The Monsters

The Monsters - were formed in 1986 in small-town Bern, capital of Switzerland. Their sound is a fuzzedout mix between 60ies garage punk, wild teenage trash rockabilly and primitive rock‘n‘roll. Its 187% no MTV and top 100 shit! It is simple One-Riff-Trash-Rock. The actual lineup is guitar, bass and the so-called clonedrum: means 2 drummers with only 1 1/2 drums, hitting the same bassdrum from each side.
Besides the countless shows in Switzerland „The Monsters“ played extensive tours through Europe including Germany, France, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Austria, England, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Spain. In 2003 the band toured Argentina, Brasil and New York, in 2005 they had a 3 week tour allover Japan. Needless to say „The Monsters“ are a kickass live band who will burn every stage down. They were on the same bill with acts like Guitar Wolf, The Monks, The Sonics and many more.
Over the years „The Monsters“ recorded 7 albums. Several Singles and EP‘s and apeared on countless compilations. The record „Youth Against Nature“ was recored in the now famous Toe Rag Studios (London) by Liam Watson. „I See Dead People“ came with a 1000-piece puzzle, booklet, sticker and button and was allready sold out during the tour. „Garage Punk Vol. 1“ is a double LP with 20 years of trash. „Pop Up Yours“ is the newest full-length album.
The Monsters appear on Voodoorhythm Records, Switzerland. The label is famous for it‘s taste and style, as it is for the beautiful artwork. Voodoorhythm is run by Beat-Man, who is the singer and guitar player of The Monsters. Beat-Man played - and still plays - in other projects called Lightning Beat-Man, Reverend Beat-Man, Die Zorros and some more. As a one-man- band he toured all of europe, played venues such as Jazz Festival Montreux, Frat Shack, Dour Festival, Eurocene and Las Vegas Grind (USA) on the same bill with acts like Dick Dale, Public Enemy, Ramones, Prince, Ramstein, Bob Log III and more.
...GO SEE THEM LIVE ON STAGE... THEY BLOW YOUR BRAIN AWAY WITH LOTS OF CHAINSAW MASSACRE GARAGE PUNK AND PRIMITIVE ONE-RIFF ROCK‘N‘ROLL TRASH...

LP/CD
>>> The Masks
>>> The Hunch
>>> Junglenoise
>>> Youth Against Nature
>>> Birds Eat Martians
>>> I See Dead People
>>> Youth Against Nature, re-issue
>>> Hide and Seek
>>> Hide and Seek
>>> Garage Punk Vol. 1 (double)
>>> Pop Up Yours
>>> M


SINGLES/EP‘S
>>> Nightmare
>>> Meets The Betty Pages Of Fright
>>> Rock Around The Tombstone/Play With Fire
>>> In Hell
>>> Skeleton Stomp
>>> Walking Trough A Cemetery
>>> Fever/Seven
>>> It‘s Rock‘n‘Roll/Fever
>>> I Want You

COMPILATIONS
>>> Santaclause vs. The Caveman
>>> Wrecking Around The Christmas Tree
>>> Garagepunk Primitive Rock’n’Roll And Psychotic Reactions From Switzerland
>>> Songs The Cramps Taught Us
>>> SKAmpler
>>> 5 Years Of Jungle Noise
>>> Split-single mit Dead Moon
>>> Larzen Fanzine
>>> Straight Into The Action
>>> Split-single mit Lightning Beat-Man
>>> Swamp Room Happening
>>> Surprise party-split mit T-Bone Bados
>>> Mondo Beat-Man
>>> It Came From Hell
>>> Kongpilation
>>> This is Horror Punk
>>> More To Enjoy Vol. II
>>> Snaps -Primitive Collection
>>> That‘s Live! at the Wild at Heart
>>> Wild Sazanami Beat!