DVD RELEASE OF "MONKS: THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK"

RELEASE DATE MARCH 13, 2009 (Europe) play loud! announces the DVD release of the award-winning documentary film MONKS: THE TRANSATLANTIC FEEDBACK. DVD includes 81 minutes of bonus features: 1) biographies dave, eddie, gary, larry and roger talk about their origins and musical backgrounds. 2) a date with dave day these field recordings with elvis fan dave day introduce us to the concept of monks banjo playing. enjoy this master class by the first rock´n´roll banjo player in music history! 3) monks 60s live appearances on german tv the only 60s performances preserved on film are made available for the first time in their entirety. 4) reunion new york 1999 the 6th monk or how gary burger lost his voice and mike fornatale rescued the monks. 5) movie trailer 6) subtitles english, german, spanish, french, italian & polish. 7) other play loud! releases featured on the dvd are martin rev live, doc schoko live, reverend billy trailer 8) DVD-pack with 8-page booklet and liner notes by Allison Anders and filmmakers. 9) DVD-9, no regions, NTSC In conjunction with the DVD play loud! and Universal will release: 1) re-issue of the first monks single COMPLICATION / OH-HOW TO DO NOW 2) silver monk time - a tribute to the monks (double-cd with 20 page booklet) 3) monks demo tapes 1965 (cd/lp) 4) the third official release of BLACK MONK TIME by Universal Music Germany (vinyl/CD/DL). 5) poster by famous artist Daniel Richter http://www.playloud.org http://www.myspace.com/playloudproductions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Play_Loud!_Productions

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