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GrandMasterMonk

About Me

biggest direct musical influence surprisingly is another Australian instrumental group Sirocco. Grandmaster Monk in many ways is an extension of this pioneering group, albeit with a fondness for metal!

so in the musical cauldron take three parts Indian morning raga, a liberal dose of acoustic zeppelin, 6 threads of black introspective emotion, a teaspoon of soundscape, live improv. and a humid eve in morocco finished off with a love for sharing unusual music with others.

the band is comprised of Stu Pearce on drums and percussion, J.D Mcintyre on guitar and Spaniard on bass... with a view to bringing in additional musicians in the future that understand the vision that the monk is trying to create

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Music:

Member Since: 24/04/2007
Band Members: S.J.Pearce - Drums & Percussion, Rhys "The Spaniard" Holmewood - Bass & Spunk, Jimac - Guitars, Keane "Mr Mustard" Williams - Vocals & Didgeridoo
Influences:

FIVE BELLS (part one) Grandmastermonk.mp4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4P6p4qOlA4



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Sounds Like: Raga Utam recorded live at the Lass, June 24 2007

Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

monk inhabit tha studio

as of tomorrow we, GrandMasterMonk head into the studio to record 1st full-length album.  it will be approx 50 minutes plus w/ musical styles ranging from typical progressive MONK stuff, a homage to f...
Posted by on Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:33:00 GMT

a singer 4 tha MONK!!!

  It seems after much searching we have a singer. the monk will still be primarily an instrumental band but i envisage approx. 40% o'tha tunes will have vocals. interestingly the vocalist sounds a wee...
Posted by on Thu, 14 May 2009 18:50:00 GMT

EP LAUCH- "Caritas Secundum Admodum"

The launch of first Monk EP "caritas secundum admodum"supports from goldiefeather, men who drip w/ germs and karoshi (syd), we will be joined onstage by guest vocalists limerik, zackary wattage and vi...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:43:00 GMT

film clip launch, gig w/ sarah humphries

the monk film clip for the song '5 BELLS' ( not on the monkspace) made by mr neil mansfield will be premiering on the 17th of august; the film clip clocks in 'round 11 minutes so it is a short film o'...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:29:00 GMT

new song posted, gig and international pics!!!

new song posted for your discrete listening pleasure, love the dreamy intro and would like to do more and more progressive stuff like this in the future. the monk has gig on the 9th of july at the bar...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 22:56:00 GMT

SBS doco and north-coast tour- sept/oct

? great news 4 those i have not told already amigo's, the Monks music (one song- moroccan hot nites), is to be used in an upcoming series to be aired on SBS in sept. called Roadtrip Nation!W...
Posted by on Fri, 30 May 2008 19:09:00 GMT

new drummer! next stop jordan

well hombres, amigos and skerspanski's, after 5 years of on again off again musical ventures senore chas is moving on to victorian pastures. his replacement is a primeval piece o' skin pounding fury n...
Posted by on Wed, 21 May 2008 00:17:00 GMT

The Spaniard

The Stunning Spaniard fondles his Bass of Death and elevates the Grand Master to stratospheric heights...and isn't he good looking!  Second gig with the Spaniard. Nice pl...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 04:09:00 GMT

filming completed!!

it is precisely ten pm, filming for 5 bells has been completed, marigold is a star, chas is the white unicorn and jim wears no shirt whilst looking mysterious. neil mansfield wielded the camera, jzho...
Posted by on Sun, 06 Apr 2008 04:59:00 GMT

film-clip on the way

? good morning hombres, in the wee hours of saturday the 8th o'march the monk will be shooting a film-clip. the man behind the camera will be neil mansfield, the "suffering-for-her-art" femme will be ...
Posted by on Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:57:00 GMT