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Tom Monks
Feb 23, 20233 min read
Pubs.
Tomorrow (Friday 24th) at 8pm, I’m doing a rare solo gig at The Plough And Harrow in Welling! Unbelievably this is the THIRD full-length...
Tom Monks
Feb 7, 20232 min read
I'm Putting Myself First Now.
With a few gaps in my diary I've equally been dreading and craving, I've been on the drawing board and figured out what to do with them....
Tom Monks
Jan 24, 20233 min read
The 100 Club.
This is now officially my favourite music venue in the world. Sorry Sidcup, I still adore you, but it is. It has history. It has...
Tom Monks
Dec 30, 20222 min read
2022.
2022 is completed. Sweden, Germany, Austria, Spain, Belgium, Switzerland, Norway, Scotland, Wales, and lots and lots of England. The...
Tom Monks
Nov 21, 20222 min read
The Penny Dropped.
Early Saturday afternoon, I popped into the Harvester by the Coventry hotel, for some quick breakfast before setting off for Bristol....
Tom Monks
Nov 6, 20223 min read
23,000 People. Utterly UNFATHOMABLE.
23,000 is an unfathomable sum of people to be given the mission to entertain. From the stage it's an infinite sea of faces becoming more...
Tom Monks
Sep 20, 20222 min read
Summer Festivals.
It's getting dark already and I've had to dig out my coat from the back of the wardrobe, which almost certainly closes the door on this...
Tom Monks
Aug 18, 20223 min read
The Master Reset.
When my good friends in The Aim very kindly invited me to produce some songs for them two years ago, I knew it was going to be eventful...
Tom Monks
Jun 27, 20225 min read
Emotions? At A Beer Fest?
About a month ago, I got a call from a great friend of mine, Sir Ghastly of Victor and the Bully. He asked if I'd like to play a beer...
Tom Monks
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Bass.
What's the first thing a bassist does when they join a band? Buy a bass. I hate to say it but in many cases it's true, including mine....
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