BMA Review

Canberra's awesome street press mag BMA have been really supportive of the band from Day 1 and we love them for it. Thanks guys.

Here's an older live review.

“Led from the front by the redoubtable Jinks, the “seedy underbelly of the Canberra Music scene” Tonk were really in explosive form in support of Shihad last week.

Aided and abetted by the appearance of new wielder of the six-string razor Ben Roberts, whose pyrotechnic approach to guitaring gives a scarcely-needed melodic crunch to the at times incendiary playing of fellow axepert Steve Gray, the whole unit, (rounded out in the engine room by bassist Michael Rosser and drummer Tristan Davies) have a comparatively simple modus operandi – the purveyance of what Jim Morrison, God bless his leather strides, would have called ‘the big beat’.

And purvey it they do. Those of you in the know will already be familiar with such stone classics as Predator and Stick With My Blood, but the good news is that the new material aired that night all came equipped with even bigger choruses, bigger riffs and bigger attitude.”

“So come on: if, by any stretch of the imagination you consider yourself a fan of heavy music, I implore you to get down the front next time you’re alerted to Tonk’s presence in your area. They deserve it, and your ears look like they are sorely in need of a treat. Make it so.”

Scott Adams