Gulu la Mummies linakhazikitsidwa mu 1988 (ku USA, California). Mtundu wa nyimbo ndi "garaja punk". Gulu lachimuna ili linaphatikizapo: Trent Ruane (woimba nyimbo, organ), Maz Catua (bassist), Larry Winter (woyimba gitala), Russell Kwon (woimba ng'oma).
Zisudzo zoyamba nthawi zambiri zinkachitikira m'makonsati omwewo ndi gulu lina loyimira chitsogozo cha The Phantom Surfers. Gawo lalikulu mu nthawi yoyambirira linali mzinda wa San Francisco. Chithunzi cha siteji chinasankhidwa molingana ndi dzina: zovala za amayi zong'ambika zopangidwa ndi mabandeji.
Chodziwika bwino cha mayendedwe a "garaja punk" ndikuthamanga kwachangu, kukhalapo kwa nyimbo za jazi, komanso kusapezeka kwa mawu owonjezera. Zojambulira nthawi zambiri zimapangidwa paokha, kunyumba.
Gulu likhoza kuonedwa kuti ndi "malire", m'lingaliro labwino la mawuwo. A Mummies adapita kumakonsati awo mugalimoto yakale ya 1963 ya Pontiac. Galimotoyo inali ndi utoto wowala ndipo idapangidwa ngati ambulansi.
Mpaka kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 2000, zojambula za gululi zinkapezeka pa vinyl. Gululo lidatsutsa kutulutsidwanso kwa nyimbo zawo pa CD. Osewera ankasewera ndi zida zakale kwambiri. Chofunika cha lingaliro: "bajeti thanthwe" (mwala mu "bajeti" ntchito) ndi zokongoletsa malangizo a "DIY", kumene udindo ndi ukatswiri sizikudziwika. Odziwa zambiri adakonda gululi ndendende chifukwa cha izi. Chitsanzo: woimba wotchuka wachingelezi komanso wojambula Billy Chayldish adawona gululo kukhala lokonda kwambiri komanso labwino kwambiri pakati pa ojambula pamagalasi.
Kupanga kwa nthawi yoyambirira ya The Mummies
Konsati yoyamba ya Mummies idachitika ku Chi Chi Club mu 1988 (San Francisco). Nthawi zoyambilira zopanga zida zidakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi miyala ya mafunde a m'ma 60s komanso ntchito zamagulu akale a garaja monga The Sonics. Chinachake chinatengedwa kuchokera ku ntchito ya anthu a m'nthawi yopita ku "garaja punk" (kuchokera kwa Inu Amphamvu Kaisara). Zosintha zatsopano ndi zosintha The Mummies adakana, kalembedwe kake kosasinthika munthawi yonseyi yogwira ntchito.
Gululo linajambula nyimbo yawo yoyamba pamalo osungiramo mipando. Grilyo idatuluka mu 1990 ndipo idatulutsidwanso zaka zisanu ndi chimodzi pambuyo pake mu 1996. Nyimbo iyi ndi nyimbo zina za nthawiyo (Chitsanzo: "Skinny Minnie") zidatulutsidwa pagulu loyambira la gululi "The Mummies Play their Own Records" mu 1990 yomweyo.
Chotsatira chinali kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale chokwanira cha gululo. Zipinda zakumbuyo za malo ogulitsira zida zoimbira zidasankhidwa kukhala malo ojambulira. Mike Marikonda analipo, adatumizidwa ndi Crypt Record." Chochitika choyamba sichinapambane ndipo The Mummies anakana kumasula nyimbo zomwe zinalembedwa panthawiyo.
Sizinali khalidwe la machitidwe, koma mfundo yakuti mamembala eni ake sanakonde phokoso mu Baibulo latsopano. Pambuyo pake, nyimbo zosatulutsidwa zinaphatikizidwa mu mtundu wina wa "Fuck the Mummies".
Anayesanso mu 92, ndipo ulendo uno anapambana. Never been Caught, chimbale chachitali cha gululi, chinatulutsidwa.
Kupanga nthawi mochedwa komanso kumaliza ntchito limodzi
Ulendo wa Mummies ku United States unachitika mu 91. Ulendowu udagawidwa ndi gulu la British garage-direction la Thee Headcoats. Pamapeto pa ulendo, gulu anamasulidwa "Sindinakhalepo" Album yawo yachiwiri.
Gululo linatha mu 1992 chifukwa cha kusagwirizana pakati pawo.
Kuyesera kutsitsimutsa The Mummies
Gululi lidakumana kangapo pakati pa 1993 ndi 1994 ndikujambula nyimbo yawo yachitatu Party ku Steve's House. Zosonkhanitsazi zidapangidwa mnyumba yosungiramo zinthu zamafakitale. Darrin (gulu la Supecharger) ndiye adaitanidwa ngati woimba bassist. Pazaka izi, gululi lidachita maulendo awiri ku Europe. Paulendo wachiwiri, anali ndi Beez (woimira The Smugglers) pa bass.
Kuyesera kwinanso kugwirizanitsa gululi kunachitika mu 2003. Kenaka mbiri yawo ya vinyl "Imfa ya Unga Bunga" inatulutsidwanso pa disk media.
Sizinali zotheka kubwerera ku machitidwe ophatikizana mosalekeza. A Mummies amakumana nthawi ndi nthawi ngati gawo la ziwonetsero zosiyana zaku America ndi ku Europe. Zitsanzo: Mu 2008, ku Auckland ("Stork Club"), chochitikacho sichinalengezedwe kale.
M'chaka chomwechi, gululi linaimba paphwando lamasewera ku Spain. Gululi lidachita nawo chikondwerero cha Paris Music (2009). The American Budget Rock Festival (San Francisco) inachititsa gululi kawiri mu 2009.
Munthawi ya ntchito yawo, gululi lidapanga ma Albamu 3 aatali, ma 6 (ena adatulutsidwanso pa CD), ma single 17. Kuphatikiza apo, ntchito za ojambulawo zikuphatikizidwa mumitundu ingapo yophatikiza ma Albums. Panali zofalitsidwa 8 zophatikizidwa pamodzi.
Zochititsa chidwi za omwe atenga nawo mbali
- The Mummies itasweka, woyimba basi wa Maz Catua adayamba projekiti ya Christina ndi Bippies.
- Russell Kwon (woimba ng'oma) adathandizira gulu la Supercharger. Akatswiri amazindikira masitayilo achilendo, apadera a kayimbidwe ka chidacho komanso kuvina kwachilendo kwa woimbayo.
- Larry Winter anapitiriza ntchito yake yodziimira pa gitala, kupanga nyimbo.
- Trent Ruane (chiwalo ndi mawu) adachita ndi The Untamed Youth ndi The Phantom Surfers The Mummies itasweka.
- Maz Catua ndi Larry Winter anapitiriza kugwirira ntchito limodzi monga The Batmen (ku California).
The Mummies ayenera kupatsidwa mbiri chifukwa cha kusasinthika kwawo potsatira mfundo za "budget rock". Pa ntchito yawo yonse, gululi lalemba mayendedwe awo mumlengalenga omwe amafanana ndi kalembedwe. Zida zotha ntchito komanso njira yosavuta yopangira mawu idagwiritsidwa ntchito.
Kuzindikirika pakati pa mafani amtunduwu kumatsimikiziridwa ndi maulendo obwereza opambana ku America ndi Europe. Gululi limalembedwa kosatha m'mbiri ya gulu la "garaja punk", mamembala ake akale akupitirizabe ntchito yawo.
