Banjo: Dave Day, Bass: Eddie Shaw, Drums: Roger Johnston (2), Guitar: Gary Burger, Organ: Larry Clark (2), Photography [Courtesy Of]: Karl Remy, Photography [Courtesy Of]: Wahter Niemann, Photography [Courtesy Of]: Zimt/Hamburg, Producer: Jimmy Bowien, Written-By: Dave Day, Written-By: Eddie Shaw, Written-By: Gary Burger, Written-By: Larry Clark (2), Written-By: Roger Johnston (2), Labelcode RTIB105523.2 (105523), Recorded At Polydor Studios, Köln, Recorded At Polydor Studios, Hamburg
"Monk Time" est un album révolutionnaire du groupe légendaire The Monks, désormais disponible en format CD chez le fabricant Retributio. Sorti à l'origine en 1966, ce disque s'impose comme une référence majeure dans l'histoire du proto-punk et du garage rock grâce à son énergie brute et ses paroles provocantes d'avant-garde pour l'époque. Formé par des soldats américains basés en Allemagne, les Monks ont marqué la scène musicale mondiale et influencé de nombreux artistes au fil des décennies avec leur style audacieux et novateur utilisant distorsions et effets sonores uniques. Cette édition signée Retributio propose un remastering audio de haute qualité ainsi que des livrets détaillés retraçant le parcours singulier du groupe. Le label Retributio se distingue par sa passion pour la préservation fidèle d'albums cultes avec une grande exigence historique.
Do you only need three chords and the truth In the case of the Monks, five ex-G.I.'s and four svengalis complete the picture. The short-lived band --...
Joe Tangari - 20/04/2009
Alright, my name's GaryLet's go, it's beat time, it's hop time, it's monk time!On paper, it's hard to imagine a couplet that looks less like an opener...
Stewart Lee - 19/04/2009
Whatever revisionist historians of the roots of krautrock and garage-punkmight tell you, nobody used to rate the five ecclesiastically tonsured andrec...
cloudspeakers - 14/04/2009
The story of the Monks has been told before, but it certainly bears repeating. In the early ?60s five bored American GIs living on an army base in a s...
Pete Paphides - 11/04/2009
Now with several extra tracks, the only album by this radically tonsuredquintet has long accrued mythical status. Though American, their collectivelif...
Andy Gill - 10/04/2009
Some idea of the direction into which proto-garage-punk band the Monks sought to guide rock'n'roll can be gleaned from the fact that four tracks from ...
Peter Kimpton - 15/03/2009
A real gem: five US GIs stationed in Germany who stayed, shaved their heads into tonsures and pumped out anarchic garage protest songs. Influential an...