The band teamed up for the first time in the autumn of 1867 in Örebro, Sweden, exactly one hundred years before the release of The Beatles’ masterpiece Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, an album which the Monarks are closely associated with.

Initially music was not in focus, but the objective was to entertain and amuse audiences with a type of Vaudeville show involving parodies, satirising society, and various singing elements. The nomadic fellowship can at this time most aptly be described as a bunch of jesters drifting around in Sweden and on the continent. After a few years, the collective did like many others and travelled across the Atlantic to try their luck in the promised land where everything is possible - America.

During their travels along the Mississippi river, The Monarks got in touch with former slave workers from the cotton fields, singing their Black Spirituals. This encounter signified a turning point for the band, who were completely in awe of the slaves’ sense of music and rhythm. Thenceforth, they knew that music was their calling.

Having roamed around for many years, the band moved to New York and began hanging about in the songwriter block Tin Pan Alley. The members of the band describe this time as “a rough yet instructive period”.

Unfortunately the Monarks had sparked a quarrel with “Colonel” Tom Parker over a song writing contract with the still unknown Elvis Aaron Presley. Around 1958, the band decided to leave the US and move to Great Britain where they acquainted bands such as The Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Among other things, their relationship with these prominent acts involved receiving ghost writing assignments from them.

During this period, the Monarks made immense amounts of money. However, everything has its flip side and after many years of hard “work”, the band felt urged to seek a well needed change of environment. This led to their move back to Sweden, where “Fäbojäntaidealet” (Come Blow the Horn) and “pimpelfiske” (Jig fishing) beckoned.

After nearly a quarter of a century of silence, the band rediscovered their appetite for music, thus resulting in the release of their first self-produced album, where they perform their own compositions in the modern music format - a format they themselves were involved in creating. The album was simply entitled “The yellow album”, treating the listener to a unique music experience which also saw an enthusiastic reception by the press.