The Monks - Nice Legs Shame About Her Face

The Monks were an English punk band formed in the 1970s, by former members of Strawbs - Richard Hudson, John Ford and Terry Cassidy, along with Clive

Pearce (drums). Hudson played guitar, having switched from drums. Their first album, Bad Habits, was released in 1979. The album spawned a number 19 hit

single in the UK Singles Chart — "Nice Legs Shame About Her Face".[1] The song was originally a demo not intended for release and Ford later commented in

Mojo magazine, that "it was a bit of a problem when it was a hit." [2] They dabbled with 1930s style music in 1980 as 'High Society', before returning to

the pseudo-punk format of The Monks for a follow-up album released in Canada only. Brian Willoughby (guitar) and Chris Parren (keyboards) joined for that

second album, Suspended Animation.

While the album failed to produce further UK chart success, the band were huge in Canada particularly, playing stadium gigs; Suspended Animation went

gold in Canada, and pushed sales of Bad Habits to double platinum certification in 1982. The CD re-release of Suspended Animation included six bonus

tracks, recorded for a third album, but never before released, by Hudson, Ford and Cassidy — Huw Gower guested on one track on lead guitar.

Their song "Ain't Gettin' Any" was covered by The Slickee Boys, and appears on their live album, A Postcard from the Day.

Singles

"Nice Legs Shame About Her Face"
"Johnny B. Rotten"
"Drugs In My Pocket"
"Love in Stereo"

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[5149caper]

i hope i remember listening to this tommerow....fucking awesome

[CullenKid242]

I absolutely <3 this song! I love the accents in music, like Tom Felton. The English accent is totally hot in musicccc.

[Shotgunnova]

Good song.

[Steacy783]

Sexist? Shit at least there was macho left in our nads back then and no fear yet of AIDS.

[owteufel]

A real disgrace...........:D

[MrLorenzotebano]

sexist? discuss, , , , lol just heard the end of the track

[MrLorenzotebano]

sexist? discuss, , , , 

[balearicsoundwave89]

@SpiritOMentos fucking dumb cunt.

[rlawrence331]

This is the best title for any song ever.

[DougStoneent]

They were a put-on band. Not actual punks but a parody of the punk music scene. If anyone takes this album seriously they're missing the point. These were sophisticated musicians putting on working class accents and punk attitudes. A British friend of mine used to listen to this with his ears to the speakers while he split his sides laughing.

[looloorex]

THANK YOU for the uploads, Helios814 - LOVE your choices in music !! =)

[doubledeckers]

The BBC video engineers did a spoof in the 1970's with Legs & Co. which was just intended to be shown among BBC and staff and at other TV companies. Look up "BBC VT - Chroma Face" on YouTube.