Black Monk Time

Black Monk Time
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1966
RecordedNovember 1965 in Cologne, West Germany
Genre
Length29:48
LabelPolydor
ProducerJimmy Bowien
Monks chronology
Black Monk Time
(1966)
Five Upstart Americans
(1999)
Singles from Black Monk Time
  1. "Complication" / "Oh, How to Do Now"
    Released: May 1965

Black Monk Time is the only studio album by German-based American garage rock band The Monks, released in March 1966 through Polydor Records. The album's subversive style and blunt lyrical content were radical for its time, and today it is considered an important landmark in the development of punk rock.

  1. ^ Anthony Carew. "Definitive Albums: The Monks 'Black Monk Time' (1965)". About.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ Pitulah (February 7, 2015). "Record Bin: How the Monks predicted the rise of punk on "Black Monk Time"". NOOGAtoday. Retrieved July 4, 2019. [The Monks] released one of the first punk rock records ever recorded.