Absolute Monarchs is an American post-punk Music band from Seattle, Washington."All Hail Seattle’s Absolute Monarchs". Consequences of Sound."Hannah Levin - Tacoma to today". Northwest Military, by Nikki McCoy on March 6, 2013.
History The Absolute Monarchs formed in 2009."The Four Best Seattle Bands You Don’t Know". Spin, Jonathan Zwickel // July 27, 2009 In 2011, the band was named one of "6 NW Bands You Need to Know" by Spin.com."6 Northwest bands you need to know". Spin. In 2012 the band was playing in clubs and acting as an opening band at concerts in the Seattle area."Absolute Monarchs, Strong Killings, Swayze, and White Coward at The Highline". SSGMusic.by Daniel Ahrendt on February 27th, 2012"Capitol Hill Block Party 20 - 22 July 2012 - Seattle". Pop Matters, Robert Alford 5 August 2012 Absolute Monarchs were featured to perform at the 57th Grammy Award Ceremonies at the 2012 Capitol Hill Block Party."GRAMMYs On The Road With The Absolute Monarchs And Porcelain Raft". July 31, 2012 - grammy.com The band released one full-length album through Good to Die Records"Seattle’s Absolute Monarchs Release Debut LP, ‘1’". Indie Rock Cafe, 2012 Best New Releases, April 20, 2012 Max Hammer and one 7" through Big Tea Records (UK) before calling it quits in August 2013."Absolute Monarchs 1 Rocks Hard and Heavy By Gwendolyn Elliott" . Seattle Weekly, Mar 6 2012."Interview: Absolute Monarchs". Verbicide, by Thomas Pizzola | April 2nd, 2012 Kock and Stubz then went on to form a new band, Blood Drugs."A Sausageside Chat with Good to Die's Blood Drugs" . Seattle Weekly, By James Ballinger Apr 14 2015 In 2016 the Monarchs reunited to perform at Good to Die Records five year anniversary concert."Weekly Worth It 6-6-16". Seattle Passive Aggressive, June 6, 2016. James Ballinger The group also performed at the 2016 Capitol Hill Block Party"Capitol Hill Block Party 2016 Day Three: Review and Photos". Paste, By Victoria Holt | July 27, 2016 and several local venues.
Members
Shawn Kock - guitar Joel Schneider - bass / vocals Mike Stubz - drums Miki Sodos - guitar
Discography
1 (2012)"Good To Die Records: Year One, A Retrospective". Redefine, Oct 11th, 2012. by Thad McKraken" It's 2012, and Seattle Sounds Like ...". Seattle Weekly, Dec 18 2012. "To Hell, Let's Masquerade" / "Thinking Thieves" 7" (2012)
References
External links Official Bandcamp page