An kafa shi a cikin 1993 a Cleveland, Ohio, Mushroomhead sun gina kyakkyawan aiki a ƙarƙashin ƙasa saboda tsananin sautin fasaharsu, wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo, da kamannin mambobi na musamman. Nawa ƙungiyar ta busa kiɗan dutse za a iya misalta kamar haka:
"Mun buga wasanmu na farko a ranar Asabar," in ji wanda ya kafa kuma mai buga ganga Skinny, "kwana uku bayan haka mun sami kiran yin wasa da GWAR a Cleveland Agora a gaban mutane 2,000."
Mushroomhead ya sami shaharar yanki cikin sauri, yana buɗe sabbin ayyuka na ƙasa (tare da Marilyn Manson, Down, Type O Negative) da kanun labarai na nasu.
Dalilin hawan nasu wani sabon abu ne, na asali, kyawawan mutane takwas, sanye da tufafi masu dacewa da abin rufe fuska masu ban tsoro a kan kawunansu, suna kunna kiɗa mai ban mamaki. Ka ga, kiɗan naman kaza yana buɗewa kamar mafarkin rana. Yana da duka na gaskiya kuma mai ƙarfi, mai ƙarfi da hankali, kuma ba zai yiwu a yi watsi da shi ba.
Daga 1995 zuwa 1999, ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi guda huɗu masu zaman kansu (Mushroomhead na 1995, Superbuick na 1996, Remix na 1997 da 3's M1999) akan lakabin Filthy Hands. Sun zagaya yankuna don tallafawa kowane saki, suna kallon tushen fan yana girma tare da kowane aiki.
Shugaban naman kaza: 1995-2000
Ƙarshen shekarun 1990 ya ƙunshi tatsuniyoyi masu karo da juna game da Naman kaza. Lambobin rikodin sun fara lura da Mushroomhead, tare da ƙungiyar musamman kama tare da Rubutun Roadrunner.
A cikin 1998, ƙungiyar ta kusa rattaba hannu tare da Roadrunner Records, duk da haka, saboda rashin iyawar bangarorin biyu don cimma yarjejeniyar juna, alƙalami bai taɓa takardar ba. Shekara guda bayan haka, Des Moines mai memba tara, Slipknot na tushen Iowa ya yi muhawara akan lakabin Roadrunner tare da Slipknot. Ƙungiyar rock ta zama babban mai fafatawa na Mushroomhead na shekaru masu zuwa. Tabbas, ba tare da rikici ba.
Sanin-yadda daga Mushroomhead
Tun daga 1993, lokacin da octet na tushen Cleveland ya kafa, babu wani rukunin da ya sa abin rufe fuska da sutura da kuma rubuta kida na musamman wanda Faith No More da Pink Floyd suka rinjayi, kamar yadda hardcore, karfe har ma da fasaha suka yi.
A 1999 shekara Slipknot sanya hannu tare da Roadrunner Records, wanda ya haifar da canje-canje a yadda Mushroomhead ke aiki. Kungiyar ta ji cewa an sace salo da hotonsu ne don neman kudi. Wannan a cewar ‘yan kungiyar, ya kashe ‘ya’yansu. Tufafinsu na dā masu launuka iri-iri, kamanni da abin rufe fuska na roba an maye gurbinsu da baƙaƙen riguna.
Daga baya, an saka alamar X-cartoons a kan kowane ido don ƙara kwatanta mutuwar tsohon hoton ƙungiyar. Wannan ƙirar abin rufe fuska daga baya ta haifar da tambarin "X Face", wanda a yau aka gane shi azaman alamar ƙungiyar. Waɗannan canje-canjen kuma sun bayyana a cikin kundin rukunin "M3" a cikin 1999.
Siffar ƙungiyar ta samo asali tsawon shekaru tare da kowace fitowar. Abin rufe fuska na yanzu, kamar yadda daya daga cikin masana'antunsu ya tabbatar, yana nuna dawowar su daga jahannama bayan an kashe membobin a yakin. Ba a dauki wannan shawarar ba tare da jayayya ba.
Dogon rikici tare da Slipknot
Tun daga 1999, Mushroomhead yana da hamayya na lokaci-lokaci tare da ƙungiyar tushen Iowa Slipknot. Rikici ya barke kan bayyanar mambobin. Yawancin magoya bayan Mushroomhead sun ce Slipknot ya saci hoton Mushroomhead, kamannin su na "camoflaged".
A lokacin, a cikin wata hira da Soundbites, tsohon mawaƙin Mushroomhead Jason Popson ya ce, "Da alama ɗan ban mamaki ne saboda suna kama da mu sosai, kamar mu sigar wawa ce ta Slipknot. Na yarda cewa mun aro kayan daga nunin su."
Membobin Slipknot sun yi iƙirarin cewa ba su ji labarin Mushroomhead ba sai bayan da suka nuna albam na farko a 1998 kuma a zahiri sun fara sanya abin rufe fuska da sutura a ƙarshen 1992. Lamarin da ya faru tsakanin magoya bayan Mushroomhead da Slipknot da kansu ya faru ne lokacin da Slipknot ya yi tafiya zuwa Cleveland yayin rangadin kundi na farko.
Magoya bayan Mushroomhead sun zo wurin wasan kwaikwayo kuma sun jefa batura a Slipknot, wanda ya tilasta wa mawaƙa barin wurin. Dan wasan gaba na Slipknot Corey Taylor ya fada a wani taron manema labarai cewa mambobin Mushroomhead sun karfafawa magoya baya gwiwa su yi hakan.
Koyaya, Mushroomhead ya bayyana a fili cewa ƙungiyar ba ta ƙarfafa irin wannan ɗabi'a ta kowace hanya. A cikin watan Mayu 2007 hira da Imhotep.com, mawaƙa Jeffrey Nothing ya yi iƙirarin cewa washegarin da ya faru a Cleveland, membobin Slipknot sun ci zarafin budurwarsa a lokacin.
2000-yanzu
A cikin 2000, ƙungiyar ta rattaba hannu tare da Eclipse Records don fitar da "XX", tarin waƙoƙi daga wakoki huɗu da suka gabata. Tarin ya sayar da raka'a 50 a cikin watanni hudu na farko.
Dangane da waɗannan tallace-tallace, Universal Records sun lura da ƙungiyar kuma sun sake fitar da sigar gauraya ta XX. Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta yi fim ɗin bidiyo na kiɗa (Solitaire / Unraveling, wanda Dean Carr ya jagoranta) kuma ya yi aiki a kan waƙoƙin sauti don fina-finai (The Scorpion King, XXX, Freddy vs. Jason, da kuma sake yin kisan gilla na Texas Chainsaw).
Kundin da aka sake fitar ya sayar da kwafi 300. Wannan ya biyo bayan tafiye-tafiye da yawa a cikin Amurka, Turai da Kanada, kamar yadda aka tabbatar ta nasarar wasan kwaikwayon a Ozzfest 000 (duka Turai da Amurka).
2003 ya ga sakin XIII, kundi na farko na sabon abu don Universal Records. Wannan rikodin ya ƙunshi guda ɗaya "Rana Ba Ta Tashi", wanda aka nuna akan MTV. Waƙar ta zama sautin sauti don ƙwallon Headbangers da Freddy Vs Jason. Kundin ya yi muhawara a lamba 40 akan Billboard Top 200 kuma ya sayar da kwafi 400 a duk duniya.
A cikin wannan aikin, ƙarfe na melodic na band ɗin ya sami ƙarin wadata da yawa. Tallace-tallacen XIII sun dace da na XX yayin da Mushroomhead ya ci gaba da balaguro cikin duniya kuma yana haɗi tare da magoya baya. Amma a tsakiyar yawon shakatawa na gaba, ƙungiyar ta raba hanya tare da Universal Records, kuma jim kaɗan bayan haka tare da mawaƙin J-Mann.
Canje-canje a layi na kan naman kaza
Bayan babban balaguron balaguron duniya, J-Mann (aka Jason Popson) ya sanar da cewa ya bar ƙungiyar a watan Agusta 2004 saboda gajiya da dalilai na sirri. Babban dalilin tafiyarsa shi ne kasancewar mahaifinsa ba shi da lafiya kuma yana so ya kasance kusa da shi.
Irin waɗannan canje-canjen da sun gurgunta kowane rukuni, amma ba na naman kaza ba.
"Muna yin abin da muka saba yi," in ji Skinny, "dawowa zuwa murabba'i daya." Ya yi nuni da akidar "Ka yi da kanka daga rana daya", don haka Mushroomhead ke da alhakin nasarar nasu. Ƙaunarsu da hazaka ce ta sa su zama abin da suke a yau: shahararrun mawaƙa da nasara.
Tare da sabon ɗan wasan gaba Waylon, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da samun ƙarfi. Sun ji sabon mawaƙin lokacin da 3QuartersDead ya buɗe don Naman kaza.
Aiki tare da sabon mawaƙi
A cikin Agusta 2005, Mushroomhead sun fitar da DVD ɗin su na farko akan lakabin Filthy Hands nasu, Volume 1. Mawakan sun yi rikodi da gyara su, "Mujalladi na 1" ya mamaye shekarun 2000 tare da wasan kwaikwayo na raye-raye, bidiyon kiɗa da hotunan bayan fage.
Yayin yawon shakatawa a cikin 2005, Mushroomhead ya fara aiwatar da rubuta sabbin abubuwa da yin rikodin sabon kundi. A cikin Disamba 2005, Mushroomhead ya rattaba hannu tare da Megaforce Records, yana samar da sabbin kundi na ƙasa da na duniya.
A ranar 6 ga Yuni, 2006, Mushroomhead ya ƙaddamar da MushroomKombat, wasa mai ma'amala a matsayin wani ɓangare na gidan yanar gizon ƙungiyar. Karamin wasan yana cin karo da 'yan jam'iyyar a cikin salon Mortal Kombat, tare da kowane memba yana da zabin mutuwa na musamman.
"Mai Ceton Bakin Ciki"
Kundin "Mai Ceton Bakin Ciki" da aka yi muhawara a lamba 73 akan Billboard 200 tare da tallace-tallace sama da kwafi 12. Alamar ƙungiyar ta bayyana cewa tallace-tallace sun kusa 000 bisa ga tallace-tallacen da aka yi a lokacin yawon shakatawa.
SoundScan ya ba da uzuri ranar da aka fitar da alkaluman tallace-tallace saboda kurakurai a cikin ƙididdiga. Babban dalilin shi ne rashin tallace-tallace a cikin jerin shaguna na Best Buy. "Mai Ceton Bakin Ciki" yana da tallace-tallace kusan 26 kuma shigarwar taswirar ta kusa da lamba 000 fiye da lamba 30. Matsayin ginshiƙi mai ceto baƙin ciki an daidaita shi bisa hukuma zuwa #73.
Drummer Skinny ya bayyana cewa yayin ziyarar da Jägermeister ta dauki nauyi, Mushroomhead ya yi fim a kowane lokaci, duka a kan da kuma bayan mataki. Za a haɗa faifan a kan DVD ɗin ƙungiyar na biyu mai taken "Juzu'i 2".
A ranar 29 ga Disamba, 2007, Mushroomhead ya lashe Bidiyon Shekarar MTV2007 na Headbanger na 2 don "Dari 12" daga "Bakin Cikin Mai Ceto".
Jeffrey Babu wani abu da zai saki kundin solo mai suna The New Psychodalia a cikin 2008.
An ayyana kan naman kaza azaman madadin ƙarfe, ƙarfe mai nauyi, dutsen girgiza har ma da ƙarfe nu. Amma Jeffrey Babu wani abu da ya ce ƙungiyar ba nu karfe ba ne, kuma da aka tambaye shi game da nau'in ƙungiyar, ya amsa: “Muna wasa abin da muke ji idan ya faru. Muna ƙoƙarin faɗaɗa yankin tare da kowane sabon sakin.”
