Which Monks song did the Fall cover? I don't own any Monks music, but I am aware of them. I do however own quite a few uhhh Fall records/cd's uhhhhh.
http://www.visi.com/fall/discog/covers.html
Black Monk Theme Part I
The Fall version: 1990 Extricate album track.
Black Monk Theme Part II
The Fall version: 1990 single B-side.
I have never (knowingly)heard the Fall but it looks like from some of the songs that they've covered that I should.
As you can tell from my soapbox on this thread, I am resistant to some late 70s/early 80s punk from the outset. I listen to some punk bands from those years but I know that there is a whole lot of anarcho-political hardcore junk that I don't want to touch.
If punk was so liberal in the early days why did so many New York punks use Nazi imagery (wearing iron crosses and even swastikas) without being nazis, antisemites, or fascists?
Cartoonist Peter Bagge has said that Art Spiegelman was disappointed in him when he worked with John Holstrom (on Comical Funnies among other publications). John was the lead cartoonist at Punk and he also illustrated a number of Ramones album covers and liner notes.
Art's take was that John was too quick to use shocking imagery (like swastikas) without comprehending the horror that symbol represented to some people (like Art's parents who were Holocaust survivors).