Public record

Raft of Dead Monkeys

Rock | Seattle, WA | since 1999

christian underground
hardcore punk
indie rock
math rock
noise rock
post-hardcore
Punk rock

Shows, releases and artist details collected from 8 credited sources. This public record does not confirm booking availability. Source links accompany the published facts.

Shows on record

Rooms played

1998

On record since

Releases

Show history

1998 · 1

Nov 1, 1998Beatbox· Seattlesupport
with Frodus, Waxwing, Mumbo Jumbo

Photos, art and posters

Raft of Dead Monkeys — Thoroughlev — Release art · Thoroughlev — release

Raft of Dead Monkeys — DBM — Release art · DBM — release

Lineup

Johnathon Ford
Matt Johnson
Doug Lorig — guitar
John Spalding

Former

Jeff Suffering — bass guitar

Releases

TC
The Complete History Of Seattle: A Documentary About Raft Of Dead Monkeys
2018
QQ
Quality, Quantity, and Luxury | 2005 Sampler
2005
Thoroughlev
May 16, 2001 · album · 11 tracks
TH
Thoroughlev
2001 · album
TH
Thoroughlev
2001
II
Is It... Dead?
2001
DBM
Nov 16, 1999 · album · 6 tracks
DB
DBM
1999 · album
DB
DBM
1999

Airplay

KEXP airplay: 50+ plays, 2001-06-15–2016-02-27 — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Audioasis' (Sharlese) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Sonic Reducer' (Brian Foss) — KEXP
Played on KEXP show 'Variety Mix' (Cheryl Waters) — KEXP

Artist background

Raft of Dead Monkeys is based in Seattle — MusicBrainz
Johnathon Ford: member — MusicBrainz
Matt Johnson: member — MusicBrainz
Doug Lorig: guitar — MusicBrainz
John Spalding: member — MusicBrainz
Jeff Suffering: bass guitar (former member) — MusicBrainz
Raft of Dead Monkeys has 2 release group(s) on MusicBrainz spanning 1999–2001 — MusicBrainz
Raft of Dead Monkeys is based in Seattle, Washington — Raft of Dead Monkeys on Bandcamp
Latest release on Bandcamp: Thoroughlev (2001-05-16) — Bandcamp
Raft of Dead Monkeys formed in 1999 — Wikipedia
Raft of Dead Monkeys is from Seattle , Washington , US — Wikipedia
Raft of Dead Monkeys plays Punk rock — Wikipedia
Raft of Dead Monkeys plays hardcore punk — Wikipedia
Raft of Dead Monkeys plays noise rock — Wikipedia
Raft of Dead Monkeys has 489 listeners on Last.fm — Raft of Dead Monkeys on Last.fm
Raft Of Dead Monkeys has released 5 recordings between 1999 and 2018 — Raft Of Dead Monkeys on Discogs
Google Knowledge Graph descriptor: Rock band — Raft of Dead Monkeys — Google Knowledge Graph
Canonical Wikipedia article (per Google KG): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft_of_Dead_Monkeys — Raft of Dead Monkeys on Wikipedia (per Google KG)
Wikipedia article length (per Google KG, characters): 149 — Raft of Dead Monkeys — entity-richness signal
Google Knowledge Graph entity id: kg:/m/01tjd6w — Raft of Dead Monkeys — KG entity
Origin: Seattle (Wikidata) — Wikidata
Genres per Wikidata: punk rock — Wikidata
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft_of_Dead_Monkeys — Wikidata

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Sources & corrections

This is a partial record of publicly documented activity. Missing shows, releases or members do not mean there are none. Use the credited links to check the source.

Last updated: 2026-09-20
Sources: Bandcamp, Discogs, google kg, KEXP, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Wikidata, Wikipedia

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