Stop Dragging Me Down Explained

Stop Draggin Me Down
Type:Album
Artist:Mono Men
Cover:Stop Dragging Me Down.jpg
Released:June 1990
Recorded:1990, Egg Studios, Seattle
Genre:Garage rock
Label:Estrus[1]
Producer:Richard Head
Next Title:Wrecker
Next Year:1992

Stop Draggin Me Down is the debut album by the Bellingham, Washington-based garage rock group the Mono Men, released in 1990.[2]

Background

Stop Draggin Me Down is the only studio record to feature guitarist Marc "Marx" Wright.[2] There were 3,000 copies of "Stop Draggin Me Down" pressed. The first 500 copies featured transparent yellow vinyl. The cover art for the album was done by Phil White and designed by Art Chantry.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "while the Men are heard at their best on singles — if you need proof, check out any of the three dozen (!) or so they’ve released — there’s enough dynamic sense in the band’s bag of tricks to sustain an album without ramalama burnout."[3]

LP track listing

Personnel

The Mono Men
Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mono Mart. www.estrus.com.
  2. Web site: Mono Men | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  3. Web site: Mono Men . Trouser Press . December 30, 2020.