Mono Men
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| Mono Men | |
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| Origin | USA |
| Genre(s) | Garage punk, grunge |
| Years active | 1987–1998 |
| Label(s) | Sub Pop Estrus Records |
The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. The band rose up from the ashes of another Washington band, The Roofdogs. John Mortensen came from the Dehumanizers and Game for Vultures before joining the Mono Men.
Their sound contained elements of grunge (distortion-heavy guitars, sneering vocals), but The Mono Men filtered these through a mimicry of 1960s Washington proto-punk, garage rock bands such as The Sonics.
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[edit] Members
- Dave Crider (guitar, vocals)
- Ledge Morrisette (bass)
- Aaron Roeder (drums)
- John Mortensen (guitar, vocals) (from late 1990)
- Marx Wright (guitar) (1987-1990)
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- Stop Dragging Me Down (Estrus, 1990)
- Wrecker (Estrus, 1992)
- Back To Mono (1+2 Records, 1992). The title is a reference to a Phil Spector slogan, advocating monophonic recording.
- Shut the Fuck Up (Estrus, 1992)
- Bent Pages (Estrus, 1993)
- Sin and Tonic (Estrus, 1994)
- Those Mono Men Recorded Live At Tom's Strip and Bowl (Estrus, 1995)
- Gypsy Woman Live (Impossible Records, 1996)
- Ten Cool Ones (Scat, 1996)
- Have a Nice Day Motherfucker (Estrus, 1997)
[edit] Trivia
- The members of the Mono Men went to the same high school as the Fastbacks.
- In 2006 The Mono Men launched the 5 show "Spanish Attack" Tour with shows in Bellingham, WA and in various venues in Spain.
- None of the founding members of the Mono Men (i.e. "Roofdogs") are originally from Bellingham. Crider from Yakima, Morrisette and Wright from Colorado.
