Akwai misalai da yawa inda canje-canje masu tsauri a cikin sauti da hoton ƙungiyar sun haifar da babban nasara. Ƙungiyar AFI tana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun misalan.
A halin yanzu, AFI yana daya daga cikin shahararrun wakilan madadin rock music a Amurka, wanda songs za a iya ji a fina-finai da kuma a talabijin. Waƙoƙin mawaƙa sun zama waƙoƙin sauti don wasannin motsa jiki, kuma sun ɗauki saman sigogi daban-daban. Sai dai kungiyar ta AFI ba ta samu nasara ba nan take.
Ƙungiyar ta farkon shekarun
Tarihin kungiyar ya fara ne a cikin 1991, lokacin da abokai daga birnin Ukiah suka so ƙirƙirar rukunin kiɗan nasu. A wancan lokacin, jerin gwanon sun haɗa da: Davey Havok, Adam Carson, Marcus Stofolese da Vic Chalker, waɗanda suka haɗu ta hanyar soyayyar dutsen punk. Ɗaliban makarantar sakandare ƙwararru sun yi mafarkin yin saurin kidan kida na gumakansu.
An kori Vic Chalker daga kungiyar bayan 'yan watanni. Jeff Kresge ya ɗauki matsayinsa. Sa'an nan kuma an ƙirƙiri wani tsari na dindindin na ƙungiyar, wanda bai canza ba har zuwa ƙarshen shekaru goma.
A cikin 1993, an fito da ƙaramin album Dork na halarta na farko. Rikodin bai yi nasara ba tare da masu sauraro, wanda ya haifar da raguwar tallace-tallace. Mawakan sun yi wasan ne a dakunan da ba kowa, inda suka rasa kyakkyawan zato.
Sakamakon ya kasance rushewar ƙungiyar, wanda ba kawai tare da gazawar ƙirƙira ba, har ma da buƙatar mawaƙa don zuwa kwaleji.
Nasarar farko
Muhimmanci ga ƙungiyar AFI ita ce ranar 29 ga Disamba, 1993, lokacin da ƙungiyar ta sake haduwa don yin kida ɗaya. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ne ya gamsar da abokai don ci gaba da ayyukansu na kirkire-kirkire.
Kiɗa ya zama mafi mahimmancin sha'awa a cikin rayuwar mawaƙa waɗanda suka mayar da hankali gaba ɗaya akan maimaitawa da wasan kwaikwayo.
Ci gaban ya zo ne a cikin 1995 lokacin da kundin studio na farko na ƙungiyar ya buge ɗakunan ajiya. An ƙirƙira rikodin Amsar Wannan da Tsaya Saye a cikin salo na musamman na hardcore-punk wanda ya shahara kwanan nan.
Harsh guitar riffs an sami goyon baya ta hanyar waƙoƙin da ke kare gaskiya. Masu sauraro sun ji daɗin tuƙi na ƙungiyar matasa, wanda ya ba su damar yin rikodin diski na biyu da aka ƙirƙira a cikin salo iri ɗaya.
A kan guguwar nasara, ƙungiyar ta fara yin rikodin albam ɗin su na uku, Rufe Bakinka da Buɗe Idanunka.
Duk da haka, yayin da yake aiki akan rikodin, Jeff Kresge ya bar ƙungiyar, wanda shine farkon abin da ya faru don canji. Hunter Burgan ya ɗauki kujerar da ba kowa ba, wanda ya zama memba na ƙungiyar na shekaru da yawa.
Canza hoton kungiyar AFI
Duk da wasu nasarorin da suka yi tare da ƙungiyar a cikin rabi na biyu na 1990s, mawaƙa sun kasance sananne ne kawai a cikin magoya bayan tsohuwar makarantar hardcore punk. Domin ƙungiyar AFI ta kai wani sabon mataki, an buƙaci wasu canje-canje na salo. Amma wanda zai yi tunanin cewa canje-canjen za su kasance masu tsattsauran ra'ayi.
Canje-canje a cikin aikin ƙungiyar shine kundi na Black Sails a cikin Faɗuwar rana, wanda aka yi rikodin tare da sa hannun sabon ɗan wasan bass. Sautin da ke rikodin ya rasa siffar tuƙi mai fa'ida ta fitowar farko. Waƙoƙin sun zama duhu, yayin da sassan guitar suka zama a hankali kuma suna da ɗanɗano.
"Nasara" ita ce kundi mai suna The Art of Drowning, wanda ya ɗauki ginshiƙi na Billboard a lamba 174. Jagorar kundi guda ɗaya, The Days Of The Phoenix, ya sami farin jini a tsakanin masu sauraro. Wannan ya ba ƙungiyar damar matsawa zuwa sabon lakabin kiɗa, DreamWorks Records.
Canjin kiɗan ya ci gaba tare da Sing the Sorrow, wanda aka saki a cikin 2003. A ƙarshe ƙungiyar ta yi watsi da abubuwan da ake amfani da su na dutsen punk na gargajiya, tare da cikakken mai da hankali kan madadin kwatance. A cikin rikodin rera baƙin ciki mutum zai iya jin tasirin gaye post-hardcore, wanda ya zama alamar ƙungiyar.
Haka kuma an samu sauye-sauye a bayyanar mawakan. Mawaƙi Davey Havok ya ƙirƙiri hoto mara kyau, wanda aka ƙirƙira ta amfani da huda, dogon rina gashi, jarfa da kayan kwalliya.
Kundin studio na bakwai na Disamba a karkashin kasa wanda aka yi muhawara a #1 akan jadawalin. Ya zama mafi nasara a tarihin kungiyar. Ya haɗa da hits Love Kamar Winter da Miss Murder, wanda ya zama mafi sananne a cikin ɗimbin masu sauraro.
Karin aikin kungiyar AFI
Kungiyar AFI ta ci gaba da kasancewa a kololuwar shahara har zuwa karshen shekaru goma. An sauƙaƙe wannan ta babban shaharar post-hardcore a tsakanin matasa na yau da kullun na waɗannan shekarun. Amma a shekarar 2010, da shahararsa na tawagar a hankali ya fara raguwa. Irin wannan matsala ta taso a madadin ƙungiyoyin daban-daban, waɗanda aka tilasta musu canza yanayin yanayin su.
Duk da canje-canje a cikin yanayin yanayi, masu kida sun kasance masu gaskiya ga kansu, kawai dan kadan "haske" tsohon sauti. A 2013, da saki na album Burials ya faru, wanda yana da tabbatacce reviews daga "magoya bayan". Kuma a cikin 2017, an fitar da kundi mai cikakken tsayi na ƙarshe, Kundin Jini,.
Kungiyar AFI a yau
Duk da cewa salon madadin kiɗan dutsen ya fara dushewa, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da jin daɗin nasara a duniya. AFI tana fitar da sabbin kundi ba sau da yawa ba, amma bayanan koyaushe suna kula da matakin da mawakan suka ɗauka a tsakiyar shekarun 2000.
A bayyane yake, AFI ba zai tsaya a nan ba, don haka sababbin rikodin da yawon shakatawa za su kasance a gaban magoya baya. Amma ta yaya mawaƙa za su yanke shawara su zauna a ɗakin studio ya zama abin asiri.
