The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the UK and US Top 40 hit "Digging Your Scene", which hit #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986.

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  • Die Blow Monkeys sind eine britische Pop-Soul-Band, bestehend aus Bruce Robert Howard, Mick Anker, Neville Henry und Tony Kiley. Die Gruppe bildete sich 1981 um Frontsänger und Songwriter Dr. Robert, geboren als Bruce Robert Howard am 2. Mai 1961 im schottischen Ort Haddington, nachdem dieser aus Australien, wo er seine Kindheit verbrachte, nach Großbritannien zurückgekehrt war. Der Name der Gruppe stammt aus Australien und ist eine ethnophaulistische Bezeichnung für Aborigines, die Didgeridoo spielen. 1982 erschien ihre erste Single Live Today, Love Tomorrow. 1984 brachten sie ihr erstes Album Limping for a Generation heraus. Den ersten Hit hatten The Blow Monkeys erst 1986 mit Digging Your Scene von ihrem zweiten Album Animal Magic. Die Single erreichte die Top 20 in Großbritannien und den USA (Platz 7 in den US Hot Dance Music/Club Play Charts) und war ihr einziger Hit in Deutschland (Platz 25). Im Januar 1987 brachte die Band das Album She Was Only a Grocer's Daughter heraus, dessen erfolgreichste Auskopplung It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way in Großbritannien bis auf Platz 5 kam, in den USA aber kein Hit wurde. Auf ihrem letzten Studioalbum Springtime for the World experimentierten die Blow Monkeys mit Elementen aus World Music und House, ohne jedoch durchschlagenden Erfolg zu haben. Ende des Jahres trennte sich die Band. Dr. Robert eröffnete ein Lokal auf Lanzarote und widmete sich nebenbei auch seiner Solokarriere, die bis heute andauert. Am 18. November 2007 gab die Band ihre Wiedervereinigung bekannt. Im September 2008 veröffentlichten sie die CD Devil’s Tavern, der Anfang 2009 eine Tournee folgte. Die Band habe immer noch etwas zu sagen, daher handelt es sich bei der CD ausschließlich um neues Material. Außerdem wolle man nicht auf einer 1980er-Jahre-Nostalgie-Welle schwimmen, so Bandleader Dr. Robert.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the UK and US Top 40 hit "Digging Your Scene", which hit #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They went on to place eleven singles and four albums in the UK charts between 1986 and 1990. In late 2007, the original band members reunited, releasing a new album and going on tour in 2008.
  • The Blow Monkeys est un groupe de musique pop/new wave britannique des années 1980. Ce groupe s'est fait connaître du grand public avec des titres faisant partie de la programmation des DJ des clubs dance comme This is your life et surtout Wait en duo avec Kym Mazelle. Son leader, Robert Howard ou Dr Robert, écrit et compose les titres.
  • The Blow Monkeys (in Italia, dove l'articolo determinativo inglese «the» cade regolarmente nei nomi delle band anglosassoni, semplicemente Blow Monkeys) sono un gruppo musicale britannico, noto soprattutto negli anni ottanta, il cui stile rientra genericamente nella categoria del cosiddetto «sophisti-pop» (contrazione di «sophisticated pop», "pop sofisticato" - cfr. per esempio, la band coeva dei Dead or Alive, il cui primo album s'intitolava appunto Sophisticated Boom Boom), che ha iniziato, nel 1984, come band new wave, trasformandosi in séguito in un act pop rock / funky fabbrica-successi, per poi diventare, infine, un gruppo dance d'avanguardia, acclamato dai fans e dalla critica, ma dagli scarsi risultati commerciali (tranne la Numero 7 britannica Wait, duetto con la diva della house di Chicago, Kym Mazelle, brano a cui si fa idealmente risalire la nascita del cosiddetto sottogenere poi denominato «UK garage»), poco prima di sciogliersi, all'inizio degli anni novanta (quando ha avuto inizio la carriera solista del leader, Dr. Robert), per poi riformarsi di recente, alla fine del 2007, sulla scia di una doppia raccolta di successi, con l'obiettivo di registrare un nuovo disco e l'intenzione di realizzare un tour promozionale, nel corso del 2008.
  • The Blow Monkeys(ブロウ・モンキーズ)は1981年にスコットランド出身のDr. Robertを中心にイギリスにて結成された4ピースバンド。ギター＆ヴォーカル、ドラムス、サックス、フレットレスベースというユニークな編成だが、メンバーは再結成後も含めて不動である。 このブロウ・モンキーズというバンド名は、Dr. Robertが10代を過ごしたオーストラリアのスラングで「ディジュリドゥを吹くアボリジニ」という意味に由来するという。 彼らのサウンドは80年代同時期に活躍したスタイル・カウンシルとよく比較されるように、ソウル、R&B、フィリーサウンドなどを中心としているが、初期はフォークやブルースから、80年代後期のシーンを席捲したハウスミュージック、末期には各種ワールドミュージックまで貪欲に取り入れている。また優雅で類まれな容姿と歌唱力を持つDr. Robertの魅力も相まってバンドは80年代後半以降人気を獲得していった。 世界的に認知されたのは1986年発表のセカンドアルバム「Animal Magic」からのシングル「Diggin' Your Scene」(全米ビルボードチャートにて最高14位)である。「She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter」(1987年)からの「It Doesn't Have To Be This Way」は全米ではヒットには至らなかったもののUKチャートでは10位内にランクインし、また日本でもヒットした。 1991年からのDr. Robertのソロ活動に伴ってバンドは解散となり、その後はブロウ･モンキーズ初期に回帰するようなアコースティックサウンド中心の落ち着いた大人っぽいスタイルへ移行していった。1995年にはソロで来日公演も行ない、パフォーマーとして健在なところを見せてくれたが、最も盛り上がったのはやはりブロウ･モンキーズ時代のヒット曲だった。 2008年にはライブだけでなくオリジナルアルバムも製作するなど本格的な再結成を果たし、2009年8月には来日公演も行なっている。 ただし、かつて女性ファンを熱狂させたDr. Robertの姿は20年の歳月のうちに体重の大幅な増量に伴い変容している。
  • The Blow Monkeys — это британская рок-группа, образованная в 1981 году под руководством вокалиста и гитариста «Dr. Robert» (урожденный Брюс Роберт Ховард). В состав группы вошли также: ударник Тони Кили, саксофонист Невилл Генри, и басист Мик Энгер. Группу легко отличить по строгим, изящным и элегантным классическим костюмам (например, басист Мик Энгер всегда и везде появляется исключительно в котелке) и по мелодиям, напоминающим джаз с примесью поп и рок музыки. Отличительной чертой песен также являются тексты на политические темы (особенно из альбома She Was Only A Grocer's Daughter, где группа выражает недовольство политикой Маргарэт Тэтчер) Сингл The Day After You, таким образом был запрещен на BBC (на некоторое время, естественно)
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the UK and US Top 40 hit "Digging Your Scene", which hit No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They went on to place eleven singles and four albums in the UK charts between 1986 and 1990. In late 2007, the original band members reunited, releasing a new album and going on tour in 2008.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the single "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They went on to place eleven singles and four albums in the UK charts between 1986 and 1990. In late 2007, the original band members reunited, releasing a new album and going on tour in 2008.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave, pop rock, sophisti-pop and alternative rock band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the single "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They went on to place eleven singles and four albums in the UK charts between 1986 and 1990. In late 2007, the original band members reunited, releasing a new album and going on tour in 2008.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave, pop rock, sophisti-pop and alternative rock band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the single "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986. They went on to place eleven singles and four albums in the UK charts between 1986 and 1990. In late 2007, the original band members reunited. They have subsequently released three new albums (one of them a live recording), with a fourth due out in April 2013.
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  • Die Blow Monkeys sind eine britische Pop-Soul-Band, bestehend aus Bruce Robert Howard, Mick Anker, Neville Henry und Tony Kiley. Die Gruppe bildete sich 1981 um Frontsänger und Songwriter Dr. Robert, geboren als Bruce Robert Howard am 2. Mai 1961 im schottischen Ort Haddington, nachdem dieser aus Australien, wo er seine Kindheit verbrachte, nach Großbritannien zurückgekehrt war.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the UK and US Top 40 hit "Digging Your Scene", which hit #14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986.
  • The Blow Monkeys est un groupe de musique pop/new wave britannique des années 1980. Ce groupe s'est fait connaître du grand public avec des titres faisant partie de la programmation des DJ des clubs dance comme This is your life et surtout Wait en duo avec Kym Mazelle. Son leader, Robert Howard ou Dr Robert, écrit et compose les titres.
  • The Blow Monkeys (in Italia, dove l'articolo determinativo inglese «the» cade regolarmente nei nomi delle band anglosassoni, semplicemente Blow Monkeys) sono un gruppo musicale britannico, noto soprattutto negli anni ottanta, il cui stile rientra genericamente nella categoria del cosiddetto «sophisti-pop» (contrazione di «sophisticated pop», "pop sofisticato" - cfr.
  • The Blow Monkeys(ブロウ・モンキーズ)は1981年にスコットランド出身のDr. Robertを中心にイギリスにて結成された4ピースバンド。ギター＆ヴォーカル、ドラムス、サックス、フレットレスベースというユニークな編成だが、メンバーは再結成後も含めて不動である。 このブロウ・モンキーズというバンド名は、Dr. Robertが10代を過ごしたオーストラリアのスラングで「ディジュリドゥを吹くアボリジニ」という意味に由来するという。 彼らのサウンドは80年代同時期に活躍したスタイル・カウンシルとよく比較されるように、ソウル、R&B、フィリーサウンドなどを中心としているが、初期はフォークやブルースから、80年代後期のシーンを席捲したハウスミュージック、末期には各種ワールドミュージックまで貪欲に取り入れている。また優雅で類まれな容姿と歌唱力を持つDr.
  • The Blow Monkeys — это британская рок-группа, образованная в 1981 году под руководством вокалиста и гитариста «Dr. Robert» (урожденный Брюс Роберт Ховард). В состав группы вошли также: ударник Тони Кили, саксофонист Невилл Генри, и басист Мик Энгер. Группу легко отличить по строгим, изящным и элегантным классическим костюмам (например, басист Мик Энгер всегда и везде появляется исключительно в котелке) и по мелодиям, напоминающим джаз с примесью поп и рок музыки.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently recorded more commercial pop rock hit makers, and finally became a dance group, shortly before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the UK and US Top 40 hit "Digging Your Scene", which hit No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the single "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986.
  • The Blow Monkeys are a British New Wave, pop rock, sophisti-pop and alternative rock band that formed in 1981. The first single, "Live Today Love Tomorrow" was released in 1982. They subsequently enjoyed a successful career with several hit singles and albums across the 1980s before splitting up at the beginning of the 1990s. They broke through with the single "Digging Your Scene", which hit No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart and No.  14 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August, 1986.
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