Tag Archives: Dr. Robert

Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 37]

Posted on February 28, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The Blow Monkeys are perhaps not the band that many would associate with me or my stated tastes. Post-Punk? Really, I’d only call their debut album as one that would fit that description. And even then, … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 36]

Posted on February 25, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] I loved the echoey synth riff that heralded “Earthbound” with the strings easing in underneath that. The slow tempo gave us plenty of time to absorb all of the fine detail employed here. The juxtaposition of … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 34]

Posted on February 23, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] In the year following “The Wild River,” we first heard of a project Dr. Robert was throwing himself into that was very different to The Blow Monkeys. Minks Road Social was a collective project in the … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 31]

Posted on February 17, 2022 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] 2016 brought unexpected news; Dr. Robert was planing on making a solo album. His first since The Blow Monkeys regrouped back in 2008. Like the last Blow Monkeys album, “Out There” was also crowdsourced on Pledge … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 20]

Posted on December 28, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] The first Dr. Robert solo album was produced by the artist and licensed to a number of labels for worldwide release in 1994. “Realms Of Gold” was a portrait of an artist coming to grips with … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 19]

Posted on December 27, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Following the flat commercial prospects of the “Springtime For The World” campaign, The Blow Monkeys did the honorable thing and called it a day approximately a decade into their lifespan. Reasoning that the releases were not … Continue reading →

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Rock G.P.A.: The Blow Monkeys [part 4]

Posted on November 24, 2021 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Acoustic guitars and strings fueled “Professor Supercool’s” rent boy melodrama. For a guy who was married at the time, there was a lot of queer energy running through the early Blow Monkeys material. Robert Howard attributes … Continue reading →

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