During the 1990s in Seattle the spirit of 1960s garage-rock was kept alive by bands such as Dave Crider's and John Mortensen's Mono Men (both singers and guitarists), out of Bellingham. Much of their repertoire, which desecrates surf and rhythm and blues in equal measure, is scattered through some 30 singles.

Stop Draggin' Me Down (Estrus, 1990) includes the rave-ups That's Her, Stop Draggin' Me Down and Burning Bush (their first single), and the sci-fi instrumental Reptile.

Wrecker (Estrus, 1992) boasts neurotic guitars a` la Neil Young and some hardcore fit. Occasionally the pace is harder and sturdier, almost grunge, as in Your Eyes, or almost boogie, as in One Shot. But the genre for which Mono Men were born is the rock and roll with rebellious overtones such as Testify and I'm Hangin'. Finally, Took That Thing holds high the tradition of the Sonics.

The Mono Men are as unreliable as a garage-band can be. They alternate genre masterpieces with totally useless and derivative works. Bent Pages (Estrus, 1993) is a low-key affair.

Mystery Girl and Waste O' Time are the gems of Sin & Tonic (Estrus, 1994), a return to form.

Ten Cool Ones (Scat, 1996) is an album of cover. single Another Way (1996), Monster (1998)

Have A Nice Day Motherfucker (Estrus, 1997) shows the energy of their best moments, but the band can't write a decent original.

After the demise of the Mono Men, Crider formed Watts (Estrus, 1999) and the DT's, whose Hard Fixed (Estrus, 2004) is atribute to soul music and rhythm'n'blues.