Gary Burger (June 7, 1942 – March 14, 2014) was an American musician, best known as the guitarist and vocalist for the rock band the Monks.
Burger joined the U.S. Army immediately after graduating from Bemidji High School and was stationed in Germany.
The Torquays mainly played in hospitals and nursing homes in the beginning and produced a single in a small studio in Heidelberg.
Although the Monks met with little success during their tenure, they were later cited as an influence on various artists, ranging from Jack White to The Fall.
And I’m still thinking, hey, we were just a rock and roll band that really had a lot of fun, and was able to be lucky enough—or unlucky enough, depending on your point of view—to work on the album."