Tinyere ndị egwu dịka Limp Richerds na Mr. Epp & Calculations, ndị U-Men bụ otu n'ime omume mbụ iji kpalie na ịzụlite ihe ga-abụ ihe nkiri grunge Seattle.
N'ime afọ 8 ha na-arụ ọrụ, U-Men na-aga n'ógbè dị iche iche nke United States, gbanwere 4 bas Player, na ọbụna dekọọ ụda egwu maka nsọpụrụ ha - "Butthole Surfer" (nke sitere na album Locust Abortion Technician).
Kedu ka ihe niile si malite maka ndị U-Men?
Ọ bụ mmalite 1981 na Seattle mgbe onye egwu egwu Tom Price na onye na-egwu egwu Charlie Ryan (aka Chaz) kpebiri ịmepụta otu egwu egwu siri ike mbụ. Ha kpọbatara onye na-agụ egwú John Bigley na bassist Robin Buchan iji mechaa ahịrị ahụ. Mgbe oge ụfọdụ gasịrị, Buchan nwere ike gwụrụ otu na mbibi ahụ, wee kwaga England.
N'ime afọ ole na ole sochirinụ, ndị U-Men ji ọkpụkpọ bass ọhụrụ Jim Tillman ji ọtụtụ ihe ngosi na-aga nke ọma. N'ikpeazụ, ya na ụmụ okorobịa ahụ dekọtara onwe ha aha mbụ EP nke abụ anọ maka ụlọ ọrụ Seattle.
Ihe sochiri nke a bụ mpụtara na mkpokọta “Deep Six” yana igwe egwu egwu ama ama nke oge ahụ. Ndị otu ahụ mekwara nkwekọrịta na Homestead Record, nke wepụtara obere album "Green River: Bịa na Down." N'otu afọ ahụ, ụlọ ọrụ ahụ wepụtara EP nke abụọ nke otu ahụ, Kwụsị Spinning. Ihe mejupụtara ahụ nwetara ndị na-ege ntị ngwa ngwa, ma ewu ewu nke otu ahụ mụbara.
Mgbe ọ tọhapụrụ otu "U-Men: Solid Action" na ịgagharị America ugboro ugboro, Tillman chere na otu ahụ anaghị enweta ego zuru oke site na arụmọrụ na ndekọ ya, wee hapụ ya.
Ndị so na-eje ije n'etiti otu
Roadie otu ahụ, David E. Duo, jụrụ Price na Ryan otu ụbọchị ma ọ bụrụ na ha nwere mmasị ime ya na ìgwè ọhụrụ ya, Cat Butt. Ọnụahịa sonyeere ndị otu ahụ dị ka bassist, Ryan na-akpọkwa ịgbà.
Otú ọ dị, site na njedebe oge okpomọkụ nke 1987, Price na Ryan goro Amphetamine Reptile Records onye nchoputa Tom Hazelmyer ka ọ kpọọ bass maka U-Men. Mana Price na Ryan mechara hapụ Cat Butt ka ịlaghachi na oge U-Men ha na-elekwasị anya.
Ahịrị ọhụrụ a malitere idekọ ihe ozugbo. A ga-egosipụta ọdịnaya ahụ na ntọhapụ ogologo oge izizi mbụ ha. E wepụtara album ahụ n'okpuru aha "Nzọụkwụ na ahụhụ, Red Toad na-ekwu". E wepụtara album ahụ na ụlọ ahịa indie na 1988. Ọ tụgharịrị bụrụ naanị ntọhapụ zuru oke na ọrụ otu ahụ niile. Dị ka data na-akwadoghị, ndị otu ahụ nwetara $ 6.000 maka ya.
N'etiti afọ, Tony Ransom (nke a makwaara dị ka Tone Deaf) nọchiri Hazelmyer n'ihi ọrụ ya na Amphetamine Reptile. Otú ọ dị, mkpebi a mere ka njedebe nke akụkọ ihe mere eme maka U-Men.
Ndụ nke ndị òtù U-Men mgbe nkewa gasịrị
Mgbe mfu nke ego na ọdịda nke ìgwè, Price rụrụ ọrụ na Seattle grunge idaha. N'ebe ahụ, ya na onye ọrụ ibe Tim Hayes, o hiwere otu egwuregwu nke ya, Ndị Eze nke Nkume. Mgbe otu a gbasasịrị, Price sonyeere ụmụ okorobịa si Gas Huffer na Monkeywrench.
Bigley na Ryan hapụkwara otu ahụ, sonye na Crows, bụ ndị na-edekọ ọba ọhụrụ mgbe ahụ. Ryan hapụrụ otu ahụ na 1994. Mgbe ahụ, ọ banyere n'òtù ọhụrụ nke ụfọdụ ndị enyi ya rụrụ ọrụ na ya.
Otu ahụ dị adị ruo 1989. N'oge a, ha jisiri ike na-aga ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ America nile. Ọ bụ otu a ka a na-ewere dịka nna ochie nke ụdị egwu egwu "grunge", nke a na-akpọ egwu "unyi," na-eweda ma ọ bụ na-ebuli ihe ndetu, na-efukarị ha.
Ka o sina dị, otu ahụ tiwara. Ma ugbu a, anyị nwere ike ịnụ ụtọ naanị otu ọba ogologo, "Nzọụkwụ na ahụhụ, Red Toad na-ekwu," na obere album abụọ, "U-Men," "Kwụsị Ịtụgharị."
