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Monkey Business (band)

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Monkey Business
Monkey Business performing in 2019
Monkey Business performing in 2019
Background information
OriginPrague, Czechia
Genres
Years active1999–present
Labels
Members
  • Matěj Ruppert
  • Oldřich Krejčoves
  • Ondřej Brousek
  • Roman Holý
  • Pavel Mrázek
  • Martin Houdek
  • Tereza Černochová
Past members
  • Tonya Graves[1]
Websitemonkeybusiness.cz

Monkey Business is a Czech funk and pop band formed in 1999 in Prague. It is one of the musical projects of multi-instrumentalist and producer Roman Holý, the others being J.A.R. and Sexy Dancers. The band also includes vocalist Matěj Ruppert, guitarist Oldřich Krejčoves, bassist Pavel Mrázek, drummer Martin Houdek, keyboardist Ondřej Brousek, and vocalist Tereza Černochová. As of 2024, they have released eleven studio albums.

History

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Monkey Business formed in Prague, Czechia, in 1999. The band initially consisted of vocalist Matěj Ruppert, guitarist Oldřich Krejčoves, bassist Pavel Mrázek, drummer Martin Houdek, and keyboardist Ondřej Brousek. Their debut album, Why Be in When You Could Be Out, was released in 2000 and included contributions from Iranian-Czech percussionist Imran Musa Zangi and American trombonist Fred Wesley.[2] The group subsequently added a second vocalist, the American-Czech Tonya Graves, who had previously sung in the band Liquid Harmony.

Monkey Business released their second album, Save the Robots, in 2001, and it once again featured contributions from Fred Wesley as well as drummer Dennis Chambers, guitarist Hiram Bullock, and singer Dan Bárta.

The band's third record, Resistance Is Futile, came out in 2003 and included work by Iva Bittová, Jiří Stivín, Roman Dragoun, and Hiram Bullock.[3]

In 2005, Monkey Business published their fourth album, titled Kiss Me on My Ego. It featured contributions from Imran Musa Zangi, Dan Bárta, Hiram Bullock, Glenn Hughes, and David Sanborn.[4]

The album Objects of Desire and Other Complications followed in 2007, with input from guest musicians such as Imran Musa Zangi and Kamil Střihavka.[5]

Monkey Business released Twilight of Jesters? in 2009, a record that again featured Glenn Hughes and Dan Bárta, as well as Vlastimil Třešňák and Ashley Slater.[6]

Happiness of Postmodern Age followed in 2013, with contributions from Dan Bárta, Ivan Mládek, and Joan Baez. The band's eighth studio album, titled Sex and Sport? Never!, came out in 2015 and featured Mike Stern, Gábor Presser, and Marta Kubišová.[7]

Tonya Graves left Monkey Business in 2016, and she was replaced on vocals by Tereza Černochová before the 2018 release of Bad Time for Gentlemen. The record, the band's ninth, included input from Fred Wesley and Ashley Slater. The band followed it in 2020 with Freedom on Sale, with help from Dan McCafferty and Ashley Slater.

The latest album by Monkey Business is Když Múzy Mlčí, issued in 2024.

Band members

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Current

  • Matěj Ruppert – vocals (1999–present)
  • Tereza Černochová – vocals (2018–present)
  • Oldřich Krejčoves – guitar (1999–present)
  • Ondřej Brousek – keyboards (1999–present)
  • Roman Holý – keyboards, vocals (1999–present)
  • Pavel Mrázek – bass guitar (1999–present)
  • Martin Houdek – drums (1999–present)

Past

  • Tonya Graves – vocals (2000–2016)

Discography

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Studio albums

  • Why Be in When You Could Be Out (2000)
  • Save the Robots (2001)
  • Resistance Is Futile (2003)
  • Kiss Me on My Ego (2005)
  • Objects of Desire and Other Complications (2007)[8]
  • Twilight of Jesters? (2009)
  • Happiness of Postmodern Age (2013)
  • Sex and Sport? Never! (2015)
  • Bad Time for Gentlemen (2018)
  • Freedom on Sale (2020)
  • Když Múzy Mlčí (2024)

EPs

  • Nevydané tracky (2003)

Remix albums

  • Why Be Out When You Could Be In (2001)
  • Kavárna de Luxe (2017)

DVDs

  • Lazy Youth Old Beggars (2004)
  • Peeing with the Proletariat (2007)

Awards and nominations

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Year Nominated work Award Category Result Ref
2000 Themselves Anděl Awards Group of the Year Winner [9]
Themselves Anděl Awards Discovery of the Year Winner [9]
2003 Resistance Is Futile Anděl Awards Pop Album of the Year Winner [10]
2004 Lazy Youth Old Beggars Anděl Awards DVD of the Year Winner [11]
2005 Kiss Me on My Ego Anděl Awards Rock, Pop, and Dance Album of the Year Winner [12]
Kiss Me on My Ego Anděl Awards Best sound recording of the year Winner
2007 "Kit Bike" Anděl Awards Music Video of the Year Winner [13]
Objects of Desire and Other Complications Anděl Awards Rock, Pop, and Dance Album of the Year Winner [13]
Objects of Desire and Other Complications Anděl Awards Packaging of the Year Winner [13]
2009 Twilight of Jesters Anděl Awards Group of the Year Winner [14]
Twilight of Jesters Anděl Awards Album of the Year Nominated [14]
2018 Bad Time for Gentlemen Anděl Awards Group of the Year Winner [15]
Bad Time for Gentlemen Anděl Awards Album of the Year Nominated
2020 Freedom on Sale Anděl Awards Group of the Year Nominated

References

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  1. ^ "Tonya Graves v Monkey Business končí, nahradí ji Tereza Černochová". iReport.cz. 14 December 2016. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Monkey Business – Why Be in When You Could Be Out". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  3. ^ "Monkey Business – Resistance Is Futile". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  4. ^ "Monkey Business – Kiss Me on My Ego". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Monkey Business – Objects of Desire and Other Complications". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  6. ^ "Monkey Business – Twilight of Jesters?". discogs.com. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Monkey Business – Sex and Sport? Never!". discogs.com. 21 May 2015. Retrieved 26 December 2024.
  8. ^ Wiser, Danny (29 May 2021). "Czechia: Objects of Desire and Other Complications – Monkey Business". 200worldalbums.com. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b "O Andělovi pro skupinu roku se hlasovalo dvakrát". idnes.cz (in Czech). 19 March 2001. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  10. ^ "Anděl 2003". ihned.cz (in Czech). 22 March 2004. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  11. ^ "Langerovou, Bártu i Tata Bojs těší ceny Anděl 2004". novinky.cz (in Czech). 21 March 2005. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  12. ^ "Dva Andělé pro Lenku Dusilovou a Clou". novinky.cz (in Czech). 12 March 2006. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  13. ^ a b c "Obrazem: Nejvíce Andělů získali Monkey Business". denik.cz (in Czech). 3 April 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  14. ^ a b "Nejúspěšnějšími v Andělích byli Charlie Straight. Získali tři ceny". idnes.cz (in Czech). 17 April 2010. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  15. ^ "Výsledky ročníků cen Anděl" [Yearly Anděl Awards results]. andelceny.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 27 December 2024.
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