minimal wave

Reaver M Fulbright (a.k.a RMF-Noir, a.k.a The Divine Dime Peepshow, founder of The Liberty Snake, ex-Piss Slut bassist, ex-No Kisses vocalist/(early-)songwriter) was born in the alley behind Godfather's Pizza in Overland Park Kansas. Left for dead, RMF was raised by aphids, gnats and fieldmice (who had lose their way from the field). He survived solely on discarded anchioves and mozzarella that had stuck to the top of old pizza boxes. Eventually he learned how to crawl, so he crawled his way across the sea floor to London, England.

There are three bands with the name Monuments: 1. The first was a minimal synth band from the early 80's. Members: Andrea Costa and Mauro Tavella from Torino - Italy. 2. Monuments is a progressive\math metal band from UK.
Band's line-up:
John Browne - Guitars, Bass, Drum Programming, synths, production.
Neema Askari - Vocals, Backing Vocals
www.myspace.com/thisismonuments 3. A progressive hardcore band from Germany (www.myspace.com/wearemonuments)

Kirlian Camera was founded by the keyboardist/vocalist Angelo Bergamini in Parma, Italy in Spring 1980. The band really was born in 1979, called Suicide Commando, but this name was dropped for the existence of a namesake band. So, when Bergamini started to interest to paranormal phenomena, he knew about a special device invented by Semion Kirlian to take photos of the aura of the human body and from this took the name of the group, suggested by Mauro Montacchini.

Influenced by their punk upbringing, avant-garde schooling, and no wave surroundings in early 80s NYC,- but not beholden to any genre - Ike Yard managed to create a new sound.
By tapping into equal parts the krautrock experimentation of Can, the Neue Deutsche Welle of DAF and the UK post-punk dub of PiL and Joy Division they created sounds and songs unique enough to catch the attention of Factory Records, who made them their first American signing.