Drumming Monkey Records

Düsseldorf (Germany) based Indie and Punkrock record label formed in 2007 by Die Toten Hosen Drummer Steve "Vom" Ritchie, Mary Ritchie and Roman Thiel. The first album to be released was "Perfect Crime" by Wet Dog in 2007, one of the many bands in which Ritchie himself is involved as a musician. Other releases include recordings by musician friends such as TV Smith, Casino Blackout, The Backyard Band, Cryssis and many others. The label was closed in October 2020. Since April 2021 the former Drumming Monkey co-owner Roman Thiel has been running his new label Hinterhof Produktionen and also manages the Drumming Monkey Records back catalogue through the new company.