Look out for Munky Punch in the next issue of Do The Dog ska zine. The zine has been going for almost 20 years and is published every quarter. It features news, views and reviews on ska/ska punk bands and gigs/releases etc.from the global ska scene...so it's definitely worth checking out!
And whilst we're on the subject of zines, Suzy has been involved in a brand new punk/indie one called Lather Rinse Repeat and the first issue is going to be out sometime in the next month or so. You can add the zine on myspace now for updates. The first issue has reviews of Rancid and Hatebreed, various interviews and loads of other features, recipes and articles.
Also news on the music front - Dave, Ricky and Jamie have formed a new band. The music is more chilled out than the original MP ska punk sound...less brass, more ska. They are hoping to play some gigs in the near future but nothing's confirmed as yet. More info about this coming soon so keep checking the site!
For more updates on the band and its members, feel free to add us on Myspace:
Check out some videos from the gig last week:
King John
Songs in the key of shit (live rap)
Thanx to all the people who turned up to the Munky Punch reunion gig in durham on Monday. It was awesome to see you all singing along and skanking. We enjoyed playing to such a great crowd.
We're collecting any photos people took on the night, and displaying them on this web site. If you have any please email us: munkypunch@gmail.com or msg us via our myspace. Thanx to Sim, our official photographer on the night, for these pics. There are also more pics located here.
Yes, we're back for a reunion gig in Durham on Monday!
Hey everyone, it's been a while. Munky Punch have been pretty quiet lately but we've just been booked to play a gig on the 19th June 2006. Almost exactly a year to the day since we last played and won the battle of the bands! The gig is going to be in Durham.
Please check out our myspace account for our music (myspace.com/munkypunch) as the purevolume account doesn't seem to be working. Also check out some videos of MP - just go to the Google Videos web site and type in 'Munky Punch'.
Feel free to take the banner above for use on your livejournal, myspace profile, links page or web site! Link it back to: "http://www.munkypunch.co.uk"
Munky Punch are also members of myspace. You are very welcome to add us to your friends list!
The web site is now completely up to date. You can see all our photos from every gig we've ever done in the photo section. We were in the studio in June and have produced a third cd. It's called the Urinal Countdown and is a 6 track EP. It's a limited edition cd, so if you want one...you may have to be quick about it and email us! We'll be putting some mp3s up sometime soon though so keep checking back for the latest news.
Munky Punch won the Battle of the Bands competition last night...and £400 was raised for the DUSSSK charity. Thanx to everyone who came to see us/hear us/sing to our music/skank/form a circle pit/vote for us!! It was great to see everyone at our final gig. We're going into the studio tomorrow for a couple of days to record 6 new tracks. Details of the new cd will be available asap on this site.
Munky Punch are playing another Battle of the Bands competition at Durham University Students Union next Monday (20th June). We're competing against Paddy's Band, Lubyanka Street, Guns for Gorillas, The Restaurant, Alba Nova so please come and support MP!! The event is from 8pm to 12am, and tickets are £3.50. All money is going to DUSSSK - Durham University Students Supporting Street Kids.
The photos from all our most recent gigs will be up on the web site very soon. Thanks to Hannah Livesey-Ingham/Jack Edwards-Fox/Steph Jaco (Undercroft - 7th June) and Simon Harrison (Castle/Jam by the Lake - 11th June), for these pics.
Tomorrow we are playing two gigs once again. At 12.30pm we'll be at Hatfield College, Durham for their college day. In the evening we are taking part in the Insangel Battle of the Bands competition...it's taking place at The Black Bull in Sunderland. A link to a map can be found below. Entry is £3. To get there from Durham..there are regular buses (220/222?) and from Newcastle - metros and trains are pretty regular too. Would be good to see as many people as possible there voting for us!
Map
Thanx to all the people who came and saw us supporting Howards Alias on Tuesday. Was fantastic to see so many people skanking and crowd surfing! You all rule! We sold many cds and badges...but don't worry there are still some left, and they'll be on sale tomorrow and next Tuesday. Photos will be up sometime soon, but we're very busy at the moment. Tomorrow is a first in the history of Munky Punch.. TWO GIGS IN ONE DAY! Rock 'n' roll!
First we'll be making an appearance at Jam Night's 'Jam by the Lake' all day music festival. This is going on at Van Mildert College,
Durham. 
We should be on around 9pm! There's preview of this event here, we're are apparently "lethal and indestructable"...well the band's been around for at least 4 yrs now! hooray.
Afterwards we're heading off to the Castle (aka University College, Durham) for Castle Day, where we're due on stage around 10.30pm.
Other stuff...
Check out our music at purevolume and if you're as addicted to myspace as we are, add us!