Alice in Chains shahararriyar makada ce ta Amurka wacce ta tsaya a asalin nau'in grunge. Tare da irin wannan titan kamar Nirvana, Perl Jam da Soundgarden, Alice in Chains ya canza hoton masana'antar kiɗa a cikin 1990s. Waƙar ƙungiyar ce ta haifar da haɓakar shaharar madadin dutsen, wanda ya maye gurbin tsohon ƙarfe mai nauyi.
Akwai duhu da yawa a tarihin rayuwar Alice in Chains, wanda ya shafi sunan kungiyar sosai. Amma hakan bai hana su bayar da gagarumar gudunmawa ga tarihin waka ba, wanda har yau.
Shekaru farkon Alice in Chains
Abokai Jerry Cantrell da Lane Staley ne suka kafa ƙungiyar a cikin 1987. Sun so su kirkiro wani abu da ya wuce kidan karfe na gargajiya. Bugu da ƙari, mawaƙan sun bi da metaheads da baƙin ciki. Wannan yana tabbatar da ayyukan ƙirƙira na Staley na baya a cikin tsarin ƙungiyar glam rock Alice In Chains.
Amma a wannan karon tawagar ta dauki lamarin da muhimmanci. Bassist Mike Starr da mawaƙa Sean Kinney ba da daɗewa ba suka shiga cikin jerin gwanon. Wannan ya ba da damar fara tsara hits na farko.
Sabuwar ƙungiyar ta jawo hankali da sauri daga masu samarwa, don haka nasara ba ta daɗe ba. Tuni a cikin 1989, ƙungiyar ta zo ƙarƙashin reshe na rikodin rikodin Columbia Records. Ya ba da gudummawa ga fitar da kundi na farko na Facelift.
Alice a cikin Chains ta tashi zuwa shahara
Kundin farko na Facelift an sake shi a cikin 1990 kuma nan da nan ya yi fantsama a gida. A cikin watanni shida na farko, an sayar da kwafi 40, wanda ya sa Alice in Chains ta zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙungiyoyi masu nasara na sabbin shekaru goma. Duk da cewa kundin yana da tasirin ƙarfe na shekarun baya, ya bambanta.
An zabi tawagar ne don samun lambobin yabo da yawa, ciki har da Grammy. Mawakan sun tafi yawon shakatawa na farko. A matsayin ɓangare na shi, sun yi tare da Iggy Pop, Van Halen, Poison, Metallica da Antrax.
Kundin cikakken tsayi na biyu
Kungiyar ta yi yawo a duniya ba tare da gajiyawa ba, tare da fadada rundunar magoya baya. Kuma kawai shekaru biyu daga baya, kungiyar ta fara ƙirƙirar na biyu cikakken tsawon album. Kundin ana kiransa datti kuma an sake shi a cikin Afrilu 1992.
Kundin ya yi nasara sosai fiye da Facelift. Ya kai kololuwa a lamba 5 akan Billboard 200 kuma ya sami tabbataccen bita daga ƙwararrun masu suka. Sabbin hits sun fara watsa shirye-shiryen rayayye akan talabijin na MTV.
Ƙungiya ta watsar da manyan riffs na gita na kundin da ya gabata. Wannan ya ba ƙungiyar Alice In Chains damar ƙirƙirar salon nasu na musamman, wanda ta bi a nan gaba.
Kundin ya mamaye waƙoƙin ɓacin rai da ke magana da jigogin mutuwa, yaƙi da ƙwayoyi. Ko da a lokacin, manema labarai sun fahimci bayanin cewa shugaban kungiyar, Lane Staley, yana fama da mummunar ƙwayar ƙwayoyi. Kamar yadda ya faru, jim kadan kafin nada faifan, mawakin ya yi aikin gyaran jiki, wanda bai ba da sakamakon da ake so ba.
Ƙarin kerawa
Duk da nasarar da aka samu na kundin Dirt, ƙungiyar ba za ta iya guje wa matsaloli masu tsanani a cikin ƙungiyar ba. A cikin 1992, bassist Mike Starr ya bar ƙungiyar, ya kasa jimre da jadawalin yawon buɗe ido na ƙungiyar.
Har ila yau, mawaƙa sun fara yin wasu ayyuka, waɗanda suka fi karkata hankalinsu akai-akai.
Mike Starr ya maye gurbinsa da tsohon memba na kungiyar Ozzy Osbourne Mike Inez. Tare da sabunta layin, Alice in Chains ta yi rikodin ƙaramar album Jar of Flies. Mawakan sun yi aiki a kan halittarsa na kwanaki 7.
Duk da dacewar aikin, jama'a sun sake karɓe kayan. Jar of Flies ya zama ƙaramin album na farko da ya buga #1 akan jadawalin, yana kafa rikodin. Saki mai cikakken tsayi na gargajiya ya biyo baya.
Album na wannan sunan da aka saki a shekarar 1995, ya lashe "zinariya" da kuma sau biyu "platinum" statuses. Duk da nasarar da waɗannan faya-fayen biyu suka samu, ƙungiyar ta soke rangadin shagali don tallafa musu. Ko da a lokacin ya bayyana cewa wannan ba zai haifar da wani abu mai kyau ba.
Kashe ayyukan ƙirƙira
Ƙungiyar ta kasance ma ƙasa da yiwuwar fitowa a cikin jama'a, wanda ya kasance saboda haɓakar jaraba na Lane Staley. A bayyane ya raunana, ya kasa yin aiki kamar yadda ya saba. Saboda haka, kungiyar Alice A Chains daina kide kide aiki, bayyana a kan mataki kawai a 1996.
Mawakan sun yi wani kade-kade na kade-kade a matsayin wani bangare na MTV Unplugged, wanda ya gudana duka a cikin sigar bidiyon kide-kide da kundin waka. Wannan shi ne wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarshe tare da Lane Staley, wanda ya janye daga sauran ƙungiyar.
A nan gaba, dan wasan gaba bai ɓoye matsalolinsa da kwayoyi ba. Mawakan sun yi ƙoƙari su dawo da aikin a 1998.
Amma bai kai ga wani abu mai kyau ba. Duk da cewa kungiyar bata balle a hukumance, kungiyar ta daina wanzuwa. Staley ya mutu a ranar 20 ga Afrilu, 2002.
Alice in Chains haduwa
Shekaru uku bayan haka, mawaƙa na Alice in Chains sun shiga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na sadaka, yayin da suke bayyana cewa wannan zai zama sau ɗaya kawai. Babu wanda zai iya tunanin cewa a cikin 2008 band za ta sanar da fara aiki a kan kundi na farko a cikin shekaru 12 a hukumance.
An maye gurbin Staley da William Duvall. Tare da shi a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar sun saki Black Gives Way to Blue, wanda ya sami kyakkyawan bita. A nan gaba, Alice a cikin Chains ya sake fitar da ƙarin kundi guda biyu: Iblis Sanya Dinosaurs anan da Rainier Fog.
ƙarshe
Duk da canje-canje masu tsanani a cikin abun da ke ciki, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da aiki har yau.
Sabbin albam, yayin da ba su mamaye kololuwar lokacin “zinariya” ba, har yanzu suna iya yin gasa tare da mafi yawan sabbin makada na dutsen.
Mutum zai iya fatan cewa Alice in Chains za ta sami kyakkyawan aiki a gaba, wanda har yanzu ya yi nisa da kammalawa.
