The Men began as an abrasive punk group before vastly expanding their sound… Read Full Bio ↴The Men began as an abrasive punk group before vastly expanding their sound to incorporate influences from country-rock to soul in addition to more accessible song structures. Initially forming as a trio in Brooklyn in 2008, they first made a national impact with the blistering noise rock of 2011's Leave Home, their second album. Released in 2012, Open Your Heart proved to be a breakthrough for the band, receiving rave reviews. It also signaled their shift beyond punk, and the Men continued to redefine their sound with ambitious, eclectic albums such as 2014's Tomorrow's Hits. They ventured back into confrontational noise rock with 2016's Devil Music. Retaining a stable lineup meant they could continue to stylistically branch out with albums like 2020's Mercy, or go back to abrasive punk rock with 2023's New York City.

Brooklyn's Nick Chiericozzi, Chris Hansell, and Mark Perro formed the Men as a scuzzy post-punk trio in 2008. Before recruiting drummer Rich Samis, they self-released the albums We Are the Men and Immaculada, as well as a few tapes. The band recorded in Python Patrol studio for its Sacred Bones debut, Leave Home, which was released in 2011. They returned the following March with Open Your Heart (their first album to include Samis as well as bassist Kevin Faulkner), expanding their musical palette to meld country, psych, and surf influences with their caustic, aggressive rock.

Their fourth album, New Moon, as well as their Campfire Songs EP, arrived in 2013; by this point, engineer Ben Greenberg (Hubble, Zs) had begun his brief tenure in the band. The Men continued their musical evolution, as well as their prolific streak, with their fifth album, Tomorrow's Hits, which found them moving further away from their hardcore roots toward the earnest blue-collar rock of artists like Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. In 2016, the group revisited its noisy, more experimental side with the self-released Devil Music. Returning to Sacred Bones in 2018, the Men released Drift, their most eclectic album yet. Also that year, the group gathered tracks from early releases as well as previously unreleased material on the collection Hated: 2008-2011. 2020's Mercy was influenced by styles ranging from country to '80s arena rock. New York City, released by Fuzz Club Records in 2023, was a return to noisy, abrasive rock & roll.

Biography by Jason Lymangrover

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3. The Men is a Vietnamese pop music duo – Lê Hoàng and Tiến Dũng. Tiến Dũng rose to fame in the early 2000s as member of boy band Weboys. He left Weboys after his contract with Wepro Company was over in 3/2009. Hoàng used to be member of boy band B.O.M, he also left his band just a few months before The Men was formed.

4. 'The Men' are a Mod / R&B band from Sweden.

5. 'The Men' were an early 1990s Southern California rock group best known for the track "Church Of Logic, Sin, & Love." Two members of the group were, ironically, female.

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Chang the Thieu Em
The Men Lyrics

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Xa nhau giờ này mới biết
Trái tim anh chẳng thể thiếu em
Bao cô đơn căn phòng trống vắng
Một nỗi suy tư lặng căm.

Vẫn nhớ mãi những phút bên nhau
Em ước mai sau thế nào
Vẫn nhớ mãi mình cùng chung lối về

Và từng đêm hoà quyện trong giấc mơ.

Vẫn biết xa người mãi với trái tim chờ mong
Những nỗi đau dày vò mình anh tái tê
Vùi lặng im những tiếng vui đùa của em thuở nào
Chợt nhận ra giờ đây ta mất nhau.
Chẳng Thể Thiếu Em

Hãy thứ tha lần nữa để trái tim còn yêu
Anh chỉ mong một lần được nhìn thấy em
Dù cho em có mãi không về, mãi xa câu thề

Lúc ta bên nhau như ngày xưa
Giờ còn đâu, hỡi em...

Overall Meaning

The song "Chẳng Thể Thiếu Em" by The Men is a poignant ballad about the pangs of lost love and the realization of its importance. The opening verses of the song translate to "Only now that we are apart do I realize that my heart can't do without you," expressing the feelings of regret and longing for a past love that the singer now recognizes as irreplaceable. The empty room and loneliness serve as a vivid metaphor for the emptiness that the singer feels inside without the presence of his lost love. He spends his nights in deep thought, reminiscing about their time together, and hoping for a reunion in the future.

The chorus speaks of the pain and suffering that comes with being separated from a loved one, with the singer waiting endlessly for their return. He reflects on the happy memories that they shared, comparing them against the stark reality of the present, where they are no longer together. Ultimately, the singer has come to the realization that his heart doesn't function without the love of his life, begging her to forgive him and return to him one last time.

The overall message of the song is one of heartbreak and despair, but also of hope and redemption. The singer knows that his love is worth fighting for, and that he would do anything to be reunited with his beloved.

Line by Line Meaning

Xa nhau giờ này mới biết
It's only now that I realize how far apart we are

Trái tim anh chẳng thể thiếu em
My heart cannot do without you

Bao cô đơn căn phòng trống vắng
So many solitary, empty rooms

Một nỗi suy tư lặng căm.
A silent, brooding anxiety

Vẫn nhớ mãi những phút bên nhau
I still remember the moments we shared

Em ước mai sau thế nào
You wonder what the future will bring

Vẫn nhớ mãi mình cùng chung lối về
I still remember walking the same path together

Và từng đêm hoà quyện trong giấc mơ.
And every night we intertwined in our dreams

Vẫn biết xa người mãi với trái tim chờ mong
I still know that my heart waits for you, no matter how far away

Những nỗi đau dày vò mình anh tái tê
The pain weighs heavily, making me numb

Vùi lặng im những tiếng vui đùa của em thuở nào
I buried the happy laughter from when we were together

Chợt nhận ra giờ đây ta mất nhau.
Suddenly realizing that we have lost each other

Hãy thứ tha lần nữa để trái tim còn yêu
Forgive me one more time so my heart can keep loving you

Anh chỉ mong một lần được nhìn thấy em
I only hope to see you once

Dù cho em có mãi không về, mãi xa câu thề
Even if you never come back, always far from our vows

Lúc ta bên nhau như ngày xưa
When we were together, like in the old times

Giờ còn đâu, hỡi em...
Now, where are you, oh my love...

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Xa nhau giờ nàу mới biết trái tim anh chẳng thể thiếu em

Ɓao cô đơn căn phòng trống vắng một nỗi suу tư lạnh câm

Vẫn nhớ mãi những phút bên nhau hẹn ước mai sau thế nào

Vẫn nhớ mãi mình cùng chung lối về

Và từng đêm hòa quуện trong giấc mơ

Vẫn biết xa người mãi, vẫn trái tim chờ mong

Ɲhững nỗi đau giàу vò mình anh tái tê

Phòng lặng im những tiếng vui đùa của em thuở nào

Ϲhợt nhận ra giờ đâу ta mất nhau

Hãу thứ tha lần nữa để trái tim còn уêu

Anh chỉ mong một lần được nhìn thấу em

Ɗù cho em có mãi không về, mãi xa câu thề

Lúc ta bên nhau như ngàу xưa

Giờ còn đâu hỡi em …?