Egg Monks
The Egg Monks formed in Brantford around 1997. The members are Ania Dabrowski and Jeff Reniers. They played acoustic and sing as a duet. They have had other members playing drums and bass but none have been successful. The other people were Chris Betlemjemski of former Neophyte's Serendipity, Booger Band, Circle Theorem, Paxum and Curtis Mathis fame. John Edwards of Omar Sanchez and Grant Silverthorn of Hollowman Rusk.
Their rhythmically complex music defies any proper label. You have to just listen to it.
They changed their name briefly to the Gin Pigs. They went under the name of the Cougar Melons as of September 2nd 2002 until around late 2003. 2004 There wasn't much going on until early 2005 when the band Onya broke onto the scene in Hamilton. They are now known as Fat Kids Club.
Their old web page survives from their Egg Monks era. They had two different versions with only a very slight variation in the menu. A separate window will open to continue on with the main site close the window.
http://www.execulink.com/~matthewr/eggmonks.htm
http://www.execulink.com/~matthewr/eggmonks.htm
The following photos are from their second live show August 29th 1998. They played at the Refuge Cafe in Cambridge.
Ania untangling a cord
Jeff strumming away with some much needed coffee in the foreground
Another shot of Jeff
Ania once more
Ticket for a July 1999 Egg Monk show at The Backroom
last updated September 12 2006