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Band plays U.S., then the world in support of Liquid Zoo.

By Christina Garibaldi

100 Monkeys

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Jackson Rathbone has been keeping himself very busy since wrapping up "Breaking Dawn" earlier this year. The "Twilight" star is currently on the road with his band, 100 Monkeys, hitting towns all across the U.S. before taking their act overseas later this year.

The band, which recently released its second full-length studio album, Liquid Zoo, stopped by the MTV Newsroom to give us a sneak peek at what fans can expect from its usually unexpected live shows.

"It's a raucous, theatrical live set, constantly switching instruments and singers and jumping and running around onstage, very interactive with the audience," Ben Graupner said. "We pull ideas from the crowd and make up a song on the spot. People will come out of nowhere and start rapping. You really don't know what to...

HollywoodNews.com: Twilight star Jackson Rathbone and his band, 100 Monkeys, have hit the road this summer on a headlining tour throughout the U.S. and Canada. On July 12th, the funk-rock band plays Boston, Ma and will continue through August 28th, concluding in San Diego, CA.

“We are excited to get back out on the road this summer,” says Rathbone. “We can’t wait to rock out with our fans, and we look forward to some great shows.”

100 Monkeys, comprised of Jackson Rathbone, Ben Graupner, Jerad Anderson, Lawrence “Uncle Larry” Abrams and Ben Johnson , are multi-instrumentalists known for their raucous, theatrical live-sets, where they switch instruments and lead vocals on almost every song.

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The idea that the 100 Monkeys should appear on the official soundtrack for The Twilight Saga: Eclipse has been floating around for quite some time.

The band, made popular in part thanks to its member and Twilight star Jackson Rathbone, has been vetted for a spot on the album by a great many Twilight fans over the past few months.

Several of the band's members did an interview recently with TMCnet, and during the discussion, Ben Graupner (a.k.a. "Ben G") talked about that very possibility.

There has been talk of 100 Monkeys appearing on the "Eclipse" soundtrack, but Graupner says, "I think we know just about as much as anyone else who's out there." "Obviously, they know who we are," he ...

MTV has another new interview with Jackson Rathbone. Jackson talks about his new favorite characters in New Moon what the cast does while not filming and how Jasper is evolving as a character as he filmed Eclipse. We also have a video where Ashley Greene Elizabeth Reaser and Jackson Rathbone comment on Aro and the Volturi. Check out more below Movie Trailers Movies BlogMTVOut of the new characters joining the franchise for New Moon which is your favorite?Jackson Rathbone My favorite character in New Moon that wasnt in Twilight? I guess my favorite character in New Moon is a collective the Volturi. Its one of those things thats really nice to see these decadent older vampires that run this vampire society if you will. I think theyre an amazing group of actors that we were able to get for the film and they are very scary and intimidating. Theyre...

The 'Twilight' star talks about Jasper's backstory, 'Eclipse' jam sessions and more.

By Larry Carroll

Jackson Rathbone

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As filming wraps this week on "Eclipse," and "New Moon" is mere weeks away from invading theaters nationwide, we are pleased to report that Jackson Rathbone is alive and well. A few vampire scuffles in Vancouver can't take down the immortal Jasper Hale.

Recently, we caught up with the actor/ 100 Monkeys frontman to talk about what might be his final days as Stephenie Meyer's endearing Confederate vampire. The fan fave was eager to talk about jamming with Robert Pattinson, exploring Jasper's backstory in "Eclipse," and setting his own face on fire.

MTV: Out of the new characters joining the franchise for "New Moon," which is your favorite?

Jackson Rathbone: My favorite character in "New Moon" that wasn't in "Twilight"? I guess my favorite character in...

Jackson Rathbone was born in Singapore on December 21, 1984 and has lived in places ranging from Indonesia to Midland, Texas. He started out in local theatre, The Pickwick Players. In high school he went to Interlochen, a private school for the arts in Michigan. After graduation, he had planned to go to the Royal Scottish Academy, but went to Los Angeles to experiment with the big screen. He immediately signed onto Disney's 411. He had a leading role in the ABC show Beautiful People, which premiered in Autumn of 2005. When he's not busy pursuing his television and film career, he enjoys music, writing, singing, and producing. He enjoys playing his guitar and other musical instruments such as the harmonica. He's close friends with Twilight costars Ashley Greene and Kellan Lutz. He knew them both before they started filming. He's roommates with actor Ben Graupner. His favourite actors include Christopher Walken, Clint Eastwood,...