Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/monks-the-transatlantic-feedback/ Thu, 12 Aug 2021 01:37:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdn.theplaylist.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/14214807/cropped-cropped-media-47-1-32x32.png Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback Archives - The Playlist https://theplaylist.net/tag/monks-the-transatlantic-feedback/ 32 32 Trailer: Rockin Out To The Freakbeat – ‘Monks: Transatlantic Feedback.’ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/trailer-rockin-out-to-freakbeat-monks-20081103/ https://staging2.theplaylist.net/trailer-rockin-out-to-freakbeat-monks-20081103/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2008 15:00:00 +0000 http://theplaylist.wpengine.com/?p=9619 Remember The Monks? The 1960s proto-punk, pre-Velvet Underground ’60s rockers formed by American G.I.s stationed in Germany? The band’s fairly bland beat-band songs were eventually replaced by fierce, minimalist tracks that anticipated the blunt, harsh commentary of the punk era by a few years (essentialy, they were an Anti-Beatles) Oh yeah, and they shaved the top of their heads as some weird Friar Tuck gimmick too.

Well, apparently a documentary was made about their strange and short-lived history called, “Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback.”

Of course no one told us about it (this is what happens when you pay slightly less attention to rock docs), but maybe it’s for the best.

Continue reading Trailer: Rockin Out To The Freakbeat – ‘Monks: Transatlantic Feedback.’ at The Playlist.

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