The Monks: a discordian band?

[Triple Zero]

Comprised of 5 american former soldiers left back in Germany in the mid 60s, their philosophy was constructed by "a pair of loopy existentialist visionaries". Apart from being the fathers of punk, techno, etc., they

Um. Kraftwerk.

Otherwise, cool i'll check them out.

[LMNO]

There was a documentary on Sundance channel about them a while back.

No direct link to Discordia.  

Also, their approach was very UNLIKE Discordia circa 1960.  Remember, RAW etc were optimistic futurists who believed in the power of positive thinking.

The Monks were singing, "I hate you, because you make me hate you (but call me)."

If anything, they're a PD.com 2010 Discordian band... but they'd probably punch Thornley in the throat if they ever met.

[Dalek]

So the whole thread is another proof of the law of fives.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

So the whole thread is another proof of the law of fives.

I feel the need to refer you to my ex-roommate black Taoist friend right now but I can't remember why.

-Twid,
Drinking to take the edge off

[GrannySmith]

Hi again, like i always am, a late reply:

THE MONKS
The 'Monks' were designed to be an alternative. Giving them the labels of 'fathers' of anything really, is absolutely stretching their influence, i think.

Well, that's your opinion, I just can't get over it, for example, the beat when "oh how to do now" ends, or the psychedelia in the middle part of "love can tame the wild"

How do you define a "discordian band"?

well, obviously, as the principia says, being discordian has no definition... but i mean, the style of the music, being ordered by a steady, repetitive beat, and at the same time being disordered and messed up. Also the lyrics! Definitely not taking themselves too seriously, plus the "higgledypiggledy" direct reference.

SWEET MERCIFUL FUCK
             DOUBLE DACTYLS
             (ALL THE WAY)

yeaaaah



Anyway, to sum up, it's either the influence of the time they came together, or their creators were somehow influenced by the principia... (they knew a guy who knew a guy...)
I go for the second one, it's more fun

Granny Smith

[LMNO]

NO COPYRIGHT ON ANTI-MAINSTREAM. MINIMALISM AND ICONOCLASM IN WEST GERMANY =\= DISCORDIAN INFLUENCE.


I like the Monks, a lot. But you're fully entrenched in the Law of Fives right now.

[GrannySmith]

NO COPYRIGHT ON ANTI-MAINSTREAM. MINIMALISM AND ICONOCLASM IN WEST GERMANY =\= DISCORDIAN INFLUENCE.


I like the Monks, a lot. But you're fully entrenched in the Law of Fives right now.

ok ok point taken