Hitting new creative peaks with musicianship and song craft that demand your attention, Atlanta-based Jango Monkey uniquely blends elements of indie rock,
Americana and improvisation. A fixture on the southern jam scene for over 6 years, 2010 is proving to be the "year of the Monkey". Fueled by their critically
acclaimed studio debut last year, a recent blast of dynamic regional shows, and nationwide radio play and magazine coverage, Jango Monkey is poised to
be that next band you’ll be glad you discovered. The current studio release (# 6 on Jambands.com radio charts June 2008) was mastered by Rodney Mills (Codetalkers,
Pearl Jam, Gregg Allman, REM, Drive-by Truckers) and documents the depth of the band moving from quirky indie pop gems to extended jams, while employing unique
instrumentation that makes the experience often feel like a rock orchestra. Hittin’ the Note magazine profiled the band in the "up and coming bands" section and
called the music "adept, distinct, well-structured, and at times feverish". In the fall of 2008, Jango Monkey was honored to become part of the highly selective
Leeway’s Homegrown Music network.
Jango Monkey live delivers a sonic journey through tight tongue-in-cheek sarcastic pop to huge guitar based jams that open up into exploratory spaces featuring layers
of sax, bass and keys.The live show may include covers by Phish, Gomez, The Eels, Widespread Panic, moe., Beatles, Dead, Beck, Pink Floyd, Ween, Neil Young, Traffic,
Stones, Alejandro Escovedo, and other random obscurities.
The members of Jango Monkey have been gigging in the Atlanta area for over 10 years, and as a result have developed an extensive mailing list of fans.
The band has played throughout the Southeast at everything from house concerts, to regional venues and college campuses. A list of venues played is available on
request.
Jango Monkey is currently finishing studio work on their second release and booking shows for the summer 2010. Be sure to check out the BUZZ section of this site
for reviews of the band's first CD.
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Rob has an insatiable appetite to discover (from within and without) higher quality
music to share with others. Like a warped and crazy missionary, he’ll also try very
hard to stop you from drinking crappy beer. Or eating bad pizza. Or mediocre Chinese food.
Rob recommends a heathly dose of Zappa-Alejandro Escovedo-Phish-Wilco-Newly Discovered Higher Quality Music (NDHQM)...Daily!
Jango Monkey wants to be your "NDHQM".
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Multi-faceted Tim somehow manages to conceal his extra extremities throughout the day. In the evening,
multiple arms and legs appear allowing him to simultaneously play dozens of instruments.
Tim has been holding down the low-end for years, but more recently has been held slave to a group
of Synth-bots. We are working to get him into Betty Ford for Ebay Addicts by year's end.
Next time you see him be sure and yell "timmy!" in your best SOUTH PARK voice if you can.
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Eric has become a master of the very ancient Chinese "Sexy Guitar" technique.
His guitar was once the last member of a race of super-intelligent
shades of the color blue. In an effort to achieve enlightenment, this shade of blue contorted it's form
into a telecaster. Eric can now be heard slinging sound waves for the juggernaut Jango Monkey and has
developed a taste for upper-crust song writing, smooth
grooves, and potato salad made with grade A Idaho potatoes and a smidgeon of Tang brand orange flavored beverage.
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I like to refer to TK as "THE MAN" cuz at the end of the day what makes a good band great is the presence of a great drummer.TK is that
drummer! His chops have been finely honed through a long stint with the fabulous Ballyhoo Orchestra, among other projects he's been involved
with over lots of years. Yeah...don't be fooled by that baby face, this guy has downed more Jaeger than the rest of the band put together
(and thats really saying something!).
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Blair is the newest and most beer challenged member of Jango Monkey. Sure, the decline of the midwest states steel industry did wonders for the
water table and helped frogs and fishes, but it ruined some of the finer working mans' brews of all time. Strohs, once the golden nectar of the gods,
is all but lost and who knows what ever happened to Goebels. LONG LIVE the long neckers in returnable cases! Teaching a man that oatmeal mixes better
with beer than raisins may be Rob Platners greatest challenge to date. Well at least he is a kickass keyboard player!
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