The Monks Drugs in My Pocket

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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[johnny0909000]

god i love this song, somehow it seems this will be rediscovered and become a big hit

[MaeNotEast]

My siblings and I often burst into song triggered by a word or phrase someone says. Several years ago my son and were watching some TV show when one of the characters said "I've got drugs in my pocket." Of course I had to starting singing "I've got drugs in my pocket and I don't kn.." "OH YOU'RE MAKING THAT UP!!" my disbelieving son interupted. LOL Now I've got proof that I'm not that talented.

Oh wait....

[phitoerocks]

4 people dont have pockets to put their drugs in



[COGENTCOG]

cooooooool !!!!

thank you! :)

[awesomeness00121]

I was at a birthday party and my uncle has this song on his phone so he played it and my mom and my aunt started dancing D:

[NishHammer]

exlent choice

[luther507]

My dad showed this to me the other day after he found his old cassette player with this :p So awesome <3

[christn282]

cant believe  i found this lol

[mrbradleybaker]

YES,OF COURSE YOU DO!!!!!!!

[xangorilla]

Love it, the dude in the stockings...

[Mefj100]

Great Band! Probably dates me when I say that I wore out this album by listening it too much! Finally found the CD!!!! LOVE IT!

[outtameds]

Looove the monks. Hudson-Ford was sick too