“You can’t possibly put on paper how much energy this band has live. Ami Shalev, the band’s singer was, at his highest point, hanging from a steel rafter roughly twenty feet above my head… and at his lowest had his head burried into a knocked over fifty galon trash bin, still singing. They’re a straight-forward, crunchy, loud, rock band. Don’t let that fool you though… this band is incredibly powerful. You cannot possibly fully appreciate them until you see it live. To be honest, it was the best show I’ve seen in a long time.”

“This was performance as performance art and rock as confrontation. No matter where you stood in the sharp divide (I bought a T-shirt if you’re wondering), you wouldn’t soon forget seeing Monotonix live.”

“When the lead singer burst on to stage, we weren’t really sure it was the lead singer. It could’ve been some fan. Or, I don’t know, a vagrant. Within 30 seconds he had lept the security fence and into the audience, where he spent most of the performance. I don’t think I’ve spent that much time looking behind me at a show. he turned the crowd entranced. The end of the show brought it all together. They pulled down the drums, the guitar, and everything came into the audience. we all played till the end.”

“I saw you guys open for Silver Jews here in San Francisco. You expressed that you would like to touch a lot of American girls. You used my head to help you down from a rafter. That was weird/weird.”

Monotonix played in America, Europe and Israel with bands such as the Silver Jews, Ted Leo & The Pharmacists, Oneida, Kimya Dawson, The Thermals, Calvin Johnson, Federation X, Now It’s Overhead and many more.

Monotonix have just finished recording their debut full length in Tel-Aviv, Israel with producer Kramer (Daniel Johnston, Low, Pussy Galore, Butthole Surfers, Royal Trux).
Advance copies of the album will be sold on our spring tour of the states.