WONK UNIT (UK)

Wonk Unit are a band from Croydon, London, known for their unique take on punk rock, their super proactive DIY ethos and cult like T shirt range.
A band that is unique in Europe with its own sound, its own humor, its own festival and a deeply rooted DIY Background. Alex Brindle Johnson as the lead singer but also poet, skater, stage performer and creative motor is the heart of the band. Several claim that WONK UNIT is currently the most exciting thing happening on Europe’s punk rock stages.
The Wonk started life is 1992 when mastermind Alex formed a band called The Flying Medallions. Punk was very much dead in the UK at the time. Sadly we lost our bass player Dougie Palompo.
And Wonk Unit formed in around 2005. Somehow Alex ended up in a rehearsal room with 2 insanely talented musicians, drummer Mez Clough and guitarist Gavin Kinch. Their playing lifted Alex songwriting. Suddenly everything sounded uber fresh.

Additionally, music and songs that have no sense of genre borders but at the same time portray exactly what Alex Brindle Johnson and therefore Work Unit are. For years Punk has needed new input and Wonk Unit deliver exactly that.
Wonk Unit has always been about “Alex”. His songs are his diary. He makes music for himyself, exactly as he skateboards for himself and draws pictures for himself. He never wanted to force Wonk on anyone as it was such a personal thing to him. Alex original ethos which still stands to this day is that he would never ask for a gig or review or record deal or endorsement. Wonk only go where we are wanted and appreciated.

Available:

available also on request all through the year, please get in touch!

Tourdates:

presented by Ox Fanzine & Livegigs.de & Punkrockers Radio & SLAM
02/04/2025 D-Dortmund, Subrosa
03/04/2025 D-Hamburg, Monkeys
04/04/2025 D-Wunsiedel, JUZ Wunsiedel (w/ DeeCracks)
05/04/2025 D-Peine, Asso Festival
28/05/2025 D-Gelsenkirchen, Die Kaue
29/05/2025 D-Ulm, Beteigeuze
30/05/2025 D-Karlsruhe, Alte Hackerei
31/05/2025 D-Fürth, Open Air am Lindenhain
01/06/2025 CH-Bern, Rössli
02/06/2025 CH-Zürich, Dynamo
03/06/2025 D-Tübingen, Blauer Salon
04/06/2025 D-Kassel, Goldgrube
05/06/2025 D-Berlin, Schokoladen
06/06/2025 D-Berlin, Schokoladen
07/06/2025 D-Frankfurt, AU Fest
08/06/2025 B-Kalmthout, Straatfeesten

Lineup:

Alex Wonk – Vocals
Mark ‘Pwosion’ Rowland – Bass
Max ‘Hotwheels’ Hanman – Drums
Vez Hawksworth – keys, vocals
Ryan – Lead guitar

Releases:

2008 – Flying the Japanese flag
2011 – Trolleys thank you
2013 – Muffy
2014 – Nervous Racehorse
2015 – Pwosion idea
2016 – Mr Splashy
2018 – Terror
2019 – Love in Chapan
2019 – Odds, sods and uncomfortable silences
2019 – The fall and rise of Wonk Unit and the pwosion from Croydon (Best Of Compilation Kidnap/ Cargo)
2021 – Uncle Daddy
2024 – Good Good Glad To Hear it

Label:

Plasterer/ Kidnap/ Cargo/ Pirates Press

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