David Immerglück - guitar, vocals Victor Krummenacher - bass, vocals Greg Lisher – guitar Chris Pedersen - drums (Chris Molla played guitar with the Monks for the first six months of their existence)
Influences
Neu!, The Kinks, Rahssahn Roland Kirk, Nino Rota, Wire, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Steve Hillage, Roy Harper, Neil Young, Captain Beefheart, King Crimson, The Fall, Richard Thompson, Can, etc.
Sounds Like
Ironic, distanced lyrics combined with impassioned playing that sometimes threatens to spin out of control; pseudo-ethnic electric folk tunes
From their humble beginnings as a surrealist spin-off “Imaginary Band”, through their hard working days as veteran DIY road warriors, on to their arrested state of suspended animation and later re-birth, Monks of Doom remain one of the classiest, heaviest and most strangely unclassifiable bands to emerge from the late 1980s independent music scene. When the band put themselves on ice in 1993, they left behind five virtuosic, rocking albums that somehow fused post-punk sensibilities with prog rock decadence and folk tradition and elegance. Monks of Doom were formed in 1986 by four members of the ever-popular college/indie rock band Camper Van Beethoven: bassist extraordinaire Victor Krummenacher, guitarists Greg Lisher and Chris Molla and drummer Chris Pedersen. Molla soon left, and was replaced by radical musician David Immerglück (then of Bay Area favorites The Ophelias, soon to join the ranks of Camper Van Beethoven as well, and now a member of Counting Crows).
Damn it all to hell - I'm going to be in NYC from the 4-8th. Really a Monks show starting the 12th?! That just makes my face confused. I'm super happy and really pissed that I'm just missing it.
Monks Of Doom reunion shows in Brooklyn NY, USA! March 12-13 at Club Europa! Ticket are on sale now! Must be age 18+, ticketholders, that is! Interestingly, that's about how old MoD is too!!?!
Yeehah, it's been 15 years since I saw the MONKS play! PLEASE tour again!!!
http://www.archive.org/details/mod1992-11-14-flac Oh, did I mention that I recorded that show at Cicero's in St Louis on November 14, 1992 and that you can download or stream it at archive.org?
Good to see you! Your music was the soundtrack to a chunk of my life. I must of played Meridian into oblivion. How 'bout Cherry Blossom Baptism on the player?
