Me nā hui e like me Limp Richerds a me Mr. ʻO Epp & the Calculations, ʻo ka U-Men kekahi o nā hana mua e hoʻoulu a hoʻomohala i ka mea e lilo i ke ʻano grunge Seattle.
I loko o kā lākou mau makahiki 8, ua mākaʻikaʻi ka U-Men i nā wahi like ʻole o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua hoʻololi i nā mea pāʻani bass 4, a ua hoʻopaʻa pū ka hui i kahi kani i ko lākou hanohano - "Butthole Surfer" (mai ka album Locust Abortion Technician).
Pehea i hoʻomaka ai no ka U-Men?
ʻO ia ka makahiki 1981 ma Seattle i ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ka mea hoʻokani pila ʻo Tom Price a me kāna hoa pahu pahu ʻo Charlie Ryan (aka Chaz) e hoʻokumu i kahi hui pōhaku paʻakikī. Ua lawe mai lākou i ka mea leo leo ʻo John Bigley a me ka bassist ʻo Robin Buchan e hoʻopau i ka laina. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, luhi ʻo Buchan i ka hui a me ka luku, a neʻe i ʻEnelani.
I nā makahiki e hiki mai ana, ua pāʻani ka U-Men i nā hōʻike kūleʻa me ka mea hoʻokani bass hou ʻo Jim Tillman. ʻO ka mea hope loa, me ia i hoʻopaʻa ai nā kāne i kā lākou EP poʻo inoa ponoʻī o ʻehā mau mele no kahi studio Seattle.
Ua ukali ʻia me ka ʻike ʻia ʻana ma ka hui ʻana o "Deep Six" me nā hui pōhaku kaulana o ia manawa. Ua hana pū ka hui me ka Homestead Record, nāna i hoʻokuʻu i ka mini-album "Green River: Come on Down." I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, ua hoʻokuʻu ka studio i ka lua o ka EP o ka hui, Stop Spinning. Ua loaʻa koke i ka haku mele ka poʻe hoʻolohe, a ua piʻi ka kaulana o ka hui.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ka "U-Men: Solid Action" a me ka mākaʻikaʻi pinepine ʻana iā ʻAmelika, ua manaʻo ʻo Tillman ʻaʻole i lawa ka loaʻa kālā o ka hui mai kāna mau hana a me nā hoʻopaʻa leo, a haʻalele iā ia.
ʻO nā mea komo e hele ana ma waena o nā hui
Ua nīnau ʻo Roadie o ka hui ʻo David E. Duo iā Price lāua ʻo Ryan i kekahi lā inā makemake lāua e hoʻokani me kāna hui hou ʻo Cat Butt. Ua komo ʻo Price i ka hui bassist, a hoʻokani ʻo Ryan i nā pahu.
Eia naʻe, ma ka hopena o ke kauwela o 1987, ua hoʻolimalima ʻo Price a me Ryan i ka mea hoʻokumu ʻo Amphetamine Reptile Records ʻo Tom Hazelmyer e pāʻani bass no ka U-Men. Akā ua haʻalele ʻo Price lāua ʻo Ryan iā Cat Butt e hoʻi i kā lākou U-Men manawa piha.
Ua hoʻomaka koke kēia laina hou e hoʻopaʻa i nā mea. A laila e hōʻike ʻia ka ʻike ma kā lākou hoʻokuʻu piha piha piha. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album ma lalo o ke poʻo inoa "Step on a Bug, the Red Toad Speaks". Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia ka album i nā hale kūʻai indie i ka makahiki 1988. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia wale nō ka hoʻokuʻu piha piha i ka hana holoʻokoʻa o ka hui. Wahi a ka ʻikepili ʻole, ua loaʻa i ka hui he $ 6.000 no ia.
Ma waena o ka makahiki, ua pani ʻia ʻo Hazelmyer e Tony Ransom (ʻike ʻia ʻo Tone Deaf) ma muli o kāna mau hana me Amphetamine Reptile. Akā naʻe, ua hoʻoholo kēia hoʻoholo i ka hopena o ka mōʻaukala no ka U-Men.
ʻO ke ola o nā lālā U-Men ma hope o ka haʻihaʻi
Ma hope o ka lilo ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā a me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hui, ua hana ʻo Price ma ke kiʻi grunge Seattle. Ma laila, me kona hoa hana ʻo Tim Hayes, ua hoʻokumu ʻo ia i kāna pūʻulu kahua ponoʻī, ʻo Kings of Rock. Ma hope o ka haʻalele ʻana o kēia hui, ua hui pū ʻo Price me nā kāne mai Gas Huffer a me Monkeywrench.
Ua haʻalele pū ʻo Bigley lāua ʻo Ryan i ka hui, hui pū me nā Crows, a ma ia manawa e hoʻopaʻa nei i kahi album hou. Ua haʻalele ʻo Ryan i ka hui i ka makahiki 1994. A laila komo ʻo ia i kahi hui hou kahi i hana ai kekahi o kāna mau hoaaloha.
Noho ka hui a hiki i ka makahiki 1989. I loko o ia manawa ua hiki iā lākou ke kaʻahele kokoke i ʻAmelika a pau. ʻO kēia pūʻulu i manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka progenitor o ke ʻano mele "grunge", kahi i hoʻokani ʻia ai nā mele "palapala," hoʻohaʻahaʻa a hoʻokiʻekiʻe paha i nā memo, e nalowale pinepine ana iā lākou.
Eia naʻe, ua haki ka hui. A i kēia manawa hiki iā mākou ke hauʻoli i hoʻokahi album lōʻihi piha, "Step on a Bug, the Red Toad Speaks," a me ʻelua mini-albums, "U-Men," "Stop Spinning."
