Friday 27 June - Monkeysoop * Dogz on Parole * Vanity Crimes * Piss Poor

by rudyards | June 27th, 2014

Monkeysoop (San Antonio, TX)
https://www.monkeysoop.com/

Monkeysoop is a musical group of experimetal pioneers. Unfulfilled by the structures and rhythms available in much of today’s pop, rock and metal music, guitarist Jerry Connor writes without conforming to any guidelines other than the wilds of his warped imagination. Unique mixes of musical styles, time signatures, and extraordinary guitar melodies and riffs put you on an auditory and emotional roller coaster that is the band’s ‘experimetal’ music. “Monkeysoop . . . balances earnestness, speed and all-out technical ability with playfulness and soaring imagination,” says Jim Beal, Jr., from the San Antonio Express News.

With bandmates Erica Missey on drums and, most recently, Harold Young on bass, Jerry Connor and Monkeysoop have been going strong since 2003. The band signed in 2012 with Tate Music Group and just released its sixth CD, GREY MATTER, in October, 2013.

Previously, Monkeysoop was signed with Sonic Wave International, Inc., through which they have released five CDs since 2004; EXPERIMETAL II, EXPERIMETAL, NUNS’ NIGHT OUT, COUNTERCLOCKWISE, and MONKEYSOOP. These CDs are available at major internet retailers.

The group is sponsored by Analysis-Plus, Inc., GuitarHeads Pickups, Sleek Guitars, Pic Stick, Curt Mangan, Fast Axe, Coffin Case, Star Access Entertainment, and Furman.

Monkeysoop has had the honor of guest appearances by drummer extraordinaire Terry Bozzio and guitar slinger Michael Angelo Batio on their 2012 release, EXPERIMETAL II.

Monkeysoop received Grammy consideration in 2005 for “Best Rock Performance.”

The band was honored as the “BEST NEW INTERNATIONAL BAND” for the “MYSPACE HALL OF FAME”, Class of 2010.

Monkeysoop’s music is featured in the television series “The Drive TV”.

The band is honored to have toured with and opened for many national international musical acts.

The funds earned from Monkeysoop’s song “Kendall” go to aid the American Heart Association.

 

Dogz On Parole (Houston, TX)
https://dogzonparole.com/

With a blend of influences, Dogz on Parole is like a unique recipe. All the ingredients come together to form the sound and fell of the band. The band never set out to be sound Punk or sound like Metal. We just are, what ever comes out and we think sounds good becomes ours.

The band believes in helping other bands out, we’ve had enough of the mentality of being in competition with each other. Mu…sic is a universal language that is understood through-out the entire world no matter the spoken language in a country. The is enough room for all of us in music. Let’s put an end to the bitterness. Support local bands! Support the unsigned, we are the future.

Gone are the days of the big record labels having the power to filter us and only allow what they thought was good enough to sell. Let the people be the judge!

 

 

Vanity Crimes (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/VanityCrimes

We are a rock n roll band from Houston, TX! We are the sleeze and glitter that you have been waiting for!
This is a band who loves to rock, and loves obscure music from different eras. This band has potential to make a name as it stands out drastically from the sound of other local bands making Vanity Crimes a name we know you’ll remember.

Vanity Crime is a four piece that lives in an era when the music was big, loud, original, and most of was created by playing actual instruments. Vanity Crimes is trying to bring back the sleezin’ and pleasin’ of the Sunset Strip, where big hair and eyeliner ruled the world. Do not expect us to look like your average band, we are that little bit of glitter that was left over in the gutter from the days that reminds you of freedom and the love of rock n roll.

 

Piss Poor (Houston, TX)
https://www.facebook.com/PissPoor

Old-school Punk Rock!

H.E. Doublehockeysticks!- Rythm guitar/ Lead vocals
Gino Perverti- Lead guitar/Vocals
Juan Feria- Bass/Vocals
I keep forgetting his name- Drums