Artist description There are more songs at our main page, just type in:- http://voodoomonkeys.iuma.com JANUARY 2003 NEWS: ****OUR FIRST NEW MATERIAL IN 2 YEARS IS POSTED ABOVE!! THE FULL TRACKS WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE FOR A SHORT TIME SO BE SURE TO DOWNLOAD NOW! AND EMAIL US YOUR 'COMMENTS' :) ****The Voodoo Monkeys have achieved their first 'mainstream' release and television exposure in Australia - The JIM BEAM 'Real Music' CD is out now throughout Australia, with other acts including THE LIVING END,SPIDERBAIT, BODYJAR, AREA 7 and NITOCRIS, with 25,000 copies pressed. ****The CHANNEL 9 NETWORK in Australia featured an entire Voodoo Monkeys Track on the Primetime TV show 'Getaway', with excellent surf footage to boot. The music was heard by around 2 MILLION viewers!! ****The track "Just the 3 of Us" was and mastered at Sony Studios in Sydney by Paul Bryant. Its available on the METEORS TRIBUTE ALBUM called "Sympathy for the Devil", on Raucous Records (UK) **** Voodoo Monkeys have been asked to contribute one of their new tracks to an upcoming punk compilation on Bierecords in the US.

Music Style Rock, Punk, Blues

Musical Influences Foo Fighters, The Clash, Living End

Similar Artists Foo Fighters, The Clash, Living End

Artist History ****The track "Just the 3 of Us" was and mastered at Sony Studios in Sydney by Paul Bryant. Its available on the METEORS TRIBUTE ALBUM called "Sympathy for the Devil", on Raucous Records (UK). The Voodoo Monkeys have a track out on "Batmobile Forever" out on On the Hill Records, Japan. This CD features some of the the worlds best Psychobilly bands and includes the last release by Batmobile themselves!! Order at www.onthehillrecords.com or www.raucousshop.co.uk or if you're an Aussie, email the above link! The recent Manly Fisho's show supporting The Celibate Rifles was a huge night. Great to hear the Rifles on JJJ, and thanks for the lend of the quad's fellas -they rocked!! "High Voltage 2&3" is out now on Black Sky Records in Germany, with 33 crazy bands from all over the globe including Voodoo Monkeys being the only Australian band. The first full-length CD "STOMP" is also available, Distributed in Europe by Nervous Records and in Australia by MGM Distribution. Theres a new full length MP3 of "Afterburner" above in the 'album' section - Check out the CD reviews below. Email us if you want one of the (few) remaining copies!~! Band History Formed around Manly, Sydney in early 1998, the Voodoo Monkeys came from the ashes of numerous local and overseas outfits,(Badheads, Nude Sunday, The Skunks (UK), High Voltage) and their fast-rockin beats kick the hell out yer ears. Gigs & Stuff Voodoo Monkeys have played a tour with Rose Tattoo and X, playing major NSW venues such as The Metro, and some big clubs. The Nitrobilly Tour was a trip between Sydney & Brisbane. The Voodoo’s have played most of the popular Sydney venues and having accumulated a good following, playing with the likes of:- Fez Perez (ex-Fireballs), The Celibate Rifles, Sir Bald Diddly & the Wig Outs (UK), Thurston Howlers, 6Ft Hick, Unleaded(NZ), Sheek the Shayke, The Raouls (ex-Radio Birdman), Gasoline, Del Emma's, Bunt, etc...and also some very dodgy bands and venues.... AIRPLAY "OUTLAW LIFE" played on 2MMM "Todd & Milly" Thanks guys!! 2RRR 88.5fm and are regularly invited in to programme the Sydney Sounds show with DJ Big Daddy K Saturdays at 7pm...dont miss this if your in Sydney! 4ZZZ Brisbane (WED. 10pm Brisbane time BROADCAST LIVE ON THE NET...check out http://4zzzfm.org.au Nice :) 2SER Fm and have played ‘unplugged’ on the station. ‘Hellcat Holiday’ has also been aired on nightime MMM shows, AND the wIlDmAn! 93.7Fm Thursdays 7.30pm DJ Rockin' Marc Rondeau 100.1fm 7pm Mondays **Check the link above to our own site for more info... The band are featured on the psychobilly homepage:- www.wreckingpit.com/psycho/bands/voodoomonkeys.html Featured on Sydney's www.nightout.com.au Net radio giant Digital One have picked up 2 Monkeys tracks for their forthcoming release, check out www.radioraw.org DISCS (1) 'Battle of Manly CD' - SOLD OUT - sorry! (2) ‘Hellcat Holiday’ EP - Nervous UK, Raucous UK, Drunkabilly Belgium, MGM & Robot Australia, Hep Cat USA .... theres a few left at these outlets. (3) 'Wild Youth' Crazy Love Records, Germany...soon (4) 'High Voltage 2' Black Sky Records, Germany. (5) "Clash" compilation album on Raucous UK, due Sep. 2000. (6) 'Sensory Deprivation' on Bone Machine Records, Australia....Great Launch show...check this out....also features Bunt, Teenage Hookers, Bone Machine and many others....available few store in Sydney...or Email us!!.. (7) 'Batmobile' compilation On the Hill Records, Japan out late 2000. Tribute to the Dutch legends themselves featuring their last recorded song (8)'Raucous Music' UK compilation out late 2000. (9) *First LP 'Stomp' released November 2000 (10) "Supernats 1999" Video Soundtrack...see some hotrods getting smashed with our songs, plus the mighty Revenge of Kaos, in the background!! email us to if you want a copy.. Archive News 2/02 ****We will reach our 10,000th site visitor in the next few weeks. To thank folks for the support we are giving away 5 FREE "STOMP" CD'S + New Totem Logo T-Shirts to visitors # 10,000 to 10,005. To enter, simply leave your email contact details in the "COMMENTS" link above and WIN BIG! Kap-Kan Records in St.Petersburg, Russia are to release the Voodoo's tune "Battle of Manly" on their upcoming punk 'n' billy compilation, due out in the next couple of months. ***First City Show (Sydney) for 4 months SAT 27th JAN at the Annandale Hotel, + Sheek the Shayk + The Onya's ***Check out what reviewers are saying about the debut LP 'Stomp' at the bottom of the page. ***The 'Tough Guy' show Time and Tide with Skulker which was sponsored by RushTV.com was a great day out, with 1000 punters turning up for the event ***Voodoo Monkeys are now rehearsing 2 tracks for the upcoming 'Sympathy for the Devil' Meteors Tribute on Raucous UK. The tracks to be recorded late January are 'Sick Things' and '3 of Us'. Touring will resume in February.

Group Members The Geez, Tobes Le Rone, Luke Stringwalker, The Jackal

Instruments Guitars, Drums, Bas , Vox

Albums Stomp, Hellcat Holiday, 6x international compilations

Press Reviews ******** MEDIA REVIEWS ********* - ************************* Review - Raucous UK - This Australian band play Psychobilly with a lot of originality. They have the powerful guitar & pounding rhythms that you expect from a Psychobilly band, but also feature great vocals and a certain uniqueness in their delivery. Lots of self-penned songs and a rockin’ cover of The Clash! Great stuff! REVIEW- Cruzin' Hotrod Mag - Voodoo Monkeys brew up a high octane mix of punk and psychobilly with a great raw, young energy. Its bands like Voodoo Monkeys who don't mind mixing it up (and cranking it up) to keep the scene fuelled. 'Stomp' was recorded in Sydney and picked up by UK label Nervous Records and features 12 (mostly original) tracks, with a good take on the Cramps 'Cornfed Dames', and the Clash's 'Police on My Back'. REVIEW - Ross Clelland, Drum Media - "The front cover warning of 'Play Loud!' should give you some idea of where they're coming from. Its big and wobbly bottomed ( as in bassline , you nasty people ) something ending in '-billy' of the sort that has the old Chevs pulling up at whatever pub they are playing at. So naturally you have titles like 'Outlaw Life' (and it Stray Cat rocks, cats) and Rebel of Song, and an interesting sideline is a version of a Clash tune for a Uk tribute album, which aint one of their rockabilly stylings, but the dubby Police On My Back given a ducktailed makeover. Pretty neat overall." Review - Chuckles, What's the Crudd Fanzine. - "Cleaner than their first release, "Battle of Manly" still captures the Voodoo Monkeys punk rock punch of their live show. The cover of Eddie Grant's 'Police on my back' is an interesting addition to this brilliant disc. Hellcat records in L.A. should check these guys out. A fantastic combination of Carl Perkins and the Dead Kennedys. Early Stray Cats meets Fear." Review - Mark Fraser, Rush TV - "Voodoo Monkeys Do It Surfside with "Stomp". Living in the Sydney beachside suburb of Manly may well have had some influence on the musical direction of rockabilly surf-swampsters Voodoo Monkeys, but for but also the punk era of The Sex Pistols in the late 70s, had a more long-lasting effect. 'There’s definitely that punk element in our music,' explain the boys 'But we’re not punk. We’re not straight rockabilly either'. The Voodoo Monkey sound is far from grey and gloomy, more a kind of hybrid mixture of upbeat rockabilly, ska, hard rock and that 60’s surf rocker type feel, with plenty of sweaty, punkesque energy in the delivery. The band has scored a bunch of compilation offers, with a couple of German releases, a Japanese compilation out soon and an upcoming Clash tribute album in the UK. Also, they’ve gone on to tour the east coast of Oz, support the likes of Rose Tattoo, X, Celibate Rifles, Fex Perez, Unleaded. Not bad for a band that’s only been together for a couple of years. The disc is a perfect cross section of the Voodoo sound, from the ska tinged opener Outlaw Life, the rumbling "Battle of Manly" and the more than complementary cover of The Clash’s Police On My Back. Rockabilly, sure, but there’s a hell of a lot more to the stomped edge and infectious barrage of Battle Of Manly.

Additional Info http://voodoomonkeys.iuma.com

Location Sydney, NSW - Australia

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