Mono Men
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Mono Men performing at West Seattle Summer Fest, 2013
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Background information | |
Origin | Bellingham, WA, USA |
Genres | Garage punk, grunge, surf rock |
Years active | 1987–1998, 2006, 2013 |
Labels | Sub Pop Estrus Impossible Scat 1+2 Records |
Past members | Dave Crider Ledge Morrisette Aaron Roeder John Mortensen Marx Wright |
The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. 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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History
The Mono Men 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. The band came together in late 1987. They played shows in Europe, Mexico, Japan, Canada, and the United States. They were featured in the Northwest Rock & Roll documentary Hype!. Their albums all received generally positive reviews. The band split in 1998, though in 2006, the Mono Men reunited to play a series of concerts called the "Spanish Attack." They also reunited to play a reunion show in Bellingham at the Wild Buffalo House of Music on July 13, 2013.
Trivia
- 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 various venues in Spain.
Members
- Dave Crider (guitar, vocals)
- Ledge Morrisette (bass)
- Aaron Roeder (drums)
- John Mortensen (guitar, vocals) (from late 1990)
- Marx Wright (vocals, guitar) (1987–1990; 2013)
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John Mortensen
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Ledge Morrisette
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Aaron Roeder
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Dave Crider
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Marx Wright
Discography
Albums and EPs
- 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)
Split Singles
- 1993 - Demolition Derby w/ Apeman Dragship
- 1994 - Kronophonic w/ Stokastikats
- 1995 - Gearhead w/ Girl Trouble
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mono Men. |
- [1] Band's Myspace
- AMG entry
- Interview with Dave Crider
- Crude but informative fan site
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with hCards
- Commons category link is defined as the pagename
- Grunge musical groups
- Musical groups from Washington (state)
- Garage punk groups
- Musical groups established in 1987
- Musical groups disestablished in 1998
- Musical groups reestablished in 2006
- Musical groups disestablished in 2006
- Musical groups reestablished in 2013
- Musical groups disestablished in 2013
- American garage rock groups