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Weirdness under a veneer of rythm and blues from the outskirts of Poughkeepsie, NY.

The Dead Monkeys
Sool-Dead Monkeys 2019 Spirit of Summer Spree
Summer 2019 marked the release of "Earth to Sool", Sool's 3rd, full-length CD.  Two tracks on the record, "Sucker" and "Action" were recorded live in the studio using the "Dead Monkeys" line-up.  It's always exciting for a band to perform live with a new canon of material.  Thanks to everyone who managed to see us at one of these venues:
  • Thursday August 8 @  Midway Cafe , Jamaica Plain, MA, 8 pm. Playing as Sool before Queeraoke
  • Friday August 9 @  @ PK's Public House inc., Bellows Falls, VT. Playing as Sool at 9 pm.
  • Saturday August 10 @ Snugs, New Paltz, NY. 11 pm. Playing as the Dead Monkeys
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Cover Art for "Earth to Sool" by @computarded

Sool-Dead Monkeys 2018 Summer Outing

Summer brings fair weather, clear skies, heat, humidity and thunderstorms.  And in the grand scheme of human activity, a microcosmic event takes place.  Ken flies over from Japan to join 3 of his best mates to realign and celebrate that which brought them together in the first place: rock and roll music and its associated genres.  So it is in the spirit of summer that these men attempt to "spread good cheer" with their cockamamie brand of psyche-pub rock over a weekend of tri-state performances. 
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Sool-Dead Monkeys 2017 Summer Rock'n'Roll Reunion Revue (SRRRR)

It was that time again. Summer. Lobster rolls, picnics, fireworks, beer, family trips, house projects, and that old time rock'n'roll. The annual reunions of 4 homies who have been jim-jamming and cutting tracks together since adolescence continue their prophetic course up the river of time and down the log flume of destiny. If you feel connected in any way to Kevin, Ken, Neal or Pete, consider reaching out this year. Listen to one of our songs, give us a retweet, like our facebook page, troll us with a cryptic message of some sort, drop by one of our shows and say hi if you can or simply scoff at a memory. Keep smiling through just like you always do 'till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away! Peace.​
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Summer 2016 Weekend Odyssey: Three States in 24 Hours

As the years roll on, innocence ferments into wisdom, wonder is replaced with conviction and perception itself begins to self replicate into an amorphous blob of opinion, viewpoint and hypocrisy.  Once again, the Dead Monkeys attempted to pole vault and otherwise circumvent this process by driving for a while, getting a bite to eat somewhere and then setting up their noise machines on some stage only to escape to and embrace the creative space time fabric all at once, in one fell swoop.  We hope we entertained at any capacity in this odyssey: Three States in 24 Hours.
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Summer 2015

With the warm, summer breeze and smell of lighter fluid comes the Dead Monkey's drummer Ken O'Keefe on a giant mongoose from Japan.  He's flying back to the USA to tend to the roots he planted as a boy in the swamps of the Hudson Valley all those years ago. With Kevin and Neal, Ken invokes the heart, the horror, and the soul that has become the Dead Monkeys.  Add in their Sool buddy Pete Weiss and you have a rock and roll tour de force for a brief time between the 3rd and 8th of August in the New York - New England neck of the woods.  We hope to see you at one of these fine establishments.  Come on out and reconnect, reconnoiter or otherwise ask Kevin for his famous banana bread recipe.

Mon Aug 3 Taco Night! @ Cuisine en Locale 7:30 PM Somerville, MA (as Sool)
Thu Aug 6 Tavern at the End of the World 9:30 PM Charlestown, MA (as Sool)
Fri Aug 7 Snugs 10 PM New Paltz, NY (as The Dead Monkeys)
Sat Aug 8 Pete and Neal perform as "Acoustic Sool" at Pleasant Valley Brewing 8 PM Saxtons River, VT
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Summer 2014

Sool and the Dead Monkeys joined forces yet again for a summer 2014 outing in the Northeastern part of the country.  An unconfirmed source tells us that the performances involved imported "japanese fishmonger elvis" wigs.  Thanks to all of our friends (except Glen) who came out and supported us.  Check out the tour photo gallery.

Wed Aug 6 Midway Cafe Jamaica Plain, MA - with Yankee Power and Fireking  $TBA, Doors at 8:00 PM, 21+
Thu Aug 7 Hank's Saloon Brooklyn, NY
Fri Aug 8 Snugs New Paltz, NY - going on after Beki Brindle & The Hotheads around midnight
Sat Aug 9 WOOL91.5 FM Radio annual Block Party at the Waypoint Center in Bellows Falls, VT
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Summer 2013

We had a great time on our lil' summer 2013 jaunt from August 8 - 11.  With the addition of Pete Weiss, we had a two-pronged approach containing The Dead Monkeys and Sool!

Thu Aug 8 (6 pm) Alegria Garden Cafe Lake Placid, NY
Fri Aug 9 (10 pm) Lot 10 Ithaca, NY with Ithaca favorites The Fly Rods and The Rungs!
Sat Aug 10 (2 pm) Wright Gallery Records Kingston, NY     
Sat Aug 10 (11 pm) Snugs New Paltz, NY
Sun Aug 11 (11 pm) TT the Bear's Place Cambridge, MA with Corin Ashley, Home Body, and Pretensile
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Coochie Kikuchi

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A full length Album featuring 10 tracks of genre-cross-pollination in the Dead Monkey tradition is now available.  Their first recording in over 15 years, this project celebrates over 30 years of playing together. Give it a listen and download it here.  Physical CDs will be available at our summer tour shows (see above)!!!