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MySpace / Drastic Plastic / Rock n Roll Monkey Records / GaragePunk
£7.99 & £1.50 POSTAGE WORLDWIDE ROCTOBER REVIEW
Its my 4th listen to this one my favorite tracks are "The Man On The Phone" and the title track "Do What The Bee Does" but I fully expect that to change over time as with all of "RnRM&TR" albums they give you an experience beyond the immediate sexy come-on of the tunesmith, that Craig Campbell obviously is, and have more elements to the whole construction of the piece. Elements which delight the ear the more you listen, basically what I'm trying to say is live with this kids, the more you play it the more you'll like, I actually have a little tingle as I'm typing, the album is on and "sneek-thiefing" in through my ears and tickling my brain. This album is an example of masters at work, cats at the top of their game, no-one in the world is better at being "Rock n Roll Monkey & The Robots" than "Rock n Roll Monkey & The Robots", 'thats a dumb assed thing to say" you might think but no, not if "Rock n Roll Monkey & The Robots" is a thing of glittering beauty and character then these guys and lady are the only people who together can do this thing that they do, and that thing is very worthy of your lovesick gaze. You need to own this album, it is the best thing these guys have done and I've loved every note of their previous two releases both have pride of place on my Hi-Fi and iPod, you can say you were there at the beginning, you can tell your friends when this album rises to the heights that it deserves to be at that your a little bit bored of it now but really your secretly raging that these people have found one of your musical Eden's and taken it from you, you thought it was hidden, out of sight and safe from the plebs. Your angry your no longer one of the chosen few and all you have the knowledge that you got it first. "I got this waaaay before any of you fuckers" you can scream as the ghost of Elvis pets your brow and takes the CD from your clawed grip and presents it to the unworthy, thirsty and heaving masses. "I got it first, I got it first" you say as your purchase on the plastic loosens. £9.99 & £1 postage worldwide. check the paypal link button on the top of the page or buy all 3 Rock n Roll monkey albums for £19.99 & £1 postage worldwide, bargain.
AVAILABLE ON CD and featuring from The Routes' Chris Jacks & The Bonnevilles Andy McGibbon £9.99 & £1 postage worldwide. check the paypal link button on the top of the page or buy all 3 Rock n Roll monkey albums for £19.99 & £1 postage worldwide, bargain. REVIEWS Raunchy Noise A happy fun-time album just over a half hour, Back to Beatsville goes fer kitschy and post-modern and gets away with it in spades, my friends...shakin' lots outta the garage rock tree but unafraid to whip it with machines fer the real strange fruit, Rock'N'Roll Monkey and the Robots are a party group...can we say this group owes a serious debt to the Cramps (I can dig it, baby) and just about every rock group just out fer kicks (read: none of that "serious music" garbage)...gots to say this group's originality is growin' on me (& that's a lot comin' from this here slop-snob, kids, as I ain't typically a fan of this stripe of style) and worth multiple spins on yer hi-fi...highlites are "We Want to Hear You Howl", "Time Machine", "Zombie Attack!", and "Do the Rock'N'Roll Monkey"...really kids, do the Rock'N'Roll Monkey! peacedogman.com Besides having a freaking cool name, ROCK 'N' ROLL MONKEY AND THE ROBOTS have an equally cool sound to go with it. Equal parts early-period B-52'S and "Goo Goo Muck,"-era CRAMPS, a big dash of surf-inspired garage punk, and a heaping dash of "Peter Gunn," uber-cool, RNR MONKEY occupy a little corner of their B-movie sci fi universe all on their own. Listening to this disc is like stepping into the world's most supercool lounge, populated with a bizarre mix of beret wearing, goatee bearded, poetry-reading zombies. Dancing alien Go Go girls surround the stage, while sexy, beaded-dress, hip shaking witches tear up the dance floor doing The Sprinkler and The Swim. Craig Campbell's disaffected vocals work perfectly for this monster mash, particularly when accompanied by the Kate Pierson-esqe backing vocals of Jackie Herman. The whole scene works best when the Monkey and his Robots push their B-movie, cool lounge shtick to the ultimate, on songs like "Hitch a Ride to Beatsville, "Time Machine," and the aptly named, "Do the Rock and Roll Monkey." Garagey guitars, cool beat-era horns resound and the whole shebang is just infinitely groovy. A cocktail party no one would want to leave. LOWCUT (5 out of 5 Razorblades) If you dig: B-52's, Gun Club, The Mummies ROCTOBER  ROCK N ROLL MONKEY & THE ROBOTS - DETROIT TRAUMA If you only buy one album this year, I urge you to buy this one, it truly is an unbelivable journey through the crazy world of Craig Cambell, a garage punk classic in the waiting, seriously check it out. Named in part after a vintage, battery-operated children’s toy that came with an illuminated microphone, Ypsi’s Rock ’n’ Roll Monkey and the Robots have a ridiculous moniker. Yet it’s one that manages to sum up the trio’s sound quite nicely. This debut, a collection of four-track recordings done over aseven-year span, is retro, silly and lo-fi. With borrowed Sonics riffage, Craig Campbell and Ken Seech’s guitars collide with sinister Casio death rays, high-pitched backing vocals and samples of everything from ramblin’ bluesmen to Barbie proclaiming this to be £9.99 & £1 postage worldwide. check the paypal link button on the top of the page or buy all 3 Rock n Roll monkey albums for £19.99 & £1 postage worldwide, bargain. 1. Destroy Everything REVIEWS It was Friday...early evening...I was tired...then I heard --Discorder (Vancouver, Canada) Killer distorted garage that’s totally raw and lo-fi so it’s gonna get huge plus points from me! It’s nice and trebly and fuzzy and that’s how I like it! I would believe that this was recorded in the 60s/70s it’s that spot on. Detroit has an incomparable sound when it comes to Rock ‘N’ Roll and these rascals certainly encapsulate that spirit and grit and deliver it straight to your head. It’s f---ed up, grainy and untamed, and that's something that's unfortunately been lost...the wildness, the energy...you just don't come across that too often anymore. Very impressive. --No Front Teeth (London, U.K.) Named in part after a vintage, battery-operated children’s toy that came with an illuminated microphone, Ypsi’s Rock ’n’ Roll Monkey and the Robots have a ridiculous moniker. Yet it’s one that manages to sum up the trio’s sound quite nicely. This debut, a collection of four-track recordings done over aseven-year span, is retro, silly and lo-fi. With borrowed Sonics riffage, Craig Campbell and Ken Seech’s guitars collide with sinister Casio death rays, high-pitched backing vocals and samples of everything from ramblin’ bluesmen to Barbie proclaiming this to be --Luke Hackney from Creem for Metro Times (Detroit)
These guys do garage punk without apology, ripping through abstract and oddball tunes with the prerequisite sneer intact. Punkalicious! --Mish Mash Indie Review A completely psychotic band from the US. I love all the cheesy retro tin toys on the cover, the worst production I've ever heard (and yes, that's a good thing in this case), and their frantic – slightly scary - children's oriented punk-a-billy. It's good music. --Low Cut Magazine (Denmark) More awesome than a barrel of monkeys or a dumpster of --Roctober (Chicago, Illinois)
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