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There are two bands with this name:
1. The Monks (US) are a rock n roll band, primarily active in Germany in the mid to late sixties. They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made. The Monks stood out from the music of the time, and have developed a cult following amongst many musicians and music fans.
Artists to have acknowledged the Monks as an influence include Henry Rollins, the Beastie Boys and Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, as well as The Fall. The latter covered bothI Hate You and Oh, How To Do Now on their 1990 album Extricate (under the titles Black Monk Theme Part I and Black Monk Theme Part II, respectively), as well as the song Shut Up! on their 1994 album Middle Class Revolt. The Fall have also covered “higgledy-piggledy” for the Monks tribute CD Silver Monk Time.
All the members were American GIs stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties. They began playing together in 1964, calling themselves The Torquays. The Torquays differed little from stinctive name and image to go with it. At the beginning of 1965, Dave Day and Roger Johnston, on a whim, got their heads shaved into monks’ tonsures. The rest of the band followed their lead, and to complete the image, the band took to wearing a uniform - all black, sometimes in cassocks, with nooses worn as neckties. Eddie Shaw later claimed in his band autobiography “Black Monk Time” that the nooses were symbolic of the metaphorical nooses that all humanity wear.
1. The Monks (US) are a rock n roll band, primarily active in Germany in the mid to late sixties. They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made. The Monks stood out from the music of the time, and have developed a cult following amongst many musicians and music fans.
Artists to have acknowledged the Monks as an influence include Henry Rollins, the Beastie Boys and Jello Biafra of the Dead Kennedys, as well as The Fall. The latter covered both
I Hate You and Oh, How To Do Now on their 1990 album Extricate (under the titles Black Monk Theme Part I and Black Monk Theme Part II, respectively), as well as the song Shut Up! on their 1994 album Middle Class Revolt. The Fall have also covered “higgledy-piggledy” for the Monks tribute CD Silver Monk Time.All the members were American GIs stationed in Germany in the mid-sixties. They began playing together in 1964, calling themselves The Torquays. The Torquays differed little from stinctive name and image to go with it. At the beginning of 1965, Dave Day and Roger Johnston, on a whim, got their heads shaved into monks’ tonsures. The rest of the band followed their lead, and to complete the image, the band took to wearing a uniform - all black, sometimes in cassocks, with nooses worn as neckties. Eddie Shaw later claimed in his band autobiography “Black Monk Time” that the nooses were symbolic of the metaphorical nooses that all humanity wear.
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The Early Years 1964 - 1965
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Kexet1 wrote:
Tasty music! :D
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Nagsworth wrote:
So, the name of this band is 'Monks' on their records, yet this is the higher rated name on Last.fm. WHAT.
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moreford wrote:
@Demonsanctuary: I agree, they practically leapfrogged punk and went for what came after it - 1980s postpunk and garage. It's as though jazz had evolved straight into the leading-edge music of the 1990s. And the design of the cover of "Black Monk Time": late '80s, Factory Records, Peter Saville ...
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PedroLemgruber wrote:
I DON'T LIKE HIM
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PedroLemgruber wrote:
JAMES BOND, WHO IS HE? [2]
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buttcoffee wrote:
The tonsures that they got makes this band even better. I wondered if the army people got mad when they cut their hair like that. You know we don't like the army. What army? Who cares what army? Why do you kill all those kids over there in Vietnam? Mad Viet Cong. My brother died in Vietnam
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Nakkinak wrote:
JAMES BOND, WHO IS HE?
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Nakkinak wrote:
IT'S MONK TIME!
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DominEl wrote:
Damn, if only they had more music.
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maquinas wrote:
This is evil!
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VelvetMesgue wrote:
Higgle-Dy-Piggle-Dy Let's do it..!!
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eSpinoza88 wrote:
I hate you! But call me...
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PopeyeSquirm wrote:
Sleepy Maria, don't drink!
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shibibbadu wrote:
Drunken Maria, don't sleep! [2]
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DemonSanctuary wrote:
"what a cool band, they were FAAAAAR ahead of their times. Great songs, and yes, this was early punk rock." how, punk rock didn't exsist when they were around. This is garage rock, not punk rock.
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Color_Of_Sound wrote:
"I Hate You" practically invented punk rock. (3)
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ExoM7 wrote:
Drunken Maria, don't sleep!
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Enokii wrote:
monk time baby
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Matilus wrote:
Shut up!
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promisedeyes wrote:
The British group is pretty good...
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