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MONKEY

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About Me


“The Hardest Working Band on the West Coast”
MONKEY is a 6 piece high-energy organ driven, Ska/Reggae group from the SF Bay Area. Their intense live shows and rock-steady rhythms not only get the crowds dancing, it has won them several awards, like the prestigious California Music Award!
MONKEY sets the pace for the local music scene. The band performs over 200 shows per year, while constantly recording and touring.
MONKEY has 3 full-length albums, and has also been featured on over 25 compilations, video games and film soundtracks, including the new independent horror-comedy Russ Meyer tribute “Pervert the Movie” on Stag Films.
MONKEY has toured the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, & Mexico. Currently, the band is gearing up support their international interests in Japan to support their new Japanese compilation release “Monkeyska” (Disc Union Ltd.).
MONKEY has supported world class acts like: Bad Manners, The Specials, The English Beat, The Skatalites, Fishbone, The Slackers, Hepcat and many more...
DISCOGRAPHY:
Monkey Ska - Ska Go Round/Disc Union Limited
Cruel Tutelage - Asian Man Records
Station Wagon Living - Deluxe Entertainment
Astro E.P. 2000 - Deluxe Entertainment
Station Wagon Living - Deluxe Entertainment
Changito! - Deluxe Entertainment
Monkey! - Demo/Self Released
COMPILATIONS:
Puro Eskañol II - Aztlan Records
Bay Area Ska - Tomato Head Records
Freedom Sounds - Shanachie Records
West Coast Skampolation - Full Stop Records
Ska, Rocksteady, Reggae - Steady Beat Records
Sofa's Choice - Little Lucky Records
Skarmaggedon III - Moon Ska Records
Reggae Soundsystem - Live 105 FM
Monkey/Unsteady Split 7" - Asian Man Records
Mail Order is Fun! - Asian Man Records
Live From Mars - Random Order Records
Potluck Ska - Stub Daddy Records
Groovin' in the Grass - University of AZ
Who's the Man? - Full Stop Records
Mario from Italy - Green Fridge Records
Soundoff 2001 - Ultravibe Records
F*ckin Free! - Bay Area Ska
Still Standing - Jump Up Records
Winners Vol. 1 - Independent Musician Magazine
SOUNDTRACKS/TELEVISION
Maui Fever
episode I - MTV 2006
Pervert The Movie - Stag Films
Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow - Starving Artists Films
Big Air - Accolade Games
ESPN Extreme Sports - ESPN (Tahoe, CA)
Mornings On Bay TV - KRON (SF, CA)
Late Night w/James Gabbert - WB 20 (SF, CA)

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/16/2005
Band Website: MONKEYSKA " MONKEYSKA
Band Members: Click on the bandmembers' name and it will link you to their direct email!

CURTIS MEACHAM
Guitar/Vocals

MICAH TURNEY
Drums

DONELLE CORY
Bass

BRIAN LOCKREM
Trumpet/Vocals

DUSTIN JAMES
T-bone/keys/Vocals

DAN ROOT
Saxophone

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Influences: MONKEY is mostly influenced by traditional ska pioneers, but there are lots of other musicians and music styles that we encorporate in to our own brand of Northern California Ska music! See below:

TRAD SKA
INFLUENCES:


Skatalites
Toots & The Maytals
Desmond Dekker
Alton Ellis
Clancey Eccles
Sir Lord Comic
Stranger Cole
Keith & Tex
The Termites
The Ethiopians

MODERN SKA
INFLUENCES:


Bad Manners The best bloody 2-tone band in the world!
Fishbone
Skankin' Pickle
MU330
Johnny Socko
Warsaw
Let's Go Bowling
Los Hooligans
Hepcat
Slackers
Dave Hillyard & RS7
Yeska
Aggrolites

REGGAE
INFLUENCES:


Bob Marley
Jimmy Cliff
Sly & Robbie

LATIN
INFLUENCES:


Tito Puente
Perez Prado
Esquivel

ROCK
INFLUENCES:


Elvis Costello
Oingo Boingo
Joe Jackson
David Byrne
Squirrel Nut Zippers

LOGAN WHITEHURST
We'll miss you, buddy
Sounds Like: Reggae-Rocksteady-Ska with elements of Rock, Rockabilly, Latin, and Soul.
Record Label: ASIAN MAN
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

NEW TUNES!

Hey guys, MONKEY went into extreeme lock-down mode and recorded 23 new songs over the course of 9 days... That's enough to fill 2 albums worth of quality tune-age!So, I posted the first single from th...
Posted by MONKEY on Tue, 12 Feb 2008 12:16:00 PST

MUSIC WHORES!

Hey, we all know that musicians are whores... Well now, you can see members of MONKEY playing in other bands all over the Southbay & Beyond! THE MUCKRUCKERS Featuring Micah & Curtis DUSTIN JAMES...
Posted by MONKEY on Sun, 19 Feb 2006 12:17:00 PST

REVIEWS: Read all about what the critics think of MONKEY!

I am getting together a large selection of reviews Monkey shows or albums, that are in the press or on the internet. If you know of any cool review, please feel free to include them... or hell, ju...
Posted by MONKEY on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 05:18:00 PST

AWESOME EMAILS: "the best of"

"BEST OF EMAIL" Hey, this catagory is for all the crazy emails that we get from fans, emoting their love or hatred of MONKEY! I'm going to post all the best of the best over the next couple of months!...
Posted by MONKEY on Fri, 16 Sep 2005 01:33:00 PST