Pushmonkey is an American hard rock band from Austin, Texas, United States. Originally known as Billy Pilgrim, they first changed their name to Mad Hatter and later to just Hatter. The band experienced minor radio success with the song "Handslide" from their self-titled album. They were featured in season 7 of Melrose Place. They appeared on Ozzfest in 1999 in support of the album, as well as Woodstock '99. In 2007, the band won the first FameCast.com Battle of the Bands contest. Music video “Caught My Mind” featured in season 2 episode 7 of Sopranos, “D-girl.”
Members Current Tony Park – lead vocals/trumpet Darwin Keys – drums/vocal (1994–present) Will Hoffman – guitar/vocals Pat Fogarty – bass/vocals Howie Behrens – guitar/vocals
Former Rico Ybarra – drums/vocals (formation - 1994)
Discography Studio albums Year Title Label1994MaizeSector 21998PushmonkeyArista2001El BitchéTrespass2005Year of the MonkeyTrespass
EPs/singles/promos Year Title Tracks Label1996Pushmonkey EP1. "Loner" (Pushmonkey) – 4:22 *Lone Wolf2. "Caught My Mind" (Pushmonkey) – 3:57 *3. "No Dumb Wrong" (Pushmonkey) – 3:524. "Sweet Caribbean Bungalow" live (Pushmonkey) – 6:13 *5. "Crush It" (Pushmonkey) – 4:591999Lefty promo single1. "Lefty" remix (Pushmonkey) – 3:15 *Arista2. Call Out Hook – 0:101999Caught My Mind promo single1. "Caught My Mind" (Pushmonkey) – 3:43Arista1999Handslide promo single1. "Handslide" (Pushmonkey) – 3:24Arista1999Professional Nympho Music promo EP1. "Caught My Mind" edit (Pushmonkey) – 3:44 *Arista2. "No Dumb Wrong" live (Pushmonkey) – 4:03 *3. "I Ate Up a Diamond" Arista version (Pushmonkey) – 4:09 *4. "Handslide" acoustic version (Pushmonkey) – 3:16 *5. "Now" live (Pushmonkey) – 5:23 *
Non-album tracks Year Track Source1996"Sweet Caribbean Bungalow" live (Behrens, Fogarty, Ybarra, Hoffman, Park) – 6:02 *From the KLBJ Local Licks Live '95 album(Same as on Pushmonkey EP on Lone Wolf above)1999"Now" live (Behrens, Fogarty, Keys, Hoffman, Park) – 5:19 *From the KLBJ Local Licks Live '98 album1999"Auld Lang Syne" (Traditional) – 2:58 *From the KLBJ Local Licks: Yule Rock! album2001"Lefty" live (Pushmonkey) – 3:10From KLBJ's Dudley & Bob Show's Damn It's Early album2002"Myself" live (Behrens, Fogarty, Keys, Hoffman, Park) – 4:07From the KLBJ Local Licks Live 13 album"High Society" (The Judy's) – 1:58 *From The Judy's tribute album, unreleased
Yellow demo ("older than dirt") "Maize" (Pushmonkey) – 5:01 "Neiderwald" (Pushmonkey) – 3:17
El Bitché sessions "Chained Man" demo (Pushmonkey) – 3:01 "Sunny Days" demo (Pushmonkey) – 3:30
Other studio tracks "Falling Out of Place" demo (Pushmonkey) – 3:30 "Lefty" acoustic version (Pushmonkey) – 3:08 "Number One" heavy demo version (Pushmonkey) – 4:33 "Pat's a M.F." (Pushmonkey) – 1:03 (No longer available) "Sorry" demo (Pushmonkey) – 3:20 "When You Were Mine" (Prince) – 4:54
Live tracks "Ashtray Red" live at The Steamboat, Austin, Texas (Pushmonkey) – 3:34 "Falling Out of Place" live at The Steamboat, Austin, Texas (Pushmonkey) – 3:29 "Limitless" live at The Steamboat, Austin, Texas, September 2002 (Pushmonkey) – 6:58 "Sorry" live at The Steamboat, Austin, Texas (Pushmonkey) – 3:12
References
See also Music of Austin