Kanye namabhendi afana noLimp Richeds noMnu. I-Epp & the Calculations, i-U-Men yayingesinye sezenzo zokuqala zokukhuthaza nokuthuthukisa lokho okwakuzoba indawo ye-grunge yase-Seattle.
Phakathi neminyaka engu-8 yokusebenza kwabo, i-U-Men yavakashela izifunda ezihlukahlukene zase-United States, yashintsha abadlali be-bass abangu-4, futhi nebhendi yaqopha ingoma yokuhlonipha - “Butthole Surfer” (evela kucwecwe likachwepheshe be-Locust Abortion).
Kwaqala kanjani konke ku-U-Men?
Kwakusekuqaleni kuka-1981 e-Seattle lapho umshayi wesiginci u-Tom Price kanye nozakwabo wesigubhu uCharlie Ryan (owaziwa nangokuthi u-Chaz) banquma ukwakha ibhendi yoqobo yomculo we-hard rock. Balethe umculi wezwi uJohn Bigley kanye nomshayi webhesi uRobin Buchan ukuze baqedele lolu hlu. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, uBuchan wakhathala ngeqembu kanye nencithakalo, futhi wathuthela eNgilandi.
Eminyakeni embalwa eyalandela, i-U-Men idlale imibukiso embalwa eyimpumelelo ngomdlali omusha webhesi uJim Tillman. Ekugcineni, abafana naye baqopha i-EP yabo ebizwa ngokuthi yi-EP yezingoma ezine zestudiyo saseSeattle.
Lokhu kwalandelwa ukuvela kwenhlanganisela ethi “Deep Six” kanye namaqembu e-rock aziwayo angaleso sikhathi. Ithimba liphinde lenza isivumelwano neHomestead Record, ekhiphe i-albhamu encane ethi “Green River: Come on Down.” Ngawo lowo nyaka, isitudiyo sakhipha i-EP yesibili yeqembu, Stop Spinning. Ingoma yasheshe yazuza abalaleli, futhi ukuthandwa kweqembu kwanda.
Ngemva kokukhipha ingoma eyodwa ethi "U-Men: Solid Action" kanye nokuvakashela iMelika njalo, u-Tillman waba nomuzwa wokuthi leli qembu lalingayitholi imali eyanele ngokwenza nokuqopha kwalo, wayeselishiya.
Abahlanganyeli behamba phakathi kwamaqembu
Umculi weqembu, u-David E. Duo, wabuza u-Price noRyan ngolunye usuku ukuthi babengathanda yini ukucula neqembu lakhe elisha, i-Cat Butt. UPrice ujoyine ibhendi njengomdlali webhesi, kwathi uRyan wadlala izigubhu.
Kodwa-ke, ngasekupheleni kwehlobo lika-1987, uPrice noRyan baqasha umsunguli we-Amphetamine Reptile Records uTom Hazelmyer ukuthi adlale ibhesi ye-U-Men. Kodwa u-Price noRyan kamuva bashiya u-Cat Butt ukuze babuyele ekugxilweni kwabo ngokugcwele kwe-U-Men.
Lolu hlu olusha lwaqala ngokushesha ukurekhoda. Okuqukethwe kuzobe sekuvezwa ekukhishweni kwakho kokuqala okugcwele okusemthethweni. I-albhamu ikhishwe ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi "Step on a Bug, the Red Toad Speaks". I-albhamu ikhishwe ezitolo ze-indie ngo-1988. Kuvele ukuthi ukuphela kokukhululwa okugcwele kuwo wonke umsebenzi weqembu. Ngokusho kwedatha engekho emthethweni, iqembu lithole u-$6.000 ngakho.
Maphakathi nonyaka, u-Hazelmyer wathathelwa indawo nguTony Ransom (owaziwa nangokuthi i-Tone Deaf) ngenxa yemisebenzi yakhe ne-Amphetamine Reptile. Nokho, lesi sinqumo saholela ekupheleni komlando we-U-Men.
Impilo yamalungu e-U-Men ngemva kokuhlukana
Ngemuva kokulahlekelwa yimali engenayo kanye nokuwa kwebhendi, uPrice wasebenza endaweni ye-grunge yaseSeattle. Lapho, kanye nozakwabo u-Tim Hayes, bakha iqembu lakhe lasesiteji, i-Kings of Rock. Ngemuva kokuhlukana kwaleli qembu, uPrice wajoyina abafana baseGas Huffer kanye neMonkeywrench.
UBigley noRyan nabo balishiya leli qembu, bajoyina iCrows, ngaleso sikhathi eyayiqopha i-albhamu entsha. URyan washiya iqembu ngo-1994. Ube esejoyina iqembu elisha lapho abanye babangane bakhe besebenza khona.
Iqembu laba khona kwaze kwaba ngu-1989. Ngalesi sikhathi bakwazi ukuhamba cishe lonke elaseMelika. Yileli qembu elibhekwa njengomsunguli womculo we-"grunge", lapho umculo udlalwa "ongcolile," ukwehlisa noma ukuphakamisa amanothi, ngokuvamile awaphuthelwa.
Noma ngabe kunjalo, iqembu lahlakazeka. Futhi manje singajabulela kuphela i-albhamu yobude obugcwele, "Nyathela Isiphazamisi, Isele Elibomvu Likhuluma," nama-albhamu amancane amabili, "U-Men," "Stop Spinning."
