Effective period / Period of releases: 1997 - 2018

Members: Gerard Johnson, Mark Bown

As Funky Monkey, Mark Bown and Gerard Johnson are best remembered for the series of seven inch singles released on their own Funky Inc. label between 1996 and 2002. They also released three albums which appeared in the independent chart.

They re-formed as The Electric Opera in 2008 with vocalist Elaine Johnson, a more electronic sound and a new focus on creating visual art to complement their music.