THE MONSTERZ!!! The following is a list of musicians who have played, recorded, or sung with me: Miles Peck, Matty Dirtbike McKenzie, Jake the Barber Krohn. Shelby Cobra, Eddie Picnic, MikeKaso, Chadwoody, BrianBrophster, Hank the Pedal Steel Master, Paul "Slim" Hoffman, and any drummer who wants to rock with me. The following drummers already have: Jesse Wickman from One Horse Town, Iceman from Hit By A Semi, Scott from the Ballistics, Freddy Hell ex-Tiger Army, and Mike Schaus from Take the Wall.
Influences
Family, Friends, The Clash, Rumbleseat, Johnny Cash, The Bronx, Mariachi el Bronx, Hank Williams Sr, Tom Petty, Eddie Cochran, Slayer, Elvis Costello, Elvis Presley, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Buddy Holly, John Reis (every band he's been in), Rancid, Hot Water Music, The Draft, Chuck Ragan, Chris Wollard, The Evens, Carl Perkins, AFI, Stiff Little Fingers, Converge, Dwight Yoakam, Kurt Kobain, Al Green, Greg Graffin, Murder City Devils, Wayne Hancock, Howlin' Wolf, T-Model Ford, Dropkick Murphys, Chris Isaak, Dillinger Four, One Man Army, Dead to Me,The Pogues, Swingin Utters, TSOL, the Explosion, Big Business, Lucero, Turbonegro, Bouncing Souls, Rancid, Danzig, Misfits, Shelby Cobra, Hit By A Semi, The Sore Thumbs, Hudson Drags, the Bay Area, Chico, Freddy Hell, Matt McKenzie, DeadBody Wreckerds, May Cause Dizziness Records, Edgar Allen Poe, Steinbeck, Hunter S. Thompson, Cormac McCarthy, Deadwood, Robert Graves, people who love to rock, Zombies, Monsters, etc, etc, etc.
Sounds Like
Sort of like a mixture of the influences above, but only the ones that use acoustic guitars...so nothing like Slayer or The Bronx, or Murder City...not for this project at least. Mostly acoustic country punk. Just listen, damnit.
-- AND THE MONSTERS -- Backed by a new label, May Cause Dizziness Records, Cliff Greenwood is back with another batch of acoustic country-punk tracks. Although this new self titled is in the same Johnny Clash vein as 2006's Musical Heritage, the rock n roll is emphasized more than ever with the help of The Sore Thumbs' Miles Peck's screaming guitar licks. In between the rock, Greenwood is still able to show his acoustic prowess with songs like Arbuckle (about his dog), where it's just Cliff and his guitar. All in all, Cliff Greenwood & the Monsters is a mixture of rockabilly, punk, outlaw country, spaghetti western, folk, rock n roll, and just plain good ol' times.
-- MUSICAL HERITAGE was released in 2006...To help bring his words to life, Greenwood called in a handful of other promising young musicians including bassist Matt McKenzie who has played with bands such as the late Tsunami Bomb, Ariel Mile, and the Action Design. With editing help from the Horrorpops Geoff Kresge and mixing/mastering done by notable engineer, Paul Miner, the quality of Heritage's sound matches the quality of Greenwood's songwriting. When you get down to it, Mr. Cliff Greenwood just plays good old fashion music the way it is supposed to be played with an acoustic guitar.
-- ROCK N ROLL RESUME -- UNION OF THE DEAD - bass, lead vocals (1998-2001). LOOSE CHANGE- guitar, backup vocals (2001-2002). TIGER ARMY - merch guy/roadie (2001-2002). TAKE THE WALL- lead guitar, lead vocals (2002-2005). Mr. G and THE MONSTERS - acoustic rock machine (2003-present).
Our cd release show is THIS SATURDAY, October 17th! If you want to come you should get tix ahead of time cus it's going to sell out! Here's the link for tix:
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