An kirkiro ƙungiyar Mummies a cikin 1988 (A cikin Amurka, California). Salon kiɗan shine "garage punk". Wannan rukunin mazan sun haɗa da: Trent Ruane (mai yin murya, gaɓoɓin), Maz Catua (bassist), Larry Winter (guitarist), Russell Kwon (Drummer).
Yawancin wasan kwaikwayo na farko ana gudanar da su a wurin kide-kide iri ɗaya tare da wata ƙungiya mai wakiltar alkiblar The Phantom Surfers. Babban mataki a farkon lokacin shine birnin San Francisco. An zaɓi hoton mataki bisa ga sunan: tattered mummy kayayyaki da aka yi da bandeji.
Wani fasali na musamman na jagorar "garage punk" shine babban saurin aiki, kasancewar maƙallan jazz, da rashin ƙarin sarrafa sauti. Sau da yawa ana ƙirƙira rikodi da kansu, a gida.
Ƙungiya za a iya la'akari da "marginal", a cikin kyakkyawar ma'anar kalmar. Mummies sun tuka zuwa kide kide da wake-wake a cikin wata tsohuwar motar Pontiac 1963. Motar tana da launi mai haske kuma an yi mata salo a matsayin motar asibiti.
Har zuwa farkon shekarun 2000, ana iya samun rikodin ƙungiyar akan vinyl kawai. Kungiyar ta yi adawa da sake fitar da wakokinsu a CD. Masu yin wasan kwaikwayo sun yi wasa da kayan aikin da aka daina amfani da su bisa manufa. Ma'anar ra'ayin: "dutsen kasafin kuɗi" (dutse a cikin aikin "kasafin kuɗi") da kuma kyakkyawan shugabanci na "DIY", inda ba a gane matsayi da ƙwarewa ba. Yawancin masanan sun so ƙungiyar daidai don wannan. Misali: Shahararren mawaƙin Ingilishi kuma mai zane Billy Chayldish ya ɗauki ƙungiyar a matsayin wanda ya fi so kuma mafi kyau a tsakanin masu fasahar gareji.
Ƙirƙirar farkon lokacin The Mummies
An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na Mummies na farko a Chi Chi Club a 1988 (San Francisco). Zamanin farko na kerawa ya sami tasiri sosai daga dutsen hawan igiyar ruwa na 60s da ayyukan tsoffin makada na gareji kamar The Sonics. Wani abu da aka karbe daga aikin zamani a cikin shugabanci na "garage punk" (daga Kai Mabuwayi Kaisar). Sabbin abubuwa da canje-canjen The Mummies sun musanta, salon bai canza ba a duk tsawon lokacin wasan kwaikwayo.
Ƙungiya ta rubuta ɗayansu na farko a kan yankin ɗakin ajiyar kayan daki. Wannan Gril ya fito a cikin 1990 kuma an sake sake shi bayan shekaru shida a 1996. Wannan waƙa da sauran waƙoƙin wancan lokacin (Misali: "Skinny Minnie") an fito da su akan kundi na farko na ƙungiyar "Mummies Play Your Own Records" a cikin 1990 guda.
Mataki na gaba shine fitar da cikakken kundi na kungiyar. An zaɓi ɗakunan baya na kantin kayan kida a matsayin wurin rikodi. Mike Marikonda ya halarta, wanda Crypt Record ya aiko." Kwarewar farko ba ta yi nasara ba kuma Mummies sun ƙi sakin waƙoƙin da aka yi rikodin a wancan lokacin.
Ba ingancin wasan kwaikwayon ba ne, amma gaskiyar cewa 'yan ƙungiyar da kansu ba su son sauti a cikin sabon sigar. Daga baya, an haɗa waƙoƙin da ba a sake su ba a cikin wani nau'in "Fuck the Mummies".
Sun sake gwadawa a 92, kuma a wannan karon cikin nasara. Ba a taɓa kamawa ba, cikakken kundi na ƙungiyar, an fito da shi.
Ƙirƙirar ƙarshen zamani da kuma kammala aikin haɗin gwiwa
An yi rangadin Mummies na Amurka a cikin '91. An raba tafiyar tare da ƙungiyar jagorar gareji ta Burtaniya Thee Headcoats. A ƙarshen yawon shakatawa, ƙungiyar ta fitar da "Kada a Kame", kundi na biyu.
Kungiyar ta watse a hukumance a shekarar 1992 saboda sabani na cikin gida.
Kokarin farfado da Mummies
Ƙungiyar ta taru sau da yawa tsakanin 1993 da 1994 kuma sun yi rikodin kundin kundi na uku a Steve's House. An halicci wannan tarin a cikin ɗakin ajiyar masana'antu. An gayyace Darrin (Supecharger band) a matsayin bassist. A cikin wadannan shekaru, tawagar ta gudanar da rangadi biyu a Turai. A tafiya ta biyu, sun sami Beez (wakilin The Smugglers) akan bass.
Wani yunƙuri na sake haɗa ƙungiyar ya faru a cikin 2003. Sa'an nan kuma an sake fitar da rikodin su na vinyl "Mutuwa ta Unga Bunga" a kan kafofin watsa labaru.
Ba zai yiwu a koma wasan kwaikwayo na haɗin gwiwa a kan ci gaba ba. Mummies sun hadu lokaci-lokaci a matsayin wani bangare na nunin Amurka da Turai daban-daban. Misalai: A cikin 2008, a Auckland ("Stork Club"), ba a sanar da taron a baya ba.
A cikin wannan shekarar, ƙungiyar ta yi wasan kwaikwayo mai taken carnival a Spain. Ƙungiyar ta halarci bikin kiɗa na Paris (2009). Bikin Rock Budget Rock Festival (San Francisco) ya karbi bakuncin rukunin sau biyu a cikin 2009.
A lokacin aikin su, ƙungiyar ta ƙirƙiri 3 cikakken kundi, rikodin 6 (wasu an sake sake su akan CDs), 17 guda. Bugu da kari, ayyukan masu fasaha suna kunshe a cikin kundin kundin nau'ikan nau'ikan da dama. Akwai irin waɗannan littattafan haɗin gwiwa guda 8 gabaɗaya.
Bayanai masu ban sha'awa game da mahalarta
- Bayan Mummies sun rabu, bassist Maz Catua ya ɗauki aikin Christina da Bippies.
- Russell Kwon (Drummer) ya goyi bayan ƙungiyar Supercharger. Connoisseurs sun lura da na musamman, na musamman na wasan kayan aiki da kuma irin salon rawa na wannan mai yin.
- Larry Winter ya ci gaba da aikinsa mai zaman kansa akan guitar, yana tsara waƙoƙi.
- Trent Ruane (Gaba da muryoyi) sun yi tare da Matasan da ba a san su ba da The Phantom Surfers bayan Mummies sun rabu.
- Maz Catua da Larry Winter sun ci gaba da aiki tare a matsayin Batmen (a California).
Yakamata a baiwa Mummies yabo saboda daidaiton su wajen bin ka'idojin "dutsen kasafin kudi". A tsawon aikinsu, wannan ƙungiyar ta rubuta waƙoƙin waƙoƙin su a cikin yanayi na yanayi wanda ya dace da salon. An yi amfani da kayan aikin da suka ƙare da kuma mafi sauƙi dabarun sarrafa sauti.
An tabbatar da amincewa tsakanin masu sha'awar nau'in nau'in ta hanyar tafiye-tafiyen da aka ci nasara akai-akai a fadin Amurka da Turai. An rubuta ƙungiyar har abada a cikin tarihin ƙungiyar "garage punk", tsoffin membobinta har yanzu suna ci gaba da aikinsu.
