Tare da makada kamar Limp Richerds da Mr. Epp & Ƙididdigar, U-Men sun kasance ɗaya daga cikin ayyukan farko don ƙarfafawa da haɓaka abin da zai zama filin wasan grunge na Seattle.
A cikin shekaru 8 da suka yi aiki, U-Men ya zagaya yankuna daban-daban na Amurka, sun canza 'yan wasan bass 4, har ma sun yi rikodin sauti don girmama su - "Butthole Surfer" (daga kundi na Farko na zubar da ciki).
Ta yaya abin ya fara ga U-Men?
A farkon 1981 ne a Seattle lokacin da mawaƙa Tom Price da ɗan wasan bugu Charlie Ryan (aka Chaz) suka yanke shawarar samar da wata ƙungiya mai ƙarfi ta asali. Sun kawo mawaki John Bigley da bassist Robin Buchan don kammala layin. Bayan wani lokaci, Buchan ya gaji da kungiyar da rugujewa, ya koma Ingila.
A cikin 'yan shekaru masu zuwa, U-Men sun buga wasanni masu nasara da yawa tare da sabon dan wasan bass Jim Tillman. A ƙarshe, tare da shi mutanen sun yi rikodin takensu na farko na EP na waƙoƙi huɗu don ɗakin studio na Seattle.
Wannan ya biyo bayan bayyanar a kan harhada "Deep Six" tare da sanannun makada na dutse na lokacin. Har ila yau, ƙungiyar ta yi yarjejeniya da Homestead Record, wanda ya fito da ƙaramin album "Green River: Zo a Down." A wannan shekarar, ɗakin studio ya saki EP na rukuni na biyu, Stop Spinning. Abubuwan da aka tsara cikin sauri sun sami masu sauraro, kuma shaharar ƙungiyar ta ƙaru.
Bayan fitar da "U-Men: Solid Action" guda daya da kuma yawon shakatawa a Amurka akai-akai, Tillman ya ji cewa kungiyar ba ta samun isasshen kudin shiga daga ayyukanta da rikodin, kuma ya bar ta.
Mahalarta tafiya tsakanin kungiyoyi
Mawaƙin ƙungiyar, David E. Duo, ya tambayi Price da Ryan wata rana ko suna sha'awar yin wasa tare da sabon ƙungiyarsa, Cat Butt. Farashin ya shiga ƙungiyar a matsayin bassist, kuma Ryan ya buga ganguna.
Koyaya, a ƙarshen lokacin rani na 1987, Price da Ryan sun hayar Amphetamine Reptile Records wanda ya kafa Tom Hazelmyer don buga bass don U-Men. Amma Price da Ryan daga baya sun bar Cat Butt don komawa zuwa cikakken lokaci na U-Men.
Wannan sabon layin nan da nan ya fara rikodin kayan aiki. Daga nan za a fito da abun cikin a farkon sakin su na cikakken tsayi. An fitar da kundin a ƙarƙashin taken "Mataki akan Bug, Jajayen Toad Yayi Magana". An fitar da kundin zuwa shagunan indie a cikin 1988. Ya juya ya zama sakin cikakken tsayin daka a cikin gaba dayan aikin ƙungiyar. Dangane da bayanan da ba na hukuma ba, ƙungiyar ta karɓi dala 6.000 don ta.
Tsakanin shekara, Tony Ransom (wanda kuma aka sani da Tone Deaf) ya maye gurbin Hazelmyer saboda aikinsa tare da Amphetamine Reptile. Koyaya, wannan shawarar ta haifar da ƙarshen tarihi ga U-Men.
Rayuwar membobin U-Men bayan rabuwa
Bayan asarar kudin shiga da rushewar band, Price ya yi aiki a wurin grunge na Seattle. A can, tare da abokin aikinsa Tim Hayes, ya kafa nasa rukuni rukuni, Sarakuna na Rock. Bayan wannan rukunin ya watse, Price ya shiga cikin mutanen Gas Huffer da Monkeywrench.
Bigley da Ryan kuma sun bar ƙungiyar, suna shiga cikin Crow, waɗanda a lokacin suna yin rikodin sabon kundi. Ryan ya bar kungiyar a shekarar 1994. Sannan ya shiga wata sabuwar kungiya wadda wasu abokansa suka yi aiki a cikinta.
Ƙungiyar ta kasance har zuwa 1989. A wannan lokacin sun sami damar tafiya kusan dukkanin Amurka. Wannan rukuni ne wanda ake la'akari da shi a matsayin mawallafi na nau'in kiɗa na "grunge", wanda aka kunna kiɗan "datti," ragewa ko haɓaka bayanin kula, sau da yawa rasa su.
Ko ta yaya, ƙungiyar ta watse. Kuma yanzu za mu iya jin daɗin kundi mai cikakken tsayi ɗaya kawai, "Mataki akan Bug, Red Toad Speaks," da ƙaramin albums guda biyu, "U-Men," "Dakatar da Kadi."
