Fear The Monk was a song-oriented funky rock project. It gets dark and intense at times. But it always grooves and there’s some killer musicianship in there. It’s burnin’!

• Move On – Passionate and dreamlike. “Five o’clock yesterday, I dreamt of leaving you behind.”
• Gone, Gone, Gone – Huge chorus. Creative arrangement. Sick guitar solo! “You’re gone, gone. No longer we. And you’re down on me?”
• Rescue Me – Dark and moody. Build and builds. Spiritual chanting. “He’s been looking for the wise man.”
• We’re Alive – Upbeat and hard driving. “We’re Alive. Can you feel it!”
• Circles – Inspired by Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild. Spacious and huge. “There’s no mercy in Circles.”
• True Home – Epic rock! Fully written in a dream. “Fearless mystic, lifting the veil.”
• Last Toast – Slow and dirty funk. Synth bass and talk box. Another blast off guitar solo! “Last Toast from a paper cup.”

This album was self-produced and shopped around in the early 2000s. It got us some good gigs but it wasn’t enough to keep the band together. A killer group of guys that always makes me feel nostalgic for old times and heavy duty playing!

I’ve got a feeling that you’ll enjoy this musical snapshot from the vault. You’ll know exactly where I’m coming from after you “like” this page!

If you’re already a fan, here’s a direct link to the Unreleased Album From The Vault.

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Just when I thought the coast was clear
I settled my plans and you appear
If that isn’t how it goes
The things that you need to know
They’re never what you have in mind
Maybe I’ll be right this time

Everybody Needs Somebody
Somebody To Love
Everybody Needs Somebody
Somebody To Love

My head’s in the clouds most of the time
Polishing dreams until they shine
But it’s been a crazy day
My dreaming will have to wait
’cause it’s getting real down here
Maybe this will be my year

Everybody Needs Somebody
Somebody To Love
Everybody Needs Somebody
Somebody To Love

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If you had a way to catch a falling star
You would make the save to prove how big you are
Doo doo doo doo
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Don’t follow me
’cause I wouldn’t follow you
Don’t follow me
’cause I wouldn’t follow you

Maybe you’re the fool who won’t believe it’s done
Maybe I’m just cruel and always on the run
Doo doo doo doo
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

Don’t follow me
’cause I wouldn’t follow you
Don’t follow me
’cause I wouldn’t follow you

P.S. This has nothing to do with following me on Twitter.

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On the one hand, I feel like I can’t take any credit for this piece because I didn’t play a lick of it. On the other hand, I spent a lot of time creating the rules that would compose this music in real-time.

My experience while listening to it the first time was in an altered-state already, so maybe that’s why I’m conditioned to like it. Because every listen since, I’ve been able to really quiet the mind with these “sound rules.”

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Download: Coins In The River

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Their minds seem like clean slates upon which we can write.
—Dr. Cyril J. C. Kennedy and Dr. David Anchel on the benefits of electroshock therapy, 1948

I had just one goal—to stay alive until the next day…But it wasn’t just to survive, but to survive as me.
—Mario Villani, survivor of four years in Argentina’s torture camps

From The Shock Doctrine.

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I wrote this for my nephew who is due to be born in 15 days.

Update: Elliot English was born on December 7, 2008.

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Download: I Think I Crashed The Economy

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Download: Beyond Is Within

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Music:
One Of These Nights

Download: Graham English Talks Episode 15

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