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NoiseBar Brunswick

This Hive is all vibe and a great place to play gota thank everyone who came down,



Hardrock cafe

What a great first Gig for the Guv. Great crowd awesome vibe the best burgers and beer and Disco you are a rockin roll legend cant wait to come back .



Karova lounge Ballarat 13-4-06

introducing on drums John (the dude) Brockton..What a great first gig for this guy with big shoes to fill he proved he can cut it with the best.this venue is all rock&roll and the crowd really new how to let go and enjoy our groove .Thanks to everyone who came up and bought a copy of the cd.cya next time



playing solo 2006

Well been busy playing acoustic around  Ballarat sort of exciting being in a new city .Such a big place. meeting lots of interesting people.Writing    and recording lots of new songs. The new line up for Monkeytin  is almost ready to kreep out of the studio and start gigging .







Merbein Hotel Gig 19/3

Our first real pub gig playing all our own material. Wasn't sure what to expect, anxious to see how the material would be recieved. Great crowd, thanks to everyone who made the night. It was so cool to have such a great response to our original music. Thanks to the punters who took the time to come up and give us great feedback at the end of the night. And also to everyone who turned up to the gig.

Thanks, Rod








20.5 04 recording the ep

its nice to be back to normal ( if i was ever normal ) the recording of our ep  took lots of time and energy . its good to have the songs out there and have some feedback seems good so far. it seemed like it would take forever after recording most of the tracks with our former drummer and then deciding it was just not happening.back to the studio with our good friend Rich Baker who has the knack of knowing just what the songs need.  Rich has since become a fulltime member of mt.i have got to thank Tim Williams for the use of his studio and his expertise to mix down our songs.so now we hit the road so check us out and dont forget to say  hi.  Rod



21 5 04 retro bar gig

always like playin this bar its got a great atmosphere and good acoustics. Thanks Pete and Dusty who always support live original music. An intimate crowd who seemed to enjoy our show. Thanks to those who picked up a copy of our ep. I must thank Ash and i hope snowy found his dog.  

                                             Rod




sandbar 25th&26th June

First sandbar gig, not sure how we would go over with a cover venue.  Anabranch opened for us. They were fortunate that their drummer from glasgow was over here. They hadnt played together for awhile, but Tim and the boys did a fantastic job. Thanks guys ! Check out their website at www.anabranch.co.uk.  From the moment we kicked off with crash and burn it was cool to look out at an audience that seemed to take notice instantly that this was not something they'd heard before. My Girl brought them into our groove and they kicked back and enjoyed the ride for the rest of the night. Hope the crew from Melbourne on their way to Darwin, who were going to leave early but stayed late, get their in one piece. Thanks to all those who bought our EP and/or T-shirts. And thanks to the girls behind the bar. Kelly, dont burn the steaks while listening to the CD. 

Rod




International Balloon Fest 27 6 04

Nice to play a big stage with lots of room to move and an awesome P.A. want to thank shaun for the excellent mix out front and thomo for onstage sound. Our first international crowd, they seemed to get right into our music. Thanks to the balloonist who picked up a copy of our cd but had to take off before we finished. Thanks for all the positive feedback. And those who picked up our EP, hope you enjoy it. Hope to see you at our next gig.

Rod




Hopetoun Hotel 2 7 04

Well Bendigo is just so alive for a country town, its just like a city. We played the hopetoun with Lacquer, a 3 piece all chick band. They have a great following in bendigo, and really knew how to warm up a crowd. Hope to do more with them in the future. Great crowd, very responsive, seemed to get off on the monkeytin sound. Thanks Patrick for the sound, simon for filming the night and entertaining us with his documentary of driving through KFC at 1.30am slightly intoxicated. Hope it gets released. Thanks Adrian for the Forte magazine interview. Thanks Linda for the use of your house, and thanks to everyone at the Hopetoun and hope to see you all at the Golden Vine on the 6th of august.

Rod




5th aug the espy st kilda. 6th goldenvine hotel bendigo

well our first tour 6 hours in a station wagon overloaded with equipment and people .The espy is a really good gig to play the venue has a great vibe so cool to see some people we new and some we didnt imersed in our songs thanks to everyone who made the efort to get there for our first gig in melbourne.  Bendigo The Goldenvine great pub great crowd thanks to the girls from lacquer,thanks Rick your pub rocks .




4th sept Ballarat club sandwich festival 5th DanOconnells Carlton

Club sandwich what a great gig what these guys do to this old courthouse is fantastic the lighting and sound was awesome .Cant wait to play Ballarat again .The Dan Oconnell cool pub very intimate. Really want to thank everyone that came out on a sunday night to see us .Thanks Jason for sound  a big thanks to Che (ex local ha ha )for coming along.




29th oct sandbar mildura

always love playing this bar pure working class people not afraid to let their hair down and have a good time. got to thank Sally and the girls from last nights dream for opening for us go check these girls out .will be back there on the 10th nov to do a show with zinc from Sydney.




31st oct .recording at jamtin melbourne

well the old statement that the early bird catches the worm must be true after an early start to a 15 hour session we managed to capture on tape some of what monkeytin is all about .Geoffs got a great studio and really knows his stuff he all so tells a great yarn even the one about energy circling the corridors(baker i will not forget) this place has just turned 25 so you can imagine the storys the walls could tell.








1st Oct Pony Bar, Melbourne

Just gonna thank everyone who came along to support us. Topped off a great weekend. Russ & Linda, you guys are the best (wanna see the shirt next time). Ben, Chris, hope to hear the band soon. Shane and Julie, the two nicest people in Melbourne, who gave us the use of their beautiful home and all the guided tours (if anyone knows the wherabouts of a kombie camper for sale let us know)

thanks heaps, Rod




19th nov 04 Goodwood hotel Adelaide, 21st Loxton

These people just love live original music and are not shy letting you know Had a great gig fri night its so cool to do a couple of sets it gives us a chance to play the songs we dont always get to. Saturday night we even got out on the town and checked out some great pubs and bands (Robyn , me  and Ritch) Bugzy was  to tired (poor old dear) still dont like their beer though.Well Bugz got the last laugh on  the long drive to Loxton the next day Sundays are always bad anyway it was all good and cant wait to go back .




wed 24th nov 04with Diesel at Omalleys Mildura

This would have to be one of the best acoustic shows i have ever played the room was set up so much like a big lounge room with couches and coffee tables allowing everyone to just chill out and ride the vibe .Thanks to everyone who was there .Super big thank you to Greg Harrison for my sound .




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