Hailing from
Bellingham, Washington, and a huge local band in
Seattle during
that thing, Mono Men was founded by:
guitarist/singer Dave Crider, formerly of
The Roofdogs, who went on to run
Estrus records and play with the
Watts and is now in
The DT's
bassist Ledge Morrisette, also formerly of The Roofdogs,
drummer Aaron Roeder, also
also formerly of The Roofdogs, and who
also went on to join the Watts,
and
guitarist Marx Wright, also also
also formerly of
The Roofdogs, (makes you wonder who got kicked
out of The Roofdogs, don't it?)
who was replaced shortly thereafter by
John Mortensen, formerly of
Game of Vultures (but
not of The Roofdogs).
Their sound hailed back to mid-60s rock, but tended to be much
faster and more
distorted than its influences, mixing styles with
punk-rock. The band existed from 1990 till 1998, when the members went their various (or not so various) ways. The band has appeared on literally dozens of
compilations, split
LPs
EPs, and
CDs (with the bands
Apemen,
Girl Trouble, and the
Stokastikats), and also on several
tribute albums (for bands ranging from The
13th Floor Elevators to
The Sonics. Their music has been marketed by
Estrus,
SubPop,
Scat,
Rise,
Au-Go-Go,
Impossible, and
Lucky records. Their actual album discography looks like this:
- Stop Draggin' Me Down (1990)- Estrus Records
- WRECKER! (1992)- Estrus Records
- Back To Mono (1992)- two-disc album, released in Japan
- Bent Pages (1993)- Au-Go-Go Records
- Shut The Fuck Up! (1993- 10" not-quite LP length- the CD was released simply as "Shut Up!")- Estrus Records
- Sin & Tonic (1994)- Estrus Records
- Live At Tom's Strip 'n Bowl (1995- 10" live record)- Estrus Records
- Gypsy Woman Live (1996)- Impossible Records
- Ten Cool Ones (1996)- Scat Records
- Have a Nice Day, Motherfucker (1997)- Estrus Records
sources:
http://cycletheory.tripod.com/members.html
http://www.mp3.com/mono-men/artists/10322/biography.html
http://launch.yahoo.com/ar-258442---Mono-Men