To be fair to the Monkeys (who, admittedly, make me want to swallow bleach) it isn't a contrived media circus like a lot of NME faves - the monkeys got their fame on the back of myspace, they were picked up because theirs was one of the most popular downloads. This doesn't stop the music being arse; it does mean that, more worryingly, the people who use myspace have truly dire taste (hence all the emo).
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