Talk:The Monks

The Monks and The monks merged
I completed the merge of The Monks and The monks. For discussion relating to this prior to the merge, please see Talk:The monks. --David Edgar 15:26, 5 October 2005 (UTC)

Mayor of Turtle River?
Is their lead singer really mayor of Turtle River? It was recently reported in City Pages but I can't tell if it was true or just a joke about the cities low population. The Secretary of Funk 23:25, 18 August 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes he is. I've been in his recording studio in Turtle River - still active recording local musicians.Airproofing (talk) 17:16, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

My edits 13 Oct 2006
I removed the following sentence from the feedback discussion in "The group's sound" because it was redundant without adding significantly to the point: "'I Feel Fine' was first Broadcast by the BBC on November 26, 1964 for the Top Gear Program." Also, I moved the last paragraph (comparing the Monks to the Fugs and VU) out of the list, because it makes a separate point and is not another "musical norm" abandoned by the group. emw 16:48, 13 October 2006 (UTC)

Cymbals
Use of Cymbals:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UB4KhCG-kHM - cymbals can be clearly seen on the drum kit in this clip. although the crash and ride are not used, they are still on the kit and the hi-hats are being used to keep time. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.2.177.4 (talk) 16:11, 10 March 2007 (UTC).

Also, cymbals (including crash cymbals) are very obviously present on the recordings. In fact, the first beat of the first song on Black Monk Time begins with a crash cymbal. Submersible 23:14, 23 May 2007 (UTC)


 * I agree, I removed this statement. --David Edgar 17:52, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

whim vs. diabolical plan
This sentence:


 * At the beginning of 1965, Dave Day and Roger Johnston, on a whim, got their heads shaved into monks' tonsures. The rest of the band followed their lead, and to complete the image, the band took to wearing a uniform - all black, sometimes in cassocks, with nooses worn as neckties.

stands in opposition to the previous paragraph, and also to large swathes of what's related in the documentary film from 2006. I havn't the superstrong will to correct it right now, but it needs some references; otherwise, we'll have to go with the referenceable version that the entire band concept was the brainchild of the "loopy existentialist visionaries" Walther Niemann and Karl-H.-Remy, which also the version of history supported by a recent article in Der Speigel (in German).

This is interesting and significant because it explains the early demise of the band in 1967 -- the group members actually got sick and tired of the monk spiel that was forced upon them by the loopy existentialist visionaries. Doceddi (talk) 14:16, 25 November 2010 (UTC)

Military service info of band members
Roger Wayne Johnston was a specialist 4th class in the army. Not sure about the others. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 14:38, 19 December 2022 (UTC)


 * I feel like adding that information for the individual members would be WP:UNDUE, since they are notable as musicians, not for their military careers. Beeblebrox (talk) 17:54, 19 December 2022 (UTC)
 * The fact they were all serving in the military when they met and formed the band is fairly unique. More details on how this came about would add to the article. It appears that it did influence the band and selection of the members. Semper Fi! FieldMarine (talk) 21:31, 19 December 2022 (UTC)