Funkmonkey comes from one of my favorite forms of music and the year I was born:
here are some definitions of FUNK-
3. an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar
Funky was originally "old, musty" (1784), in reference to cheeses, then "repulsive," but began to develop an approving sense in jazz slang c.1900, probably on the notion of "earthy, strong, deeply felt" ...and in the 1960s acquired a broad slang sense of "fine, stylish, excellent."
I like this definition the best:
2. the state or quality of being funky.
like James Brown, electric Miles Davis, pre '76 Kool & the Gang, Jimi Hendrix (esp. Band of Gypsies), Galactic, Medeski Martin and Wood, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers... among many others.
...And I was born in the year of the Monkey.
also, I think primates are cool.
My real name is no secret, it's Greg