THURSDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER 2025 | 7PM | £10 ADV / £8 CONCS / PWYC

Join us to celebrate the launch of Monty Oxymoron’s new album “The Piano Plays ‘til Midnight, Monty Oxymoron plays the Songs of the Damned.”

Plus a Q ‘n’ A with Monty and a short improvation on piano before playing the new album!

Monty has played keyboards with the Damned since 1996, which was good fortune for him as they were one of his favourite bands in the 70’s/80s! Monty hopes his album will interest people in the Damned who would not normally give them a listen as he is also interested in Classical music, jazz and improvisation. Monty will also talk about how he came to join the band and some of his experiences with them over the years. Monty is also a member of the Safehouse Collective who put on open improvisation sessions and gigs regularly at the Rose Hill.

Damaged records say : The Damned have produced a fine array of songs with melodic, harmonic and rhythmic sophistication; with a depth of imagination and atmosphere. They spearheaded British punk, and yet diverse musical influences went into the crucible:UK and US psychedelia, Canterbury prog rock, and even classical and filmic musical influences abound. Now, with the return of drummer Rat Scabies the line-up is the same as that which produced many of these songs... with Monty on keys. Monty Oxymoron has played keyboards with The Damned since 1996, has written songs for the band, and played with Captain Sensible and Dr Space Toad before that. He is a retired psychiatric nurse and trained in art psychotherapy. Monty is keen on “free improvisation” and plays in and around Brighton where he lives. Monty has an almost impossibly eclectic collation of his music on Bandcamp, his YouTube channel, and shares ideas on various subjects on his Substack page (under his “real” name: Laurence Burrow.)”

For more Monty info go to https://montyoxymoron.com/