THE MONKS - THE EARLY YEARS 1964-1965 (1802LP)

The Monks The Early Years 1964-1965 on 180g 2LP

The Monks were five beat playing American GIs stationed in Germany who, after their discharge, decided to stay and continue their musical mission. Meeting up with a team of local managers, they transformed themselves and their sound into a holy racket like the world had never known. This five-person order literally birthed the garage-rock genre through a fuzz-drenched evolution of sound, bursting with social commentary and future primitive rhythms.

Light In The Attic is ecstatic to present the band's The Early Years 1964-1965 as a lavishly packaged and lovingly researched 180g double vinyl reissue. The collection captures the build-up recordings to The Monks' 1966 debut album Black Monk Time and showcases the primal sound of a band ready to both defend and destroy the preconceptions of what rock music was, and is, all about. The set features numerous period photographs, many unseen, and an extensive two-part essay by Canadian music journalist Kevin Howes, ultimately telling the Monks story like it has never been told before.

The Monks The Early Years 1964-1965 Track Listing:

1.  Monk Time
2.  Love Came Tumblin' Down
3.  Boys Are Boys
4.  Space Age
5.  We Do Wie Du
6.  I Hate You
7.  Pretty Suzanne
8.  Higgle Dy Piggle Dy
9.  Hushie Pushie
10. Oh, How To Do Now
11. Boys Are Boys
12. There She Walks