Mono Men

Mono Men
Mono Men performing at West Seattle Summer Fest, 2013
Mono Men performing at West Seattle Summer Fest, 2013
Background information
OriginBellingham, WA, USA
GenresGarage punk, grunge, surf rock
Years active1987–1998, 2006, 2013
LabelsSub Pop
Estrus
Impossible Records
Scat
1+2 Records
Past membersDave Crider
Ledge Morrisette
Aaron Roeder
John Mortensen
Marx Wright

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.