100 Monkeys: Rockstar Weekly Reviews The Venue Show

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Jackson and 100 Monkey Lovers, Rockstar Weekly Reviews The Venue Show!
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Via @JRathboneOnline From @RockstarWeekly

Here is an extract: 

By Whitney Bragagnolo

Comprised of Ben Graupner, Jackson Rathbone, Jerad Anderson, Ben Johnson and Uncle Larry, Los Angeles based 100 Monkeys appeared at the Venue Friday evening here in Vancouver; a band described by SPIN.com as “funk rock” as well as by RollingStone.com as “tribal sounds with vocals recalling Jim Morrison’s baritone croon.” 

After arriving at the solely women populated Venue, my skepticism for the loyal Monkey fan base, and why they were really there, was still not in the bands favour. With split press between their talent and their easy road to success due to Rathbone's popularity as an actor, I was wondering where I would stand after the concert.

Prior to the show, their publicist told me Rathbone would not be attending as there was problems on the set of Twilight in Squamish and he was running behind.  I was curious to see how the room would take the news as Graupner nervously grabbed the mic and told the fans he had both good and bad news: “The good news is, you are getting TWO shows tonight”, and the room erupted, “the bad news is, Jackson is stuck on set so he won’t be joining us until the second show”. To my surprise, there were no boos, no one left, and as each member took the stage one by one, the cheers got louder and louder. Interesting.

They opened the show with Graupner on vocals and played a song off their album Grape, “Wings on Fire”. The guys immediately won the crowd over with their charismatic performance; their energy and enthusiasm 

were definitely commendable.  

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