Yayin da mafi yawan madadin makada na rock na farkon shekarun 1990s sun aro salon kidan su daga Nirvana, Lambun Sauti da Nail Inci Tara, Makaho Melon ya banbanta. Waƙoƙin ƙungiyar ƙirƙira sun dogara ne akan ra'ayoyin dutsen gargajiya, kamar makada Lynyrd Skynyrd, Godiya Matattu, Led Zeppelin da sauransu.
Kuma ko da yake mawakan suna jiran aiki mai ban sha'awa, bala'in da ya faru da ɗaya daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar ya kawo ƙarshen kyakkyawar makoma.
Farkon tarihin ƙungiyar Makafi Melon
Makaho Melon ya kafa a 1989 a Los Angeles. Duk membobin kungiyar nan gaba sun canza wurin zama a lokaci guda. Sun zaɓi ɗaya daga cikin manyan biranen Amurka mafi girma kuma mafi ban sha'awa a matsayin mazauninsu na dindindin. Asalin jeri na Bling Melon quintet ya kasance kamar haka:
- Singer Shannon Hong.
- Gitarist Christopher Thorne.
- Guitarist Roger Stevens.
- Bassist Brad Smith.
- Drummer Glenn Gramm.
Ya bambanta da karfen glam mai sheki wanda ya shahara a Los Angeles a farkon shekarun 1990, Makaho Melon ya inganta sabon salo, daidaikun mutane kuma na musamman ga kidan da suke kunnawa.
Tawagar ta ba da labarin nasu, "murkushe" ka'idodin "karɓar gabaɗaya" ba kawai game da waƙa, kari da rubutu ba, har ma da hangen nesa. Tun farkon wanzuwar sa, waƙar ƙungiyar ta nutsar da masu sauraro cikin yanayi mai nauyi da ban sha'awa.
Fara sana'a
Bayan an tabbatar da layi na ƙarshe da suna, an sanya hannu kan matashin, ƙungiyar da ke da alƙawarin zuwa Capitol Records. Wannan taron ya faru a shekarar 1991. Fara aiki akan EP-album na farko The Sipp a cikin Zama na Lokaci, mawaƙa ba za su iya kafa tsarin ƙirƙira ba. Rikodin waƙoƙin ya tsaya kaɗan.
Duk da matsalolin da ake samu a cikin "promotion" na aikin farko, jagorar mawakiyar ƙungiyar Shannon Hong ta gana da wani aboki na ƙungiyar Gun's da Rose's. Sannan ya yi tare da mawaka a bukukuwan kide-kide da dama. Hoon ya kuma nuna hazakarsa a wakoki da dama na shahararren mawakin, har ma ya bayyana tare da GNR a cikin wani shirin bidiyo na almara na daya daga cikin wakokin da aka yi tare da sa hannu.
A cikin bazara na 1992, Blind Melon, godiya ga haɗin gwiwar Khun, ya yi a kan yawon shakatawa na MTV. A cikin tsarin sa, ƙungiyar ta yi tare da Live, Big Audio Dynamite da Public Image Ltd. A wannan lokacin, kusan dukkanin jihohin sun fara magana game da mutanen Los Angeles. Matsalar kawai ita ce ƙungiyar ba ta da kundi na studio sai yanzu.
Makaho Melon, wanda ya fahimci buƙatar kundi na farko, ya fara kundin a farkon 1992. Kundin, wanda aka saki a watan Satumba na wannan shekarar, an sake shi a ƙarƙashin jagorancin sanannen mai shirya Temple the Dog da Pearl Jam. Daga karshen 1992 zuwa tsakiyar 1993. ƙungiyar ta zagaya da kulake da matakai a Amurka ci gaba.
Tawagar ta fitar da wasu wakoki da ba su shahara sosai ba. Kowannen su ya ci gaba da sayarwa ba tare da nuna sha'awa ba a dandalin kiɗa na MTV. "Fashewar" shahararriyar kungiyar Makafi Melon ya faru ne bayan fitowar wakar No Rain - waƙar ta yi fantsama, inda ta kai kololuwar ginshiƙi na ƙasar Amurka. Daga qarshe, waƙar No Rain ta sami bodar platinum sau 4.
Lokacin shaharar ƙungiyar Makafi Melon
A cikin 1993 Blind Melon ya yi tare da Neil Young da Lenny Kravitz. Tawagar ta tafi rangadin nasu na wuraren wasan kwaikwayo a Amurka a cikin 1994. A wannan lokacin, an zaɓi ƙungiyar sau da yawa don lambobin yabo na Grammy daban-daban, gami da taken "Mafi kyawun Sabon Artist" da "Mafi kyawun Ayyukan Rock".
Koyaya, babban nasara shine "mafarin ƙarshe". Daya daga cikin jagororin kungiyar, Shannon Hong, ya kasa jurewa matsalolinsa na amfani da kwayoyi masu tsauri. A tsakiyar 1994, an sanya matashin mai zane a cikin asibitin maganin miyagun ƙwayoyi. Ƙungiyar ta kasa kammala ɓangaren ƙarshe na yawon shakatawa mai gudana.
jarabar miyagun ƙwayoyi Shannon Hoon
Rikodi don kundi na biyu na miya ya fara a cikin kaka na 1994. Wato, bayan kammala rangadin duniya da kuma sakin Hong daga asibitin kula da magunguna. A cikin wannan bitar akwai ɗakin studio na New Orleans. Furodusa Andy Wales ya zama babban manajan aikin.
Yayin rikodin waƙoƙin ƙarshe don sabon rikodin, Hoon ya ci gaba da amfani da kwayoyi. A wani lokaci, an kama shi da laifin buguwa da wani dan sandan yankin. Bayan faruwar lamarin, mai zanen, bisa ga nacewar abokansa, ya koma cibiyar gyarawa, kuma mutanen sun jinkirta ranar sakin kundin.
Mai tsananin duhu, yana tada sha'awa da jin daɗin sauraro na gaske, kundin miya, abin takaici, masu suka da yawa sun ƙi. Wannan halin da ake ciki ya haifar da raguwar yawan tallace-tallace na rikodin.
Sakamakon haka, ta ƙare ne kawai a matsayi na 28 na ginshiƙi na Billboard. Ƙarshen labarin mai ban tausayi shi ne cewa a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1995, an gano Hong a mace. Abin da ya yi sanadin mutuwarsa shi ne shan miyagun kwayoyi.
Rayuwa da aiki ba tare da "almara"
Bayan mutuwar Hun, mutanen sun nemi wanda zai maye gurbinsa na dogon lokaci, har ma sun fitar da wani kundi tare da tsofaffin abubuwan da suka faru bayan shekara guda. Tun da babu wani maye gurbin "labarin", mutanen sun sanar da dakatar da ayyukansu na kiɗa.
Bayan shekaru 10, ƙungiyar ta sake haɗuwa kuma ta gayyaci Travis Warren a matsayin mawallafi. Tare mutanen sun fitar da kundi na uku na Abokai na a cikin 2008. Makaho Kankana sai ya tafi yawon shakatawa na Turai. Amma ba da jimawa ba mambobin sun sanar da ficewar sabon mawakin.
Mutanen sun yi aiki a cikin nasu da sauran ayyukan, suna dakatar da ayyuka a cikin wannan aikin. A cikin 2010, mutanen sun dawo tare kuma suka dawo da Warren. Daga lokaci zuwa lokaci, ƙungiyar Makafi Melon na tafiya zuwa bukukuwa kuma suna yin wasan kwaikwayo, amma ba su rubuta sababbin ayyuka ba. A cikin 2019, an fitar da waƙar Way Down and Far Below, wacce aka rubuta a karon farko cikin shekaru 11. Mawakan kuma suna shirya kundi na huɗu mai cikakken tsayi a cikin 2020.
