Monkey Majik is a pop-rock band formed in 2000 in Sendai, Japan, consisting of Canadian brothers, Maynard and Blaise Plant (singers and guitarists) and Japanese members, Tax (drummer, who replaced Jan Kuypers in 2004, who himself replaced Tom Prichard in 2001) and Dick Mori (bassist, who replaced Misao Urushizaka in 2004). Their modest beginnings saw their first two albums, Spade (2003) and Eastview (2005) rank only in the top 200 before third studio album Thank You (2006), skyrocketed to number 5, with the next four albums placing in the top 10, namely: Sora wa Marude (2007) which peaked at number 3, as well as Time (2008), earning the group their highest chart position at number 2, followed by Westview (2011) and Somewhere Out There (2012) coming in at number 9 and 7 respectively. Known for their energetic live performances and dedicated fanbase, the band continued to record new records, releasing a further seven Top 40 albums over the next decade, including DNA (2013), Colour by Number (2015) Southview (2016), Enigma (2018), and Northview (2020). Twenty-three years after the band’s formation, Monkey Majik returned in January, 2023 with pop-rap fusion album curtain call, charting at number 38.