5 things you probably didn’t know about Monark!

Cape Town - Monark is a five piece pop band from Gauteng, South Africa. The band was formed when producer Ewald Jansen van Rensburg teamed up with friend and vocalist Eugene Coetzer.

For a couple of years they worked towards finding the specific sound they were after. Once they felt they had discovered it, they gathered together the musicians that were needed to grow and perform the music.

Here are 5 things you didn’t know about them:

1. Our drummer Graeme is a qualified pilot!

2. Eugene is a PHD graduate in Ancient Greek

3. Two of the members unknowingly competed against each other at the SA hurdles championships in grade 7.

4. They always listen to Classic FM in the car when driving.

5. They named themselves after the 80s Marvel superhero called Monark Starstalker.

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