The Monks

farmhouse · 05.27.2007, 08:21 AM

If you don't know these . . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsyC2PFVBs

. .. very worth checking out people.

I recently bought one of those 'lost and found video night' dvds from chunklet and discovered these crazy cats . . . . to my utter delight.

Wha'dya reckon?

Iain · 05.27.2007, 08:51 AM

Yeah, the Monks are totally ace. Their 1965 demo tapes have just been released on cd and lp quite recently. I have a copy on order at my local record shop. See here:

http://www.volcanictongue.com/artist...rt=The%20Monks

farmhouse · 05.27.2007, 08:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iain

Yeah, the Monks are totally ace. Their 1965 demo tapes have just been released on cd and lp quite recently. I have a copy on order at my local record shop. See here:

http://www.volcanictongue.com/artist...rt=The%20Monks

ha. sweet. i thought it was only Black Monk Time that was available.
Thanks for that.

Iain · 05.27.2007, 09:09 AM

The demos one only came out a few weeks ago or thereabouts. I contains versions of a lot of songs from Black Monk Time, a few others that didn't make the album and a couple of tracks from the pre-Monks band The Torquays (I think that's what they were called anyway)

dazedcola · 05.27.2007, 11:42 AM

I love the monks. They have such an interesting and forward looking approach to feedback plus all the songs were driven by those weird beats. Does the demos cd sound like a normal band or what the monks evolved into later on?

05.27.2007, 11:47 AM

Oh yes! I love The Monks.

monks Tribute Album Will Be Released In US - June 19 2007

silver monk time - features the following 29 international artists covering Monks songs :
The Fall
Faust
Fehlfarben
Doc Schoko
Gudrun Gut
Die Goldenen Zitronen / Chicks on Speed
PTB 3 (psychic tv)
Noise Conspiracy
The Havletones
Alexander Hacke
Michaela Melian
Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys.
Floating Di Morel
S.Y.P.H.
Alex Empire/Gary Burger
Silver Apples/Alan Vega
Mouse on Mars
The Raincoats
Jason Forrest
Singapore Sling
27/11
Nista Nije Nista
Mense Reents
The 5.6.7.8’s (the band in Kill Bill 1)
Cycle
The Gossip
Jon Spencer/Solex
Charles Wilp / The Monks

Trasher02 · 05.27.2007, 11:52 AM

Never heared of them before but they're fantastic.

atsonicpark · 05.27.2007, 12:18 PM

almost as good as tony shaloub!

gmku · 05.27.2007, 06:53 PM

I never knew about them until this past winter when I saw the Black Monk Time LP displayed in the window. I checked the reviews when I got to my office, then immediately headed back out to grab that sucker. It's pretty cool.

Do the demos sound much different from the LP?

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 05.27.2007, 08:44 PM

I love listening to this cd.
I almost did a report on them for school.

Glice · 05.28.2007, 06:40 AM

How do these demos differ from five upstart Americans [Omplatten records]?

Iain · 05.28.2007, 07:47 AM

Haven't heard/heard of Five Upstart Americans. Details?

Glice · 05.28.2007, 07:52 AM

It's very good, it's got 2 Torquay's tracks (which are brilliant) and 2 nice essays by people who were the Monks, and possibly still are. This place sells it.

Iain · 05.28.2007, 07:53 AM

OK, I googled it... Haven't seen the tracklisting for the new demos one but looking at the Five Upstart Americans tracklist (early demos plus 2 tracks from the Torquays) it sounds like it's probably the same thing.

Iain · 05.28.2007, 07:58 AM

It is the same except the new one has one extra track called Monk Hop which is by Jason Forrest (of Donna Summer fame I think...not THE Donna Summer though) and is from that Silver Monk Time tribute.

nicfit · 10.14.2009, 08:39 AM

a yeah!
among my fav bands ever.

The Earl Of Slander · 10.14.2009, 08:53 AM

I Hate You is fucking unbelievable. I got that stupidly deluxe Light In The Attic vinyl reissue of Black Monk Time, and it was worth every considerable penny...

05.27.2007, 08:21 AM	#1
farmhouse bad moon rising Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 240	If you don't know these . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYsyC2PFVBs . .. very worth checking out people. I recently bought one of those 'lost and found video night' dvds from chunklet and discovered these crazy cats . . . . to my utter delight. Wha'dya reckon?
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Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Yeah, the Monks are totally ace. Their 1965 demo tapes have just been released on cd and lp quite recently. I have a copy on order at my local record shop. See here: http://www.volcanictongue.com/artist...rt=The%20Monks
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05.27.2007, 09:09 AM	#4
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	The demos one only came out a few weeks ago or thereabouts. I contains versions of a lot of songs from Black Monk Time, a few others that didn't make the album and a couple of tracks from the pre-Monks band The Torquays (I think that's what they were called anyway)
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05.27.2007, 11:42 AM	#5
dazedcola the end of the ugly Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,075	I love the monks. They have such an interesting and forward looking approach to feedback plus all the songs were driven by those weird beats. Does the demos cd sound like a normal band or what the monks evolved into later on? __________________ "I said I didnt mean to take up all your sweet time Ill give it right back one of these days If I dont meet you no more in this world then uh Ill meet ya on the next one And dont be late " -Jimi Hendrix ...And me just another dream theory, lost inside your eye "when my mind's uncertain my body decides what it will do to get through the hell of the night as I trip on the ocean that leads through your eyes well my eyes can't wait til they finally see through you"
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05.27.2007, 11:47 AM	#6
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	Oh yes! I love The Monks. monks Tribute Album Will Be Released In US - June 19 2007 silver monk time - features the following 29 international artists covering Monks songs : The Fall Faust Fehlfarben Doc Schoko Gudrun Gut Die Goldenen Zitronen / Chicks on Speed PTB 3 (psychic tv) Noise Conspiracy The Havletones Alexander Hacke Michaela Melian Barbara Manning and the Go-Luckys. Floating Di Morel S.Y.P.H. Alex Empire/Gary Burger Silver Apples/Alan Vega Mouse on Mars The Raincoats Jason Forrest Singapore Sling 27/11 Nista Nije Nista Mense Reents The 5.6.7.8’s (the band in Kill Bill 1) Cycle The Gossip Jon Spencer/Solex Charles Wilp / The Monks
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Trasher02 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 6,356	Never heared of them before but they're fantastic. __________________ 666
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atsonicpark invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 28,843	almost as good as tony shaloub! __________________
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05.27.2007, 06:53 PM	#9
gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I never knew about them until this past winter when I saw the Black Monk Time LP displayed in the window. I checked the reviews when I got to my office, then immediately headed back out to grab that sucker. It's pretty cool. Do the demos sound much different from the LP? __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Sheriff Rhys Chatham invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: New England. Posts: 4,027	I love listening to this cd. I almost did a report on them for school. __________________ My Music(grunge rock) A part of this blue shit since June 24th, 2004
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05.28.2007, 07:47 AM	#12
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	Haven't heard/heard of Five Upstart Americans. Details?
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05.28.2007, 07:53 AM	#14
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	OK, I googled it... Haven't seen the tracklisting for the new demos one but looking at the Five Upstart Americans tracklist (early demos plus 2 tracks from the Torquays) it sounds like it's probably the same thing.
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05.28.2007, 07:58 AM	#15
Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	It is the same except the new one has one extra track called Monk Hop which is by Jason Forrest (of Donna Summer fame I think...not THE Donna Summer though) and is from that Silver Monk Time tribute.
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nicfit invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: banana boat Posts: 15,570	a yeah! among my fav bands ever. __________________ 11:11 11-11-11 I Ascended.
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10.14.2009, 08:53 AM	#17
The Earl Of Slander the end of the ugly Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,156	I Hate You is fucking unbelievable. I got that stupidly deluxe Light In The Attic vinyl reissue of Black Monk Time, and it was worth every considerable penny... __________________ The toothaches got worse, she dreamed of disembodied voices from whose malignance there was no appeal, the soft dusk of mirrors out of which something was about to walk, and empty rooms that waited for her. Your gynaecologist has no test for what she was pregnant with.
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