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A bowler hat and rock-n-roll: Lucky Monkey is not your average primate

Kelowna害羞草研究所檚 Lucky Monkey prepares to release sophomore album
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Lucky Monkey, (from left) Ryan Zeleznik, Kassidy Hritzuk, Dylan Losell performing at Fernando害羞草研究所檚 Pub in Kelowna March 8. (Sydney Morton/害羞草研究所)

There害羞草研究所檚 nothing primitive about a rock band whose lead singer struts onto the stage wearing a bowler hat.

When you watch Kassidy Hritzuk sing into Dylan Losell害羞草研究所檚 face, hardly catch Josh Evans eye from behind this hair as he whirls his drumstick the for the last song of the set and Ryan Zeleznik shreds the guitar like all six strings might snap simultaneously, you have Lucky Monkey.

The band is made up of five very different people who are bonded by their love for each other, rock-n-roll and a tattoo on Hritzuk害羞草研究所檚 butt.

害羞草研究所淚 thought of (the name) Lucky Monkey as a comment on us as humans, how lucky we are to live these awesome lives when we seemed to evolve out of nothing,害羞草研究所 said Losell.

害羞草研究所淭he beauty of our songs is that there is no (defined) sound. There is no generic defined genre. We are all pretty different and I think that helps portray us as people because we are very different as individuals,害羞草研究所 said Evans.

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Their differences only become clear when they are off stage害羞草研究所擧ritzuk, lead singer they call the diva, Zeleznik lead guitar, the boss, Losell bass, the grandpa and Evans on drums, the wild child.

The combination of their contrasting personalities flows together seamlessly when they bring together their compositions during rehearsal and then create a song that has teeth.

害羞草研究所淲e are always like, 害羞草研究所業 like when you do this or that,害羞草研究所 it害羞草研究所檚 influenced by all of us. So we basically jam the songs. Dylan will come up with a cool bass line and and Josh will mesh with that. Then Ryan will come up with something and sometimes it only takes an hour and we have a song. So it害羞草研究所檚 really organic,害羞草研究所 said Hritzuk.

Although the band has serious goals about becoming full-time working musicians, they are not afraid to have fun.

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害羞草研究所淪ome of the lyrics are just a joke and we are intending them to be funny. We know what they are and we will wink at each other while we are playing them,害羞草研究所 said Hritzuk.

Gearing up to release their sophomore album, the band looks to elevate its sound.

害羞草研究所淲e learned a lot from our first album. That really helped us going into our second,害羞草研究所 said Evans. 害羞草研究所淲e were able to put out a better product based on that knowledge.害羞草研究所

Lucky Monkey害羞草研究所檚 sophomore album, Nothing to Lose is available for pre-order now on its website , and will debut at with special guests Ancient Engines.

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