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We've been working with musicians for almost 20 years and have noticed two things that stand out.  Some are extremely cool and some are not.  Tommy Clufetos is one of the coolest, nicest guys working in the industry today.

He has drummed for some of the industries biggest names out there.  Rob Zombie (@RobZombie), Piggy D (@PiggyD), John 5 (@John5Guitarist), Ted Nugent (@TedNugent), Alice Cooper (@RealAliceCooper), Ozzy Osbourne (@OzzyOsbourne), and most recently Black Sabbath (@BlackSabbath). 

Tommy came by out studio to have some custom gear made for Black Sabbath tour.  He needed a new watch and custom belt.  We got him in the studio for a quick photo shoot. 

All photos ©Torry Pendergrass (@TorryPendy):

Fender telecasters and John 5 (@john5guitarist) go together like peanut butter and jelly.  You rarely see photos of John without a telecaster slung over his shoulder.  That's where we come in.  We have made so many guitar straps over the years for John that we have simply lost count.  Whether he is touring with Rob Zombie (@RobZombie) or recording solo records, John can always be seen with a guitar and a Red Monkey guitar strap. 

John 5 LIVE "This is my Rifle" uncut studio session:

We just love that "GOLDIE" custom Red Monkey guitar strap.

Here's a peak of some of our favorite custom straps that we've this guitar god over the years.  

LED Logo strap:

Monster Themed strap:

Captain America:

When we got the call to work with Asking Alexandria we were stoked.  They were tired of wearing shitty straps and were ready to take things to the "Next Level".  They knew Red Monkey was the spot so they made the call.  They wanted a nice mix of everything.  A few custom straps and a few from our current collection was all that was needed to ramp up their image. 

Cameron Liddell (@cameronliddell) was really interested in Snake Skin guitar strap with the AA (@AAofficial) logo.  Now we have used snake before but we really don't like working with exotic leathers so we did a little homework and found this faux-snake leather that looks and feels amazingly like snake.  Best part about it:  It's NOT snake. 

This is true Rock Star status.  He gave us a shout out on Instagram! 

A nice live shot of the strap in action......

A video posted by Asking Alexandria (@theaafamily) on Aug 8, 2014 at 3:34pm PDT

Sam Bettley(@samuelbettley) plays bass for Asking Alexandria (or should we say murders the bass for AA.  This is another killer dude and true rockstar that we are happy to have as part of the Red Monkey (@redmonkeyla) family.  He likes to keep things a little more low-key and choose from our current collection of Rocker Straps.

He also gave us a shoutout on his Instagram!  What a gentleman.

Here he can be seen levitating with his new Red Monkey strap at Mayhem Festival #mayhemFest

This awesome shot courtesy of Ann Buster (@annbuster)

Ben Bruce (@benjaminbruce) put in a request for a Union Jack themed guitar strap.  He wanted something a bit tattered and worn looking.  This one was a bit of stumper for us but we finally got it handled and it turned out great!  Unfortunately, it's a bit too wide for Ben's liking so we'll do some modifying when they back from tour.  For now, he's rockin' the Ammo strap below. 

Here's a cool shot live shot of Ben Bruce courtesy of our good friend Scott Uchida (@ogscottuchida)