100 Monkeys have announced the cities they will visit in the USA but now its time for the INTERNATIONAL vote!
Do you want to see the band in your city? If so, send our name, age (closest major) City, State/Providence and Country to:
100monkeystour@gmail.com
Entries accepted until 13th December! What are you waiting for?
VOTE NOW!
Do you want to get your hands on some 100 Monkeys Merchandise?
We are running a great competition for European 100 Monkeys Fans!
All you need to do is write your very own improv song. Simple right? Wait, there is a small catch! You need to include the words 100 Monkeys, Europe, The Jungle and Chimps!
Think you can do it? Well if you want to enter, send your song to competition@100monkeys.eu.
The Competition closes on 15th December so that gives you plenty of time to work on a song! After the closing date, we will select the best three songs and post them here on the site for everyone to vote for their favorite. The winner will be the song with the most votes!
The winner will receive the following:
A 100 Monkeys T-shirt (Black with red hat and monkeys falling out)
The Creative Control CD
100 Monkeys Button
The competition is only open to European residents and only one entry per person is allowed.
Good Luck!
Traveling 3000+ miles across the Atlantic, lots of money spent and
lack of sleep. It was all worth it because Seeing 100 monkeys live in
Nashville was PRICELESS!
I arrived Friday night just in time to meet everyone at the Newcon
welcome party. There was karaoke, food and lots of alcohol! Meeting
all my fellow monkey junkies was awesome! Moving swiftly on to
Saturday……
Saturday was such a busy day. It kicked off at 9am with a webmaster Q and A session. It was great to get some advice from Heidi who runs theTwilight Facebook page and also Lori and Jenn from the Twilight Lexicon page.
Next we had the actors Q and A session. Kimbra Hickey, Jose Zuniga and Jackson Rathbone were on the panel. They were asked a lot of great and interesting questions and were very honest with their answers.
The music Q and A session followed. We had Uncle Larry , Ben Johnson, The Tin Tin Can, Tom Owens from the Pet Lions and Shaun Fernando who were happy to answer all questions about their music. Forgive my lack of details for what questions were asked. The weekend was long!
During the day there was art work on display from people who had entered The Spencer Bell art contest and there was also a 100 monkeys design a t-shirt contest in which people attending the convention could vote for. ( more about that later). Also Kelly Garrett Rathbone was on hand to show us her art work which was beautiful!
There were photo ops to meet Ned Bellamy, Jose Zuniga and Jackson Rathbone. As you would expect, there was a full room of people waiting to meet Jackson! He was very nice an took time to sign something for everyone, take a photo with everyone and even had a brief chat with each and everyone of us waiting !
Then it was time for the jam session! What I had been waiting for!To
see the band play live for the first time!
All the band were there! It was a very intimate gig and most of the
music played was just made up on the spot! The guys did some
switcharoos and we were even treated to Uncle Larry on the bass!
The jam session was about an hour long and it ended with so many
audience members joining in playing instruments that the guys handed out and a few people even brought their own!
The guys hung around for a while after and took time to say hi to
everyone. It was a special and unique show.
With the jam session over, it was time to head over to the Wildhorse
Saloon to line up for the show!
Whilst in line, I was given the amazing news that my design had won
the 100 monkeys t-shirt design comp! Keep an eye on the bands website for details of how you can get your hands on the t shirt with my design!
A few hours later we were let into the venue and took our places to wait for the show to start.
The Wildhorse is a great venue with a balcony upstairs for those that
did not want to be squished in the crowd downstairs! The show was
packed. It was amazing to see such a huge turn out to see the band!
We were treated to a great performance by the Tin Tin Can. If you have not had a chance to listen to their music or see them perform, check out their latest album on their myspace page!
Then came 100 monkeys! They opened with Ugly girl and were on fire. The order of the other songs they sang, I could not tell you but I know they sang all of these: Orson Brawl, Reaper, Her Sister Becky, Smoke, The Monkey Song, Arizona,The Thank You song, Prayer, Looker,Wings on Fire, The Grocery Store song and a new song that they wrote in Nashville.
After the show we staggered back to the hotel, just in time to wave
goodbye to the guys who were heading back to L.a
Newcon was a small and personal convention and if there is another
one, I urge you all to go!
Thanks to Tim and Vi and everyone else involved for working so hard to make it a big success!
Gallery Links:
Links:
100 Monkeys Music
Newcon Website
The Tin Tin Can
Pet Lions Music
Twilight Facebook
Twilight Lexicon
Checkout 100 Monkeys latest Video for ‘Ugly Girl’. Produced by David Monaco and Directed by William Schmidt.
While our Monkey Junkie Jo is in Nashville and will see the Monkeys live we can have a look at them, too. There was a Live Stream recently with interesting news, info and some music as well. If you have missed it you can watch it here:
Here is your chance to get your hands on the 100 Monkeys new CD, GRAPE! Its got some of your favorite songs on it, including Reaper, Orson Brawl, Sweet Face, Wings on Fire and many more!
Head over to the bands Official Website now to pre-order your copy and be one of the first to get your hands on it!
What are you waiting for?!
A Big Thank you to Theresa for working so hard on another 100 Monkeys show review! Here is her account of the Venue show in Vancouver!
I wasn’t sure what to expect when I looked at Venue from the outside. To one wandering down Granville, you see an old rundown theatre, with the potential to be so much more. When you walk in the door, you see what it has become.
If you choose to venture up the stairs to the second floor, you are given the most wonderful view in the house. The second floor is a wrap around balcony giving you an amazing view of the floor and the stage. If you got there early enough and made to the ends of the balcony, you are literally sitting above the stage with quite possibly the best view in the house.
The first floor is an open dance floor with TONS of room.
The stage was amazing as well, complete with an LED back drop that is controlled by the soundboard. If you check out some of the seriously awesome videos on the youtube you will see ‘100 MONKEYS’ scrolling behind the guys. This wonderful board also made some pretty pictures like airplanes and flames and other awesome graphics to go along with the songs.
Now down to the dirt…
The guys opened with an AWESOME rendition on Orson Brawl. I’m still adjusting this song being an opener, since its always been the last song of the night. Though I will say, its quite a number to get the crowd going. The transformation of this song never ceases to amaze me. Seriously.
You’ll have to forgive my faulty memory as I can’t remember much of an order after Orson, but I remember hearing some Smoke and the always haunting Looker. Some chipper and sickly sweet Keep Awake and Wing On Fire, complete with Graupner’s very adorable impersonation of an aeroplane. Some Reaper and a little Arizona, and of course The Monkey Song and Ugly Girl. They threw out an awesome improv about warmin up some Campbells Soup and closed out the night with an amazing Thank You to us all.
The show was eff’in AMAZING!
The guys really rocked it. And I will admit, they looked like rockstars on that stage with the awesome lights and an amazing sound. It made my heart swell with pride and brought a tear to my eye to realize how far they have come.
Pictures will be added to the gallery later today!
Check out the Gallery NOW for Theresa’s Pictures! CLICK HERE
So, you can’t go to Nashville because it’s too far away? Never fear, the lovely Nickki and Vicky will be broadcasting live from backstage at the Wildhorse show on 7th November 2009!
They will be chatting with the band just before they go onstage so tune into Blog Talk Radio to hear it LIVE!
Want to get your hands on some new 100 Monkeys Merchandise? Well now you can! Head on over to The Monkey Mart and pick yourself up a new T-shirt, Bag or Button!
What are you waiting for?!
Spencer Bell was a remarkable artist and lyricist who sadly passed away in December 2006 of Adrenal cancer. His artistic legacy lives on through his friends and family at Spencer Bell Memorial
Thanks to the hard work of Angie, Regina and Barbara, there is a brand new website dedicated to the amazing Spencer Bell for all those in Europe to enjoy. The site contains text and lyrics translated into both German and French.
Please take some time to visit the new site at Spencer Bell Memorial Europe and enjoy all things Spencer!
