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The Blow Monkeys was a British pop-soul group of the 1980s.
Fronted by lead singer and songwriter Dr. Robert (born Bruce Robert Howard, in Haddington, Scotland, on 2 May 1961), the group formed in 1981 upon Howard’s return to the UK after spending his teen years in Australia. The group gets its unusual name from an offensive term used in Australia, referring to Aboriginals playing the didgeridoo.
In 1984, they released their debut album Limping For A Generation, but their first hit was in 1986 with “Digging Your Scene” from their second album Animal Magic. The single peaked at number 14 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart listing and number 7 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
In January of 1987 She Was Only A Grocer’s Daughter was released. The album’s biggest hit, “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way”, reached the Top Ten in the UK, although it never charted in the US.
The band called it quits in late 1990. Lead singer Dr. Robert went solo and still records music.
Fronted by lead singer and songwriter Dr. Robert (born Bruce Robert Howard, in Haddington, Scotland, on 2 May 1961), the group formed in 1981 upon Howard’s return to the UK after spending his teen years in Australia. The group gets its unusual name from an offensive term used in Australia, referring to Aboriginals playing the didgeridoo.
In 1984, they released their debut album Limping For A Generation, but their first hit was in 1986 with “Digging Your Scene” from their second album Animal Magic. The single peaked at number 14 in the US Billboard Hot 100 chart listing and number 7 on the Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.
In January of 1987 She Was Only A Grocer’s Daughter was released. The album’s biggest hit, “It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way”, reached the Top Ten in the UK, although it never charted in the US.
The band called it quits in late 1990. Lead singer Dr. Robert went solo and still records music.
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La Passionara
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Wicked Ways
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This Is Your Life
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Some Kind Of Wonderful
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It Pays to Belong
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Forbidden Fruit
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Springtime for the World
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Man At The End Of His Tether
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bigjaskemp wrote:
You don't own me :-( I just got your message baby, I prefer to deceive
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Nininsky wrote:
The favourites of my youth - and still love them! It's great that they're back.
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mpoewe wrote:
dodododdo!!!!!
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JTaylors1stgirl wrote:
they were SO pretty to look at ~ I dug their scene, tell me why
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Ohrenweide wrote:
He is back!
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misterpeter wrote:
Limping For A Generation now available from CD Japan!
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arrell wrote:
Note to self: must investigate this band. I've only heard "You Don't Own Me" from the Dirty Dancing soundtrack, and it's a very awesome cover.
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Big111gorilla wrote:
top banana
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bAzTNM wrote:
Kinda underrated band.
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misterpeter wrote:
Anyone have a decent rip of Limping For A Generation? Mine's from the cassette... sob.
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