Jumping Monks
Encyclopedia
The Jumping Monks are a Funk
/Rock
/Alternative
trio band based in San Antonio, Texas
.
, and eventually throughout the USA.
On October 10, 2003 the band released their first full length studio album on an independent release called Green Apple Worms
. The album received moderate play throughout the country, and cracked the Billboard 200
at number #190.
In 2003 the band performed in the Vans Warped Tour along with The Ataris
, Rancid
, Simple Plan
, and Bowling for Soup
.
The CD
was also released on Apple iTunes Store
and Napster
. Four singles were released including "Rock in The Revolution
" which received national radio airplay.
In 2004 in an online contest of 2,600 bands the Ernie Ball Company ranked Jumping Monks number 10.
After spending the next two years with concerts, touring and songwriting, the band returned to the studio in May 2007 to work on their new untitled album. In August
, it was announced that the title will be Won't You?
. The album was delayed to November where its self titled single
was released. On November 17, 2007 their second album Won't You?
came out.
Funk rock
Funk rock is a music genre that fuses funk and rock elements. Its earliest incarnation was heard in the late 1960s through the mid-1970s by acts such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience , Eric Burdon and War, Trapeze, Parliament-Funkadelic, Betty Davis and Mother's Finest. The 1990s were known for acts...
/Rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
/Alternative
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
trio band based in San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
.
History
The band formed around 2002 with brothers Travis and Weston Ripps and their friend Adam Jacobs. The band quickly became famous throughout TexasTexas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, and eventually throughout the USA.
On October 10, 2003 the band released their first full length studio album on an independent release called Green Apple Worms
Green Apple Worms
Green Apple Worms was the first album to be released by Jumping Monks. It was released in October 2003.- Track listing :#Rock in The Revolution#Fairytale#Green Apple Worms#Bipolar Cartoon Girl#Show Me More#Without A Fight...
. The album received moderate play throughout the country, and cracked the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
at number #190.
In 2003 the band performed in the Vans Warped Tour along with The Ataris
The Ataris
The Ataris are a rock band from Anderson, Indiana. They have released five studio albums, and their most recent E.P. was released on November 25, 2010 on the Gainesville, Florida based label, Paper + Plastick. It contained the brand new tracks "All Souls' Day" and "The Graveyard of The Atlantic"...
, Rancid
Rancid (band)
Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, both of whom previously played in the ska punk band Operation Ivy, Rancid is credited—along with Green Day and The Offspring—for reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the...
, Simple Plan
Simple Plan
Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
, and Bowling for Soup
Bowling for Soup
Bowling for Soup is an American pop-punk band which originally formed in Wichita Falls, Texas in 1994...
.
The CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
was also released on Apple iTunes Store
ITunes
iTunes is a media player computer program, used for playing, downloading, and organizing digital music and video files on desktop computers. It can also manage contents on iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad....
and Napster
Napster
Napster is an online music store and a Best Buy company. It was originally founded as a pioneering peer-to-peer file sharing Internet service that emphasized sharing audio files that were typically digitally encoded music as MP3 format files...
. Four singles were released including "Rock in The Revolution
Rock in The Revolution
"Rock In The Revolution" is a song by Jumping Monks, released as the band's first single and the first single from their album Green Apple Worms...
" which received national radio airplay.
In 2004 in an online contest of 2,600 bands the Ernie Ball Company ranked Jumping Monks number 10.
After spending the next two years with concerts, touring and songwriting, the band returned to the studio in May 2007 to work on their new untitled album. In August
August 2007
August 2007 is the eighth month of that year. It began on a Wednesday and 31 days later, ended on a Friday.-International holidays:* August 1 – Emancipation Day Guyana* August 6 – National Salvadoran-American Day in the United States.* Independence Day...
, it was announced that the title will be Won't You?
Won't You?
Won't You is the second album released, by Texan Funk rock group, Jumping Monks. The band started writing music for the new album in the summer of 2006 and recording stated in May 2007...
. The album was delayed to November where its self titled single
CD single
A CD single is a music single in the form of a standard size Compact Disc, not to be confused with the 3-inch CD single, which uses a smaller form factor. The format was introduced in the mid-1980s, but did not gain its place in the market until the early 1990s...
was released. On November 17, 2007 their second album Won't You?
Won't You?
Won't You is the second album released, by Texan Funk rock group, Jumping Monks. The band started writing music for the new album in the summer of 2006 and recording stated in May 2007...
came out.