An unconventional musical act composed of former U.S. GIs in Germany, the Monks were active for a few years in the sixties before Polydor records spoiled the party by demanding a more traditional sound. Bassist Eddie Shaw exchanged emails with Zack Kopp recently regarding the band’s bizarro twinship with their unlike contemporaries, The Beatles. My interview with bassist Eddie Shaw at IT’S PSYCHEDELIC BABY linked HERE: https://www.psychedelicbabymag.com/2021/07/no-more-beatlemania-the-monks-meet-rock-roll-by-zack-kopp.html
l to R Monks mgrs Kiki, Gunther, Walther, and Karl
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Camp Elasticity is a clearing house for creative experimentation to include literary, artistic, musical, social and comedic productions. Founder Zack Kopp is a freelance writer and editor in Denver. He is the author of six novels so far, a short story collection, a book of poetry, a collection of metamorphic prose and a collection of articles, essays, interviews, reviews and commentary. His latest book, Market Man, was just published by Boston's Big Table Publishing.Kopp has also worked as a ghost writer and editor. His writing has appeared in Rain Taxi, Please Kill Me, and elsewhere.
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