#11 IRON MONKEY (Jim Rushby&Steve Watson) - a podcast by Pete Burn

DBL#11 Jim Rushby and Steve Watson from Iron Monkey

The band were formed in Nottingham in 1994 and were made up of members who had played in various punk and hardcore bands. They created a unique musical mix in the UK at that point in time, using the term 'sludge'.

Over the course of their original five year run they experienced several line up changes but released a highly regarded self-titled debut CD, a full length album ‘Our Problem’ on Earache and a split with Church of Misery on Man's Ruin Records.

With a seemingly nihilistic attitude to both audience and press the band ploughed their own furrow in the UK scene until announcing their demise via a press release in 1999. Tragically in 2002 Iron Monkey frontman Johnny Morrow died of an unexpected heart attack.

In 2016 founding members Jim and Steve restarted the band with Jim doing both guitar and vocals. They released the album 9/13 on Relapse Records in 2017. 
During the hiatus between albums they have secured a devout fanbase which has steadily grown during these intervening years. You can follow on Instagram @ironmonkeysludge or their Facebook page

Here's the link for Steve's Venom story 

Big thanks to Graham Thompson who had a large hand in helping this episode come together.

 

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