Dietmar Post & Lucia Palacios/Monks - The Transatlantic Feedback

DVD featuring: 5 original monks, jimmy bowien (polydor-producer), jochen irmler (faust), charles wilp (afri-cola), jon spencer (jsbx), genesis p-orridge (psychic tv), byron coley, peter zaremba (fleshtones), wolfgang gluszczewski (tour manager), gerd henjes (sound engineer), schorsch kamerun (goldene zitronen), thomas meinecke (f.s.k), rudi protrudi (fuzztones). info: “Everyone knows Elvis Presley served Uncle Sam in Germany, but have you heard about the American GIs who stayed after their tour of duty and formed one of the most influential rock bands of all time? Ladies and gentlemen, prepare to meet the Monks, who dressed the part and are seen wigging out in front of amazed German teens priceless TV archival footage. This film is a wonderful window into the German-American cross-cultural experience.” Pitchfork. “German electronica artist Alec Empire, who says he was "massively influenced" by The Monks, feels there is a line running through German rock music from 1960s' Krautrock, to Kraftwerk in the 1970s, through to Einstürzende Neubauten in the 1980s. "If you take these extreme bands, then the Monks are arguably the starting point for that," he says. The five Americans, in other words, may have laid the foundations for German rock. A fascinating documentary film!"
 

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