Update - MMG Bucks Battle of the Bands – Heat Two

If you haven't heard already, the next Battle of the Bands heat will be held at The Cannon, Newport Pagnell on Good Friday (April 2nd) – entry is free (over 18s only) and the first band rocks at 8pm. Thanks to all of you who turned up last time – remember to buy your drinks to vote for your favorite rock'n'roll superdudes – only ONE band will get through to the final!

TRASH MONKEY are dedicating this next gig to you guys (yes, ALL OF YOU who got us through to heat two!) To show our appreciation we'd like you to vote for the outro song we play on April 2nd – simply head to the Trash Monkey homepage and cast your vote for your favorite song. We'll ensure we tear the roof down with the most popular song chosen by YOU! Go, go, go!

Planning on coming? Let us know by adding yourself to the facebook event!

Until then, keep it loud!

Johnny, Mikey, Paulo, Sleazy & Vega
Trash Monkey

Band Blitz Review by Steffi Lewis (steffilewis.com)

Last Friday's heat went down pretty well, we had an awesome time and although we didn't make it through to the Final (congrats to Rise Inside) there's no way we're loosening our Chuck Taylors as we're here to stay. We'll be taking the rest of August by the rock'n'roll horns as we return to Esquires and crank it up with another performance at this years MK Party on the Pitch. You can find more gig info by clicking here, but you came for the review, right? Read on then...

Review of our Band Blitz set from Steffi Lewis (www.steffilewis.com):

Trash Monkey who I've seen on numerous occasions around some of the smaller venues. You want some dirty rock guitars? These are the guys for you, and they certainly know what they're doing.

Load a bunch of 12-bar blues chord sequences into the rhythm, add in a very confident singer, a rampaging drummer, solid bass and a twiddly lead ... then lock and load! A great mix of Ramones and AC/DC and some sleezy lyrics too... totally worked for me!

Check out the full Heat review here
and Steffi's Band Blitz gallery here

Milton Keynes Band Blitz... Friday 1st August

Hey you lovely people!

Just a reminder that Trash Monkey will be competing in this years Band Blitz at The Pitz Club, our slot for a chance in the final is THIS FRIDAY so please, please come along if you're about. It's a good venue so should be a great atmosphere. It simply wouldn't be the same without you there so why not come along for the ride, and perhaps buy us a pint afterwards... Keep it loud!

Click here for direcitons to The Pitz Club.

Milton Keynes Band Blitz 2008

Trash Monkey to are to compete in The Pitz Club Milton Keynes Band Blitz 2008. We'll be taking the stage in heat one on Friday August 1st – keep coming back as we'll be posting loads of updates over the summer and as the event nears

SPREAD THE WORD... come along to support Trash Monkey in this years Milton Keynes Band Blitz. Five former Ousedale students take on 19 other bands from MK's music scene... Let's show them that Newport Pagnell can still produce a mighty fine rock band...

This will be the last Band Blitz @ The Pitz Club, so it's gonna be massive this year. We'd love to see as many people come along to a real important gig for us, this invitation is open to everyone so pass it around to as many people as you can, former Ousedale students and fellow residents of 'The Pag' especially...

Check out the band's music at www.trashmonkey.co.uk, feel free to leave a comment below if you're up for coming along, or if you'd like to get involved getting our noise out there somehow (on your myspace profile, facebook etc.)

We've set up a facebook event here, so please feel free to drop in there and leave a message for the band

Here's the full details from the Pitz Club's myspace page:

HEAT 1 - Friday 1st August
FALSE ALIBIS (rock)
RISE INSIDE (alt/metal/ambient)
STEFFAN VALE
TRASH MONKEY (hard rock)

HEAT 2 - Friday 8th August
STANISLAV (indie/rock)
FEBRUA (screamo/rock/metal)
WHORES OF MEGGIDDDO (post metal/doom)
DROP THE ACT (alt/punk/rock)

HEAT 3 - Friday 15th August
TEMPLES BURNING (metal)
SOVRIN (indie/rock)
TAYLORMADE (punk rock)
ACACIA CLOSE ( screamo/tech metal)

HEAT 4 - Friay 22nd August
STONEBROKE (rock)
TOMBSTONE BULLETS (alt/rock)
THE VISION ( indie/ alt/rock)
RUSTY G’S (rock)

HEAT 5 - Friday 29th August
AFTER THIS PLAGUE ( deathmetal/hardcore)
ZEITGEIST (alt/metal)
BETWEEN ORDER AND MODEL ( post hardcore)
INCENDIA (modern rock)

5 bands go through to the Grand Final in September

Please cut,paste spread the word...