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He may not get rich with the revived Trash Monkeys, but the slightly revamped lineup(with local punk legend the Eat's Michael O'Brien on drums) has been writing new songs and gigging steadily to receptive audiences throughout the area. And whatever the status of the group's finances, the upcoming release of Pass Out will at least affirm this Trash Monkeys' long-time commitment to innovation and experimentation for the sheer hell of it, as well as for the sheer fun of it. Not that it will be easy, as Feehan knows all too well. "It's been so long trying to get [the CD] together, but that's the way the Trash Monkeys are," he admits. "It's all so fractious. They can't do anything. They're just incapable. It's hard enough to get out to a gig, let alone get a CD out."