RAINBOW BUTT MONKEYS

Funk Metal • Canada
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Rainbow Butt Monkeys is the original line-up of the Canadian hard rock/alternative metal band, Finger Eleven.

The band reached their highest peak of success under this name with their slightly successful single, 'Circles'.

The band's sound was much different to the Finger Eleven of today, instead coming with a funk metal and grunge edge to their music.

They only succeeded in releasing one album, Letters From Chutney (1995), before ultimately changing their name to Finger Eleven.

Finger Eleven: www.metalmusicarchives.com/artist/finger-eleven
Thanks to Unitron for the addition and Verticaluprising, aglasshouse for the updates

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RAINBOW BUTT MONKEYS Letters from Chutney album cover 4.09 | 2 ratings
Letters from Chutney
Funk Metal 1995

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Rainbow Butt Monkeys
Funk Metal 1992

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Circles/Danananana
Funk Metal 1995
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As Far As I Can Spit
Funk Metal 1995

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RAINBOW BUTT MONKEYS Letters from Chutney

Album · 1995 · Funk Metal
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Among the gimmick-ridden 90's, bands and music were usually either hit or miss. You'd have the most unlikable individuals crawling from the woodwork begging for attention, but the problem was they'd be mixed in with the geniuses and pioneers. Therefore, you had to have a name or title that made you stand out from the rest, one that not only characterized you but also gave you individuality. This spread mainly in the uncouth metal scene of the decade, with the rising popularity of shock rock with artists such as Marilyn Manson and Burzum taking the spotlight. You'd have bands like Pissing Razors easily waving around their titles with ease, and one such Ontario-based band constructed themselves in a similar manner, albeit in a manner that doesn't evoke as painful of imagery.

On the surface, embroidered with three women riding goofy, red-and-yellow tractors as the cover, Rainbow Butt Monkeys' 1995 debut Letters from Chutney may seem immature and childish, and granted to a certain extent it is. But what this band brings to the table is a burly and upstanding quality that has been unsuccessfully emulated by a variety of other bands of the same nature. The sophomoric attitude of the songs such as 'As Far as I Can Spit' and 'Circles' are driven by a funk-metal (and I do me out-and-out funk metal) groove that even if it doesn't appeal to your critical senses, you may still get a kick out of it. That doesn't mean however that the metal side of Letters from Chutney isn't pronounced. 'Spiderprints' in particular is a bone-crushingly heavy gallop filled with spitefulness and anger that should appeal to even the most stern.

It should be noted that this band is quite literally the precursor to Finger Eleven, as the lineup of Rainbow Butt Monkeys remained practically static during the time between Letters from Chutney and Tip in '97, aside from RBM drummer Rob Gommerman being replaced by Rich Beddoe. I think because of this, it's safe to say that if you like Finger Eleven, you'll like RBM. On the flipside though I think the inverse is true. Yes, vocalist Scott Anderson sings in a practically identical style as he would go on to do in F11, but the overall atmosphere of the album is heavier, less melodic, and much less sophisticated than their future alternative metal works, which depending on who you are, can be either a pro or a con.

Letters from Chutney has a little bit of something for everyone, and I think this accessible quality makes it stand out from not only Finger Eleven's discography but also from much of the 90's circuit. Take a gander.

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