Ƙungiya ta Kanada Crash Test Dummies an ƙirƙira a ƙarshen 1980 na ƙarni na ƙarshe a Winnipeg. Da farko, waɗanda suka kirkiro ƙungiyar, Curtis Riddell da Brad Roberts, sun yanke shawarar tsara ƙaramin rukuni don yin wasanni a kulake.
Kungiyar ma ba ta da suna; an kira ta da sunayen farko da na karshe na wadanda suka kafa. Mutanen sun buga kida ne kawai a matsayin abin sha'awa, ba tare da tunanin aiki a matsayin taurarin dutse ba.
Farkon aikin ƙungiyar Crash Test Dummies
A cikin ƴan shekarun farko, Riddell da Roberts sun sake karantawa kuma sun yi aiki a ƙananan kulake da mashaya ba tare da barin ayyukansu na yau da kullun ba. Waƙa abin sha'awa ce, sun yi tunani, amma sun yi kuskure.
A cikin 1991, ƙungiyar ta zama wani abu fiye da rukuni don yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin ƙananan kulake. An yanke shawarar canza sunan zuwa Crash Test Dummies kuma a gayyaci mawaƙa masu mahimmanci.
Kundin na halarta na farko, The Fatalwa da ke Haunt Ni, an yi rikodin su akan BMG Records. Baya ga masu kafa biyu, Ellen Reed, Benjamin Darvill, Mitch Dorge da Dan Roberts sun shiga cikin rikodin kiɗan.
Shahararren mai sukar kiɗa Stephen Thomas Erlewine ya ba da kundin 3,5 taurari daga cikin 5 kuma ya kira shi "Kundi mai kyau na farko daga masu ba da dariya na jama'a."
Za a iya kiran fitar da kundi na nasara a fara aiki. Babban salon waƙoƙin da ke kan faifai shine mutanen ƙasa.
Gaskiya ne, jama'a sun fi son rubuce-rubuce masu hankali da na ban dariya fiye da kiɗe-kaɗe. An saki diski a cikin kwafi miliyan 4.
Mafi mashahuri abun da ke ciki a rikodin shine Superman's Song, wanda aka rubuta a cikin salon ballad kuma ya zama "katin kira" na farkon aikin band.
Ana iya kiransa ma waƙar tebur, saboda a cikin sandunan Kanada ana jin sau da yawa daga leɓun masu sauraron tipsy. The Crash Test Dummies sun sami lambar yabo ta Juno don wannan abun da ke ciki. Amma komai ya fara.
Kundin rukuni na biyu
An fitar da dogon wasan kwaikwayo na biyu da Allah Ya Rufe Ƙafafunsa shekaru biyu bayan fitowar albam ɗinsu na farko, wanda ya taimaka wa samarin yin “nasara” na gaske. Sun juya daga wata ƙungiya a lardin Manitoba na Kanada zuwa taurarin dutse na gaske.
An tsara murfin kundi ɗin azaman hoton Titian “Bacchus da Ariadne” tare da fuskokin membobin ƙungiyar. Wannan faifan ya ƙunshi waƙar "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", wanda ya sa ƙungiyar ta shahara a wajen Kanada.
Jerry Harrison ya shiga cikin rikodin kundi na biyu. A baya ya yi tare da Talking Heads. Harrison ya nuna basirarsa a matsayin mai waƙar waƙa kuma ya ƙirƙiri ainihin hits, godiya ga wanda ƙungiyar ta sami farin jini na gaske.
Nasarar kasuwanci ta yiwu ne saboda gaskiyar cewa ci gaba da aka yi niyya ga al'ada. Dukkan abubuwan da aka tsara sun zama tsarin rediyo, wanda ya ba ƙungiyar damar zama baƙo akai-akai akan watsa shirye-shiryen kiɗa.
Wakar Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ta kai matsayi goma a jerin kasashen duniya. Masu suka sun lura da kyakkyawar muryar mawaƙi Brad Roberts.
Dogon wasa na biyu ya sayar da kwafi miliyan da yawa. Kundin ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy da yawa.
Album A Rayuwar tsutsa
"Magoya bayan kungiyar" sun jira shekaru uku don kundi na gaba. Dan wasan gaba na kungiyar ya shafe wannan lokaci yana yawo a duniya. Ya ziyarci London, kasashen Benelux da sauran wurare masu ban sha'awa a Turai.
Na dogon lokaci, babu wanda ya san inda Brad Roberts ya tafi. A cewar mawaƙin da kansa: "A lokacin akwai Jamusawa da Italiyanci masu yawon bude ido a kusa da ni."
A lokacin wannan tafiya, Roberts ya yi zane-zane da yawa waɗanda suka taimaka ƙirƙirar kayan sabon kundin.
Faifan Rayuwar Worm's Life, wanda mawakan da kansu suka yi, ba shi da sake dubawa. Ba shi da hits kamar na da: Waƙar Superman da Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.
Amma godiya ga shaharar ƙungiyar, da sauri faifan ya zama platinum sau uku a Kanada.
Daga baya aikin kungiyar
Kuma kuma, "magoya bayan" ƙungiyar sun jira tsawon shekaru uku tsakanin fitowar kundi. Kundin Ba da Kanku A Hannu, wanda aka saki a cikin 1999, ya sami sabon sigar zamani.
Mawakan sun yi nisa daga sautin guitar, suna ba da yabo ga kayan lantarki. Yawancin abubuwan da aka tsara an rubuta su a cikin nau'in tafiya-hop, kuma Brad Roberts ya canza baritone zuwa falsetto. Mawallafin madannai na ƙungiyar Ellen Reed ita ce ke da alhakin yin sauti akan waƙoƙi da yawa.
Ba dukan ’yan ƙungiyar ba ne suka yaba wa sauye-sauye zuwa sabon salon kiɗa, don haka suka fara aiki da “abubuwa” nasu.
Kusan duk mawakan ƙungiyar Crash Test Dummies sun yi rikodin solo bayan fitowar albam na huɗu.
A shekara ta 2000, Brad Roberts ya yi hatsarin mota amma ya tsira. Ya yi gyara a Argyle. A nan ne ya hadu da matasan mawakan da suka taimaka masa wajen daukar dogon wasansa na solo, Ban damu da cewa ba ka damu ba.
Roberts kuma ya gayyaci Ellen Reed da Mitch Dorge don yin rikodin shi. An yanke shawarar sakin rikodin Crash Test Dummies.
Faifan ya juya ya zama mai ban sha'awa sosai, yana nuna komawa ga tushen jama'a da sautin kundi na halarta na farko. An saki fayafai akan lakabin Roberts, amma ba a samu nasara mai mahimmanci ba, kodayake canjin salon ya sami karbuwa sosai daga masu suka da "magoya bayan" kungiyar.
Kundin na gaba a cikin zane-zane na ƙungiyar shine kundin Kirsimeti Jingle All The Way. Mawakan sun yanke shawarar sake shi a cikin ƙayyadaddun bugu.
Amma godiya ga farin jini, an sake rubuta waƙoƙin kuma an ƙara su cikin jerin waƙoƙin kundi na Puss 'N' Boots na gaba. An sake yin rikodin faifan a cikin salon sautin jama'a.
Rukuni yau
Brad Roberts yanzu ya tsunduma cikin koyarwa, amma lokaci-lokaci yana ba da kide-kide tare da tsoffin abokansa. Ko da yake babu irin wannan aikin kamar Crash Test Dummies tun 2010.
