Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
This band has no press
Discography
Single - "Handslide", Arista Record, #21 Billboard Chart in 1999.
Single - "Caught My Mind", Arista Records
Single - "Lefty", Arista Records
Single - "Now", Arista Records
Single - "Mine To Waste", Tresspass Records
Single - "Lie To Me", Tresspass Records
Single - "Rescue Me", Tresspass Records
Albumn - Maize - Sector 2 Records -1994
Albumn - Pushmonkey - Arista Records - 1998
Albumn - El Bitche - Tresspass Records - 2002
Albumn - Year Of The Monkey - Tresspass Records - 2005
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2001-2006
• 3 Pushmonkey songs from Year of the Monkey chosen to go out with Yahoo MusicMatch software on every new Dell computer through 2006.
• New cd Year of the Monkey, produced by Paul Leary (Sublime, Butthole Surfers, U2) released Feb. 15, 2005. Texas regional radio airplay begins.
• Received two awards at 2002 Austin Music Awards Show: #1 Metal/Industrial Band, Best Cover Art for El Bitché
• Single “Number One” charts many successive weeks on R&R rock specialty chart.
• Touring Texas and Southwest to support El Bitché; performed radio station festivals and shows in Austin, Beaumont, Killeen, Dallas, Corpus Christi, San Antonio, Lubbock.
• Independent CD El Bitché released September 4th, 2001. Over 5,000 copies sold.
1999-2000
• Special performances: headlining on WLZR stage at Summerfest 2000 in Milwaukee; KLBJ Shore Thang with Stone Temple Pilots in Austin. Radio festival performances in Atlanta, Memphis, Orlando, Miami, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi, and Midland.
• Received two awards at 2000 Austin Music Awards Show: #1 Hard Rock / Metal Band, #1 Video (“Caught My Mind”)
• “Caught My Mind” video featured on HBO’s “The Sopranos.”
• Debut self-titled CD yielded 3 successful rock radio singles.
• Kicked off the year with a national tour with Godsmack, followed by Ozzfest ’99. Ended tour with appearance at Woodstock ’99 in New York.
• Live performances on ABC/ESPN’s “X in Concert,” ESPN’s “Extreme Sports,” and on numerous local TV shows in tour markets; appearance on Fox’s “Melrose Place.”
• Tracks from the Pushmonkey CD were featured on MTV’s “BIOrythm,” WWF’s “Sunday Night Heat,” UPN’s “Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Rock-N-Roll Bodybuilding Competition,” and Fox Sports’ “Board Wild.”
Interesting Facts
-Pushmonkey singer Tony is the brother of Mudvayne singer Chad.
-Pushmonkey drummer Darwin is the only rock drummer (we know of) that stands when he plays.
-Pushmonkey just celebrated 10 years together (yes, the same members).
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