Monkish

[muhng-kish]

Monkish are a London based comedy punk rock band, famous for their raucous stage show, coarse sense of humour and lack of any discernible musical talent. Originally created as a reaction to what they considered the distinct lack of entertaining bands on the London circuit, one of the original inspirations for the bands formation was from the pornographic movie Kim's Essex Pub Orgy.

Live Shows

Monkish have supported The Vibrators; and Splodgenessabounds on many occasions, including a show at the Camden Underworld with Eddie and the Hot Rods.

The band first came to prominence on the London scene after entering the prestigious Rock Garden Battle of the Bands competition They won both their heat and semi-final, finishing 4th out of 50 entrants.

In 2007 Monkish opened the Arena stage at the Rebellion Punk Festival at the Winter Gardens in Blackpool , featuring The Damned, UK Subs and Chas & Dave. The popularity of this set led to them being requested to perform a one-off acoustic show the next day for those who were unable to see the first one. They were also invited to play Rebellion in Vienna the following year with Cock Sparrer and The Dwarves.

In June 2008 the band played at Wickerman Festival in Dumfries, Scotland in the Scooter Tent along with Neville Staple and Sham 69. They also returned to play the Rebellion Festival, this time playing opening the Empress Ballroom stage and also closing the Bizarre Bazaar on the Saturday.

Current members

Brad Frugal - Vocals
Boris Fecker - Guitar
Pob Cavity - Guitar
Flimsy Bivouac - Bass
Geoff Leopard - Drums
Snelgers O'Guinness - Backing Vocals/Dancing

Discography

The Least Crap Of

Never released commercially, this is a limited edition pressing featuring Shallow Bitch, D-List Celebrity Stalker, ASBO and Essex Pub Orgy. It also features bonus live recordings of Hardcore Kitten Stroker and (There's Always Time For A) Wank.