The protagonist of play loud´s first documentary film "Reverend Billy & The Church of Stop Shopping" has announced his candidacy for mayor of NYC. Hallelujah! "This November, as the Green Party candidate, I will challenge Michael Bloomberg - the wealthiest man in NYC - for the highest political office in town - I'm running for mayor and I'm running to win. Will you help?" Bill Talen www.voterevbilly.org

17.04.2009   Musik-Doku Wie wilde Mönche den Metal erfanden Von Christoph Dallach Sie entstammten den nebligeren Gefilden des Pop-Kosmos und entwickelten einen Stil, der sie zu Pionieren von Punk, Heavy Metal und sogar Techno machte: die Monks. Eine großartige Dokumentation über die legendäre Rock'n'Roll-Band erscheint jetzt endlich auf DVD. Zu Beginn der DVD ist der Bildschirm schwarz, es knistert. Dann erscheint "Beat-Club"-Liebchen Uschi Nerke, die einen "ungewöhnlichen, überraschenden Sound" ankündigt: Vorhang auf für die Monks-Dokumentation "The Transatlantic Feedback". Das Rock'n'Roll-Quintett aus den nebligeren Gefilden der Popgeschichte entwickelte einen Stil, der heute als bahnbrechend gilt, aber damals, Mitte der sechziger Jahre, nur ein sehr überschaubares Publikum fand, so dass die Band nach knapp zwei durchgelärmten Jahren frustriert das Handtuch warf. Geschichten von Musikern, die zu wenig beachtet wurden, gibt es wie Sand am...

play loud! friend and artist Fantas Schimun has a new video. Watch a flash preview here: BUY FILM http://www.onlinefilm.org/-/film/29268

Interview with the filmmakers: http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/news/2009/03/19/21384/index.htm Laut.De nennt den Film "einen Klassiker unter den Musikdokumentationen". http://www.laut.de/lautstark/dvd_reviews/m/monks/the_transatlantic_feedback/index.htm Here the links to the first reviews of the DVD release of MONKS: THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK. Many fans write us their opinions about the DVD. It is very pleasing to read that they like what they see and hear. http://www.critic.de/filme/detail/film/monks---the-transatlantic-feedback-1584.html DVD OF THE WEEK at famous Radio One (Radio Eins) DVD der Woche auf Radio Eins One of the fans speaking: Just got the DVD - BRILLIANT!!!!.. -- Chris Mezzolesta ...All I can say is...Wow. or "Holy Shit" to be more precise :-D Everyone who visits this site must be at least slightly curious about the monks, therefore everyone who visits this site MUST buy a copy of "monks: the transatlantic feedback" on DVD NOW...

LINDSAY HUTTON (The Next Big Thing) writes: So yeah, "The Transatlantic Feedback" was the latest instalment of the Monorail Film Club on Sunday past (in Glasgow). The fact that a documentary like this exists in the first place is a testament to the influence of the subject and the temerity of the film-makers. The influence of these five GI's pioneering work in deconstructing sound has been recognised and reverberates constantly throughout the oeuvre of much of today's music. Mr Cruickshank has a theory that their "managers" were aping what Chris Stamp and Kit Lambert were doing with The Who. The suggestion that the band was engineered by these individuals burst the bubble for several people who attended the screening. I think they'd rather that revelation hadn't been floated. However, there's no disputing that seeing those Beat Club clips in such great shape indicated just what a force of nature that the monks were. The way the story is told is...

BLACK MONK TIME re-issued by Universal Music Germany (Release date March 13, 2009) Universal (Polydor Records) announced the imminent third official release of this classic of rock 'n' roll. First released in 1966 in Germany and Sweden Black Monk Time only gained cult following within those two countries. The second release in 1979 caused a much wider acceptance world wide. Reason for the third release was the large underground success of the documentary film "The Transatlantic Feedback". LP as high quality 180gram vinyl, re-mastered and in the original artwork. CD with extensive liner notes by the filmmakers about the album's making as well as previously unreleased photos.

Complication / Oh-how to do now Official release: March 13th, 2009 (pre-order this item at our shop) This is the first official and authorized re-issue of the Polydor International 1966 single “complication / oh-how to do now” by the legendary avant-garde rockers “the monks”. Re-mastered and in the original art work. play loud!