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Kid Congo and the Pink Monkey Birds live at the Echoplex, Los Angeles, California June 24, 2011
May 17, 2011 · Gorilla Rose Gun Club co-founder. Gunslinger for The Cramps. Six-string stylist for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The legendary Kid Congo Powers named his new album Gorilla Rose after the artist / performer. As a teenage boy, Powers met Gorilla Rose in the emerging LA punk scene of the ’70s through seminal weirdo band The Screamers.
2010–present: Gorilla Rose. In 2011, Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds released their second album, Gorilla Rose, which was also on the In The Red Records label. Eamon Carr of The Dublin Evening Herald said of Gorilla Rose, "Having a working band is paying off. Gorilla Rose elevates seedy go-go weirdness to the level of high art."
May 17, 2011 · The legendary Kid Congo Powers named his new album Gorilla Rose after the artist / performer. As a teenage boy, Powers met Gorilla Rose in the emerging LA punk scene of the ’70s through seminal weirdo band The Screamers. He recalls, “Gorilla was a close and constant presence and influence on The Screamers and me as a young pup.
Jun 2, 2011 · For mere mortals, such a monumental task would prove impossible but this is Kid Congo Powers we’re talking about here and Gorilla Rose – his third album with The Pink Monkey Birds – sounds as effortless as it is fabulously unrestrained. Anyone familiar with the man born Brian Tristan’s work beyond that seminal and unholy trio of bands ...
Imagine a “beach blanket noir,” a story of crime, violence, and illicit passion (read: lust but not love) set in 1960s L.A. — in doing so you’ll get some idea of the maelstrom to which Kid Congo Powers acts as maestro on his most recent album. Gorilla Rose is a playful work (this is apparent even in the titles: “Goldin Browne,” anyone?) which, methodology-wise, constructs ...
May 25, 2011 · Over the course of his illustrious 30-plus-year career, Brian Tristan–who does business as Kid Congo Powers–has played with punk legends the Cramps, punk-blues luminaries the Gun Club, and, most famously, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on two of their classic albums, Tender Prey and the Good Son.
