Monkey Business is a Czech funk band. It is one of the projects of its leader Roman Holý, the other being J.A.R..
Monkey Business | |
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.jpg) Monkey Business in 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Czech Republic |
| Genres | Funk, pop |
| Years active | 1999– |
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| Members | |
| Past members | |
| Website | monkeybusiness |
History
editThe group teamed up at the beginning of 1999. Singer Matěj Ruppert came from the group Leguar GR, Oldřich Krejčoves played in Pan Pot, Pavel Mrázek and Martin Houdek came from Dorota B.B. and Tonya Graves came from dance oriented Liquid Harmony. Their debut record, Why Be In When You Could Be Out, was released in 2000. It includes such hit songs as Party Shit, My Friends, the slow Piece of my Life, and only one song sung in Czech (Hi & Stereo).
Members
edit- Matěj Ruppert - vocals
- Tereza Černochová - vocals
- Oldřich Krejčoves - guitar
- Ondřej Brousek - keyboards
- Roman Holý - keyboards, vocals
- Pavel Mrázek - bass guitar
- Martin Houdek - drums
Notable guests
editPercussionist Imran Musa Zangi is a regular guest. Other star guests featured on the band's records include Fred Wesley and David Williams (Why be in...). More guests followed on Save The Robots: Dr. Robert from The Blow Monkeys, Raymond Davis, Clarence Haskins, Dennis Chambers and Fred Wesley.
On Resistance Is Futile, the guest list was expanded even more with the likes of Hiram Bullock, Iva Bittová, Jiří Stivín, Roman Dragoun, Filip Jelínek, František Kop, Radka Kaspar, Jaroslav Halíř, František Tomšíček, Tomáš Křemenák, Nada Weppereová (vocals), Petr Dopita and Michael Fišer.
Kiss Me On My Ego features Hiram Bullock, David Sanborn and Glenn Hughes.
Freak Power singer Ashley Slater has supported some of 2008 Monkey Business live shows and as a guest vocal he appears (as same as Glenn Hughes again) on the Twilight of Jesters?.
Album Sex and Sport? Never! (2015) features Mike Stern and Gábor Presser.
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- Why Be In When You Could Be Out (20)
- Save the Robots (2001)
- Resistance Is Futile (2003)
- Kiss Me on My Ego (2005)
- Objects of Desire And Other Complications (2007)[2]
- Twilight Of Jesters? (2009)
- Sex and Sport? Never! (2015)
- Bad Time for Gentlemen (2018)
- Freedom On Sale (2020)
DVD
edit- 2004 - Lazy Youth Old Beggars
- 2007 - Peeing With The Proletariat
Awards and nominations
edit| Year | Nominated work | Award | Category | Result | Ref |
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| 2000 | Themselves | Anděl Awards | Group of the Year | Winner | [3] |
| 2000 | Themselves | Anděl Awards | Discovery of the Year | Winner | [3] |
| 2003 | "Resistance Is Futile" | Anděl Awards | Pop Album of the Year | Winner | [4] |
| 2004 | "Lazy Youth Old Beggars" | Anděl Awards | DVD of the Year | Winner | [5] |
| 2005 | "Kiss Me On My Ego" | Anděl Awards | Pop and Dance Album of the Year | Winner | [6] |
| 2007 | "Kit Bike" | Anděl Awards | Music Video of the Year | Winner | [7] |
| 2007 | "Objects Of Desire And Other Complications" | Anděl Awards | Pop and Dance Album of the Year | Winner | [7] |
| 2007 | "Objects Of Desire And Other Complications" | Anděl Awards | Packaging of the Year | Winner | [7] |
| 2009 | "Twilight of Jesters" | Anděl Awards | Group of the Year | Winner | [8] |
| 2009 | "Twilight of Jesters" | Anděl Awards | Album of the Year | Nominated | [8] |
Other awards in the Czech Republic:
- 2000 Rock & Pop Volby rocku - objev domácí[citation needed]
- 2001 Rock & Pop Volby rocku - skupina roku domácí[citation needed]
References
edit- ^ "Tonya Graves v Monkey Business končí, nahradí ji Tereza Černochová". iReport.cz. 2016-12-14. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- ^ Wiser, Danny (29 May 2021). "CZECHIA: Objects of Desire and Other Complications - Monkey Business". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ^ a b "O Andělovi pro skupinu roku se hlasovalo dvakrát". idnes.cz (in Czech). 19 March 2001. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Anděl 2003". ihned.cz (in Czech). 22 March 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Langerovou, Bártu i Tata Bojs těší ceny Anděl 2004". novinky.cz (in Czech). 21 March 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ "Dva Andělé pro Lenku Dusilovou a Clou". novinky.cz (in Czech). 12 March 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "OBRAZEM: Nejvíce Andělů získali Monkey Business". denik.cz (in Czech). 3 April 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Nejúspěšnějšími v Andělích byli Charlie Straight. Získali tři ceny". idnes.cz (in Czech). 17 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
External links
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