9/21/09

UPCOMING: The Return of Junk Monkeys - Lager House Detroit - Sat Oct 10th

The Return of The Junk Monkeys
First Junk Monkeys gig in 8+ years
"More than any other band, the Junk Monkeys were the keeper of Detroit’s rock and roll flame from the late 1980s through the mid 1990s. Surely, other bands sold more records and gathered more press. But it was the Junk Monkeys who truly bridged the gap between the hard rocking generation of the MC5 and the Stooges and the garage rock renaissance that bloomed thirty years later. Their songs were edgy, raw and infused with a melody and tunefulness that got them compared to Midwestern peers like the Replacements. But the Junk Monkeys were truly a product of the Detroit rock tradition. It shows in everything from their revved up cover of the Mutants’ “So American” to their wryly titled EP “Kick Out the Jelly.” Their last studio album “Bliss” remains one of the best rock and roll records to ever come out of the Motor City. It overflows with ambition, grit and the sweet, wreckless abandon that lesser bands simply can’t pull off. Like many of their hometown predecessors, though, they fell victim to record company indifference, the endless grind of non-stop touring and a profound dedication to on and off-stage boozing. On the rarest occasion, they are still coaxed into playing a hometown gig. Their importance to Detroit rock and roll is illustrated best, perhaps, by being tapped to appear on the closing nights of two disparate landmark clubs: Lili’s 21 (the home of Detroit punk) and The Gold Dollar (the home of Detroit garage rock)."
- Dominic Spadafore“Kick it Out: Forty Years of Detroit Rock”
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