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Monks

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After a four-year stint as the rhythm section for respected English trad rockers the Strawbs and a subsequent four-album run as Hudson-Ford, John Ford and Richard Hudson emerged in this utterly unexpected incarnation.As the '70s closed with punk at its apex, the Monks changed with the times. Unlike truly ticked-off punkers such as the Sex Pistols, they played it for a lark on their debut Bad Habits, which featured a leggy, cigarette-smoking, stocking-revealing nun on the cover. Revelling in their Englishness, they jabbed mirthfully at headbangers and ska-fanc...[more]

 

 

A spoof of punk rock led by the former rhythm section of trad rockers the Strawbs, this release holds up surprisingly well thanks to a clatch of engagingly humorous tunes. The subsequently politically incorrect "Nice Legs Shame About Her Face" was a surprise number 19 hit single. Other spot-on spoofs include "Drugs in My Pocket" and "Johnny B. Rotten." The gag wears thin over the whole album but about half of the album's 12 songs by Richard Hudson, John Ford, and Terry Cassidy stand up    [ read more ]

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In November 1999, the Monks reunited to play their first shows in 32 years at the Cavestomp festivals in New York. (In fact, these were their first shows ever in the United States, although the band were comprised entirely of Americans.) Considering the long layoff, they were in pretty good shape, running their most of their repertoire with a decidedly un-mellow verve. And considering that they recorded just one album and a few non-LP singles and demos, of course, it wasn't that hard to run through most of    [ read more ]

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In November 1999, the Monks reunited to play their first shows in 32 years at the Cavestomp festivals in New York. (In fact, these were their first shows ever in the United States, although the band were comprised entirely of Americans.) Considering the long layoff, they were in pretty good shape, running their most of their repertoire with a decidedly un-mellow verve. And considering that they recorded just one album and a few non-LP singles and demos, of course, it wasn't that hard to run through most of    [ read more ]

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