, the Immortal Lee County Killers, Green Hornet, Uncle John & Whitelock, th' Legendary Shack*Shakers, Spookey, Black Diamond Heavies, the Real Losers, Atomgevitter, the Dangerfields, Lummox, the Nukes, Kain, Dead Fly Buchowski, the Sires, the Thanes, the Down Roads, Denghis, the Poison Sisters, Josiah, Jawbone, the Apes, Macrocosmica, Bangtwister, the Coyote Men, Copter, the Fleshtones, the Big Bang, Da Capo, the Wildebeests, Moniack, the Gin Goblins, Baby Jane, the Bucky Rage, Animal Maths, the Multiplies, the Neverland Sleepovers, the Ulcers, Greathead Briggs ...and a few others! Available for weddings, christenings, barmitzvahs, etc. And here's some footage of us on Crammond Island this year - it was a total BLAST!!!!

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/19/2006
Band Website: thegreasemonkeys.org
Band Members: JANE - guitar, vocals & harmonica; JIM - bass & vocals; GORDON - drums; GOGO - guitar ---Many thanks to Martin for all his years playing guitar with us - you'll always be a Grease Monkey to us! BTW - that's Martin's guitar on all the mp3's on here (purty neat, huh?!) and he's in all the photos.
Influences: Inspirations musically & otherwise... 50's rock'n'roll and r'n'b; 60's garage punk, beat & british invasion, especially the Troggs, Monks, the Sonics, Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs, "Pebbles" compilations, the Standells, & Screaming Lord Sutch; 70's punk and rock'n'roll especially Radio Birdman, Dr. Feelgood, the Dictators, early Stranglers, the Flamin' Groovies, Ramones, X, New York Dolls, Slaughter and the Dogs, Teenage Head, Testors, DMZ, the Saints, the Avengers, & the Damned; Devo; all sortsa stuff since like the Nomads, the Fluid, the New Bomb Turks, the BellRays, the Quadrajets, Taxi, RFTC, the Flesh Eaters, Union Carbide Productions, Poison 13, Lost Sounds & Zen Guerrilla; pizza; Chris Morris; Ren & Stimpy ...and all the other good shit!
Sounds Like: Jim, Jane, Gordon and Gogo having a Damn Good Time ...looks like it too!
Record Label: yours?
Type of Label: Indie

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DEXATEENS & GREASE MONKEYS TOUR SHOUT-OUTS!

We had a total blast on our tour a coupla weeks back w/ THE DEXATEENS & I'd like to credit all the good folks that helped out & made it the greatest tour I've ever been on.   Sooo......
Posted by THE GREASE MONKEYS on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 02:17:00 PST