Ua hana ʻia nā Mummies i ka makahiki 1988 (ma USA, Kaleponi). Kaila mele: “garage punk”. ʻO ka haku o kēia hui kāne: ʻo Trent Ruane (ka leo, ka ʻōkana), ʻo Maz Catua (bassist), ʻo Larry Winter (ka mea hoʻokani), ʻo Russell Kwon (ka mea hoʻokani pahu).
Ua mālama pinepine ʻia nā hana mua ma nā ʻaha mele like me kekahi hui e hōʻike ana i ke kuhikuhi, ʻo The Phantom Surfers. ʻO ke kūlanakauhale nui o Kapalakiko ka mea nui i ka wā mua. Ua koho ʻia ke kiʻi kahua e like me ke poʻo inoa: nā lole mummy haehae ʻia i hana ʻia mai nā kāʻei.
ʻO kahi hiʻohiʻona kūʻokoʻa o ke kuhikuhi "garage punk" ʻo ia ka wikiwiki o ka hoʻokō ʻana, ka hele ʻana o nā mele jazz, a me ka ʻole o ka hoʻoiho kani ʻana. Hoʻokumu pinepine ʻia nā moʻolelo ma ka home.
Hiki ke manaʻo ʻia ka hui "marginal", ma ke ʻano maikaʻi o ka huaʻōlelo. Ua hoʻokele nā Mummies i kahi kaʻa Pontiac kahiko i ka makahiki 1963 i kā lākou ʻaha mele. He kala ʻulaʻula ko ke kaʻa a ua hoʻohālikelike ʻia e like me ka ambulance.
A hiki i nā makahiki 2000, hiki ke loaʻa nā leo o ka hui ma ka vinyl. Ua kūʻē ka hui i ka hoʻokuʻu hou ʻana i kā lākou mau mele ma nā CD. Hoʻokani nā mea hoʻokani me nā mea kani kahiko ma ke kumu. ʻO ke kumu o ka manaʻo: "pōhaku kālā" (pōhaku i loko o ka "budget" version) a me ke kuhikuhi aesthetic "DIY", kahi i ʻike ʻole ʻia ai ke kūlana a me ka ʻoihana. Nui nā connoisseurs i makemake i ka hui no kēia. Ka laʻana: ua manaʻo ka mea mele Pelekane kaulana a me ka mea pena ʻo Billi Chayldish i ka hui i kāna punahele a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma waena o nā mea hana kaʻa.
Ka hana mua a The Mummies
Ua mālama ʻia ka ʻaha mele mua a nā Mummies ma ka Chi Chi Club i ka makahiki 1988 (San Francisco). Ua hoʻoikaika nui ʻia nā wā mua o ka noʻonoʻo ʻana e ka pōhaku heʻenalu o nā makahiki 60 a me nā hana a nā hui kaʻa kahiko e like me The Sonics. Ua lawe ʻia kekahi mea mai ka hana o ka poʻe i kēia manawa ma ke kuhikuhi "garage punk" (mai ka hui ʻo Thee Mighty Caesars). Ua hōʻole nā Mummies i nā ʻano hou a me nā loli; ʻaʻole i loli ke ʻano i ka wā holoʻokoʻa o nā hana hana.
Ua hoʻopaʻa ka hui i kā lākou mele mua i loko o kahi hale kūʻai lako. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo "That Gril" i ka makahiki 1990 a ua hoʻokuʻu hou ʻia ʻeono makahiki ma hope, i ka makahiki 1996. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kēia mele a me nā mele ʻē aʻe o ia manawa (Laʻana: "Skinny Minnie") ma ka album mua o ka hui "The Mummies Play Their Own Records" i ka makahiki 1990 hoʻokahi.
ʻO ka hana aʻe, ʻo ia ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka album piha o ka hui. Ua koho ʻia nā keʻena hope o kahi hale kūʻai mea kani i kahua hoʻopaʻa leo. Aia ʻo Mike Marikonda, i hoʻouna ʻia e Crypt Record." ʻAʻole i kūleʻa ka hoʻāʻo mua a hōʻole ʻo The Mummies e hoʻokuʻu i nā mele i hoʻopaʻa ʻia i kēlā manawa.
ʻAʻole ia ka maikaʻi o ka hana, akā ʻo ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻaʻole makemake nā lālā o ka hui i ke kani o ka mana hou. Ma hope mai, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā haku mele i hoʻokuʻu ʻole ʻia i loko o kahi paʻi ʻokoʻa o "Fuck the Mummies".
Ua ho'āʻo hou lākou i ka makahiki 92, a ua holomua kēia manawa. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻo "Never been Caught", ka album lōʻihi piha o ka hui.
ʻO ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka wā lohi a me ka hoʻopau ʻana o ka laulima
Ua mākaʻikaʻi nā Mummies i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i '91. ʻO ka huakaʻi he hui pū me ka hui kaʻa kaʻa Pelekane ʻo Thee Headcoats. I ka pau ʻana o ka huakaʻi, ua hoʻokuʻu ka hui iā Never Been Caught, kā lākou album lua.
Ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hui ma 1992 ma muli o nā ʻokoʻa kūloko.
Nā hoʻāʻo e hoʻōla hou i nā Mummies
Ma waena o 1993 a me 1994, hui pū ka hui i nā manawa he nui a hoʻopaʻa i kā lākou album ʻekolu, Party at Steve's House. Ua hana ʻia kēia hōʻiliʻili ma kahi hale kūʻai ʻoihana. Ua kono ʻia ʻo Darrin (Supecharger band) ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani bass. I loko o kēia mau makahiki, ua alakaʻi ka hui i ʻelua huakaʻi o ʻEulopa. Ma ka lua o ka huakaʻi ua loaʻa iā lākou ʻo Beez (o The Smugglers) ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani bass.
ʻO kekahi ho'āʻo hou e hui hou i ka hui ma 2003. A laila ua hoʻopuka houʻia kā lākou mele mele "Death by Unga Bunga" ma ka diski.
ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻi i nā hana hui i kēlā me kēia manawa. Ua ʻākoakoa nā Mummies i kēlā me kēia manawa ma ke ʻano he ʻāpana o nā hōʻike ʻokoʻa ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa. Nā laʻana: 2008, ma Auckland (Stork Club), ʻaʻole i hoʻolaha mua ʻia ka hanana.
I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokani ka hui i kahi carnival themed ma Sepania. Ua komo ka hui i ka Paris Music Festival (2009). ʻO ka American Festival Budget Rock (San Francisco) i hoʻokipa ʻelua i ka hui ma 2009.
I loko o ka manawa o kā lākou hana ʻana, ua hana ka hui i 3 album lōʻihi piha, 6 mau moʻolelo (ua hoʻopuka hou ʻia kekahi ma nā CD), 17 mau mele. Eia kekahi, ua hoʻokomo ʻia nā hana a nā mea pena kiʻi i loko o nā album kikoʻī kikoʻī. He 8 o ia ano hoolaha hui.
ʻO nā mea hoihoi e pili ana i nā mea komo
- Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o The Mummies, ua lawe ka bassist o ka hui ʻo Maz Catua i ka papahana "Christina and the Bippies".
- Ua hāʻawi ʻo Russell Kwon (drummer) i ke kākoʻo no Supercharger. Hoʻomaopopo ka poʻe connoisseurs i ke ʻano ʻokoʻa o ka hoʻokani ʻana i ka mea kani a me ke ʻano hulahula o kēia mea hoʻokani.
- Ua hoʻomau ʻo Larry Winter i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa kīkā kūʻokoʻa a haku i nā mele.
- Ua hoʻokani ʻo Trent Ruane (organ and vocals) me The Untamed Youth a me The Phantom Surfers ma hope o ka māhele ʻana o The Mummies.
- Ua hoʻomau ʻo Maz Catua lāua ʻo Larry Winter i ka hana like ʻana ma ke ʻano he lālā o The Batmen (ma Kaleponi).
Pono e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia nā Mummies no ko lākou kūpaʻa ʻana i ka mālama ʻana i nā loina o "pōhaku kālā". I loko o kā lākou ʻoihana a pau, ua hoʻopaʻa kēia hui i kā lākou mau mele ma kahi ʻano lewa i kūpono i ke ʻano. Ua hoʻohana mākou i nā mea kani maikaʻi a me nā ʻenehana maʻalahi no ka hana ʻana i ke kani.
Hoʻomaopopo ʻia ka ʻike ma waena o nā mea pā o ke ʻano e nā huakaʻi holomua holomua ma ʻAmelika a me ʻEulopa. Ua kākau mau ʻia ka hui ma ka mōʻaukala o ka neʻe ʻana o ka "garage punk"; ke hoʻomau nei nā lālā mua i kā lākou hana.
