"This was about saying NO, a new freedom, a positive NO. Musically it was like a new beginning; everything was based on one beat, archaic rhythm and feedback. It was for the first time that a band seemed loose and free and oriented towards the future."Jochen Irmler, Faust“A banjo with a microphone in it to make it electric, a fuzz bass en ’66, and an amazing singer, not to mention the drummer
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"This was about saying NO, a new freedom, a positive NO. Musically it was like a new beginning; everything was based on one beat, archaic rhythm and feedback. It was for the first time that a band seemed loose and free and oriented towards the future."Jochen Irmler, Faust“A banjo with a microphone in it to make it electric, a fuzz bass en ’66, and an amazing singer, not to mention the drummer
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I mentioned this the last time I posted on these guys a couple years ago, but it still sort of blows my mind that the Monks even existed in the early to mid-1960s. The group of 5 American GIs -- stationed in Germany at the time -- seemingly emerged from nowhere with a new brand of furiously raucous but undeniably poppy experimental garage-punk that was years ahead of its time, effectively conf...
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Compiled by: ceilingflash, mixiemissy 01. Monks - "Blast Off" (Black Monk Time) 02. Low - "Take Your Time" (Drums and Guns) 03. Slowdive - "Here She Comes" (Souvlaki) 04. Electric Light Orchestra - "Shine a Little Love" (Discovery) 05. Roxy Music - "Chance Meeting" (Roxy Music) 06. Britt Daniel - "Let the Distance Bring Us Together" (Home, Vol. 4) 07. Rosebuds - "Warm Where You Lay" (Birds Make...
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