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Re: [Bombast] Mark E Smith in Mojo magazine

>They were huge in Britain too. Hardly limited success! I saw them in 75,
>76 and
>77 but by then they were well past their peak - they got bigger though.
>They
>used to sell out the Guildhall / City Hall circuit.
>Album I liked best was "Everyone Is Everybody Else".
>

OK, maybe I didn't consider the "hall" circuit that big. There were lots
of bands on that circuit back then. They were approx 2,000 capacity
venues and I used to play them years ago and didn't consider that I had
made it. I never played to 100,000 like BJH do in Germany so I guess
they remember them well over there.

I think in Canada as well, as I know their current(non original)bassist
and they still tour Canada every couple of years.

I don't remember them having any major album chart hits in UK, but maybe
its the 70's that I don't remember too good. I seemed to wake up when
punk arrived late 70's.

Due to divisions within BJH there are currently 2 versions of the band,
both playing BJH "hits". I'm not sure if they both still tour and not
really being a fan, I'm too lazy to research this.

With a surname of Monk do you reckon I could get onto the guest list for
Thursdays gig :-)

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Graydon Monk



Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:20 am

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Did anyone see the little piece in Mojo magazine where he talks about sixties weirdo band the Monks? Check out the entry in Wikipedia - ...
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Oct 14, 2006
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Very interesting. Having watched some of the clips of The Monks I see the similarities with The Fall. Driving drum beat, distorted bass, lo tech keyboard ...
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... They were huge in Britain too. Hardly limited success! I saw them in 75, 76 and 77 but by then they were well past their peak - they got bigger though....
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Oct 16, 2006
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... OK, maybe I didn't consider the "hall" circuit that big. There were lots of bands on that circuit back then. They were approx 2,000 capacity venues and I...
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Oct 17, 2006
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... although the surviving ... interesting to see ... broad age range from ... Yes, I saw the Monks' first reunion gig, which was also their first in their...
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