What key details about brass monkey -lrb- band -rrb- can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: brass monkey are an english folk band from the 1980s , who reunited in the late 1990s . they were innovative in their use of a brass section which was atypical for english folk music . the band originally consisted of martin carthy -lrb- vocals , guitar , mandolin -rrb- , john kirkpatrick -lrb- vocals , accordion , concertina -rrb- , howard evans -lrb- trumpet -rrb- , roger williams -lrb- trombone -rrb- , martin brinsford -lrb- born 17 august 1944 , in gloucester , gloucestershire -rrb- -lrb- harmonica , percussion , saxophone -rrb- . carthy was a well established musician at their formation , having been a member of steeleye span and the watersons , as well as leading a successful solo career . kirkpatrick had also played with steeleye span for a time , and worked with carthy in the albion country band . the two formed an occasional trio with evans after all three appeared on carthy 's albums '' because it 's there '' -lrb- 1979 -rrb- and '' out of the cut '' -lrb- 1982 -rrb- . brass monkey was formed with the addition of williams and brinsford after initially being billed as the martin carthy band . in 1984 , after recording their first album , williams was replaced by richard cheetham -lrb- born 29 january 1957 , in ashton-under-lyne , lancashire -rrb- . the band recorded only two albums '' brass monkey '' -lrb- 1983 -rrb- and '' see how it runs '' -lrb- 1986 -rrb- . both primarily consisted of traditional songs and tunes and were later re-issued on a single cd under the title '' the complete brass monkey '' -lrb- 1993 -rrb- . unable to reconcile the schedules of its various members , the band reluctantly broke up in 1987 . in 1997 the group reunited for a tour , and soon recorded a third album , '' sound and rumour '' . this was followed by '' going and staying '' in 2001 on which both williams and cheetham appeared and '' flame of fire '' in 2004 , which reverted to the original line-up . despite evans ' death in 2006 the band decided to continue , initially with a four-piece line-up who debuted with a...
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- years active is 1982 -- 1987 , 1998 -- present- past members is howard evans richard cheetham- origin is england- genre is english folk music- name is brass monkey- background is group_or_band- label is topic- current members is john archibald shane brennan kirkpatrick martin carthy roger williams martin brinsford paul- associated acts is the watersons waterson : carthy martin carthy john kirkpatrick