Cake wata ƙungiya ce ta Amurka wacce aka ƙirƙira a cikin 1991. Repertoire kungiyar ya ƙunshi nau'ikan "kayan aiki". Amma abu ɗaya za a iya faɗi tabbatacce - waƙoƙin suna mamaye farin funk, jama'a, hip-hop, jazz da rock guitar.
Menene ya bambanta Cake da sauran? An bambanta mawakan da wakoki na ban dariya da na ban dariya, da kuma muryoyin mawaƙa na gaba. Ba shi yiwuwa ba a ji wadataccen kayan ado na iska, wanda ba a ji sau da yawa a cikin abubuwan da aka tsara na makada na zamani.
A kan asusun kungiyar asiri akwai albam guda 6 masu cancanta. Yawancin abubuwan da aka tattara sun kai matsayin platinum. Masu sukar kiɗa suna mayar da ƙungiyar zuwa mawaƙa waɗanda suka ƙirƙira kiɗa a cikin salon indie rock da madadin dutsen.
Tarihin halitta da abun da ke ciki na rukuni
Ƙungiyar Cake tana da tarihin halitta mai ban sha'awa sosai. An dauki John McCree a matsayin wanda ya kafa kungiyar. Mawaƙin yayi tunanin ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar sa yayin da yake makarantar sakandare. Sannan ya ziyarci kungiyoyi da dama. John bai tsaya a ko'ina ba saboda dalili ɗaya - ba shi da kwarewa.
A tsakiyar 1980s, McCree, tare da John McCrea da Roughousers, sun gabatar da waƙoƙin Love you Madly da Shadow Stabbing ga masoya kiɗa. Amma ba za a iya cewa godiya ga waƙoƙin da ƙungiyar da aka ambata a baya suka yi, mutanen sun sami nasara. Daga baya, membobin kungiyar Cake sun sake yin rikodin waƙoƙin da ke sama, kuma a cikin ayyukansu suna da matsayi na hits.
Kasuwancin John a cikin John McCrea da ƙungiyar Roughousers ba su ci gaba ba. Saboda haka, ya yanke shawarar matsawa zuwa yankin Los Angeles. Wannan taron ya faru a cikin rabin na biyu na 1980s.
John ya yi a gidajen cin abinci da mashaya karaoke. Abin sha'awa, kafin kafa ƙungiyar Cake, ya yi rikodin solo guda, Rancho Seco. McCree ya sadaukar da kayan aikin tashar makamashin nukiliya da aka gina kudu maso gabashin Sacramento. A cikin 1991, a Los Angeles, McCree ya yi wasan farko a ƙarƙashin sunan kek.
Ba zai yiwu a ci Los Angeles ba. Ba da daɗewa ba John ya koma ƙasarsa. Tunani game da ƙirƙirar aikin bai bar mawaƙa ba. Ya sami mutane masu ra'ayi iri ɗaya a cikin mai ƙaho Vince DiFiore, mawallafin guitar Greg Brown, bassist Sean McFessel da ɗan ganga Frank Faransa.
A cikin 1991, ƙungiyar asali ta bayyana. Gaskiya ne, kafin farkon fitarwa da shahara, wasu shekaru biyu sun shude.
Farkon ganewa na ƙungiyar Cake
A cikin 1993, mawakan sun gabatar da salon rayuwar Rock'n'roll. Ba na son waƙar. Na farko, rashin kwarewa ya rinjayi wannan, kuma na biyu, babu tallafi. Amma har yanzu mawakan sun fara aiki a kan kundi na farko.
Kusan nan da nan bayan gabatar da salon rayuwar Rock'n'roll, mawakan sun ƙara Motar Karimci zuwa hoton ƙungiyar. Mawakan sun yi rikodin, tsarawa, sake maimaitawa da rarraba guda ɗaya da tarin da kansu.
Kuma wannan 'yancin kai ya taimaka wa mawaƙa. Gaskiyar ita ce, sun bar wata hanya ta "tsuntsaye masu kyauta" da mutane daga mutane. Mawakan ba su yi jinkirin yin ba'a game da kansu ba, kuma wannan ya ba da gudummawa ga gaskiyar cewa sun fara sha'awar aikinsu "kamar haka."
Capricorn Records ya ja hankali ga kundi na halarta na farko Motorcade of Karimci. Kamfanin ya dauki nauyin rarraba tarin a cikin Amurka ta Amurka.
Ingancin rikodi na kundin farko ya yi ƙasa sosai, har ma da ma'anar waƙoƙin "bai ajiye" tarin ba. Abin sha'awa, a cikin 1994 an sake fitar da kundi na Motorcade of Karimci.
A cikin wannan shekarar 1994, canje-canje na farko sun faru. Gabe Nelson ya zo wurin McFessel, sannan Victor Damiani, kuma maimakon Faransanci, wanda ya ragu kadan bayan yawon shakatawa, Todd Roper ya zo don kayan kida.
Bayan shekara guda, mawakan sun tafi yawon shakatawa. Sannan sun sake fitar da wani salon rayuwar Rock'n'Roll guda daya. Yunkurin na biyu ya yi nasara. Waƙar ta fara kunnawa a shahararrun gidajen rediyon Amurka. Shahararrun wakokin sune: Ruby Sees All da Jolene. Ya kamata su shirya masu son kiɗa don sakin albam na biyu.
Kololuwar shaharar ƙungiyar Cake
A cikin 1996, an sake cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar al'ada tare da kundi na biyu na Fashion Nugget. Waƙar The Distance ya zama abin bugu da bugun diski wanda ba za a iya jayayya ba. Kundin ya buga Babban Top 40. Nan da nan ya tafi platinum. Kasuwancin Nugget na Fashion ya wuce kwafi miliyan 1.
Ba zato ba tsammani ga mutane da yawa, Greg Brown da Victor Damiani sun bar ƙungiyar. Sai kawai daga baya ya zama cewa mutanen sun kafa nasu aikin, wanda ake kira Deathray.
Sannan shirin McCree shine ya watsar da Cake. Amma bayan Gabe Nelson ya koma bass, ya canza shirinsa. Ba a sami maye gurbin Brown nan da nan ba. Har sai an yi rikodin albam na uku, ɗakin studio, wato, mawaƙin mawaƙa, ya kunna a cikin rukuni.
A cikin 1998, ƙungiyar ta gabatar da tarin su na uku, Tsawaita Sihiri. Bisa ga tsohuwar al'adar, waƙoƙi da yawa sun zama hits. Muna magana ne game da abubuwan da aka tsara: Kada a taɓa can, Tumaki su je sama su bar su.
Dukkan abubuwan da aka tsara a sama sun shiga cikin juyawa na manyan gidajen rediyo, wanda ya tabbatar da babban matakin tallace-tallace na kundi na uku. Ba da daɗewa ba ya kai matsayin platinum. Bayan fitar da tarin, Xan Makkurdi ya zama mawaƙin mawaƙa a cikin ƙungiyar har abada.
Shiga tare da Columbia Records
A farkon shekarun 2000, mawakan sun rattaba hannu kan wata yarjejeniya mai kayatarwa tare da Columbia Records. Bayan shekara guda, ƙungiyar ta fitar da sabon kundi, wanda ake kira Comfort Eagle.
Tarin bai tafi ba tare da lura da magoya baya da masu son kiɗa ba. Ya ɗauki matsayi mai kyau a cikin sigogi - matsayi na 13 a Amurka da na 2 a Kanada. Bidiyo don waƙar Short Skirt Dogon Jaket ya bayyana a iskar tashar MTV. Har zuwa wannan batu, tashar ta kowace hanya mai yiwuwa ta kawo tawagar a cikin "jerin baƙar fata".
Bayan fitowar kundin studio na huɗu, Todd Roper ya bar ƙungiyar. Da farko dai mawakin ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa ya yanke shawarar yin cudanya da iyalinsa. Daga baya ya juya cewa ya tafi Brown da Damiani a cikin kungiyar Deathray. An maye gurbin Roper da Pete McNeil.
Don tallafawa sabon kundin, ƙungiyar ta tafi babban yawon shakatawa. Mawakan sun mayar da hankali ne kan rangadin kasar Amurka.
Tuni a cikin 2005, an sake cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar da sabon kundi. Album na studio na biyar shi ake kira Pressure Chief. Anan akwai canje-canje a cikin abun da ke ciki. Pete McNeil ya ba da hanya zuwa Paulo Baldi.
Bayan 'yan shekaru, ƙungiyar ta fito da tarin B-Sides and Rarities. Wannan faifan yana da ban sha'awa saboda ya haɗa da tsofaffin waƙoƙi, waƙoƙin da ba a fitar da su a baya, da kuma nau'ikan waƙoƙi da yawa na Black Sabbath War Pigs.
Baya ga sigar yau da kullun, an fitar da bugu na musamman na tarin a cikin ƙayyadaddun bugu, wanda ya haɗa da abubuwan ƙira na musamman da sigar "rayuwa" na abun da ke ciki na War Pigs wanda ke nuna Steven Drozd daga Flaming Lips. An isar da ƙayyadaddun “masu son” ta hanyar wasiku.
A shekara ta 2008, mawaƙa sun yanke shawarar sabunta nasu rikodin rikodi (Upbeat Studio). Sun sanya tsarin hasken rana a cikin ɗakin studio. An yi rikodin sabon tarin ƙungiyar akan man fetur mai amfani da hasken rana.
A cikin 2011 ne kawai aka cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar tare da sabon kundi na Showroom of Compassion. Masu sukar kiɗa sun yi sharhi cewa wannan shine kundi na farko da ya ƙunshi sautin da ke mamaye madannai. Waƙar farko daga kundin kundi na Sick of You da aka ambata yana samuwa don yawo akan YouTube.
Abubuwan ban sha'awa game da ƙungiyar Cake
- John McCree yana sanye da hular kamun kifi (wanda yake sawa akan mataki). Wannan kayan haɗin kai ya zama babban "guntu" na mashahuri. Mutane da yawa ba su gane Yahaya ba tare da rigar kai ba.
- Kwatankwacin murfin duk tarin da kuma wasu shirye-shiryen bidiyo na ƙungiyar ya samo asali ne sakamakon imanin mawaƙa na dawwamar dabi'u.
- Mawakan da kansu sun samar da duk kundin.
- Kungiyar tana da gidan yanar gizon hukuma inda suke buga labarai na yau da kullun.
Kungiyar kek yau
A yau, ƙungiyar Cake tana mai da hankali kan yawon shakatawa. A cikin 2020, mawakan sun shirya rangadi. Koyaya, shirye-shiryen ƙungiyar sun ɗan canza kaɗan saboda cutar amai da gudawa. Nunin Cake mai zuwa zai kasance a Memphis da Portland.
