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PHOTOS COURTESY OF PUSHMONKEY
BY AMANDA PALM
The Battalion
Even though Austin is home to
that “other school” and all those t-
sips, a rock ’n’ roll band born there
has found a tremendous following in
College Station: Pushmonkey. The
members of the band got together 10
years ago and have been climbing
the ladder of success ever since.
Lead vocalist Tony Park, guitarists
Will Hoffman and Howie Behrens,
bassist Pat Fogarty and drummer
Darwin Keys make up Pushmonkey.
Since the release of their self-titled
CD a year ago and since then have
seen nothing but their growing pop
ularity. The band is currently in the
studio working on a version of “Auld
Lang Syne” for a holiday album of
various artists, but they still make
time to come back
to, the town that
loves to hear them
rock.
The band per
formed at Wood-
stock and Ozzfest
this summer, get
ting the opportunity
to play with Black
Sabbath and Ozzy
Osbourne. They
have also been on a - —
nationwide tour
with Godsmack. Park said although
he enjoys playing large shows,
small shows are great also, especial
ly in College Station.
“What it lacks in size it makes up
for in the ability to rock out,” he said.
“You get 2,000 to 3,000 people
crammed into the [Texas] Hall [of
Fame] or Shadow Canyon, and it can
get crazy. People can go to College
Station and say it’s the best show
they’ve ever seen because the small
places can take the show to another
level. It’s synergistic effect.”
Park said it does not matter how
big or small the crowd is, as long as
the audience is enjoying the show.
“We play 125 percent every time
we go out,” he said. “Everything we
have done and everything we do is
for that one hour. It’s our hour of glo
ry, and we give it everything. ”
It may seem as though Push
monkey has lept to the top of the
charts and that the band has always
had the huge amount of support it
has now, but that is not the case.
Park said the band has been work
ing for 10 years to get where they
are and they still can go further. He
said the success they have had in
Pushmonkey
with Chlorine
at the
Texas Hall of Fame
Tonight at 11 p.m.
Texas is due to the fact that they
worked and toured in the state long
enough to make sure people knew
who they were.
As for the success the band has
had since it landed a major record
deal last September, Park said it
was expected.
“It sounds cocky, but too bad,”
he said. “Yeah, we expected it. We
knew once we got the deal, we’d
hit it big.”
It is common to think that ten
sion and conflicts arise between
band members when they spend a
year touring, but that is not the case
with Pushmonkey.
“[For] the last year we’ve been
stuck in a bus, and that can stress
you out,” he said. “We’ve always
gotten along and are a civil group. If
we have problems, we talk about
them and get
them out in the
open. We have re
ally learned to be
more willing to
trust each other
because we had
to work as a team.
It’s been us agains
the music indus
try, us against the
world.”
Pushmonkey is
still touring with
music from its self-titled album, and
their latest single, “Lefty,” is now
and gaining popularity. The song
was featured on MTV’s Video Music
Awards as bumper music. Push-
monkey’s songs can also be heard
on the World Wrestling Federation
Sunday Night Heat.
Park said the success of the lat
est single will determine when an
other album will be released.
“We’ve been playing this album
for a year,” he said, “so we’re
ready from some new stuff.”
When the band recorded its pre
vious album, it had written 20 songs
but only used 11 on the album. Park
said the band still has five or six
songs from the first album that could
be used, plus six or seven new songs
taking shape.
Pushmonkey has made it. They
have worked hard, paid their dues
and still come back to play the small
towns that love them. Park said it
does not matter where they play, he
has never heard anyone say they did
not like the band.
“They may like someone else bet
ter,” he said, “but they’ll still say
‘Y’all are great too.’”
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