I have not been the same since! I have been changed! I could not believe what I was hearing. Was this really ? This music was ten years, at the least, ahead of its time. This album sounds like something that could have been relea sed in the late '70s or early '80s.
This album sounds like something that could have been released today!!! It was scary! It was wacky! It sounded so fresh, so vital, and so full of energy. And my God, what energy! Energy at times angry, sometimes bordering on rage, but most of all this music screamed FUN!!! A big smile crossed my face, the kind of smile you get when you discover a new pleasure that you've never experienced before.
Here was a long lost gem buried in that mountain of Rock. Here was a forgotten treasure. But the word is now out, and spreading quickly!
Opening the cd gave me anoth er surprise. I would later discover that such a haircut is called a "tonsure", usually done as a sign of entrance into a monastic state. Well, that fit. Here was a group image that went far beyond The Beatles moptops, or anybody else that I can recall from A radical group "look" that was unequaled thematically until perhaps the debut of KISS.
Again, The Monks were ahe ad of their time. But what really matters is the music. I find it interesting that both The Beatles and The Monks honed their musical skills at some of the same notorious nightclubs of Hamburg's Reeperbahn red-light district.
I have often wondered what The Beatles music would have sounded like had they not surrendered to becoming suit-and-tie wearing MopTops, and instead kept to their Hamburg beat group roots as a pill-popping, hard-drinking, band of black-leather-clad teddy boys.
Listening to The Monks "Black Monk Time" gave me a small peek at what I've always imagined that "beat music" might have been like.
But any similarities end there. The sometime quirky song arrangements b ring to mind The B's and Devo, while the ping-pong choruses are reminiscent of The Cars. And yet, nothing I have heard before sounds anything like The Monks! The Monks are unique! The Monks "sound" is proto-Punk! New Wave is definitely neo-Monks! By The Beatles were adding more and more layers of instrumentation to their already complex recording technique. The Monks, calling themselves "anti-Beatles", took a minimalistic approach to their music, stripping away most of the melody and precision, and instead replacing it with a heavy drum beat and massively distorted rhythm.
MY GOD! Heavy distortion on the guitar and the bass. And why not add a banjo too? Yep, that's. In their search for a more primitive and simplistic sound not only did The Monks strip down the drum sound to an incredibly raw pulsating beat, but in an effort to double that rhythm effect they added a banjo too!
The Monks, that's who! Any doubts as to the continuing relevance of Sonic Youth upon their jump to major-label status were quickly laid to rest by Goo, their follow-up to the monumental Daydream Nation. The lone Big Star record to merit the full participation of founder Chris Bell, the brightly produced 1 Record splits the songwriting credits evenly between him and Alex Chilton in the tradition of Lennon-McCartney.
Most kids were infatuated with the look of Kiss, not their music. Decked out in outrageously flamboyant costumes and makeup, the band fashioned a captivating stage show featuring dry ice, smoke bombs, elaborate lighting, blood spitting, and fire breathing that captured the imaginations of thousands of kids.
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