the foreign monkeys

The Foreign Monkeys Biography



The Foreign Monkeys was originally founded in December 2005. The
line-up back then was very different from what it has become today.
Soon, the band was reincarnated and a new line-up competed the
Icelandic battle of the bands in the month of March the
following year, and won. This gave The Foreign Monkeys a nation wide
recognition. By this time TFM had taken on the closest to their
current form.
The bands powerful live performance created an immediate buzz, and
their reputation spread fast, landing them larger crowds of rock
thirsty audience. At the beginning of May 2006, only 2 months after
winning BOTB competition, TFM performed in one of the largest venues
in Iceland in front of 5.000 people. This performance was the opening
act for highly acclaimed English artists, Badly Drawn Boy, Elbow and
Echo and The Bunnymen.
In August 2006, TFM would play their largest gig to this date, in
front of 15.000 people in their hometown, at a festival with local
artists. In 2006 TFM also started working on their first recording
which is yet to see the light of day.
In 2007, after a times of brewing frustration within the band, the
singer left, leaving the project hanging by a thread. With the first
album well in the making and a huge buzz created, the band was not
sure if they would carry on.
A few months later, the band decided that the album would be finished,
and hired a rhythm guitarist, while the bass player and lead guitarist
would fill the void the singer left within the band. Soon the vocal
parts were recorded and the album finished. The album was released in late April 2009. The new line-up is finally ready to perform again and is bound to make an impact on
the Icelandic scene. The album is held up high by critics and
press.
Reykjavik May, 2009



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