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The Monks performing on German TV, circa 1966 More
Added May 16, 2007
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lkelly1411 Says:
Fuckin Yass! Minted
markwilsonmd Says:
Took me nearly 15 years to realize The Fall covered this song as "Black Monk Theme, Pt. 2"; they also covered "I Hate You" as "Black Monk Theme, Pt. 1"
badboyrhythmdub Says:
Punk rock!
marcfedak Says:
Looking at this excellent video again, I'm amazed that the banjo player didn't have bloody fingers with how hard he's strumming. For some reason this reminds of a cross between the Mod era Who, Kinks, and Robert Fripp/League of Gentleman (Heptaparpinoshok - or something like that).
fortylove64 Says:
these dudes rocked it.....there should have been so much more from them...
TillDust156 Says:
I love it that they are all Army boys!
Shemoth1 Says:
Superior.
TheFathammond Says:
Scraps 'o' noise mania, a whole autobahn's worth of motorik mayhem, but sadly just one LP that's thankfully all-killer-no-filler ... Faust - you are deeply indebdted, as you well know ...
iconicshrubbery Says:
the dance was called' the Underreaction- to- the Monks-bop'
paulpellicci Says:
it's crazy the way they shaved the top of their heads...like the Pharaohs
invitriol123 Says:
HOLY SHIT! AWESOME! I admit that my heart and sympathies lie with the Rockers as opposed to the Mods.....but I would have totally rocked out to this! Of course that would be back in the day, back before I was born, when we (they) had the luxury of fighting each other. Today it's different. Let's unite!
Dengee Says:
Yeah Great.! unfortunately they didn't get promoted by the record power brokers and I'm guessing it's because they weren't pretty boys like the other popular groups of the time.
pragmatismnotidealis Says:
way ahead of its time
manzaniitha100 Says:
que Buen Grupo de los 60's Yeaah!
MrKurtfinn Says:
And they say The Who started the stuttering lyrics. They just ripped off The Monks.
huskyjerk Says:
Yes....I agree......I just never heard of them.......Or may have heard of them but paid no attention to them, and lost track of them for that over the years. I suspect, like my original statement alluded to, that, because they were not a commercial hit, they were hard for a conservative, middle American youngster to take to. They were not the Beatles nor the Monkees nor the Byrds. Hence, there was no adaption to their sound by someone like me. But they are cool !
Psychodarity Says:
Sorry if this offends you, but what connoisseur of garage mayhem doesn't know of the Monks? That's absolutely shameful.
tidestainrelease Says:
i cant believe this is 66
cyberyanmar Says:
i love the monks but they made such long intros for their songs it almost gives agony to the unwarned
Khultan Says:
Ha ha -thanks : )
paulboggan Says:
i have it on dvd...its gettable on amazon. its called "monks :the transatlantic feedback" and i recommend it to everyone who loves music and moreso to everyone who hates music!
upsetter73 Says:
They were GIs in Germany...gosh! Must have been the acidrevolution in the US what made them do this...
amgjc Says:
True pioneers in a time of rock n' roll pioneers. Quite brilliant.
bobbydowns Says:
There's always something awesome happening that people are not ready for. How many great painters died poor and unknown, ya know? Like how were Barry and the Remains not huge? Or The Wailers?
huskyjerk Says:
So these guys were like DEVO before DEVO? I am a coniseuier of this genre and I must say I had never heard of them. I am shocked by their appearance. I would think that that would not have gone over well with American kids of the time. Perhaps that is why I hadn't heard of them. They certainly have no Top 40 sounds.