The Monsters where 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!
Janosh - DiPutto - Swan Lee - Beat-Man
The actual lineup is guitar, bass and the so-called clonedrum: means 2 drummers with only 1 1/2 drums, hitting thhe 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 and Spain. In 2003 the band toured Argentina, Brasil and New York, and in 2005 they toured in Japan.
Live at CBGB's New York
The Monsters are a kickass live band who will burn every stage down. Over the years The Monsters recorded 6 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 and Robert Butler (Miracle Workers). „I See Dead People“ came with a 1000-piece puzzle, booklet, sticker and button and was allready sold out during the tour.
The Monsters appear on Voodoorhythm Records, Switzerland. The label is famous for it‘s taste and style, as it is for the beautiful artwork. Voodoorhytm is run by Beat-Man, who (by accident...) is also 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 BLEW YOUR BRAIN AWAY WITH LOTS OF CHAINSAW MASSACRE GARAGE PUNK AND PRIMITIVE ROCK'N'ROLL TRASH
LINE UP
1986
Beat-Man - Guitars/Vocals, Yves - Guitar, Oli - Stand up Drums
1987
Beat-Man - Guitars/Vocals, Yves - Guitar, Raff - Bass, Peppe - Drums
1988-1990
Beat-Man - Guitars/Vocals, Yves - Guitar, Tiger - Stand up Bass, Janosh - Stand up Bass, Peppe - Drums
1991-1994
Beat-Man - Guitars/Vocals, Yves - Guitars, Janosh - Bass, Di Putto - Drums
1995-......
Beat-Man - Guitars/Vocals, Janosh - Bass, Di Putto - 1Drum, Swain Lee - 2Drum, Pumi -Coaxial Jackson
RECORDS (LP/CD)
The worst of Garage Punk - Vol.1 (2006)
Hide And seek (2005) - Japan & Australia only
I See Dead People (2002)
Birds Eat Martians (1998)
Youth Against Nature (1997)
The Hunch (1992)
Junglenoise (1995)
10" Jungle noise (1995)
The masks (1989)
SINGLES EP'S
Nightmare 1988
(nightmare/ don`t burn the witch/ i came from hell/ Monster rock) (Record Junkie, CH)
Meets the betty pages of fright 1992
(the Creature from the Black lagoon/ S.O.S./ Jingle Bells) (Dionysus, USA)
Rock around the Tombstone/play with fire 1995
(Voodoo Rhythm, CH)
In Hell/nightlive/plan9 1995
(Jungle Noise, D)
Skeleton Stomp 1997
(G.I. records ,USA)
Walking trough a cemetery/blutbad in der safari bar
(subway starr, S)
Fever / Seven 2003
(Zombie World36, CH)
It`s Rock`n`Roll / Fever 2006
(Screaming Apple; scap073 , D)
Blues for Joe / ig liebi si no / Fever (w. Jackie) 2007
(Soundflat Records)
Züri brönnt!/Züri brönnt-Live 2008
squoodge!! records (it`s a two inch single!!!)
COMPILATION LP / CD'S / 7"
Tape-Santa clause vs. the caveman
1987
(teenage werewolf/rosemary mc coy/ i love you)(left hand. CH)
Wrecking around the Christmas tree 1991
(jingle bells) (Jungle Noise, D)
Garage punk primitive Rock’n’Roll and Psychotic reactions
from Switzerland 1992
(Voodoo love) (Voodoo Rhythm/Record Junkie, CH)
Songs the Cramps taught us 1993
(Drug train) (Jungle Noise, D)
SKAmpler 1993
(whisky song) (Tudor, CH)
5 years of Jungle Noise 1995
(Jungle noise) (Jungle Noise, D)
split single with Dead Moon 1996
(Burn my mind) (Record Junkie, CH)
Larzen Fanzine 1996
(Hold me hug me) (Larzen, F)
Straight into the action 1998
(Sonic nightmares) (Wild weekend, D)
Split single with lightning beat-man 1997
(She’s my witch/Barbara) (Mad driver records, I)
Swamp room happening 1999
(Acid dreams) (Swamp room, D)
Surprise party split with T-Bone bados 1999
(Bumble bee) (16tons, CH)
Mondo beat-man 7“ 1999
(I wanna be dead) (rocking bones)
It came from hell 2000
( I drink myself to the grave) (crazy love D)
Kongpilation 2003
(Seven) (banana juice F)
This is Horrorpunk (2003)
The creature from the black lagoon (Fiend force records D)
More to enjoy vol.II 2004
Cosmic belly dance (The unfair records F)
Snaps-the primitve compilation vol.1 2004
I see dead people (Aua records I)
That`s life!at the Wild at Heart vol.3 2005
Searchin` (Wildathartberlin D)
Wild Sazanami Beat! vol.3 2006
Hi heels and mini skirt (Sazanami Label JP)
VIDEOS
Voodoo Love 1996
(Voodoo Love/ Sex Wax/ Nightlive/ Psych-out/ Gozilla/ Zueri Broennt/ Play with Fire/ Lonesome Town/ It`s not my way/ Nightclub/ go away fuck you self/ i came from hell/ Honeymoon at hell/ Hang on sloopy) 1 Video clip,the rest are cuts from Live shows 91-96 cuttet together with some B-Pictures (Voodoo Rhythm, CH)
Wild Wild Lover 1999
(Voodoo Rhythm. CH) by Ingwer Bergman
VoodooRhythm - The Gospel of Primitive Rock‘n’Roll 2005
(Slowboat Films D) by Marc Littler
LYRICS
Yeah, thats right! For all you coverbands, here are some of the Monster's lyrics... pure poetry! But only from the songs that we wrote them down, for the rest of the songs...man, just make them up!
We've got: Acid Dreams - Creature From The Black Lagoon - Fuck My Brain - Honeymoon At Hell - I See Dead People - Kiss You Dead - The Love I Never Had - The Other Man