Drunken Maria
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"Drunken Maria" is a single by Gossip
Gossip (band)
Gossip is a three-piece American indie rock band formed in 1999. The band consists of singer Beth Ditto, guitarist Brace Paine and drummer Hannah Blilie. After releasing several recordings, the band broke through with their 2006 studio album, Standing in the Way of Control . A follow-up, Music for...

 with a B-side, "Monk Chant" by The Raincoats
The Raincoats
The Raincoats are a British post-punk band. Ana da Silva and Gina Birch formed the group in 1977 while they were students at Hornsey College of Art, London, England.-Career:...

, both tracks were taken from the double CD Silver Monk Time
Silver monk time
Silver Monk Time is both a tribute record to the German-American beat band The Monks and the soundtrack to the award winning film Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback. The record was produced and compiled by the filmmakers Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios. It was released in October 2006. The official...

- a tribute to The Monks
The Monks
Monks are a garage rock band, formed by American GIs who were based in Germany in the mid to late 1960s. They reunited in 1999 and have continued to play concerts, although no new studio recordings have been made...

. The single as well as the tribute record were produced in support of the documentary film Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback
Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback
Monks: The Transatlantic Feedback is a 2006 film directed by Dietmar Post and Lucia Palacios about the seminal German-American beat band The Monks. The film was produced by Play Loud! Productions and shot on location in the USA and Germany between 1997 and 2002...

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The record's art work is a replica without being a copy of the first Monks single "Complication". This is the second single taken from Silver Monk Time. The first one was "Monk Time" b/w "Higgle-dy Piggle-Dy" by Alec Empire & Gary Burger / The Fall.

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