Band plays U.S., then the world in support of Liquid Zoo.
By Christina Garibaldi
100 Monkeys
Photo: MTV News
Jackson Rathbone has been keeping himself very busy since wrapping up "Breaking Dawn" earlier this year. The "Twilight" star is currently on the road with his band, 100 Monkeys, hitting towns all across the U.S. before taking their act overseas later this year.
The band, which recently released its second full-length studio album, Liquid Zoo, stopped by the MTV Newsroom to give us a sneak peek at what fans can expect from its usually unexpected live shows.
"It's a raucous, theatrical live set, constantly switching instruments and singers and jumping and running around onstage, very interactive with the audience," Ben Graupner said. "We pull ideas from the crowd and make up a song on the spot. People will come out of nowhere and start rapping. You really don't know what to expect except for a smile and a good time."
100 Monkeys, who are pretty confident they have never played the same set twice, are constantly thinking up new ways to keep their fans entertained.
"We always just have fun with it," Rathbone said. "At the end of the day, the thing we do with 100 Monkeys is we play with our audience. It's just a fun time. They came out to see us and we came there to see them. That's what makes us a great live band. We love playing."
Next up, they are taking on New York City with a show at the Gramercy Theatre on Saturday, but don't ask them what they will be playing. They still have no idea.
"We write our set lists 30 minutes to an hour before our show," Rathbone revealed. "We always write the set list, sometimes it gets a lot of doodles. It's fun. The best set list we ever had was from a sticker book."
So, is life on the road as glamorous as it looks? Well, not for these guys.
"We are on a red, smelly bus," Rathbone joked. "It wasn't as smelly before we got on, but it definitely had some residue. It's actually from the 1992 Metallica tour; it's got a little Metallica vibe to it."
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