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Mono Men

The Mono Men were an American garage punk band, based in Bellingham, Washington. Their sound contained elements of grunge (distortion-heavy guitars, sneering vocals), but the Mono Men filtered these through a mimicry of 1960s Washington proto-punk, garage rock bands such as The Sonics.

The Mono Men rose up from the ashes of another Washington band, the Roofdogs. John Mortensen came from the Dehumanizers and Game For Vultures before joining the Mono Men. The band came together in late 1987. They played shows in Europe, Mexico, Japan, Canada, and the United States. They were featured in the Northwest Rock & Roll documentary Hype!. Their albums all received generally positive reviews.

The band split in 1998, though in 2006, the Mono Men reunited to play a series of concerts called the "Spanish Attack." The band reunited in 2013 to play shows in Bellingham and Seattle in the US, plus a tour in Latin America with shows in Mexico, Argentina and Brazil.

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Peel seemed to have first started playing the Mono Men in early 1991 and would continue playing their material until 1996. He chose their track, 'Reset', for his Peel Out In The States programme in 1993.

As well as the Mono Men, the DJ also played numerous other releases on the Estrus label run by band guitarist Dave Crider, including records by session outfits Baseball Furies, Immortal Lee County Killers, Man Or Astro-Man? and Shadowy Men On A Shadowy Planet.[1]

Shows Played[]

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The Mono Men - I Don't Care

1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996

Estrus Records Compilations[]

(Plays by Peel of various artists (v/a) compilations released by the Estrus label run by Mono Men guitarist Dave Crider, in order of first play.)

(LP / CD ‎– !!!Here Ain't The Sonics!!!)

(CD / 3x7"EP box - Estrus Halfrack-The 12 Drunkest Bands In Showbiz)

(CD / 3x7"EP box - Estrus Gearbox)

(CD / 3x7"EP box - The Estrus Cocktail Companion)

(CD - Excellent 26 Estrus Spicey Sizzlers Sampler)

(CD - The Estrus 100% Apeshit Rock Sampler Vol. 2)

(CD - Estrus Double Dyn-O-Mite Sampler Vol 3)

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