Iron Monkey

Once memorably described in the pages of the UK music magazine Kerrang! as having a sound "thicker than a shit milkshake", Iron Monkey formed in Nottingham, England, in 1994, intending "to irritate as many people as possible," according to bass player Doug Dalziel. That may have worked for a while, but eventually the band had to deal with the fact that quite a few people actually liked what they were doing. After releasing a self-titled six-song mini-album in 1996, the band gained a fair amount of appreciation in the underground. Rumors abounded that Pantera frontman Phil Anselmo was listening to the self-titled release when he overdosed on heroin in 1996. Other albums to ad to your collection: "Our Problem" 1998 "We've Learned Nothing" split w/ Church of Misery 1998 "Ruined by Idiots" 2003 The various members went on to work on various projects including the Dukes Of Nothing, Teeth Of Lions Rule The Divine, Phantom Limb Management, Armour Of God, and My War. Prior to his untimely death of kidney failure in June 2002, Morrow had formed Murder One and started his own label, Maniac Beast, on which a posthumous collection of live and lost recordings was released in 2002. Typically brutal and uncompromising, it was a fitting epitaph for Morrow's efforts. Johnny Morrow : Vocals (RIP) Dean Berry : Guitar Stuart O'Hara : Guitar Doug Dalziel : Bass Justin Greaves : Drums