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19.09.2006, 21:39 | # 2 |
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One of the strangest stories in rock history, the Monks were formed in the
early '60s by American GIs stationed in Germany. After their discharge, the group stayed on in Germany as the Torquays, a fairly standard beat band. After changing their name to the Monks in the mid-'60s, they also changed their music, attitude, and appearance radically. Gone were standard oldie covers, replaced by furious, minimalist original material that anticipated the blunt, harsh commentary of the punk era. Their insistent rhythms recalled martial beats and polkas as much as garage rock, and the weirdness quotient was heightened by electric banjo, berserk organ runs, and occasional bursts of feedback guitar. To prove that they meant business, the Monks shaved the top of their heads and performed their songs - crude diatribes about the Vietnam war, dehumanized society, and love/hate affairs with girls - in actual monks' clothing. This was pretty strong stuff for 1966 Germany, and their shocking repertoire and attire were received with more confusion than hostility or warm praise. Well known in Germany as a live act, their sole album and several singles didn't take off in a big way and were never released in the U.S., it was rumored, because the lyrical content was deemed too shocking. They disbanded in confusion around 1967, but their album - one of the most oddball constructions in all of rock - gained a cult following among collectors, and has ironically made them much more popular and influential on an international level than they were during their lifetime. Bassist Eddie Shaw's 1994 autobiography, Black Monk Time, is a fascinating narrative of the Monks' stranger-than-fiction story. - Richie Unterberger- |
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21.09.2006, 01:06 | # 4 |
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Artist.........: The Monks Album..........: Black Monk Time Year...........: 1966 Genre..........: Garage, Beat Bitrate........: 320 Size...........: 86.47 Mb Cover..........: Tracklist......: 1. Monk Time 2. Shut Up 3. Boys Are Boys And Girls Are Choice 4. Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy 5. I Hate You 6. Oh, How To Do Now 7. Complication 8. We Do Wie Du 9. Drunken Maria 10. Love Came Tumblin' Down 11. Blast Off! 12. That's My Girl 13. I Can't Get Over You 14. Cuckoo 15. Love Can Tame The Wild 16. He Went Down To The Sea Links..........: http://the-monks.com/ Скрытый текст (вы должны зарегистрироваться или войти под своим логином):
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