The Monroes was founded in november ‘03 in Groningen, Netherlands. They developed their characteristic sound by covering songs from their own heroes. At first they played songs from garagerockers The Sonics, the sixtiesbeatband Shocking Blue but also soulqueen Irma thomas. Within a few months the covers were replaced by thier own numbers. The music which arose is an exciting mix of garagerock and soul from the fifties & sixties, but also the sound of the modern Detroit guitarbands can be heard in their music.
Within a year they played at festivals such as Eurosonic and Metropolis and at VPRO's Club3voor12. BBC's Radio One regularly played their demo-cd’s and singles.
Nowadays they have been discovered and booked by the programmers from clubs as The Dirty water club in London and La Fleche d'Or in Paris. The long-awaited debut-cd will be released in spring ‘08. Until that time The Monroes will continue to play their trashy soulful rock&roll all over europe...
past shows:
19-04-'08: Le 1929 - Rennes, France
18-04-'08: Le Carnyx - La Chapelle Chaussee, France
17-04-'08: El Inca - Bordeaux, France
16-04-'08: La Fleche D'or - Paris, France
15-04-'08: La Malterie, Lille, France
27-03-'08: Simplon, Groningen (w/Hospital Bombers)
22-01-'08: W2 - Den Bosch
29-01-'08: De Nieuwe Anita, Amsterdam (w/Ellen ten Damme)
10-01-'08: Bar Pacific - Eurosonic Festival, Groningen
31-12-'07: Maloe Melo, Amsterdam (with the Madd)
18-12-'07: Cafe Stiels, Haarlem
06-09-’07: 100%NL, Acoustic Radio Session, Hilversum (Josje/Arnold)
28-07-’07: Club Cavaral, Manchester, England
27-07-’07: Roxx Bar, Accrington, England
26-07-’07: The Grapes, Manchester England
25-07-’07: Trash, Leeds, England
22-07-’07: The Voodoo Lounge, Plymouth, England
21-07-’07: The Lava Lounge, Leicester , England
20-07-’07: Dirty Water Club, London, England
19-07-’07: The Hub, Exeter, England
13-04-’07: Winston, Amsterdam (with Low point Drains)
03-03-’07: La Flèche d’Or, Paris, France
02-03-’07: La Flèche d’Or, Paris, France
24-02-’07: Pacific Parc, Amsterdam
20-12-’06: Vera, Groningen (with Green Hornet))
25-11-’06: Atak, Enschede (with Malle Pietje & The Bimbo's)
29-07-’06: La Flèche d’Or, Paris, France
28-07-’06: La Flèche d’Or, Paris, France
17-07-’06: Maloe Melo, Amsterdam (with The Shocker)
05-05-’06: Bevrijdingsfestival, Groningen (with The Gravediggers)
30-10-’05: Simplon, Groningen (with The Gravediggers)
22-09-’05: Vera, Groningen (with The Drones en E.T. explore Me)
02-09-’05: Get Trashed Festival, Hardenberg (Green Hornet, 69 Charger)
03-07-’05: Nighttown, Rotterdam (with the Dears & the Rogers Sisters)
03-07-’05: Metropolis Festival, Rotterdam
29-04-’05: Simplon, Groningen (with OD Babe)
23-04-’05: Druckluft, Oberhausen, Germany (with Fury 161)
25-03-’05: de Gloppe, Leeuwarden
16-03-’05: Club 3voor12, studio de Smet, Amsterdam
13-01-’05: Eurosonic, Shadrak, Groningen
07-01-’05: ACU, Utrecht
28-11-’04: Vera, Groningen (with the Detroit Cobras)
30-10-’04: Vera downstage, Groningen (with the Drugs)
23-09-’04: Orkz, Groningen (with Vox von Braun)
31-10-’03: de Walrus, Groningen (Rock & Roll Nite)
More info on the monroes' official website , and here's another site with dutch bio and more mp3's
