U-Men

Trackimage Playbut Trackname Playbut Trackname
White Snake 07:26 Tools
Dig It A Hole 01:09 Tools
Gila 02:18 Tools
Bad Little Woman 02:35 Tools
Blight 02:33 Tools
They 03:32 Tools
Solid Action 02:10 Tools
Shoot 'em Down 04:00 Tools
A Three Year Old Could Do That 02:34 Tools
2 X 4 02:00 Tools
Papa Doesn't Love His Children Anymore 03:30 Tools
Juice Party 02:00 Tools
Clubs 04:20 Tools
Whistlin' Pete 04:09 Tools
Cow Rock 02:42 Tools
Green Trumpet 03:49 Tools
Flea Circus 03:00 Tools
Too Good To Be Food 02:19 Tools
Willie Dong Hurts Dogs 02:04 Tools
Freezebomb 02:23 Tools
That's Wild About Jack 03:31 Tools
Pay The Bubba 03:00 Tools
Flowers D.G.I.H. 04:17 Tools
10 After 1 02:57 Tools
Flowers DGIH 03:22 Tools
The Fumes 03:22 Tools
New Time Is Coming (Bratex remix) 07:24 Tools
Trouble Under Water 03:22 Tools
Shoot 'em Down (live) 04:29 Tools
Mystery Pain 06:03 Tools
A Year and a Day 06:03 Tools
Last Lunch 02:53 Tools
Ten After One 02:53 Tools
They! 02:53 Tools
U-Men Stomp 02:53 Tools
Selfish 02:53 Tools
Papa Doesn't Love His Children Any More 03:30 Tools
New Time Is Coming 07:23 Tools
2X4 02:00 Tools
Papa Doesn't Love His Children 03:31 Tools
U-Men - Gila 02:17 Tools
dig it a hole (re bonus track) 02:55 Tools
solid action (re bonus track) 02:10 Tools
Dig It A Hole (The U-Men) 02:19 Tools
Kampf Der Welten (Werk-Mix) 00:00 Tools
Dig It A Hole (Hype! The Motion Picture Soundtrack) 02:17 Tools
New Time Is Coming ((Bratex remix)) 07:21 Tools
Bad Little Women 07:21 Tools
New Time Is Coming - Bratex remix 07:21 Tools
Kampf Der Welten (Welt-Mix) 07:21 Tools
A Three Year Old Could Do It 07:21 Tools
Shoot Em' Down 07:21 Tools
Willy Dong Hurts Dogs 07:21 Tools
Papa Doesn't Love His 07:21 Tools
Children Anymore 07:21 Tools
Shoot Em Down 07:21 Tools
New Time Is Coming - (Bratex remix) 07:23 Tools
Willie Dong Hurts Dongs 07:21 Tools
Kampf Der Welten (F. Lau-Mix) 07:21 Tools
Kampf Der Welten 06:34 Tools
Qila (U-men) 07:21 Tools
Flowers D.G.I.H 06:34 Tools
Poppa Doesn't Love His Childre 06:34 Tools
Papa Doesnt Love His Children Anymore 06:34 Tools
The U-Men - Shoot 'em down 06:34 Tools
Solid Action (1986) 06:34 Tools
Kampf der Welten (Razormaid mix) 06:34 Tools
Dig A Hole 06:34 Tools
Whistlin Pete 06:34 Tools
Flower DGIH 06:34 Tools
Shoot `Em Down 06:34 Tools
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The U-Men was an American proto-grunge band, formed in Seattle, Washington in 1981 and active until 1989. They toured extensively across the United States and even had a song by the Butthole Surfers named in their honor. Their musically "dirty" sound was a forerunner for the later grunge bands to come out of Seattle. Fronted by the enigmatic vocalist John Bigley, the U-Men (whose members also included Tom Price, Charlie "Chaz" Ryan, Robin Buchan, Jim Tillman, Tom Hazelmyer and later Tony "Tone Deaf" Ransom) pioneered their own unique brand of alternative rock which could best be described as "swamp-o'-billy". Together with Northwest contemporaries Girl Trouble, the U-Men emerged to fill the void left some 16 years previous with the disappearance of Northwest garage rock legends The Sonics, The Wailers, and The Ventures. They updated this traditional Northwest sound with more modern punk rock and post-punk influences most notably The Cramps and Nick Cave's original group The Birthday Party. Largely through word of mouth, rumor, showmanship and the occasional alcohol inspired dust up, the U-Men quickly acquired a dedicated cult following and well-deserved reputation for mayhem, both on and off the stage. Perhaps their most legendary antic was when Bigley set the front of the Seattle Center Mural Amphitheater stage on fire during a Bumbershoot festival performance, and the band played on. The U-Men were managed at different times by Susan Silver (who later went on to marry Chris Cornell and manage Soundgarden, Screaming Trees and Alice in Chains), Bruce Pavitt (co-owner of Bombshelter Records, pre-dating his Sub Pop Records foray into vinyl), and Seattle's legendary punk art gallery tastemaker, Larry Reid. Through it all, the U-Men managed to survive largely intact (the exception being bass players) until early 1989 when the core of the group (John, Charlie, and Tom) decided that the experiment had run its course. Tom Price moved on to form Gas Huffer, and also play in supergroup The Monkeywrench, while John and Charlie would co-found The Crows. Jim Tillman, whose work with the band included the self-titled e.p. "The U-Men" (1984), the indie classic "Stop Spinning" (1985), and the Deep Six compilation (1986) track "They" resurfaced to play bass for various other local bands most notably Love Battery. Tom Hazelmyer who had briefly considered the idea of relocating to Seattle join the band in Tillman's absence, chose instead to remain in his hometown of Minneapolis (performing live just once with the band when they opened for Big Black at the Showbox Theater in March 1987) to promote his record company (Amphetamine Reptile Records) and band, Halo of Flies. The last member of the group, 19-year-old Tony "Tone Deaf" Ransom, who in his short stint with the band managed to appear on the single "Freezebomb"/"That's Wild About Jack" (1987), the album "Step On A Bug" (1988), and the "Dope,Guns,and Fucking In The Streets Vol. 1" compilation track "Bad Little Woman" (1988), would disappear from the local music scene entirely, relocating to (as speculation would have it) Anchorage, Alaska. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.