Alan Lancaster - mawaƙa, mawaƙa, mawaƙa, mawaƙin bass. Ya sami shahara a matsayin daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa kuma membobi na kungiyar asiri Status Quo. Bayan barin kungiyar, Alan ya ci gaba da aikin solo. An kira shi sarkin kiɗan dutse na Burtaniya da kuma allahn guitar. Lancaster ya yi rayuwa mai ban mamaki mai ban mamaki.
Yaro da matasa Alan Lancaster
Ranar haihuwar mawaƙin shine Fabrairu 7, 1949. An haife shi a yankin Peckham (London). Alan ya taso ne a cikin dangi mai hankali na al'ada, inda suke mutunta kuma sau da yawa suna sauraron kiɗa.
Kamar kowa, Lancaster ya halarci makarantar sakandare. Dangane da bayanan sauran takwarorinsu, an bambanta shi ta hanyar asali ta hanyar magance matsalolin da ba daidai ba. Koyaushe yana tunanin "sabanin", kuma daga baya, wannan fasalin ya taimaka sosai a farkon aikinsa na ƙirƙira.
Ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Sedgehill. Alan ya kasance memba na makada na makaranta. A can ya hadu da Francis Rossi. Mutanen sun yi kyau sosai. Bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci, sun yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar ƙididdiga na kowa, wanda ya kawo duka kashi na farko na shahara.
Hanyar kirkira ta mai zane Alan Lancaster
Abokan makaranta "sun haɗu" ƙungiyar masu bugun zuciya: Francis ne ke da alhakin guitar da muryoyin murya, Alan yana da alhakin bass guitar da kuma vocals. Ba da daɗewa ba wani organist da ɗan ganga ya shiga ƙungiyar. Dakin Alan ya zama tushen maimaitawa na ƙungiyar.
Kwata-kwata da aiki tuƙuru na nufin mawaƙan sun shirya yin waƙa a gaban ɗimbin jama'a. Ba da daɗewa ba suka fito a gym kuma suka buga wasan kwaikwayo na farko.
Lokacin da John Coglan ya shiga cikin layi, tarihin ƙungiyar ya fara daban. Amma kafin samun karɓuwa, ƙungiyar bugun ta fitar da wasu ƴan wasan da ba su yi nasara ba.
Kafin canza suna zuwa Matsayin Quo, ƙungiyar ta yi a ƙarƙashin tutar Traffic Jam. Kamar a gare su cewa ta hanyar canza sunan, za su kawar da dutsen "heita" da ya fado a kansu. Duk da haka, wannan bai magance matsalar ba kwata-kwata.
Mutanen sun kasance a cikin "hangen nesa" har sai ƙwararren Rick Parfitta daga ƙungiyar cabaret The Highlights ya shiga cikin layi. Da farko dai kungiyar ta yi aiki ne a matsayin mataimaka ga mawakan solo, amma sai faifan bidiyo ya fara cika da nasu wakoki da kuma dogon wasan kwaikwayo.
A ƙarshen 60s na karni na karshe, masu fasaha, tare da Alan, sun gabatar da su na farko, wanda daga ra'ayi na kasuwanci za a iya kira mai nasara. Muna magana ne game da abun da ke ciki Hotunan Matchstick Men.
Amma aiki na gaba, Black Veils of Melancholy, ba a karɓe shi da ɗumi kamar yadda mawaƙa ke tsammani ba. Track Ice a cikin Rana yayi nasarar gyara halin da ake ciki.
A kan raƙuman ruwa na shahara
A cikin 70s, masu fasaha sun gabatar da waƙar Down the Dustpipe ga magoya baya. Masoya da masu sukar kiɗan sun karɓe Heavy blues rock tare da ƙara. Bayan shaharar mawakan, mawakan sun saki cokali mai ƙorafi na LP Ma Kelly, amma ya “wuce” ta kunnuwan masu son kiɗan.
Ƙungiyar Status Quo ta faranta wa "magoya baya" da yawan wasannin kide-kide. Wannan tsarin ya taimaka wajen samun sojojin magoya baya masu aminci. Ayyukan da aka yi a Bikin Karatu da Babban Ƙirar Yammacin Yamma sun ƙara ƙarfin ikon dukan ƙungiyar, ciki har da Alan.
Sa'an nan mawaƙa sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Vertigo Records. A kan wannan lakabin, mawakan sun yi rikodin diski Piledriver, wanda ya ɗauki matsayi na 5 mai daraja a cikin babbar faretin bugu.
Aikin Alan Lancaster tare da Status Quo
Dangantakar Lancaster tare da Rossi, tun lokacin da ya sami shahararsa, ya fara lalacewa. Mawakan sun ja “bargo” bisa kansu. Kowa ya so a san gwanintarsa a matsayi mafi girma. Yanayin ya karu bayan Rossi ya fara yin rikodin tarin da kansa. Status wannan tarihi. Mawakin ya yi haka ba tare da gargadin sauran 'yan wasan da kuma Rubutun Hotuna ba. Ya yi amfani da ci gaba, wanda aka yi niyya ga dukan ƙungiyar.
John Edwards ne ya maye gurbin Alan. Bayan haka, an fara wasu batutuwan shari'a. Daga karshe dai an kammala shari’ar a shekarar 1987. Lancaster ya amince don canja wurin sunan zuwa Rossi. Sa'an nan mai zane ya zauna a Sydney.
Lancaster ya saki fiye da 15 LPs tare da band din. Lokaci na ƙarshe da ya yi a matsayin memba na ƙungiyar yana cikin tsakiyar 80s na ƙarni na ƙarshe a wurin wasan kwaikwayo na Live Aid, amma kamar yadda ya faru daga baya, wannan ba shine bayyanar ƙarshe tare da ƙungiyar Alan ba. Tuni a cikin sabon karni, ya yarda da bayyanar Status Quo.
Don wannan lokacin, ba ya son zama marar aiki. Alan ya shiga The Party Boys. A matsayin wani ɓangare na sabuwar ƙungiyar, ya yi rikodin kundi da babban guda. Waƙar ta kai kololuwa a lamba ta ɗaya a kan jadawalin gida.
A cikin ƙarshen 80s, ya zama "uba" na Bombers. Ba da daɗewa ba mutanen sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da A&M Records.
Ayyukan Alan a wajen aikin Status Quo
Bayan rushewar kungiyar da aka gabatar - Alan ya ci gaba da neman kansa. Ya kafa The Lancaster Brewster Band sannan Alan Lancaster's Bombers. Kafin kungiyar ta watse, ya yi nasarar fitar da tarin tarin kuma ya baiwa jama'a adadin kide-kide na "credit" maras tabbas.
An lura Lancaster don rubuta kiɗan don fim ɗin Indecent Obsession. Bugu da kari, ya samar da dogon wasan Roger Woodward (Roger Woodward). A Ostiraliya, rikodin ya kai abin da ake kira matsayin platinum. A ƙarshen 90s, Lancaster ya saki solo LP Life Bayan Quo.
A cikin 2013-2014, ya shiga cikin tarurruka na asali na Status Quo lineup. Tare da samarin ya tafi yawon shakatawa. Ko da yake ya bayyana a kasala a fagen wasa, amma masu sauraren muryarsa sun karɓe shi sosai. Alan ya zama memba na dindindin na kungiyar asiri. Bayan yawon shakatawa, ya ci gaba da yin aikin solo.
Alan Lancaster: cikakkun bayanai na rayuwar sirri na mai zane
A cikin 1973, Alan ya sadu da wata yarinya wanda ya burge zuciyarsa. Daly ta sami ƙarfi "zama" a cikin zuciyar mawaƙin, kuma ba da daɗewa ba bayan sun hadu, ta sami takardar neman aure daga wani mashahuri. Ta kasance da aminci gare shi har tsawon rayuwar Lancaster.
Mutuwar Alan Lancaster
Ya rasu a ranar 26 ga Satumba, 2021. An riga an sani a baya cewa mai zane ya sha wahala daga sclerosis mai yawa, amma har yanzu ya ci gaba da aiki.
