Monika Fikerle

Monika Fikerle
Born	1974
Origin	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Noise rock, indie rock, black metal, hardcore punk
Associated acts	Love of Diagrams, Sea Scouts, Baseball, The Grimm, Jihad Against America, Surgery, 1001101

Monika Fikerle is an Australian musician and multi-instrumentalist, most noted for her "energetic, quirky"^[1] drumming style.

Fikerle began her music career in Hobart in 1995, becoming Sea Scouts' drummer after having taken up the drums 'about a week' earlier.^[2] She later played in Surgery^[3] and 1001101^[4] before rejoining Sea Scouts in what would become the classic line-up. Fikerle's drumming style during her early years in Hobart featured a lot of tom work, and used cymbals only to accent the end of the bar, creating a thunderous wall of tribal pounding.^[5] Fikerle's later work re-introduced more traditional rock kit elements such as snare and cymbals.

Since relocating to Melbourne, Fikerle has continued to work in more than one band concurrently, including her current projects Love of Diagrams, Baseball and Miniature Submarines, and her previous projects The Bites, The Grimm, and Jihad Against America. Although Fikerle is best known for her drumming, she has contributed to bands on bass, melodica and piano accordion,^[6] and has also featured as a vocalist.^[7] Love of Diagrams signed to Matador Records for the release of Mosaic, becoming the first Australian act to appear on the Matador label.^[8]

Tours

Fikerle has also toured internationally with several of the bands that she has contributed to, including Sea Scouts,^[9] Baseball, and Love of Diagrams. The tours have encompassed several locations that are not widely visited by Australian bands, such as Eastern Europe and the Middle East.^[10]

Discography

Sea Scouts	Beacon of Hope	1998
Sea Scouts	Pattern Recognition	1998
Sea Scouts	Word as a Weapon/Destroy Your Local McDonalds 7"	1999
The Bites	Fired e.p.	2003
The Bites	My Heart, Your Heart e.p.	2003
Jihad Against America	Self titled 7"	2003
The Bites	White Lines and Runways	2003
Love of Diagrams	The Target is You	2003
Baseball	Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings	2003
Love of Diagrams	We Got Communication	2004
Love of Diagrams	No Way Out 7"	2005
Baseball	Taiwan-Japan Tour e.p.	2005
Jihad Against America	Live After Deth	2006
Ninetynine	180 Degrees	2006
Love of Diagrams	Mosaic	2007
Love of Diagrams	Self titled	2007
Baseball	Animal Kingdom	2008
Love of Diagrams	A Part of You 7" / split with Songs - Its Dry (sic)	2008
Love of Diagrams	Forever/With Your Instinct 7"	2009
Love of Diagrams	Nowhere Forever	2009

On compilations

• Puppet Show, 1998: Sea Scouts - Inbuilt Obsolescence
• Make Mix Tapes Not War!, 2003: Love Of Diagrams - La Violencia; The Bites - Eno; Baseball - Gods & Stars, Priests & Kings; Jihad Against America - Terrorism Is The New Black
• Melbourne Water 2, 2006: Accidents With Magnets - Twig

Videography

• Sticky Carpet (2006): with Love of Diagrams (live footage); with Baseball (live footage and interview)
• Live at Bar Open (2006): with Baseball (live footage)
• The Super8 Diaries Project (2008): with Love of Diagrams (live footage); with Baseball (live footage and interview)

References

1. ^ "Mmccormick88 - Album Review-Love of Diagrams: Mosaic". Mog.com. http://mog.com/Mmccormick88/blog/65456. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
2. ^ "Sea Scouts". www.messandnoise.com. http://www.messandnoise.com/icons/3522214. Retrieved 2009-07-03. 
3. ^ "Sea Scouts :: related bands ::". Koti.mbnet.fi. http://koti.mbnet.fi/larinerg/seascouts/related/surgery.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08. ^{[dead link]}
4. ^ "Sea Scouts :: related bands :: 1001101". Koti.mbnet.fi. http://koti.mbnet.fi/larinerg/seascouts/related/1001101.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Built on a Weak Spot". Builtonaweakspot.com. http://www.builtonaweakspot.com/labels/indie-rock.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08. ^{[dead link]}
6. ^ "BASEBALL(from AUSTRALIA) 2004 SUMMER, TOUR IN KYOTO". Web.kyoto-inet.or.jp. http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/people/gernm/ba-rev-en.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
7. ^ "r e l e a s e s". Shootthevariable.com. http://www.shootthevariable.com/loveofdiagrams/releases.php. Retrieved 2008-11-08. ^{[dead link]}
8. ^ "Matador Records | Love of Diagrams". Matadorrecords.com. http://www.matadorrecords.com/love_of_diagrams/. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 
9. ^ "Sea Scouts :: biography". Koti.mbnet.fi. http://koti.mbnet.fi/larinerg/seascouts/biography.html. Retrieved 2008-11-08. ^{[dead link]}
10. ^ "Entertainment News » Baseball - the band". Entertainmentdepot.com.au. http://www.entertainmentdepot.com.au/news/baseball-the-band/. Retrieved 2008-11-08. 

External links

• Monika Fikerle's listing at allmusic.com
• Tour news for Baseball
• Love of Diagrams releases
• Larinerg's Sea Scouts site
• Love of Diagrams at Matador Records
• Bassball live review, Brisbane, The Zoo (16 July 2008)
• Love of Diagrams, Mosaic album review

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Name	Fikerle, Monika
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Date of birth	1974
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