{"id":900,"date":"2011-08-31T14:08:37","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2011\/08\/31\/garagesurf-rock-songs-based-on-strange-items-sold-in-old-comic-books\/"},"modified":"2011-08-31T14:08:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T14:08:37","slug":"garagesurf-rock-songs-based-on-strange-items-sold-in-old-comic-books","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2011\/08\/31\/garagesurf-rock-songs-based-on-strange-items-sold-in-old-comic-books\/","title":{"rendered":"Garage\/surf Rock Songs Based On Strange Items Sold In Old Comic Books!"},"content":{"rendered":"


Sea-Monkeys, X-Ray Specs, and a necklace full of soil from Dracula\u2019s castle are among the many bizarre items that were sold in comic-book ads of yore. Garage\/surf rock supergroup Darling Pet Munkee aims to tell the tales of these lost items in song. For the next 6 months, the band will be releasing one song a month – with accompanying history – examining the bizarre knick-knacks sold via these misleading ads that promised fighting skills, wondrous creatures, and grand journeys. In early 2012, the full 7-song EP, _Glows in the Dark!_ will have been revealed. <\/p>\n

The band name is derived from both the sale of living squirrel monkeys via ads (\u201cDarling Pet Monkey\u201d) and the combination of Sophia Cacciola (drums, vocals) and Michael J. Epstein (bass, vocals) of The Prisoner-themed act, Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, and Catherine Capozzi (guitars) of Axemunkee.<\/p>\n

Tracklist:
Issue 1: X-Ray Specs ( story: http:\/\/bit.ly\/DPM-Issue1 )
Issue 2: Sea-Monkeys
Issue 3: MONSTER S-I-Z-E MONSTERS
Issue 4: Genuine Soil From Dracula’s Castle
Issue 5: Jet “Rocket” Space Ship!
Issue 6: Darling Pet Monkey ( story: http:\/\/bit.ly\/DPM-Issue6 )
Issue 7: Kung-Fu Sandals<\/p>\n

web: http:\/\/donotforsake.com\/dpm\/
Facebook: http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/darlingpetmunkee
email: sophia@donotforsake.com
Blog\/News: http:\/\/bit.ly\/DPMnews
Axemunkee: http:\/\/axemunkee.com
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling: http:\/\/donotforsake.com <\/p>\n

About the band:
Catherine Capozzi is nothing less than a guitar goddess, a girl who can shred with the best of the boys. After being selected by Queen\u2019s Brian May out of 104 guitarists to win a famed \u201cRed Special\u201d guitar, Catherine founded Axemunkee to highlight her original guitar-based compositions, blending a variety of musical styles including: majestic psychedelia, hard rock, surf music, Middle Eastern music, and Parisian swing. Axemunkee\u2019s \u201cAcid Django\u201d has been featured multiple times in the History Channel\u2019s hit program, American Pickers. Cathy, known previously for her work with the band All the Queen\u2019s Men and the Edith Piaf tribute band, Ziaf, was even mentioned in the book: She Bop: The Definitive History of Women in Rock, Pop and Soul by British rock writer Lucy O’Brien and, appropriately, was the basis of a character in Marvel Comic\u2019s Star Trek: Starfleet Academy – Dr. Capozzi, a \u201cmad genetic scientist with a heart of gold.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sophia Cacciola and Michael J. Epstein together make up Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, an angular drums\/bass duo performing songs based on the \u201860s spy-fi cult-classic, The Prisoner. The band is currently two EPs (April 2010’s The New Number 2 and June 2011’s Questions Are a Burden to Others) into a project to write and record 17 songs, each one based on\/inspired by an episode of the series and has recently released a painstakingly accurate, music-video recreation of the opening sequence of the show, The Prisoner, for their song, \u201cEpisode 1 – Arrival.\u201d The pair also perform in the library-themed baroque pop ensemble, The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library and the intergalactic children\u2019s band, Space Balloons.<\/p>\n

Source: <\/span> http:\/\/donotforsake.com\/dpm\/<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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