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ROYMACKONKEY - alternative/rock band from Darwin Australia.John Coulehan, Darryl Barba, Brian Mcleod and Steven Smith formed roymackonkey late 1997 primarily as a heavy/rock band and within the first year the boys being ambitious teamed up with then Triple J producer Chris Thompson and local engineer Mat Cunliffe to record their first EP "The Quality of Meat", with Triple J's support the band recieved regular national airplay to which gave them the opportunity to support every major act that toured through Darwin."MAKE THE CHEQUE OUT TO ROYMACKONKEY AND FEED THE TOWN FOR A WEEK" H.Rollins 2000.Of all the support shows the boys landed playing with The Rollins Band 25th April 2000 is definitley a highlight and a great consolation to losing the support slot for Fugazi due to a bout of appendicitis! most recently playing to a 5000 strong crowd of V8 supercar fans alongside of Wolfmother ;)"Cassandra Never Lies" is the second release by the band featuring Fletcher Bowman (Plonker, Take The Helm) on drums, recorded january 08 at Damien Gerard Studios Sydney and the band have also released the song "The Fear" as a single which featured on Foghorn Records compilation disc Grow Your Own Upload volume 12.After releasing "Cassandra Never Lies" and extensive touring to promote the EP the band is now focusing on a full length album with pre production starting mid year 09 also expect to see a live dvd of a previous "unplugged" concert from the Monsoon Sessions featuring acoustic versions of older classic's and new songs.Roymackonkey 2009


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Member Since: 04/05/2006
Band Website: http://www.sonicbids.com/roymackonkey
Band Members: Darryl Barba
Steven Smith
John Coulehan
Brian McLeod
Influences: Wide and varied...
Sounds Like: Roy Mackonkey music.
Record Label: Any Takers?

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Cassandra Never Lies

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Posted by on Mon, 20 Apr 2009 09:21:00 GMT

Roymackonkey at Bassinthegrass 2008

Hey peeps,Roymackonkey are extremely chuffed to announce that we're playing this year's Bassinthegrass festival, along with our good friends Front House, Terracotta Pigeons and The Moving Targets. Oh ...
Posted by on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:13:00 GMT

Wednesday night!

Greetings All,Just to let you know, that ticket sales are going off! to our very special Darwin festival event with the Darwin Youth Orchestra at the Star Shell, Botanic Gardens this Wednesday from 6....
Posted by on Mon, 20 Aug 2007 06:43:00 GMT

Gigs/Monkeys/and more....

Hey Guys and Girls hows it going? First of all Id like to start by thanking profusely everybody who voted for us in the Triple J Unearthed comp we managed to get too songs in the top hundred and one w...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jul 2007 03:27:00 GMT

Gigs cancelled :(

Folks,Regretfully, we have to inform you that life and fate have conspired to fuck us all up the arse with an unlubed brick. As of today, the Pub Bar has cancelled all live gigs and performances indef...
Posted by on Tue, 12 Dec 2006 02:11:00 GMT

Long distance.

Huge, huge thanks to everyone who came out on Saturday night to see us and all the other bands rock the shit out of Brown's Mart -- such a strong show of support for local original music is truly a be...
Posted by on Mon, 11 Dec 2006 07:46:00 GMT

Test Theory gig tonight!

Yippedy-do-daa, We are indeed appearing at the Test Theory CD launch TONIGHT at Brown's Mart Theatre. As well as the mighty Test Theory, we also have the pleasure of sharing the stage with Take The He...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 21:29:00 GMT

Dig us up, we're dying to get out!!

Greetings, true believers! Just a little update to say check out our tunes on Triple J's Unearthed and give us a rating or  a review! I'm not too sure if anyone's listened to them there yet, but...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 02:33:00 GMT

This, that, the other...

Howdy groovers! Just a quick update to say thanks to everyone who has been listening to our tracks and giving us such great feedback. We've just added a bunch of new live tracks to the page so I hope ...
Posted by on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 02:48:00 GMT

About last night...

Apologies to anyone who might've went down the Pub Bar on Sunday night to see us play with Scapegoat Project... unfortunately James, Evan and the lads had a plane to catch and the two events were j...
Posted by on Mon, 28 Aug 2006 07:13:00 GMT