MONSTERFACE is returning to the rock stage..!

But everything is different:
Hang on to your treehouses, crazy-faces, here’s the deal.

MONSTERFACE INDUSTRIES sent us a memo in triple-triplicate indicating that “forthwith we must cease and desist with the breadth and the width.”

You know the drill. Our last show in December was the retirement of not only Captain of Awesome, Perfect Jimmy, but also the retirement of the ginormous, glorious, cumbersome, and lumbering stage show of inflatable glory and rag tag yay.

Take it in, the band previously known as Uncle Monsterface is currently known as MONSTERFACE.  In exchange for one lost “Uncle,” we found a powerful, new, all live rock show (and some swords). Straight-up 3-piece awesome-rock songs about ninjas, robots, gary gygax, other robots, flying accountants, Nintendo, zombies, and lobsters.

COLLECTIVE GASP!

We here at Monsterface Industries are thrilled about this change like three kids eating head-sized ice cream cones while riding a talking roller coaster that goes underwater and back in time.

Uncle Monsterface himself left to go to the deli, but we believe it may be in New Delhi. Or in space. He forgot his cell phone. And his shoes and pants. And he took the submarine. Contact the authorities if you see him. Keep your hands away from his mouth at all times.

In short  – no “Uncle” means a change in sound and many many new songs (along with many re-worked old favorites).  It also means that we have replaced the giant monsters,  sock puppet theater, back-tracks and accompanying synchronized videos  with unbridled all-live rock and roll fury that will destroy and re-build your brain.

Less art school, more rock. When the “UNCLE” comes back, the Big Show will, too.

Like Rush before us, we are now drums and guitar with Marty singing while he plays bass. Paradise Dan is still stealing hearts and minds (and souls) with his rock guitar prowess and boy-ish charms. Spooki Olde Eric still hits drums with sticks. Hard. The sock puppets are out looking for their Uncle.

MONSTERFACE is probably now presenting selections from their forthcoming full-length album, “The Rise of The Lava Men”, the story of a rag-tag band of ancient superheroes, as unearthed under the ashes of New Ashville City (in the shadow of Mt. Bombpei), Dino-skeleton Island.

We’re super-excited to present this iteration and era of MONSTERFACE. Rest assured, the sock puppets (and the Perfect Jimmy) are always lodged firmly inside of our collective hearts (a condition that is actually twice as painful as it sounds).

We are making up for not playing in a while by playing as much as possible. If you want us to play in your backyard or on our roof or in your garden or at your prom, let us know.

KEEP BEING AWESOME, COME ROCK OUT WITH US at ANY AND ALL OF THESE SHOWS!

Ever your loyal,
MONSTERFACE

Potterface Reunion to Kick off the Summer! CT, BK, and maybe Philly!

That’s right Team, we’re rocking three awesome shows with the wizards in order to kick off this summer of awesome!

We are confirmed with our best friends from Wizard-school (and life), the Harry and the Potters

June 4
The Space
http://thespace.tk/
8pm | $12/$10 | ALL AGES!
Hamden, CT
295 Treadwell St, Building H
Tell FACEBOOK THAT YOU ARE COMING!
Advanced tickets here:
https://www.etix.com/ticket/online/performanceSearch.jsp?performance_id=1262226&cobrand=thespace

and
June 5
The Ox
7pm | $10 | ALL AGES!
Philadelphia, PA
N 2nd St and West Oxford St
also with the amazing TERROR PIGEON DANCE REVOLT!
TELL FACEBOOK EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO!

and
June 6
The Knitting Factory

http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/9049
3pm | $12/$10 | ALL AGES!
Brooklyn! NY
361 Metropolitan Ave
Also with the mind-blowing TERROR PIGEON DANCE REVOLT! THESE GUYS ARE AMAZZZZING!
Tell FACEBOOK you are COMING!

March 6: AMAZING ALL AGES BK w/ Peelander, Math, LIMA, Eskalators!

In Brooklyn, ALL AGES on a SATURDAY!
THE NEW YORK PREMIERE OF MONSTERFACE WITH LIVE DRUMS! MEET SPOOKY OLD ERIC, NYC!



TELL FACEBOOK YOU ARE COMING! TELL FACEBOOK EVERYTHING!

Peelander-Z ! Peelander on Facebook or Myspace!
Legendary Japanese Super-hero punk! You will be a part of human bowling and conga lines and awesome fury!

Math the Band ! Math on the Facebook or Myspace!
Spaz-tastic fury of awesome electronic sounds! Puking aerobics! Magic EYE! Jump up and down! Magic EYE!

Uncle Monsterface ! Us on Facebooky and MiEspacio!
Sock Puppet and Dudes and Monsters, a giant mashed potato fights a vampire with a huge head!

Lima Research Society ! Limas on Bookfaces or Myspacing!
Feel warm inside/out with inspiring songs and people who glow in the dark and give you juice boxes

Eskalators ! On MyspaceFriendster
Like 18 people rocking out together. Which means that the are awesome, and maybe you dated someone in the band!

March 6, 2010
at DEATH BY AUDIO
49 South 2nd Street
8pm | ALL AGES
$5

This is something of a reprisal of our amazing show last October with Peelander and Math, with the added bonus of LIMA! October’s show melted no less than 8 billion faces, 32,000 legs, and an over-sized candle. Now in BROOKLYN, all ages, and with our other AMAZING FRIENDS OF LOVE LIMA and new friends ESKALATORS, this will rock. A seriously very must see show. This show means business.

Monsterface to Rock Boston and Premiere our new LIVE DRUMMER!

For the first time in our five years as a band, Uncle Monsterface will perform our full set with our NEW LIVE DRUMMER. And we’re premiering it in our home town. Introducing Spooky Old Eric aka The Batman on the sticks, girls and boys. Take a poke for a nickel.

Full deets:
January 21, 2010 – 8pm
The Church
Cover $10, $7
21+ (sorrrrrrry team, we tried!)
Adv tix: www.fnicerecords.com/tickets

F-nice productions presents
Uncle Monsterface (WORLD PREMIERE OF NEW LIVE DRUMMER!)
with
Math the Band
The Silver City
Business for Pleasure
We are told that the show starts at 8sharp, as muzak must stop by midnight. We are also told that we are on 3rd, before those spazzy math-starz.

Because Facebook is sorta dumb in a lot of ways, there are two event pages, one set up by F-nice, the other by Math. Maybe we should do one, too?! Kooky Facebook. Anyways, make sure you tell it everything that you are doing in triplicate, or you will lose your life-license.

Coney Island Rock this Sunday afternoon!

We are playing The Coney Island Museum!
Which is, to us, evidence that we have finally “made it”.
We’ve been rocking pretty hard this summer, and this is the last show before we take a few weeks off, and it’ll be even more special than our normal degree of relative “special-ocity”.

Sunday, August 23
Uncle Monsterface Goes to Coney Island!
with an Exciting QUESTION AND ANSWER session to follow
(this is part of the museum’s “Ask the Experts” Series)
ALL AGES!!!! $5
4pm – EARLY SHOW which will be punctual – we are the ONLY band!
The Coney Island Museum
1208 Surf Ave, Brooklyn
Take the D, Q N or F train to Stillwell Avenue (last stop).
Tell FACEBOOK that you are coming! It needs to know!

We’re experts!
(But not vampire-finding experts. We need a vampire for this show. Anyone wanna be a vampire? Free cd!)

As this show marks the passing of the below-mentioned “Sweat Sexxxy” from the live show, we just might usher in a new stage antic. And it just remind some of you of an old one. Some sort of contest, maybe?

Free NYC Rock Show this Friday!

Greetings Internet,

Your favorite Sock Puppet and Human multimedia rock and roll storm of confusing awesome-ness has a FREE SHOW this Friday in Manhattan! For free!

Friday, August 14
10pm-4am
RockEM SockEM’s 6th Anniversary Bash with
Hosey (at 10pm)
Uncle Monsterface (at 11pm)
and Ruffian Arms (at 12am)
Alas and alack this show is 21+
with special guests
DJ Ultra V, DJ Omega, and DJ Reybee

This should be awesome, extreme, and full of cuss words.
Tell facebook that you are coming, because facebook needs to know everything that you are doing, all the time.

yay.

Sat Show will start on time! Interview on wired.com! New mighty shirt at show!

Team team hello!
First and firstly – once again, there is an exciting show this weekend, but we want to make sure that you know that we will be playing right at 7pm, and that we are the only band. We realize this is not standard rock n roll procedures.

And: the exceptionally cool people of wired.com’s GeekDad talked to two of us weirdos from Uncle Monsterface hyping said show! www.wired.com/geekdad/tag/uncle-monsterface. Listen to the whole podcast to hear the wisdom of Paradise Dan and Martyface.
Neat!

Don’t stop there, always read Z from Geekdad’s blog, hipsterplease.com due to its vast awesomeness and its penchant for awesomosity. Why would spellcheck underline that?!

We also want to make sure that you know that we are premiering A BRAND NEW T-SHIRT (for sale) at this rock show, too! By the invincible and mighty and mightily awesome Erc Swanson of The Atomist, featuring Eric’s take on two of the rarer sock puppets – Dr. Alien Eyes M.D, outer space doctor from space, and The Earclops, noteworthy crossword puzzle expert.

And let us not forget the details of that which we are hyping!

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mashed potato vs vampire! free song, new video, premieres june 6 @ The Tank NYC!

TEAM!
Too much excitement.
As you may have heard,
we are premiering the live version of our epic rock song
MASHED POTATO vs VAMPIRE!
June 6, 2009 – 7pm
The Tank! – 354 West 45th
AL AGES! | $7
Here’s the facebok event invite some friends!

IT WILL FEATURE A GIANT MASHED POTATO FIGHTING A VAMPIRE WITH A HUGE HEAD!

In honor of this historic event, we are offering a free download of this EPIC song!
Mashed Potato Vs. Vampire

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Learn your parts so that you can sing along!

Moreover – we’ve been compelled to create a ridiculous advert featuring a Mashed Potato overlord:

come to this showwww!

ever your combat-ready,
uncle monsterface

Marty’s Sock Puppet Portraits move to Tank in Manhattan, Reception this Thursday

Hello Citizens of Sock Puppet Interest (both general and specific),

Two sock puppet-related events are hurtling towards Manhattan in a sleigh driven by burly, forsaken, and untimely elves…
FIRSTLY:
Did you miss the display of Marty’s newest Sock Puppet Portraits at Brooklyn’s Sputnik? Do you need to see it more? The show is moving to Manhattan! (cue “Movin’ on Up”).

The Tank
354 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
tanknyc.org

Opening Reception: May 14 at 6:30pm

Come for the Opening reception and stick around for the Tank’s amazing Puppet Series, Puppet Playhouse (or just hang out and have some beers, you don’t have to go to Puppet Playhouse). If you do go to Puppet Playhouse, you should know that Marty doesn’t have any work in it. But you should also know that it’s awesome – puppeteers interpreting modern musicians, this month featuring the Magnetic Fields.

THIS show at the Tank foreshadows ANOTHER SHOW AT THE TANK…
A SOCK PUPPET (and human) ROCK SHOW!
Uncle Monsterface PREMIERES the theatrical debut of their song
MASHED POTATO vs VAMPIRE!
at THE TANK
June 6, 2009 at 7pm!