{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Munki Brain | type = studio | artist = The Queers | cover = The Queers - Munki Brain cover.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2007|02|06}} | recorded = | studio = Sonic Iguana, Lafayette, Indiana | genre = Pop punk | length = | label = Asian Man (ASM 141) | producer = Mass Giorgini | prev_title = Weekend at Bernie's | prev_year = 2006 | next_title = Back to the Basement | next_year = 2010 }} {{Music ratings | rev1 = Allmusic | rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} <ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1020949|pure_url=yes}} link]</ref> | rev2 = Punknews.org | rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}} <ref>[http://www.punknews.org/review/6010 link]</ref> }}
'''''Munki Brain''''' is an album by pop-punk band The Queers.
==Release== On October 13, 2006, the band's upcoming album was titled ''Munki Brain''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/20291/queers-detail-upcoming-full-length|title=Queers detail upcoming full length|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=October 13, 2006|access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> On December 29, 2006, "Houston We Have a Problem" was posted on Asian Man Records' Myspace account; it was followed two days later by "I Think She's Starting to Like Me".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21509/new-song-from-the-queers-online|title=New song from the Queers online|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Moran, Chris|date=December 29, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21524/media-the-queers-post-another-new-song|title=The Queers post another new song|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Shultz, Brian|date=December 31, 2006|access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> On January 14, 2007, the album's track listing and cover artwork was posted online.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21736/media-the-ataris-post-another-new-track|title=The Ataris post another new track|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=January 14, 2007|access-date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> In January and February 2007, went on a tour of the US with support from the Heart Attacks, Teenage Rehab, the Riptides and the Mansfields.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1632|title=The Queers touring North America with the Heart Attacks|work=Alternative Press|date=December 22, 2006|accessdate=August 8, 2016}}</ref> On January 23, ''Munki Brain'' was made available for streaming, before being released by Asian Man Records on February 6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.altpress.com/index.php/news/entry/archive_1708|title=The Queers post full-album stream of Munki Brain|work=Alternative Press|date=January 24, 2007|accessdate=August 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/21871/streams-the-queers-munki-brain|title=The Queers: Munki Brain|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=January 23, 2007|access-date=February 8, 2022}}</ref> Following this, they went on an East Coast tour in April 2007, a West Coast tour with the Methadones, the Manges, and Black Tie Bombers in May and June 2007, and then a European trek with Marky Ramone in July 2007.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/22725/the-methadones-recording-and-hoping-for-a-june-release-touring-plans|title=The Methadones recording and hoping for a June release, touring plans|publisher=Punknews.org|author=August, Justin|date=March 14, 2007|access-date=February 13, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/23147/queers-dates-and-plans-joe-queer-and-ben-weasel-writing-for-marky-ramone-project|title=Queers dates and plans / Joe Queer and Ben Weasel writing for Marky Ramone project|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=April 8, 2007|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/23811/tours-the-queers-black-tie-bombers|title=The Queers / Black Tie Bombers|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Reinecker, Meg|date=May 21, 2007|access-date=February 14, 2022}}</ref> In May and June 2008, the band toured the US as part of the Asian Man Records Tour with various labelmates, which included an appearance at the Insubordination Fest.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/27603/insubordination-fest-2008-starting-to-come-together|title=Insubordination Fest 2008 starting to come together|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=February 5, 2008|access-date=June 8, 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/27988/tours-the-queers-lemuria-bomb-the-music-industry-andrew-jackson-jihad-kepi-ghoulie|title=The Queers / Lemuria / Bomb The Music Industry! / Andrew Jackson Jihad / Kepi Ghoulie|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=March 5, 2008|access-date=June 13, 2022}}</ref> They appeared at the 2009 South by Southwest music conference.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/31955/sxsw-with-the-queers-rival-schools-taas-this-bike-is-a-pipe-bomb-teenage-bottlerocket|title=SXSW with The Queers, Rival Schools, TAAS, This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Teenage Bottlerocket|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=January 15, 2009|access-date=October 2, 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing== Writing credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="notes">{{cite AV media |date=2007 |title=Munki Brain |type=CD liner notes |location=Monte Sereno, California |publisher=Asian Man Records |id=ASM 141 CD}}</ref> {{track listing | total_length = | title1 = Overdue | writer1 = Joe Queer, Lisa Marr | length1 = 2:47 | title2 = Houston We Have a Problem | writer2 = Queer | length2 = 2:09 | title3 = I Don't Get It | writer3 = Queer, Ben Weasel | length3 = 2:15 | title4 = Duke Kahanamoku | writer4 = Queer | length4 = 3:16 | title5 = I Think She's Starting to Like Me | writer5 = Queer | length5 = 1:45 | title6 = Girl About Town | note6 = originally performed by Helen Love | writer6 = Helen Love | length6 = 2:24 | title7 = Whatever Happened to Philthy Phil? | writer7 = Queer | length7 = 1:45 | title8 = I Can't Stay Mad at You | note8 = originally performed by Skeeter Davis | writer8 = Gerry Goffin, Carole King | length8 = 2:15 | title9 = Tangerine | writer9 = Weasel | length9 = 2:13 | title10 = Something in My Heart | writer10 = Queer, Marr | length10 = 2:58 | title11 = I'm a Fool | note11 = originally performed by Ricky Nelson | writer11 = Joey Cooper, Red West | length11 = 2:23 | title12 = Monkey in a Suit | writer12 = Queer, Mass Giorgini, Phillip Hill | length12 = 2:18 | title13 = Brian Wilson | writer13 = Queer, Marr | length13 = 2:32 }}
==Personnel== Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref name="notes"/> {{colbegin}} '''The Queers''' * Joe Queer (Joe King) – guitar, lead vocals * Phillip Hill – bass guitar, backing vocals * Lurch Nobody – drums (all tracks except "I Think She's Starting to Like Me" and "Brian Wilson")
'''Additional performers''' * Lisa Marr – vocals * Mike Nolte – guitar, keyboard, vocals, photographs * Nathan Bice – drums on "Brian Wilson" * Dan Lumley – drums on "I Think She's Starting to Like Me" * Vanesa Toquero – keyboards on "Duke Kahanamoku" and “I Think She’s Starting to Like Me” * Mass Giorgini – backing vocals and tenor saxophone on "Duke Kahanamoku" and backing vocals on “I Think She’s Starting to Like Me” * Peter "Blackie" Black – lead guitar on "Whatever Happened to Philthy Phil?" * Rick Miller – lead guitar on "Duke Kahanamoku"
'''Production''' * Mass Giorgini – producer, audio engineer * Jorge Orillac – assistant audio engineer
'''Artwork''' * Tony Dovi – photographs, album design, layout {{colend}}
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