THE MONKS The Demo Tapes 1965 (2007 UK 13-track CD album, features earlier versions of songs that later appeared on their album, plus two tracks of The Five Torquays [The Monks earlier incarnation before changing names and shaving their heads!],along with 'Monk Hop' by Jason Forrest, taken from the Monks Tribute record) more...
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THE MONKS Black Monk Time (2009 US exclusive limited edition 18-track CD album - the Monks occupy a unique position in the history of 60s music, often hailed as a precursor to the 70s punk movement, incorporating elements of minimalism and repetition which would come to be associated with the Krautrock pioneers. Employing pounding drums, fuzz guitar [and bass!], harshly percussive electric banjo and topped off with a demented vocalist, the Monks only ever recorded their own dizzyingly original material, which was so at odds with mid-60s trends that they were forced to implode barely 18 months after forming. Consisting of 5 US GIs stationed in Germany, they started out as The 5 Torquays, peddling typical German beat club material to enthusiastic drunken crowds in Hamburg and Munich - in mid '65, they met Walther Niemann and Karl Remy, 2 'existentialist visionary' students who convinced the group to abandon their current direction and go for something more original - out went the rock 'n' roll covers and goofy stage antics; in came dark, original material, black clothing, and to top it off, authentic tonsures!! No group looked or sounded like this in 1966! This delicious reissue contains the full album, plus bonus recordings taken from non-LP singles, a live-on-TV improv called 'Monk Chant' and a previously unreleased 1967 version of 'Pretty Suzanne'; superbly packaged in gold-embossed mini LP-style gatefold pasted card sleeve with 36-page booklet with in-depth liners, interviews, lyrics and a wealth of unseen photos - sealed & stickered) more...
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THE MONKS The Early Years 1964 - 1965 (2009 US exclusive limited edition 12-track CD album, compiling the legendary group's early demo recordings, prior to the making of the 'Black Monk Time' LP in late 1965 - includes the original versions of 'Monk Time', 'I Hate You' and 'Boys Are Boys', plus rare tracks which were never re-recorded ['Hushie Pushie'] and both sides of the ultra-rare 1964 5 Torquays single; superbly presented in gold-embossed sealed & stickered gatefold pastedcard sleeve with 32-page booklet with in-depth notes, interviews, lyrics and dozens of unseen photos!) more...
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THE MONKS Black Monk Time (Official 2009 US Light In The Attic label 18-track advance promotional CD-R acetate including 6 bonus tracks - I Can't Get Over You, Cuckoo, Love Can Tame The Wild, He Went Down To The Sea, Pretty Suzanne and Monk Chant[Live]. Custom stickered disc with catalogue number LITA042 + promo picture sleeve and back insert. The Monks were 4 American GIs stationed in Germany in the early 60s, after starting out as a typical beat band, they developed a unique, sinister and downright threatening style in late 1965, much of which predated the same sentiments that would be attributed to punk 10 years later, featuring searing feedback, pounding drums, barked nonsensical lyrics, manic organ, fuzz bass and electric banjo!) more...
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