Movie Description

Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback

(2007)

Overview

The monks were 5 American GIs in cold war Germany who billed themselves as the anti-Beatles; they were heavy on feedback, nihilism and electrical banjo. They had strange haircuts, dressed in black, mocked the military and rocked harder than any of their mid-sixties counterparts while managing to basically invent industrial, kraut rock, heavy metal, punk and techno music.

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Original TitleMonks: The Transatlantic Feedback

Status Released

Release Information

  • 2007-10-04

Original LanguageUnknown

Runtime 01h 40m

Homepagehttp://www.playloud.org/themonks.html

Production CompaniesPlay Loud! Productions,ZDF/3sat

Genres

  • Documentary
  • Music