The Monks - Skylab (Gen X Tribute Video)

Most of my tribute videos are either 80's based or theme based. However, I had a whack of clips I really wanted to put into a video, most of them not from the 80's, but all of them pertinent to us Gen-X latchkey kids. However, I had so much material that this is just the first of 2 videos, and there will likely have to be a 3rd. Growing up my friends and I mostly listened to Heavy Metal, Hair metal, and hard rock. I also listened to a variety of other music , everything from pop, new wave, to country (but most of that interest was not shared by my friends). However, there was this one album that was technically Punk, not metal, called "Bad Habits" from the Monks that all of us absolutely loved. Right from the raunchy cover art (a nun in stockings) through the power songs like Johnny B Rotten and Nice Legs, Shame About Her Face...but more importantly in the times of the cassette tape, no songs needed to be skipped. At the end of the album was this weird song Skylab (Theme From the Monks). I thought this song was perfect for my intention here which was to leave much of the clips' dialogue in place. A very interesting piece of information is that this album was popular here in Canada, yet did nothing in the U.S. and very little in the Monks' home country of England. Don't get hung up on where and when the clips are from, just sit back and enjoy the ride. Thanks for watching!

Added 20 Apr 2026