Closet Monster was a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario .
14-512: Closet Monster may refer to: Closet Monster (band) , a Canadian punk rock group Closet Monster (character) , a character in the American 1994 TV series Bump in the Night Closet Monster (film) , a 2015 Canadian drama “Closet Monster”, a song on the 1993 album We're Coloring Fun by Voodoo Glow Skulls “Closet Monster”, a song on
28-465: A Red Stripe on May 13, 2008. The DVD had been nominated for a Juno Award for Music DVD of The Year . In March 2008, Moneen parted ways with their drummer Peter Krpan, who decided to start a solo project named One Grand Canyon; the band recruited drummer Steve Nunnaro as a permanent replacement. Moneen began recording their fourth studio album The World I Want to Leave Behind in December 2008; it
42-576: Is a Canadian indie rock band from Brampton , Ontario . Moneen formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band, called Perfectly Normal. The founding members were singer/guitarist Kenny Bridges, bassist Mark Bowser, drummer Peter Krpan and singer/guitarist Chris Hughes. The band recorded their first EP Smaller Chairs for the Early 1900s in Kenny's basement. They then re-released it on Smallman Records with their second album "The Theory of Harmonial Value",
56-405: The 1996 album Papa Woody by Ether Bunny “Closet Monster”, a song on the 2012 album Heta Himlen by The Jellyrox Closet Monster, a character in the 2001 role-playing game Little Fears Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Closet Monster . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
70-612: The Hero , The Movielife , Social Distortion , Bad Religion Warped Tour 2004 & 2005 and many other bands. The band's lyrics is noted for having an anarchist theme, primarily meant to be tongue in cheek , albeit it can be perceived to be glamorizing and promoting it. The band reunited in 2009 for one show at Wakestock Festival . Before shutting down, Underground Operations released Suicide Note , an anthological compilation album of Closet Monster's work, as their last release. Moneen Moneen (sometimes stylised as .moneen. )
84-657: The United States and Europe , playing dates on the Warped Tour , and starting a very successful Canadian record label, Underground Operations . Closet Monster have shared the stage with the likes of Billy Talent , Rise Against , Alexisonfire , Propagandhi , Hot Water Music , SNFU , Madball , Atom And His Package , Suicidal Tendencies , KNUT, Dead Kennedys , Silverstein , 25tolife, The Suicide Machines , Buck-O-Nine , The Casualties , Choke , Mad Caddies , D.b.s. , Mastodon , Atreyu , Ten Foot Pole , Moneen , Protest
98-588: The band had performed very little throughout 2012 and after 2013 were in hiatus. Krpan, along with Chris and Eric Hughes, formed a new band in 2013 named Seas, signed a deal with Black Box Music , and went out on tour. Bridges joined a band called Cunter, worked as the guitar tech for The Sheepdogs , toured with Say Anything on guitar, and released an EP in August 2015 "Love and Hate". In 2016, Moneen performed in Mississauga, Ontario at Cuchulainn's Irish Pub. In 2017
112-581: The band played a four-date tour leading up to the 10th anniversary of The Red Tree, held at Lee's Palace in Toronto. In January 2019, the band played three shows at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now . In April 2019, Alexisonfire announced that Moneen would be supporting then for one date in July 2019, describing Moneen as
126-447: The band through the recording process for The Red Tree , filming a documentary entitled The Start to This May Be the End to Another . The Red Tree was released on April 11, 2006, on CD and vinyl. The vinyl release of The Red Tree was limited to 300 copies. The band joined the 2006 Warped Tour to promote the album. The documentary was released as part of The Moneen DVD: It All Started with
140-402: The band's next release was Are We Really Happy with Who We Are Right Now in 2003. The album appeared on the !earshot National Top 50 chart in August, 2003. Bowser was replaced by Chris Slorach (Nu Chris), who left the band after the release of The Theory of Harmonial Value . Erik Hughes (who played bass for the band on their first Canadian tour) later became the permanent bass player for
154-524: The band. In 2003 the band's lineup was Bridges, Krpan, and Chris and Erik Hughes. That year they performed in Austin. Moneen later signed to Vagrant Records . Smallman Records still distributes their albums in Canada. In 2005 they released a split EP with friends Alexisonfire on Dine Alone Records , on which each band covered two of the other's songs, plus one original song. In 2005, director Alex Liu followed
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#1732868733475168-467: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Closet_Monster&oldid=851821482 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Closet Monster (band) Closet Monster was formed at Pickering High School in 1997 primarily by Mark Spicoluk ,
182-773: The sole founder of Underground Operations record label along with Jesse Colburn , noted for having performed in Avril Lavigne 's band from 2002-2004 with Spicoluk first performing in Public Display , from 1995-1997 (originally; Special Ed ) then with Sum 41 briefly in 1997. The most recent lineup played their final show on December 8, 2005 at the Phoenix in Toronto with Underground Operations label mates Dead Letter Dept , Bombs Over Providence , Hostage Life and Protest The Hero . The band has achieved much publicity from touring Canada,
196-539: Was released September 15, 2009 with Dine Alone Records. They released it on CD and vinyl. The vinyl release had a bonus track called "Dark & Ugly". The band went on tour in the United States to support the album, including a stop in Los Angeles at the Troubadour. In 2010, Peter Krpan re-joined Moneen as the permanent drummer. The band opened for several dates on Alexisonfire 's farewell tour in December 2012, however
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