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Rusts, Smuts and Heart Rot

by Monkey 101

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“... a near-perfect alignment of skuzzy, lo-fi punk and melodic underpinnings.” - The Big Takeover #89 (Fall 2021).

"… gritty, low-fi pop-punk nuggets that would fit in almost eerily well with today’s garage rock revival. The songs made their creators, the members of erstwhile Philly band Monkey 101, indie rock urban legends.” - Brian Howard, City Paper

REMASTERED, FIRST TIME ON VINYL!!

Monkey 101 is a lo-fi punk rock band from Philadelphia. They achieved instant cult status with their 1990 7” single “French Feelings” and “Now That You Have Left Me” released on Philly indie label Siltbreeze Records who also released Sebadoh and Guided by Voices around the same time. Monkey 101 released one additional 7” EP culled from a full album’s worth of recordings made in the early 1990s, but the full LP “Rusts, Smuts and Heart Rot” has not been released on vinyl until now. These songs are as vibrant, raw, and energetic as when they were first recorded some 30 years ago.

Monkey 101:
Arno (guitars, vocals)
Robert Turri (drums, vocals)
Paul K. (bass, vocals)

Notes on the band from Robert Turri:

Monkey 101 existed in the pre-internet age. All the years making music only to realize the songwriting duo of Paul K. and Arno had something to offer. Writing “Australopithecus” in Paul’s trailer. “Now That You Have Left Me” in Paul’s parents bedroom. Just got back from California and was in a haze but music was it. Lived with my parents. The seeds began to form at the Rodman Street house. Arno was there. Paul wasn’t far behind. Finally began to play music with each other as a trio.

Songs began to jell practicing at Music Factory and Oates’ house. We were well rehearsed. We tapped the waters with open mic night at the Ambler Cabaret and didn’t start to get noticed until Welcomat music critic Mike Brenner reviewed our first live appearance at the Barbary. Playing songs long lost such as “Lanterns” we had a decent set together. People seemed to like us and we moved on from there. We got our lucky break when Tom Lax’s Siltbreeze label put out our first 45. “French Feelings” and “Now That You Have Left Me” were recorded at David Lowe’s East Falls recording studio in an afternoon. The Gods were with us that day as we hit on all cylinders and recorded what turned out to be a punk classic. Well at least sort of.

We began to create a buzz, played NYC a few times, drew bigger crowds in Philly, headlined at the Khyber and were on to bigger things. We put out a follow-up EP on Papa Popov records, our own label, and while it didn’t leave the same mark as our previous single it still had staying power. The five song EP was part of a larger recording session weekend at John Oates’ house, recorded again by David Lowe, which is the album you are now holding and listening to. The fact that it was recorded 30 years ago says something about the strength of the songwriting and passion and intensity of the players.

Monkey 101 had a brief moment in history you’ll be able to enjoy for what it was, and realize your best days are when you don’t know what you’re doing, but you know what you’re doing is right.

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released March 23, 2021

Remastered by Paul Hammond
All Songs by Monkey 101 © and ℗ 1991
Sister Raygun Records
Catalog # SRR 013

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