Biography
No Monster Club operates as a project under Bobby Aherne, also known as Sir Bobby Jukebox, combining retro-oriented garage-pop with lo-fi psychedelia components through fervent delivery and consistent melodic focus. His introduction came via the stripped-down Tropical Decibels, Vol. 1 in 2009. Later releases such as the 2011 Young Guts Champion EP and People Are Weird in 2015 expanded the sonic setups and positioned No Monster Club at times as a full band. The 2016 EP Where Did You Get That Milkshake? preceded several singles, among them 2017's "Orpheus - Radio," which carried a B-side version of Lally Stott's 1971 U.K. hit "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep," before the songwriter shifted to the Sir Bobby Jukebox identity.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Aherne completed coursework in Music Technology and English at Maynooth University. As No Monster Club he issued his debut album, Tropical Decibels Vol. 1, through Rack and Ruin Records in July 2009. Built primarily around solo guitar, vocals, and overdubbed backing vocals, the follow-up Tropical Decibels, Vol. 2 adopted broader arrangements that incorporated drums, occasional keys, and further guitar parts. Both volumes appeared together as a double cassette on CF Records in 2010. Music Hall Records released the album BRAIN HEAT WAVE ahead of the Young Guts Champion EP arriving on Masses in early 2011. A split EP with Italy's Panda Kid came out in June.
No Monster Club's initial album presented as a band, Dublin (CF), surfaced in March 2012 and included the rhythm section of Mark Chester and Paddy Hanna. First issued on cassette by Already Dead Tapes & Records, the 46-track compilation Posthumous Hits emerged later in 2012. After saxophonist Shane Murphy joined the lineup, new material arrived with the album Foie Gras (Music Hall Records, Popical Island) toward the close of 2013.
Alongside work with other Popical Island artists during this period, Aherne collaborated with illustrator Ruan van Vliet on the 2014 book D'You Remember Yer Man? concerning several of Dublin's more eccentric residents. Mirror Universe Tapes and Popical Island then issued People Are Weird in 2015. The project's seventh album of original material, I Feel Magic, appeared on Already Dead and Popical Island early the next year. An EP containing contributions from Chester and Eoghan O'Brien, Where Did You Get That Milkshake?, surfaced before 2016 ended.
A two-track single recorded by Aherne, O'Brien, and Murphy that presented an original song ("Rabbit in a Hat") and a cover ("Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep") under the title "Orpheus - Radio" followed from No Monster Club in 2017, as did "Samoyed - Tragiverse." It included a cover of Tripping Daisy's "One Through Four." Across the 2010s No Monster Club toured internationally, sharing bills with acts such as the Polyphonic Spree, Wavves, and HEALTH, among others. A musical composed and co-written by Aherne, Trial of the Centurys, completed a sold-out run at the Fringe Festival in 2018. He afterward devoted attention to the solo alias Sir Bobby Jukebox, releasing the debut album Friendship Gift on Already Dead in 2020.
Born in Dublin, Ireland, Aherne completed coursework in Music Technology and English at Maynooth University. As No Monster Club he issued his debut album, Tropical Decibels Vol. 1, through Rack and Ruin Records in July 2009. Built primarily around solo guitar, vocals, and overdubbed backing vocals, the follow-up Tropical Decibels, Vol. 2 adopted broader arrangements that incorporated drums, occasional keys, and further guitar parts. Both volumes appeared together as a double cassette on CF Records in 2010. Music Hall Records released the album BRAIN HEAT WAVE ahead of the Young Guts Champion EP arriving on Masses in early 2011. A split EP with Italy's Panda Kid came out in June.
No Monster Club's initial album presented as a band, Dublin (CF), surfaced in March 2012 and included the rhythm section of Mark Chester and Paddy Hanna. First issued on cassette by Already Dead Tapes & Records, the 46-track compilation Posthumous Hits emerged later in 2012. After saxophonist Shane Murphy joined the lineup, new material arrived with the album Foie Gras (Music Hall Records, Popical Island) toward the close of 2013.
Alongside work with other Popical Island artists during this period, Aherne collaborated with illustrator Ruan van Vliet on the 2014 book D'You Remember Yer Man? concerning several of Dublin's more eccentric residents. Mirror Universe Tapes and Popical Island then issued People Are Weird in 2015. The project's seventh album of original material, I Feel Magic, appeared on Already Dead and Popical Island early the next year. An EP containing contributions from Chester and Eoghan O'Brien, Where Did You Get That Milkshake?, surfaced before 2016 ended.
A two-track single recorded by Aherne, O'Brien, and Murphy that presented an original song ("Rabbit in a Hat") and a cover ("Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep") under the title "Orpheus - Radio" followed from No Monster Club in 2017, as did "Samoyed - Tragiverse." It included a cover of Tripping Daisy's "One Through Four." Across the 2010s No Monster Club toured internationally, sharing bills with acts such as the Polyphonic Spree, Wavves, and HEALTH, among others. A musical composed and co-written by Aherne, Trial of the Centurys, completed a sold-out run at the Fringe Festival in 2018. He afterward devoted attention to the solo alias Sir Bobby Jukebox, releasing the debut album Friendship Gift on Already Dead in 2020.
Albums
Singles
