Pamwe chete nemabhendi akaita seLimp Richeds uye Mr. Epp & the Calculations, iyo U-Men yaive imwe yezviito zvekutanga kukurudzira uye kugadzira izvo zvaizova iyo Seattle grunge chiitiko.
Mukati memakore masere ebasa ravo, maU-Men akatenderera matunhu akasiyana eUnited States, akachinja 8 bass vatambi, uye kunyangwe bhendi rakarekodha rwiyo rwerukudzo rwavo - "Butthole Surfer" (kubva kuLocust Abortion Technician album).
Zvese zvakatanga sei kuU-Men?
Kwakanga kuri kutanga kwa1981 muSeattle apo gitare Tom Price nemumwe mutambi Charlie Ryan (aka Chaz) vakasarudza kuumba yekutanga hard rock bhendi. Vakaunza muimbi John Bigley uye mutambi webhesi Robin Buchan kuti vapedze mutsara. Pashure penguva yakati, Buchan akaneta neboka uye kuparadzwa, uye akatamira kuEngland.
Mumakore mashoma akatevera, maU-Men akatamba mitambo yakati wandei yakabudirira nemutambi mutsva webass Jim Tillman. Pakupedzisira, pamwe chete naye vakomana vakarekodha yavo yekuzviti debut EP yenziyo ina dzeSeattle studio.
Izvi zvakateverwa nechitarisiko pakuumbwa kwe "Deep Six" pamwe chete nemabhendi edombo anozivikanwa panguva iyoyo. Chikwata ichi chakaitawo chibvumirano neHomestead Record, iyo yakaburitsa mini-album "Green River: Come on Down." Gore rimwe chetero, studio yakaburitsa yechipiri EP yeboka, Stop Spinning. Kunyorwa kwakakurumidza kuwana vateereri, uye mukurumbira weboka wakawedzera.
Mushure mekuburitsa imwechete "U-Men: Solid Action" uye kushanya America nguva zhinji, Tillman akanzwa kuti boka racho rakanga risiri kuwana mari yakakwana kubva mukuita kwaro uye kurekodha, ndokurisiya.
Vatori vechikamu vachifamba pakati pemapoka
Mutambi webhendi, David E. Duo, akabvunza Price naRyan rimwe zuva kana vaida kuridza nebhendi rake idzva, Cat Butt. Price akabatana nebhendi sebassist, uye Ryan akaridza ngoma.
Nekudaro, pakupera kwezhizha ra1987, Mutengo naRyan vakahaya Amphetamine Reptile Records muvambi Tom Hazelmyer kuridza bass yeU-Men. Asi Mutengo naRyan vakazosiya Cat Butt kuti vadzokere kune yavo yenguva yakazara U-Men yekutarisa.
Iyi mutsara mutsva yakabva yatanga kurekodha zvinhu. Izvo zvirimo zvinozoratidzwa pane yavo yekutanga yepamutemo yakazara-yakareba kuburitswa. Dambarefu rakaburitswa pasi pemusoro wekuti "Step on a Bug, the Red Toad Inotaura". Iyo albhamu yakaburitswa kune indie zvitoro muna 1988. Yakazove iyo chete yakazara-kureba kuburitswa mubasa rose rebhendi. Zvinoenderana nedata risiri pamutemo, boka racho rakagamuchira madhora zviuru zvitanhatu pairi.
Pakati pegore, Hazelmyer akatsiviwa naTony Ransom (anozivikanwawo seTone Matsi) nekuda kwemabasa ake neAmphetamine Reptile. Nekudaro, iyi sarudzo yakatungamira kumagumo enhoroondo yeU-Men.
Hupenyu hwenhengo dzeU-Men mushure mekurambana
Mushure mekurasikirwa kwemari uye kudonha kwebhendi, Mutengo wakashanda munzvimbo yeSeattle grunge. Ikoko, pamwe chete nemumwe waaishanda naye Tim Hayes, akaumba boka rake rematambo, Kings of Rock. Mushure mekunge boka iri raparadzana, Price akabatana nevakomana veGas Huffer neMonkeywrench.
Bigley naRyan vakasiyawo boka racho, vachibatana neCrows, avo panguva iyoyo vakanga vachirekodha rwiyo rutsva. Ryan akasiya timu muna 1994. Ipapo anokumbanira boka idzva umo dzimwe shamwari dzake dzaishanda.
Boka rakavapo kusvika 1989. Munguva iyi vakakwanisa kufamba inenge yose yeAmerica. Iri ndiro boka rinorangarirwa kuva tateguru werudzi rwenziyo dze "grunge", umo mimhanzi inoridzwa "yakasviba," ichidzikisa kana kusimudza manotsi, kazhinji ichishaikwa.
Chero zvazvingava, boka racho rakaparadzana. Uye iko zvino tinogona kungonakidzwa nedambarefu rimwechete rakazara, "Step on a Bug, the Red Toad Speaks," uye maviri madiki-album, "U-Men," "Stop Spinning."
