Uncle Monk is an American bluegrass band.
The band's two members are Tommy Ramone (born Tamás Erdélyi), the last surviving original member of the pioneering punk rock band The Ramones, and Claudia Tienan, a guitarist, bassist and vocalist formerly with an alternative band called The Simplistics.
Uncle Monk has released one album, also named Uncle Monk, which was released in March 2006.
Famous quotes containing the words uncle and/or monk:
“I’m not an Uncle Tom.... I’m going to be here for 40 years. For those who don’t like it, get over it.”
—Clarence Thomas (b. 1948)
“A monk ther was, a fair for the maistrie,
An outridere, that lovede venerie,
A manly man, to been an abbot able.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340?–1400)