tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post540774626219349971..comments2023-12-27T04:11:52.386-08:00Comments on Doc 40: THE MONKS...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-90771151946064945382007-11-22T09:45:00.000-08:002007-11-22T09:45:00.000-08:00Lemme see what I can do. I imagine you two will ha...Lemme see what I can do. I imagine you two will have loads to talk about.<BR/><BR/>-RandallMetroHopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05619884879873704035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-46861670855608522372007-11-22T04:07:00.000-08:002007-11-22T04:07:00.000-08:00Sounds like a plan, Metrohopper, how do we make it...Sounds like a plan, Metrohopper, how do we make it happen?Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07900393623424594648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-39998087463914726432007-11-22T02:32:00.000-08:002007-11-22T02:32:00.000-08:00Mick,I have a great friend who still works at EMI ...Mick,<BR/><BR/>I have a great friend who still works at EMI Music, and he turned me on to The Monks many years ago (as well as Silver Apples—just in time to see Simon in Silver Lake several years ago—and too many other bands that may well have made Greg Shaw wake up way before he was dead, if you know what I mean), and if you do not know him, well, I should introduce you two sometime before one MetroHopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05619884879873704035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-56778552951077699152007-11-22T01:32:00.000-08:002007-11-22T01:32:00.000-08:00I don't know that they played much outside of Germ...I don't know that they played much outside of Germany, if at all, until they reunited this decade. Further I don't think the Deutschlanders cared much for 'em either, but their album is amazing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-24433362239589159412007-11-21T22:37:00.000-08:002007-11-21T22:37:00.000-08:00WoW! Great stuff, thanks, Mick.WoW! Great stuff, thanks, Mick.A Strange Ladhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13592118921805221726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169910.post-42501883772816976922007-11-21T20:42:00.000-08:002007-11-21T20:42:00.000-08:00I recall that the Pink Fairies played more than o...I recall that the Pink Fairies played more than one show with a band called the Monks, I specifically recall Guildford. I don't think it was the same band. These guys were earthy rock and a touch tubby. They all wore monk habits on stage which, when off, stunk up the dressing room to high heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com