I can tell you about the band 100 Monkeys but chances are you won’t read anything I’m saying because you’re probably too busy screaming. Why? Because 100 Monkeys features Jackson Rathbone, better known as dreamboat Jasper Cullen from the Twilight Saga. And that’s fine.

I have to be completely honest here: there isn’t anything remarkable about the band. They’re actually pretty lousy. But that doesn’t matter at all. I’m not trying to write a scathing review here but it’s sorta bluesy which right off the bat doesn’t make much sense coming out of a group of 20-something white males after the 1960’s. There is an African-American Conga/Bongo player referred to as “Uncle Larry” who throws the windchimes into pretty much EVERY song…really. We referred to him as “Scary Larry”.

The songs themselves are silly and juvenile to the point that it feels like you are watching a friends’ band in high school at someone’s garage and you felt obligated to go because you wanted to be supportive. But the 212 people* fans that bought tickets to the rare EARLY show @ The Viper Room don’t know how bad this band is, nor do they seem to care. Quite the contrary, most of the audience was screaming at even the most minute gestures from every member of the band and not just Tigerbeat. Ladies screamed their favorite songs and of course begged for more when it was over. They have a fanbase that waited upwards of 2 hours to see them and an hour after the show to meet them. THAT is how you know that 100 Monkeys is a successful band. But most importantly these guys seemed to have the most amazing time on stage playing music and making girls scream like they’re watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan.

For that, they are a successful band and have my respect. I see so many bands that think Rock and Roll is work and it’s not. They pretend that what they are doing is the most important thing in the world and look bored and pout in front of the crowd. They throw tantrums and yell at their underlings because they think they deserve to do so. It’s sick and happens more than it should. I thought we do music because as a job it’s the most fun we can ever hope to have? I’ll take 100 shitty bands singing about primates and having a good time over 1 band people will try to tell you are “important” or “artistic” when they are really just in it for the money or the attention.

But really, 100 Monkeys is not something that straight males should ever pay to see live. Not that they don’t have talent in their somewhere. But maybe they should wait until that talent comes out to present it as a real band.

*For any Marketing majors: 98% girls. %75 wearing black. 25% wearing Twilight gear. 40% over the age of 30.

Tags: 100 Monkeys, Jackson Rathbone, Jasper Cullen, New Moon, Robert Pattinson, The Twilight Saga, The Viper Room, Twilight

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