Unwound

Unwound
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Unwound en 2023. De gauche à droite : Scott Seckington, Jared Warren, Sara Lund, Justin Trosper.
Informations générales
Autre nom Giant Henry
Pays d'origine Drapeau des États-Unis États-Unis
Genre musical Post-hardcore[1], noise rock[1], rock indépendant[1], rock alternatif[1]
Années actives 1991–2002, depuis 2022
Labels Kill Rock Stars, Matador Records
Composition du groupe
Membres Justin Trosper
Sara Lund
Jared Warren
Scott Seckington
Anciens membres Vern Rumsey (†)
Brandt Sandeno
David Scott Stone

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Unwound est un groupe de rock américain, originaire d'Olympia, dans l'État de Washington[1]. Il est formé en 1991 et dissous en 2002.

Biographie

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Unwound.

Formé en 1991, le groupe, connu au départ sous le nom de Giant Henry, était formé de Justin Trosper (chant, guitare, composition), Vern Rumsey (basse), et Brandt Sandeno (batterie).

Unwound produit une cassette démo complète en 1991, et enregistre un mini-album au début de 1992 (sorti sous le nom de Unwound en 1995). Deux chansons de la démo sont apparues plus tard sur A Single History: 1991-1997 ; les paroles de la chanson Bionic étaient suicidaires. En Sara Lund remplaça son ami Sandero. Le groupe produit plusieurs singles et albums, d'abord sur le label Kill Rock Stars, avant de se dissoudre le , tout juste après avoir participé au festival All Tomorrow's Parties de cette même année. Leur rupture s'étant produite un premier avril, jour des farces, la rumeur court qu'ils resteraient en fait ensemble; un tee-shirt du groupe sort avec l'inscription Unwound 1991-2091. Fake Train est le premier LP de Kill Rock Stars[1].

Le groupe inaugure également la production de plusieurs autres labels discographiques underground, notamment Gravity Records et Troubleman Unlimited Records; le projet parallèle Replikants sort son premier album chez 5 Rue Christine, un rejeton obscur de Kill Rock Stars. Rumsey fonde le label Punk In My Vitamins? Records, qui sort des albums de Lowercase, Yind, the Bangs, Karp, et Chokebore. Trosper publia plusieurs numéros de son propre fanzine rock underground au début des années 1990. Unwound et leurs contemporains sonores et géographiques Sleater-Kinney sont généralement considérés comme des groupes emblèmes du Kill Rock Stars des années 1990. Unwound est dissous le [1].

En 2011, Justin Trosper et Brandt Sandeno forment Survival Knife[2], groupe dont le premier album intitulé Loose Power sort en sur le label Glacial Pace[3].

Le bassiste et cofondateur du groupe Vern Rumsey meurt le 6 août 2020, à l'âge de 47 ans[4].

En juillet 2022, le groupe annonce sa reformation pour une série de vingt concerts aux États-Unis en février et mars 2023[5]. Suivent trois dates en juin au Primavera Sound Festival (Barcelone, Madrid et Porto)[6].

Discographie

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Albums studio

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1991 : Unwound cassette (auto-production)
  1. Bionic
  2. Whilst You're Ahead
  3. Lying At Best
  4. Crab Nebula
  5. Stumbling Block
  6. Ld-Fifty
  7. Rubberband Heart
  8. Love & Fear
1993 : Fake Train (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Dragnalus
  2. Lucky Acid
  3. Nervous Energy
  4. Valentine Card / Kantina / Were, Are and Was or Is
  5. Honourosis
  6. Pure Pain Sugar
  7. Gravity Slips
  8. Star Spangled Hell
  9. Ratbite
  10. Feeling$ Real
1994 : New Plastic Ideas (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Entirely Different Matters
  2. What Was Wound
  3. Envelope
  4. Hexenzscene
  5. Abstraktions
  6. All Souls Day
  7. Usual Dosage
  8. Arboretum
  9. Fiction Friction
1995 : The Future Of What (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. New Energy
  2. Demolished
  3. Natural Disasters
  4. Re-Enact The Crime
  5. Equally Stupid
  6. Pardon My French
  7. Descension
  8. Accidents On Purpose
  9. Petals Like Bricks
  10. Vern's Answer To The Masses
  11. Here Come The Dogs
  12. Disappoint
  13. Swan
  14. Full Explanation Of Answer
  15. Excuse Me...
  16. ...But Pardon...
  17. ...My French
1995 : Unwound (Punk In My Vitamins/Honey Bear)
  1. Antifreeze
  2. Rising Blood
  3. Understand & Forget
  4. Fingertips
  5. You Bite My Tongue
  6. Stuck In The Middle Of Nowhere Again
  7. Warmth
  8. Prospect
  9. Kid Is Gone
  10. Kandy Korn Rituals
  11. Against
Album enregistré en 1992
1996 : Repetition (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Message Received
  2. Corpse Pose
  3. Unauthorized Autobiography
  4. Lowest Common Denominator
  5. Sensible
  6. Lady Elect
  7. Fingernails On A Chalkboard
  8. Murder Movies
  9. Next Exit
  10. Devoid
  11. Go To Dallas And Take A Left
  12. For Your Entertainment
1998 : Challenge For A Civilized Society (Kill Rock Stars/Matador Europe)
  1. Data
  2. Laugh Track
  3. Meet The Plastics
  4. The World Is Flat
  5. Sonata For Loudspeakers
  6. Mile Me Deaf
  7. NO TECH!
  8. Untitled 3
  9. Lifetime Achievement Award
  10. Untitled 2
  11. XLNT - morceau bonus de l'édition européenne
  12. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train - morceau bonus de l'édition européenne
2001 : Leaves Turn Inside You (Kill Rock Stars/Matador Europe)
  1. We Invent You
  2. Look a Ghost
  3. December
  4. Treachery
  5. Terminus
  6. Demons Sing Love Songs
  7. Off This Century
  8. One Lick Less
  9. Scarlette
  10. October All Over
  11. Summer Freeze
  12. Radio Gra
  13. Below the Salt
  14. Who Cares

Compilations et rééditions

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1999 : A Single History 1991–1997 (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Mile Me Deaf (EP The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train - 1997)
  2. Broken E-Strings (compilation Jabberjaw Compilation - Good To The Last Drop - 1994)
  3. Totality (single MK Ultra / Totality - 1994)
  4. Mkultra (single MK Ultra / Totality - 1994)
  5. Seen Not Heard (split single Seen Not Heard / Tokyo - 1996)
  6. Caterpillar (single Caterpillar - 1991)
  7. Miserific Condition (single Caterpillar - 1991)
  8. Everything Is Weird (single Corpse Pose / Everything Is Weird - 1996)
  9. Negated (single Negated / Said Serial - 1994)
  10. Said Serial (single Negated / Said Serial - 1994)
  11. Census (single Negated / Said Serial - 1994)
  12. Plight (compilation Our Band Could Be Your Life - A Tribute To D Boon And The Minutemen - 1994)
  13. Stumbling Block (compilation Throw - The Yoyo Studio Compilation - 1992)
  14. Eternalux (compilation A Day In The Park... A Compilation Of Now Sounds - 1994)
  15. New Radio Hit (compilation The Smitten Love Song Comp. - 1994)
  16. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train (EP The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train - 1997)
  17. Crab Nebula (mini-album Unwound cassette - 1991)
1999 : Further Listening (best-of) (Matador Europe)
  1. All Souls Days (album New Plastic Ideas)
  2. Corpse Pose (album Repetition)
  3. You Bite My Tongue (album Unwound)
  4. Here Come The Dogs (album The Future Of What)
  5. Envelope (album New Plastic Ideas)
  6. Rising Blood (album Unwound)
  7. Dragnalus (album Fake Train)
  8. Equally Stupid (album The Future Of What)
  9. Unauthorized Autobiography (album Repetition)
  10. Arboretum (album New Plastic Ideas)
  11. Valentine Card / Kantina / Were, Are And Was Or Is (album Fake Train)
  12. Petals Like Bricks (album The Future Of What)
  13. Murder Movies (album Repetition)
  14. Miserific Condition (single Caterpillar)
  15. Kid Is Gone (album Unwound)
  16. Message Received (album Repetition)
  17. Swan (album The Future Of What)
  18. Hating In D (single Kandy Korn Rituals +2)
2012 : Live Leaves (auto-production)
  1. We Invent You (16/10/2001, SF, CA. Bimbo's)
  2. Terminus (15/10/2001, SF, CA. Bimbo's)
  3. Look A Ghost (21/09/2001, Austin, TX. Emo's)
  4. Scarlette (09/01/2001, Chicago, IL. Fireside Bowl)
  5. Lifetime (16/09/2001, Carrboro, NC. Cat's Cradle)
  6. Corpse Pose (09/17/2001, Athens, CA. 40 Watt Club)
  7. Arboretum (09/22/2001, Denton, TX. Rubber Gloves)
  8. Below The Salt (09/22/2001, Denton, TX. Rubber Gloves)
  9. No Tech (16/09/2001, Carrboro, NC. Cat's Cradle)
  10. Valentine Card (16/09/2001, Carrboro, NC. Cat's Cradle)
  11. Radio Gra (18/09/2001, Atlanta, GA. Echo Lounge)
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2013 : Kid Is Gone (Numero Group)
  1. Bionic (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  2. LD-50 (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  3. Lying At Best (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  4. Stumbling Block (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  5. Whilst You're A Head (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  6. Rubber Band Heart (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  7. Crab Nebula (mini-album Unwound cassette)
  8. Caterpillar (single Caterpillar)
  9. Miserific Condition (single Caterpillar)
  10. Love And Fear (single Caterpillar)
  11. You Speak Jealousy (compilation Kill Rock Stars)
  12. Antifreeze (album Unwound)
  13. Rising Blood (album Unwound)
  14. Understand & Forget (album Unwound)
  15. Fingertips (album Unwound)
  16. You Bite My Tongue (album Unwound)
  17. Stuck In The Middle Of Nowhere Again (album Unwound)
  18. Warmth (album Unwound)
  19. Prospect (album Unwound)
  20. Kid Is Gone (Chant Of Vengeance) (album Unwound)
  21. Kandy Korn Rituals (album Unwound)
  22. Against (album Unwound)
  23. I'd Die To Know You
  24. Sugarfit
  25. Understand & Forget (KAOS Session)
  26. Miserific Condition (KAOS Session)
  27. Against (KAOS Session)
  28. Ape Skins (KAOS Session)
  29. Awkward (KAOS Session)
  30. Antifreeze (Live)
  31. Rising Blood (Live)
  32. Prospect (Live)
  33. Stuck In The Middle Of Nowhere Again (Live)
  34. Hating In D (Live)
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2014 : Rat Conspiracy (Numero Group)
  1. Dragnalus (album Fake Train)
  2. Lucky Acid (album Fake Train)
  3. Nervous Energy (album Fake Train)
  4. Valentine Card/Kantina/Were, Are, And Was Or Is (album Fake Train)
  5. Honourosis (album Fake Train)
  6. Pure Pain Sugar (album Fake Train)
  7. Gravity Slips (album Fake Train)
  8. Star Spangled Hell (album Fake Train)
  9. Ratbite (album Fake Train)
  10. Feeling$ Real (album Fake Train)
  11. Entirely Different Matters (album New Plastic Ideas)
  12. What Was Wound (album New Plastic Ideas)
  13. Envelope (album New Plastic Ideas)
  14. Hexenzsene (album New Plastic Ideas)
  15. Abstraktions (album New Plastic Ideas)
  16. All Souls Day (album New Plastic Ideas)
  17. Usual Dosage (album New Plastic Ideas)
  18. Arboretum (album New Plastic Ideas)
  19. Fiction Friction (album New Plastic Ideas)
  20. Broken E-Strings (compilation Jabberjaw Compilation - Good To The Last Drop)
  21. Totality (single Mkultra/Totality)
  22. Mkultra (single Mkultra/Totality)
  23. Eternalux (compilation A Day In The Park... A Compilation Of Now Sounds)
  24. Unsympathetica
  25. Negated (single Negated)
  26. Said Serial (single Negated)
  27. Census (single Negated)
  28. Plight (compilation Our Band Could Be Your Life - A Tribute To D Boon And The Minutemen)
  29. Untitled 1
  30. Untitled 2
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2014 : No Energy (Numero Group)
  1. New Energy (album The Future Of What)
  2. Demolished (album The Future Of What)
  3. Natural Disasters (album The Future Of What)
  4. Re-Enact the Crime (album The Future Of What)
  5. Equally Stupid (album The Future Of What)
  6. Pardon My French (album The Future Of What)
  7. Decision (album The Future Of What)
  8. Accidents on Purpose (album The Future Of What)
  9. Petals Like Bricks (album The Future Of What)
  10. Vern’s Answer to the Masses (album The Future Of What)
  11. Here Come the Dogs (album The Future Of What)
  12. Disappoint (album The Future Of What)
  13. Swan (album The Future Of What)
  14. Message Received (album Repetition)
  15. Corpse Pose (album Repetition)
  16. Unauthorized Autobiography (album Repetition)
  17. Lowest Common Denominator (album Repetition)
  18. Sensible (album Repetition)
  19. Lady Elect (album Repetition)
  20. Fingernails on a Chalkboard (album Repetition)
  21. Murder Movies (album Repetition)
  22. Next Exit (album Repetition)
  23. Devoid (album Repetition)
  24. Go to Dallas and Take a Left (album Repetition)
  25. For Your Entertainment (album Repetition)
  26. Corpse Pose (Single Version) (single Corpse Pose)
  27. Everything is Weird (single Corpse Pose)
  28. Seen Not Heard (split single avec Steel Pole Bath Tub)
  29. Next Exit (live)
  30. MKULTRA (live)
  31. Usual Dosage (live)
  32. Swan (live)
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2015 : Empire (Numero Group)
  1. Data (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  2. Laugh Track (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  3. Meet The Plastics (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  4. The World Is Flat (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  5. Sonata For Loudspeakers (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  6. No Tech! (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  7. Side Effects Of Being Tired (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  8. Lifetime Achievement Award (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  9. What Went Wrong (album Challenge For A Civilized Society)
  10. We Invent You (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  11. Look A Ghost (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  12. December (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  13. Treachery (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  14. Terminus (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  15. Demons Sing Love Songs (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  16. Off This Century (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  17. One Lick Less (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  18. Scarlette (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  19. October All Over (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  20. Summer Freeze (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  21. Radio Gra (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  22. Below The Salt (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  23. Who Cares (album Leaves Turn Inside You)
  24. Mile Me Deaf (EP The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train)
  25. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train (EP The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train)
  26. Solo Sonata (EP The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train)
  27. XLNT (album Challenge For A Civilized Society, bonus européen)
  28. Laszlo (compilation Troubleman Mix-Tape)
  29. Torch Song (split single avec Versus)
  30. Meet The Plastics (Demo Instrumental)
  31. The World Is Flat (Demo Instrumental)
  32. Empire (Demo Instrumental)
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Singles

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1991 : Caterpillar (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Caterpillar
  2. Miserific Condition
  3. Love And Fear
1992 : Kandy Korn Rituals (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Kandy Korn Rituals
  2. Against
  3. Hating In D
1993 : You Bite My Tongue (Gravity)
  1. You Bite My Tongue
  2. Kid Is Gone (Chant of Vengance)
  3. Understand and Forget
1994 : Mkultra/Totality (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Mkultra
  2. Totality
1994 : Negated (Troubleman Unlimited)
  1. Negated
  2. Said Serial
  3. Census
1996 : Seen Not Heard / Tokyo (split single avec Steel Pole Bath Tub) (Honeybear)
  1. Unwound – Seen Not Heard
  2. Steel Pole Bath Tub – Tokyo
1996 : Corpse Pose (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Corpse Pose
  2. Everything Is Weird
2000 : Torch Song / All In Doubt (split single avec Versus) (Troubleman Unlimited)
  1. Unwound – Torch Song
  2. Versus – All In Doubt

EP

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1997 : The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train (Kill Rock Stars)
  1. Mile Me Deaf
  2. No Tech
  3. Solo Sonata
  4. The Light At The End Of The Tunnel Is A Train
1999 : Live In London (Loveletter)
  1. Hexenszene
  2. Side Effects Of Being Tired
  3. Kantina / Were, Are And Was Or Is
BBC Peel Session enregistrée le 24 mai 1998

Apparitions

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  • 1992 : Bionic (live) sur la compilation International Pop Underground Convention (K Records - 1992)
  • 1995 : Broken E-Strings (live) sur la compilation Basement Tapes: A KSPC Compilation Of Live Recordings (KSPC - 1995)
  • 1999 : Pinwheel Signaling sur la compilation Multi-Vitamin Comp (Punk In My Vitamins - 1999)
  • 2001 : Arboretum (live) sur la compilation Songs For Cassavetes - An All Ages Film (Better Looking Records - 2001)
  • 2001 : Behold The Salt sur la compilation All Tomorrow's Parties 1.1 (ATP Recordings - 2001)
  • 2001 : Lazslo sur la compilation Troubleman Mix-Tape (Troubleman Unlimited - 2001)

Notes et références

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  1. ↑ a b c d e f et g (en) « Unwound Biography », sur AllMusic (consulté le ).
  2. ↑ (en) Survival Knife, Discogs
  3. ↑ (en) Survival Knife, Loose Power, Pitchfork, Jason Heller, 30 avril 2014
  4. ↑ (en-GB) Alex Gallagher, « Unwound bassist Vern Rumsey has died, aged 47 », sur NME, (consulté le )
  5. ↑ (en-GB) Elizabeth Aubrey, « Unwound reunite after 20 years and announce series of live shows », sur NME, (consulté le )
  6. ↑ (en-US) Andrew Sacher, « Primavera Sound 2023 lineup (Blur, Kendrick, Rosalía, Depeche Mode, Halsey, Moldy Peaches, more) », sur BrooklynVegan, (consulté le )

Liens externes

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