LIVE SHOW REVIEWS
"Sonic Wave Intl. Recording Artist Monkey Soop graciously decided to do the inaugural “Radio Zendo Show”, and we are mucho thankful. Not only were they awesome live musicians but were some of the best showmen and folks to hang with. They played two tracks off their newest release and man did they burn it up, we chatted them up about up coming shows and projects as well as member’s and how long the beast has lived. We’d like to give a big awkward hug out to them and say anytime, anyplace. Check out the new songs and be impressed . . . " - Radio Zendo
"And then there's Monkeysoop, a band that prompts another question: "What in God's name are they doing?" . . . Connor's left hand taps the strings fast . . . while his right hand gently strokes them with a pick, causing the guitar to squeal like a horse being sexually assaulted in double time. (That's a compliment, by the way.) . . . "Time Traveler" . . . interpolates moments of resonant beauty with passages of pure noise, while Missey works the distorion pedal, Geezer Butler style . . . Missey's powerful voice . . . isn't heard until straight-ahead Misfits cover "Astro Zombies." Her booming, surprisingly deep vocals are a perfect feminine foil for Glenn Danzig's lyrics . . .
Dead or Alive rework "You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)" plays better, with Laun dragging the tempo to a doom-metal plod . . . Missey's delivery is all Goth melodrama, giving the tired song a fresh emotional urgency.
"Wormhole" and closer "Blades," . . . are all about technical ability, with the former veering off into a time signature that could only be comprehensible outside of a base 10 numeral system, and the latter culminating in a frenetic fingertapping session in which Connor picks Missey's proffered bass like a steel guitar . . . It's hard to imagine Jesus would approve." - Jeremy Martin, The San Antonio Current, 7-22-09
"The Monkeysoop blend includes furious, polyrhythmic, progressive metal and a more appetizing version of 'new age.' . . . reminiscent of heavy metal circus music. " - Darren Stansbury, SA Rocks
"Jerry Connor's metal-erotic guitar pulled you out of the urban setting and threw you into the cosmos . . . an easy-on-the-ears . . . high-volume crunch, thrash, bright sound . . . the versatility and dexterity of bassist Erica Missey kept rhythm-to-lead-riffs clear, full, and consistent . . . " -- Ray Calderon, featured in the San Antonio Music Business Expo
". . . Monkeysoop . . . had no trouble with the job of warming up fans. These guys had a great tone and a great stage show that got the blood flowing . . . " -- Luis Matos
". . . Monkeysoop's music allows you to meditate deep into thought while the music twists you into a woven web of thoughts, theory, and magical mystery." - Mishaya Paige, the Edge Magazine
2008 NUNS' NIGHT OUT CD
"MONKEYSOOP is an instrumental band playing Classic Rock based around classy guitar riffs and some progressive rock rhythms. Clearly influenced by the 1970s, their album ‘Nuns night out’ sounds quite impressive and also quite diverse..., with calmer parts, rockier parts and sometimes quite experimental in it’s approach." --- Strutter'Zine, the Netherlands
"San Antonio has long been a rock 'n' roll town. That's not liable to change anytime soon. But even in a place in which everything from oldies to extreme metal, from classic rock to alt-rock, is everywhere, Monkeysoop stands out.
For one thing, there's that name. For another, Monkeysoop is an instrumental quartet that crafts rock songs that run the gamut from progressive to world-music-influenced. Monkeysoop can create crunching metal and then turn around and bring Celtic and Middle Eastern strains into the mix . . .
. . . The songs evoke Rush, Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, Frank Zappa, Mr. Bungle, Primus and other artists who mine the instrumental rock veins. With a hotshot guitarist and two bassists sharing the front line, the music could get cluttered quickly. But Monkeysoop does not traffic in wretched excess. Instead, band members put the right notes in the right spots, use dynamics and cleverness and come up with smart music that rocks, even if it sometimes sounds like it's rocking in outer space. . . " -- Jim Beal, Jr., The San Antonio Express-News Weekender, 1-30-09
"As a former Mixed-Martial Artist - some call us Cagefighters - Monkeysoop is a dream come true. In my underground and professional fights, I avoided predictability by training to music that defied prediction and rocked me into an adrenaline frenzy." -- Former Middle-Weight Champion of the Ultimate Fight Promotions (NM) League and Member of Team Powerhouse (SA) - "Mr. NiceGuy" Steven Bratland
"It was a workout for the mind - so much going on in the music. It was great. It reminded me of Steve Vai's first solo album - 'Flex-able' " -- Louie 'Lou Dog' Gutierrez
2007 COUNTERCLOCKWISE CD
"Instrumental Progressive Rock with roots deeply in the 70s, very much guitar based and quite complicated at times . . . the 3-piece band is surely influenced by RUSH, but yet have an own identity . . . it’s a sort of trip or adventure from start to finish with all the tracks forming one big track together. Fans of instrumental progrock should check this out . . . " Strutter'Zine, the Netherlands
2004 DEBUT CD
". . . a brand of instrumental rock that runs the gamut from the fleet-fingered flurries delivered by the likes of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani to a more playful pop approach. . . features plenty of instro-jam action, enough guitar notes to satisfy most six-string fanatics . . ." Jim Beal, San Antonio Express News Weekender
"The Monkeysoop blend includes furious, polyrhythmic, progressive metal and a more appetizing version of 'new age.' . . . reminiscent of heavy metal circus music. " - Darren Stansbury, SA Rocks
" . . . (Monkeysoop) lets it all hang out with fat metallic assaults, linear cascades, wall-of-sound embellishments, and shrednik bombast. The title track showcases flipped-out, speedy fret runs and plenty of notes . . . " - Guitar 9
" . . . good clean quality instrumental hardrock . . . for people into the instrumental sounds of Rush . . . " - Strutter'Zine, the Netherlands (gave us a 7.9 out of 10 - thanks guys!)
"Instrumental and experimental. The debut album from Monkeysoop is like Joe Satriani meets John McLaughlin. It's a must have for any music fan." -- Amazon.com Editorial Review
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