Five former American GI's, stationed in Germany in the mid-60s, put down their guns and picked up some instruments. What they created was some of the most dissonant, frantic, kinetic, stomping garage rock of it's time , that continues to resonate through the world today (last year, Light in the Attic Records reissued their full-length, Black Monk Time , and released The Early Years , a collection of raw, early demos). Today, I raise my hand to my forehead and give salute to The Monks. [...]
Maybe the Eurobot singing in tro with ten lo's actually has a name, history, legacy, but it's important for us that he remains locked into his wall-papered domain name, unaware that he's an automaton of the past reduced to a meme, because that shit's creepier than Leland Palmer dancing with his dead daughter's photo as played by the actor Ray Wise. Also, OK Go's giant Mouse Trap, Lil Wayne's self-realizations, and Leo DiCaprio snorting coke, over and over again. Haill yeah. <b...
It appears as though f/k has caught a mix bug. Normally I don't like to follow what Chris and Bishop do, but this time I have to make an exception because it's just too much fun to refuse. It's really nice out, but the sun themed mix was already taken, so my songs don't really have a theme. Except that they're kinda old. I wanted to post a Monks song, but this video is just too cool, so it will have to suffice. Hard to believe they made this sound more than 40 years ago... My [...]
The story of the Monks seems way too cute: Five American GIs in the '60s, form a garage band, shave their heads like monks and play their crazy music to wildly enthusiastic Germans. But I'm hooked and this video is freakin' great. I love the primal heavy drumbeat, signature mid-60s organ and (ahead of its time) guitar feedback. It's a real cave stomper. Look at those German kids move! The band is being rediscovered with the recent reissue of its only studio [...]
Cu mult inaintea timpului lor: The Monks live in 1965. Salutam cu aceasta ocazie relansarea albumului Black Monk Time . Posted in live, noise, video
When it comes to re-issues, Light In The Attic is ahead of the game, especially this year. I've had The Monks re-issues in heavy rotation since they arrived at my doorstep. Since then, they've garnered praise from Gorilla vs. Bear , Aquarium Drunkard , Pitckfork , and the New York Times . They're definitely worthy of all the accolades and have also been lauded by Iggy Pop and Jack White . Since we're hot on the re-release of both Black Monk [...]
We've got another pretty sweet contest for you today. The Monks were five American GIs stationed in Germany, in the early/mid-60s, who joined forces to create some ahead-of-their-time furiously fuzzed-out garage/punk rock. The two-part collectors series, which includes Black Monk Time and a previously never-released disc of early Monks' demos called The Monks: The Early Years 1964 - 1965 , released by Light In The Attic Records and available in stores today, [...]
This clip of the way influential garage rock band, The Monks, playing "Monk Chant" on German TV in 1965 poses an interesting question. If you're mind is being blown and you don't know it's being blown, is you're mind really blown? Seriously, German kids, who are now old German people, you're dancing to one of the first feedback freakouts in recorded history, and you just keep dancing like every band on your dance show does this thing. YOUTUBE: The Monks - Monk Chant (Live on German TV) Light in the Attic [...]
I came across this video on the recommendation of a friend of a friend , and as quirky as it seems when you first click play, there's an urgency and an animal primacy to the music that belies the sweaters and the bobby socks of 1965. I had never heard of The Monks before this video started rolling; a google search of the blogs and sites I read turned up one reference on Pitchfork , but P-fork writes about a lot of stuff that flies right over my [...]
the Monks - "Monk Chant" (German TV, 1966) the Monks - "Oh, How to Do Now" (German TV, 1966) the Monks - "I Hate You" "I hate you baby, with a passion. But call me!" Classic. [...]
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