Artist description Musically, their foundation is progressive in nature while maintaining contemporary sensibilities. Often layered on top of their signature beats and smooth cool melodies are hip-hop style lyrics backed by sweet, soulful vocals. There's also elements of dance, jazz, electronica and blues thrown into the mix to keep things fresh and vibrant.

Music Style Alternative Hip-Hop

Musical Influences Frank Zappa, Kool Keith, The Who, Urban Dance Squad.

Similar Artists Hardly anyone, but a little bit like Everlast or the Fun Lovin Criminals maybe...

Artist History It was November 1996 when Finn (vocals, keys) and Nayve (bass) disbanded their acid blues group, the Empty Pockets and began 4-Track recordings with s'Weed (drums) and Dewdrow (vocals, guitar) from Rump Funky, a fusion group of talented musicians. The result of these sessions gave birth to the Feloniou$ Munks. Shortly afterwards, McHoule approached Urban Must Music poohbah, Max Wise, with a tape containing their original basement demo of "Flim Flam Man from Flin Flon, Man.". That got the ball rolling, between March and May of 1997, Naughty (guitar), Nayve, Hans (keys) and Slim (effects) got on board to form the nucleus displaying their talents on their debut release, "Could we have your attention, please...". Shortly afterwards, through his song writing partner, Krainmaker (guitar/engineer), Finn connected with groundbreaking producer Truman MacDadee (programmer) and recording began in earnest. Since that time the band has recorded over 40 songs and currently have two more albums worth of unreleased material that keeps getting better.

Group Members All of the following artists have either contributed to Feloniou$ Munk recordings or live performances: Finn McHoule, s'Weed Knox, Dewdrow Mann, Naughty Pine, Knayve Dube-King, Hans DeLeon, Slim Peck-Ince, JaeBeeBuck, Marshall Law, April Flowers, Seedy MacTavish, Silky Montego, Cec N. deSist, Ruffian, Slick Sharma.

Instruments Beats, Bass, Guitar and Keys (which play horns, strings and lots of freaky noises)

Albums "Could we have your attention, please...", Released January, 1999.

Press Reviews After reviewing "Could we have your attention, please...", local Toronto music Magazine wrote: "the Feloniou$ Munks bring us punchy beats, clever wordplay, a rich, complex sound and ultimately produce greatness."

Additional Info New CD titled "Now Hear This" to be released early Spring 2001!

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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