the monks

Thanks to our friend Bill for telling me about The Monks, a band of 5 American GIs stationed in Germany during the mid-'60s, whose short-lived career resulted in some of the weirdest recordings ever and a bunch of confused German kids. They've been called "the first free-floating building in the history of rock 'n' roll," and while it'd be obvious to say that a band this innovative and weird was ahead of their time, it's almost unfathomable to me that these guys existed in 1966.

mp3:
The Monks Monk Chant (live)
The Monks Oh, How to Do Now

Read more about the band's history here.