Unwound is an American post-hardcore band based in Tumwater and Olympia, Washington.
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11 Facts About Unwound
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In July 1991, Giant Henry was renamed to Cygnus X-1 and then Unwound, and released a full demo tape in 1991, and recorded an album in early 1992 .
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Unwound had the maiden releases for several other key underground record labels, including Gravity Records and Troubleman Unlimited Records; side project Replikants had the first release on 5 Rue Christine, an esoteric KRS offshoot.
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Unwound was one of the most influential and vital bands of the '90s, and their last record was a masterpiece.
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Unwound's influences included Sonic Youth, Melvins, Fugazi, The Jesus Lizard, Wipers, Black Flag, Can, Mission of Burma, Husker Du, Nation of Ulysses, Flipper, and Gang of Four.
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Unwound never covered any other artists' songs on their albums, though they did cover "Plight" by The Minutemen and "Torch Song" by the band Flower on singles.
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Unwound sometimes played a clear Lucite, Electra or Ventura, Japanese budget copy of the expensive originals designed by Dan Armstrong and produced by Ampeg.
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Unwound sometimes used an Echoplex in the band's spacier ambient passages.
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Unwound and Trosper often used Sunn and Kustom amplifiers, generally solid-state models; Trosper's main amp up to 1999 was a Sunn Concert Lead.
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Which is a shame, because Unwound synthesized all that was exciting about Olympia and music in the Pacific Northwest.
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In one sense Unwound was the quietest band of the '90s, skulking around like a nerdy terror cell.
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