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About Me

In the not too distant future, the monkeys will rise up. We're here to facilitate that, or at least provide the soundtrack to subsequent monkeydom. Plus, everything is better with a little monkey in it, especially the robots. We are 4 dudes with one mission: to play music that will make the masses move to the rhythm of the monkey.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 26/06/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/monkeynavigatedrobots
Band Members: Hank Smith - banjo and super banjo
E. Scott Warren - bass
Rob Girardin - drums
Mike Babyak - vertical and horizontal guitar, voice

NOTE: John Metcalf appears on drums on Omega Prime, Abacus, Funky Monkey, and Sweet Life.

Rich Cox reviews our New Year's Eve set here .
For booking information please write to triplefret @ triplefret.com .

Influences: Jim Thorpe, John McLaughlin, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Bela Fleck & the Flecktones, Garaj Mahal, Don Ellis, Oregon, Slayer, Joey DeFrancesco, Dave Holland, Pat Metheny, V. M. Bhatt, Ry Cooder, The Allman Brothers Band, Derek Trucks, Bill Bruford, John Patitucci, Dave Weckl,Steve Kimock, Adam Snow, Jeremy Shaw, Kevin Gill, Rob MacWilliams, Dustin Hofsess, The Meters, Herbie Hancock, David George, John Scofield, Chimpanzees, Bonobos, Gibbons, Macaques, Mandrills, Baboons, Silverback Gorillas, Marmosets, and Lemurs.
Sounds Like:

Selected tunes from live shows:
(Click on title to listen.)
Hash for Breakfast
Everybody's Africa
Highlife Reprise

Video:

Guests Steve Kimock on guitar and Mike Rosado on drums.
The Tavern @ New Hope Commons, Durham, NC
2-25-07

Live at the RMC Christmas Jam.
The Berkeley Cafe, Raleigh, NC
12-15-06

Record Label: New Day Artists
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

On the road (a little), personnel, and some video stuff

Looks like we'll be taking this monkey thing down yonder to Rock Hill next month. Our first venture off the farm. Of course, we're off to Gore, Va for Camp Barefoot in July, too, but we're...
Posted by on Thu, 03 May 2007 22:43:00 GMT

New Year, and New Tunes!!!

Happy New Years everyone! Speaking for myself, I am hoping for some very fun things music wise, and I think I won't be disappointed. As for the Robots, it has been an extremeley rewarding ...
Posted by on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 06:51:00 GMT

10/9 Pour House now up on the archive

http://www.archive.org/details/mnr2006-10-09.flac16Hey Everybody, Mike B here. With many thanks to Dave Maley, the 10/9 Pour House Music Hall show is now available on the archive. Dave apparentl...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 11:52:00 GMT

First Gig Media

So, we had our first gig at the Pour House on August 9th, well...the only gig probably for a little bit but rest assured its cause we are working on material. Anyways...... It went incredibly we...
Posted by on Tue, 22 Aug 2006 11:11:00 GMT

As long as the monkeys aren't over 2 feet tall......

So, this project is our lame attempt at sounding like Garaj Mahal jr. Kinda. Anyways, John Metcalf has been jamming in the area for like ever, Hank hails from Rock Hill/Charlotte area and ...
Posted by on Wed, 28 Jun 2006 08:43:00 GMT