{"id":552,"date":"2026-01-21T02:16:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/?page_id=552"},"modified":"2026-01-21T02:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T02:21:55","slug":"monkey-purple-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/monkey-purple-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monkey Purple"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Monkey Purple was formed in Soddy Daisy, TN after Mandel&#8217;s band Pictures of Lenny disbanded. Mandel and Andy Brock joined up with Mikey Greene. Mikey had previously been in multiple bands with Mandel, including Pictures of Lenny&#8217;s first lineup. During their short time as Monkey Purple, they were able to record a good number of live albums that were stored away until 2026.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Albums<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/monkey-purple-live-in-snuff-holler\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-511\" src=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/SH-1-e1767973801994-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/live-in-dunlap-monkey-purple\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-492\" src=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/lid-cover-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/live-in-atlanta-monkey-purple\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-490\" src=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LIA-Cover-e1767973609930-850x850.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/monkey-purple-live-in-soddy-daisy\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-467\" src=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2048x2048.png 2048w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-850x850.png 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/drunk-in-chattanooga-monkey-purple\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-355\" src=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/MPDIC-Front-850x850.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Band Members<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vocals &amp; Bass: Mikey Greene<\/p>\n<p>Guitar: Andy Brock<\/p>\n<p>Drums: Mandel Cook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monkey Purple was formed in Soddy Daisy, TN after Mandel&#8217;s band Pictures of Lenny disbanded. Mandel and Andy Brock joined up with Mikey Greene. Mikey had previously been in multiple bands with Mandel, including Pictures of Lenny&#8217;s first lineup. During their short time as Monkey Purple, they were able to record a good number of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-552","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=552"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":555,"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/552\/revisions\/555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mandelcook.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}