GUFNRND is our first release as strictly a 3 piece band. We decided from the start we wanted to rock it and it does, in the Grumpy Monkeys style. A little blues, rock and Tulsa sound mixed together. The album art was shot in Tulsa, Ok, at the Route 66 memorial on the West side of town, on Southwest Boulevard. Melodee (Brian's wife) took the front and inside photos, B took the back photo. That's Tom's beautiful 1967 Dodge Coronet in the photo's.

After Vol. 1, we wanted to keep moving forward. Improving on what we had previously done and we think we're headed in the right direction. Again, this is a completely independent project. We do it all and we're proud of the results for this album. Most of these songs were written before the last album was finished but we wanted to hone them into where they are now. We hope you enjoy it as much as we do!

The Grumpy Monkeys, Vol. 1 was a definite labor of love. It was about three years in the making, partially due to the events of the world and partially due to us not knowing exactly how to go about it and these were our first songs to have been written. So in our small home studio in Sperry, Oklahoma we just did it. Truly an independent album from start to finish, as we learned most everything on the fly. But it was something we truly wanted and maybe needed to do for ourselves and for our families. Hopefully, it can give others as much joy as it has given us.