{"product_id":"2940045802260","title":"Black Monk Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eA memoir by Eddie Shaw - a revised edition from the paperback, describing the life and the afterlife\/resurrection, almost 50 years later with new photos and short tales in a much different time - but still \"It's Monktime.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The story of rock, beautifully told.” Jim Greer - Sr. Writer, Spin Magazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The monks were the original exiles on main street - ex-GI’s playing heavy-attitude freak-rock in the hard-luck bars and roughhouse teen clubs of the ‘60’s Cold War Germany. This is the extraordinary story of their weird, wild moment in the spotlight - a true collision of rock and roll history and hysteria.” David Fricke - Rolling Stone\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Starting out as just another pick-up rock ‘n’ roll band to follow the Beatles” lead, the Monks would eventually become one of the ‘60s’ most interesting musical footnotes.”Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The secret history of rock ‘n’ roll, as extensive as it is, contains few chapters as bizarre as that of the monks.” San Francisco Chronicle - 2\/23\/97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shaw’s writing is a joy.” Rick Karr, National Public Radio, in interview on “All Things Considered - 6\/96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Black Monk Time is the other side of the spate of stories about Hamburg, the Beatles, and the normal music of the 1960’s.” Boston Globe 11\/96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Monks’ music attains an eerie and disquieting new dimension after you read Shaw and Klemke’s book.” L.A. Times - 6\/23\/95\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Shaw’s writing is sterling and his dead pan humor is like Charles Bukowski at his understated best.”\u003cbr\u003eMaximum Rock ‘n Roll - 2\/96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An extraordinary memoir.” Billboard Magazine - 2\/1\/97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The book is most valuable for its look at the grueling life of the touring band.” Douglas Wolk - Managing Editor - New Music Monthly - 4\/97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When can we expect to see a screen play of this truly riveting story?” Richard Proplesch - Reviews Editor - Jam Magazine - 8\/16\/96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Producer touts lineup of high profile indie films - BLACK MONK TIME, directed and producer by Killer Films, Tom Kalin.” Daily Variety 5\/17\/99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the strangest stories of early rock and roll is that of the monks.” James Marshall - contributing writer - High Times Magazine - 4\/96\u003cbr\u003e“Now thirty years later, they (the monks) are the stuff of legend.” Bob Nickas - staff writer - Index Magazine, 8\/97\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Black Monk Time) “The story of a group that laid their vengeance upon music as you may never hear it again.” Lindsey Hutton, Mojo Magazine - London, England, 2\/96\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Black Monk Time) “an extremely engaging book,” Neil Strauss, New York Times, 11\/3\/99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Wielding Ass to the monks’ Neanderthal thump” Lorne Behrman, Village Voice 11\/16\/99\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Their melodies (the monks') were pop destructive and must be played to your younger brother.\" The White Stripes, in an interview with Mojo Magazine - 9\/02\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"It remains (black monk time recording) nearly 40 years on the most eccentric garage-rock record ever.\" Maxim Blender Magazine - 10\/02\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Thomas Edward Shaw","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078297305328,"sku":"2940045802260","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045802260_p0.jpg?v=1763683472","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045802260","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}