Monomania 2010-2011

27.11.2011

Hey allemaal,

Na twee jaar, meer dan 100 shows, 4 tours door Belgie, Frankrijk en Engeland hebben wij besloten te stoppen. Terwijl wij druk bezig waren met het schrijven van onze nieuwe EP kwamen wij tot de conclusie dat wij niet alle vier hetzelfde doel voor ogen hadden.

De afgelopen jaren waren een geweldige ervaring. We hadden nooit durven dromen dat wij zulke avonturen mee zouden maken! Touren door de UK, in grote, uitverkochte zalen spelen, allerlei bijzondere plaatsen bezoeken en heel veel nieuwe vrienden ontmoeten!

We willen graag iedereen bedanken die ons heeft geholpen de afgelopen twee jaar: onze vrienden van Lennox, Only Seven Left, Canvas Artists, Destine, Basje, Niek, Joris, Jack’s moeder, Sky Screams Blue, The Body, De Alleskunner en alle anderen die ons op welke manier dan ook hebben geholpen.

Maar bovenal willen wij onze fans bedanken! Het gaf ons elke keer weer zo’n geweldig gevoel als jullie met onze nummers meezongen en keihard schreeuwden wanneer we het podium opkwamen.

We zullen nog twee optredens spelen, voordat we er echt mee stoppen:
9-12 Popcentrale, Dordrecht met Life’s too short for us
7-1 Het Kasteel, Alphen aan de Rijn met Mae

We hopen jullie daar te zien!

We zijn heel erg trots op alles dat we hebben bereikt en gedaan de afgelopen twee jaar. Bedankt voor alle support en we hopen jullie in de toekomst weer te zien bij onze nieuwe projecten.

Pim, Stijn, Elmer en Jona

Monomania

Prijswinnaars

31.10.2011

Zoals beloofd hebben we een alternatieve prijs bedacht voor alle mensen die zo onwijs veel hebben lopen twitteren en stemmen op ons vanwege die 3FM NS contest. Na dagenlang beraad is dit wat we hebben bedacht:

Wij spelen een akoestische set, wij zorgen voor overheerlijke hapjes uit Jona's exclusieve frituurpan en serveren allerlei soorten drankjes in een prachtig herenhuis te Tilburg voor de volgende twitteraars:

Gefeliciteerd prijswinnaars ;))) Stuur ons een mailtje en geef hierin aan welke data in december je allemaal beschikbaar bent, dan plannen wij ff een geschikte dag. We zorgen ervoor dat je met de bandbus van het station wordt gehaald en teruggebracht en dat je sowieso nog de trein terug kunt nemen zonder dat het nachtwerk wordt!

Het was heel lastig om terug te halen wie er precies allemaal hebben gestemd, dus als je je naam niet ziet staan in bovenstaand lijstje en je hebt toch wel je best gedaan, laat t ons dan even weten en stuur een mailtje naar info@monomaniamusic.com

X Elmer, Jona, Pim en Stijn

NS Try Out Festival

19.10.2011

Although we didn’t become 'NS festivaltalent' we had a great time playing at all the different train stations in different cities last couple of weeks. Thanks a lot for missing trains just to see us play, a very nice gesture :)

We also promised to play a private acoustic show for the one who promoted us the most with the social media battle... We never thought things would get so out of hand! We were #1 trending topic on twitter that day in the Netherlands, thanks so much for spreading the word and losing followers for us, haha :)

The deal was that we'd only play this show if we actually win the contest, which we didn't... But, we STILL have a price to give. And it's a real cool one! So if you promoted us the last couple of weeks on twitter, keep an eye on our website ;))

At the moment we are still really busy recording our new EP, but things are shaping up. Just a couple of weeks and we're done!

We're gonna shoot a new musicvideo as well for our brand new single, we'll keep you informed about that. We cannot wait to play the new stuff live and we cannot wait to hear what you think of it.

We've got two more PopRonde shows to play this weekend in the northern region of Holland, Leeuwarden & Alkmaar. See you there?!

We added some photo's from last week, credits go to Jos Beijer & Nienke Verhoef

Last, but not least: Our endorser Sky Screams Blue got some new shirts and they are shipping free! Go check them out on skyscreamsblue.com

-Monomania

Demoversion of 'Careless and Wrong' available!

20.09.2011

For a limited time only it will be possible to watch a demoversion of our brand new song 'Careless and Wrong'! Click the red circle to start streaming! The official version of 'Careless and Wrong' will be on our upcoming EP and than it will be available for download.All we ask of you is to please let us know what you think of the song and to share it with your friends on Twitter and Facebook!

We added a little video to the song, just some material we made ourselves during the tour and our shows, so maybe you can find yourself on the screen!!

If you like the song, like us on Facebook and use the hashtag #3fmns_festival. Thanks so much, we hope you like it!

- Monomania

Mae support + NS TOF dates

29.08.2011

We are very excited to announce that we will be supporting Mae (USA) on January 7th in Het Kasteel, Alphen a/d Rijn. We've been big fans for a long time, so it is an absolute honor to share the stage with them. Don't miss this one because it's the only dutch show on their European tour, which also includes Rookie of the Year (USA) and Kyoto Drive (UK)! As soon as the pre-sale starts, we will let you know!

We've got some more information about the NS try-out Tour. Together with our buddies from Only Seven Left, The Heyz and lots of other cool bands we will play some shows on train stations throughout the country. We are also participating in some kind of social media contest by 3fm, we don't know the exact details about this yet but we will inform you as soon as we do. Click on the tour section above to see when and where we will be performing!

-Elmer

NS Try Out Festival

21.08.2011

Hey!
We just came back from our fourth international tour and had such a blast with the guys from Lennox. A truly unforgettable experience! Got to see some beautiful places, played our first sold out show in the UK, lost some sleep and made some great friends along the way. We hope to be back very soon!

Last week, national radio station 3FM called to tell us we were chosen to play on the NS Try Out Festival. That means we will play at the trainstations of Amsterdam-Zuid, Arnhem, Eindhoven and Amersfoort. If you want to see the entire interview Elmer did, just click on the video! The exact date and time will be confirmed very soon! We hope we will see you there!

At the meantime we are recording our new brand new EP and are preparing for our second musicvideo. Stay tuned for our some new MonomaniaTV-episodes, ‘cause they will be online very soon. Don’t forget to like our bandpage on Facebook! You just need to click here!

Love,

-Jona

Monomania / Lennox Split Tour

10.07.2011

Hey!
You might have heard about it; our split tour with our buddies from Lennox will kick off in a couple of days! Before sailing off to England and Scotland, we will rock some venues in Holland and Belgium. Take a look at the tour schedule below:

- 13.7 Maloe Melo, Amsterdam (NL)
- 15.7 The Fox, Torhout (BE)
- 16.7 Little Devil, Tilburg (NL)
- 19/7 Dexters, Dundee (SCO)
- 20/7 Riverside, Newcastle (GB)
- 21/7 Ringside, Hull (GB)

This means six shows in four different countries. Isn't that awesome?! :)

On the 22nd we will be back in Holland to play at a really cool festival, called 'de Affaire' Showtime is 16:30, Barbarossa Ruine Stage For the full line-up check their website: www.de-affaire.nl

Hope to see you this week!

-Stijn

Kaf en Koren

25.06.2011

Hey there!!

Last thursday we played at a packed Doornroosje, Nijmegen. It was the final round of a bandcontest called Kaf en Koren which we actually won!! This means we will be playing at a pretty cool festival called 'De Affaire' in Nijmegen. Be sure to check out the picture-section for some nice shots, made by Thijmen Sietsma. The Sick Puppies support show was awesome, Patronaat is such a great venue to play. Hopefully we will be back there in the near future!

At this very moment we're still busy recording, not much to tell you except that things are going great :) Our next shows will be the split tour with Lennox, if you're from England, Scotland, Belgium or Holland, we might be somewhere near you! Really looking forward to that tour!

Take care, see you soon and if you're not following us on twitter and/or facebok yet, you are missing out!! :)
Love,

Monomania

Win Tickets to our show with Sick Puppies

June 17th we will be playing at Patronaat, Haarlem with Sick Puppies, and guess what.. You can win tickets for that show! Tell us why you think you should be there and maybe you will be on the guestlist! Email: win@monomaniamusic.com
XOXO

Klomppop

Music, nice people, sunny skies and booze; the ideal ingredients for a great festival! We really enjoyed playing at Klomppop last thursday. If you made some pictures, please send them to stijn@monomaniamusic and they might end up here on our website! Check out these images below, made by PopShot.nl.

We will be back in Zeeland the 18th of june. Kortgene is the place to be! Hope to see you there!

Love,
Monomania

Support Sick Puppies + More!

31.05.2011

Hey everyone!

First of all, welcome to our new website! This beautiful piece of html and other difficult grownup stuff was created by our beloved Stijn. It's really nice to have our own space on the world wide web now :) The last few months a lot happened. We did some fantastic shows with our friends Only Seven Left, we went touring throughout the UK for 14 days and we crashed our van, which was a bit of a downer... Not for long though, the bandbus got fixed and is ready to roll! And it has a lot of rolling to do actually, because we will be back in the UK for our summer splittour with Lennox. Check out the showsection on the right to see where we will be playing! It was really awesome to see all of you attending our shows the last couple of months and for supporting our band! We can’t explain how much we appreciate that! Thanks so much! We would also like to thank our friends from Only Seven Left for all the support shows and our friend Jack, far away in Newcastle, for helping us out with our tour!

So now what?
Well, at the moment we are sweating bullets in the studio again, recording our newest single and EP, due to be released next fall. Songs are taking shape already and we are really, really excited about the new stuff! Other exciting news is that we will be heading to Sweden to team up with Wijnand Beijer (www.forthewhin.com) and record our second music video!

June 17th we will be supporting Sick Puppies at the Patronaat, Haarlem You might know them from there single ‘’Maybe’’ or the Free Hugs-campaign. So make sure you will get your Tickets soon!

We will try to update on the recording process as much as possible! Hopefully we get to see you on one of our shows!

XOXOXO

Jona, Elmer, Stijn en Pim