Camper Van Beethoven Spawned Monks of Doom Announce Reunion Show
. The band (featuring Victor Krummenacher, David Immergl�ck, Greg Lisher and drummer Chris Pedersen) will play on Tuesday, June 1st (at Hemlock Tavern) and Thursday, June 3rd (at Eagle Tavern). Jonathan Segel will be opening the first show at The Hemlock with his own band Chaos Butterfly, also featuring John Hanes and Helena Espvall, making this an extra treat for fans of CVB, Monks of Doom and Segel's own solo work. From their humble beginnings as a surrealist spin-off "Imaginary Band", through their hard working days as veteran DIY road warriors, on to their arrested state of suspended animation and later re-birth, Monks of Doom remain one of the classiest, heaviest and most strangely unclassifiable bands to emerge from the late 1980s independent music scene. When the band put themselves on ice in 1993, they left behind five virtuosic, rocking albums that somehow fused post-punk sensibilities with prog rock decadence and folk tradition and elegance. Monks of Doom were formed in 1986 by four members of the ever-popular college/indie rock band Camper Van Beethoven: bassist extraordinaire Victor Krummenacher, guitarists Greg Lisher and Chris Molla and drummer Chris Pedersen. Molla soon left, and was replaced by radical musician David Immergl�ck (then of Bay Area favorites The Ophelias, soon to join the ranks of Camper Van Beethoven as well, and now a member of Counting Crows). Tuesday, June 1 MONKS OF DOOM / CHAOS BUTTERFLY 9:00 pm at Hemlock Tavern, 1131 Polk St., San Francisco, CA (415) 923-0923 $10 Wednesday, June 3 MONKS OF DOOM at Eagle Tavern, 398 12th St., San Francisco, CA (415) 626-0880 Preview and Purchase Monks of Doom CDs |
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