An kafa ƙungiyar Godsmack ta ƙarfe a Amurka a ƙarshen 1990s na ƙarni na ƙarshe. A gaske mashahuri tawagar gudanar ya zama kawai a farkon XXI karni. Wannan ya faru ne bayan nasara a kan ginshiƙi na Billboard a cikin nadin "Best Rock Band of the Year".
Masoyan kade-kade da yawa sun gane wakokin kungiyar Godsmack, kuma hakan ya samo asali ne saboda musamman timbre na muryar mai yin ta.
Sau da yawa ana kwatanta salon muryarsa da shahararren Lane Staley, wanda ya kasance memba na kungiyar Alice in Chains. Ƙirƙirar mawaƙa har yanzu tana jan hankalin magoya baya daga ko'ina cikin duniya.
Mutane da yawa suna ƙididdige kwanaki har sai an fitar da sabbin bayanai. Ba kowa ba ne ya san yadda aka ƙirƙiri wannan ƙungiyar, waɗanne matsalolin da mahalarta suka shiga kan hanyarsu ta zuwa babban mataki.
Tarihin bayyanar ƙungiyar Godsmack da mawaƙa a cikin abun da ke ciki
Duk abin ya fara ne da wata mai shekaru 23 mai suna Sally Erna a cikin 1995. A cikin ƙuruciyarsa, ya yi ƙoƙari ya ƙirƙiri nasa rukuni, kuma "ya sanya hanyarsa" a cikin ƙungiyoyin da ake da su, amma mutumin ya kasa kammala kowane ɗayan ayyukan.
Amma bai karaya ba, kuma nan da nan ya shiga kungiyar Strip Mind, tare da wanda ya yi rikodin fayafai na farko tare tare. Abin takaici, ta "kasa".
Ya ɗauki shekaru biyu kawai, kuma ƙungiyar ta watse gaba ɗaya. Wannan ya tilasta Sally ya canza matsayi, kuma ya yanke shawarar sake horarwa daga mai yin ganga zuwa mawaƙa. A cikin ɗan gajeren lokaci, mutumin ya sami nasarar samun mawaƙa masu kyau.
Robbie Merrill ne, wanda ya ɗauki matsayin bassist a cikin ƙungiyar, haka nan mawaƙin guitar Lee Richards da mai bugu Tommy Stewart.
Da farko, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar ba da sunan The Scam, amma bayan da aka saki rikodin nasu na farko, mawaƙan sun fahimci cewa suna buƙatar canza sunan cikin gaggawa.
Sun zaɓi zaɓi wanda bayan ɗan gajeren lokaci, sun zama sananne a duk faɗin duniya.
Saboda wahalhalu a gaban sirri, Richards ya yanke shawarar barin abokansa da abokan aikinsa a fagen kiɗan. Ba da da ewa ba mai buguwa Stewart ya bi sawu.
Da yake zantawa da manema labarai, ya ce an yanke wannan shawarar ne sakamakon rashin jituwar da ba zato ba tsammani da sauran mambobin kungiyar mawakan.
An sami maye gurbinsu da sauri, kuma ƙwararren ɗan wasan guitar Tony Rombola ya fara shiga ƙungiyar, kuma nan da nan Shannon Larkin ya ɗauki wurin a wurin da aka saita.
Ayyukan waƙa
Bayan yin rikodin waƙoƙi da yawa, ƙungiyar ta ɗauki matakin farko don shahara. An fara gayyatar mawaƙa zuwa sandunan Boston don yin wasan kwaikwayo.
Wannan ya zaburar da mutanen, kuma nan da nan suka fitar da waƙoƙin Komai da Tsaya, wanda nan da nan ya ba su damar hawa manyan mukamai a cikin sigogin garin da yawa.
Don haka, mutane da yawa sun koyi game da ƙungiyar. Furodusa kuma ba su tsaya a gefe ba kuma suna sha'awar aikin samarin.
A cikin 1996, Godsmack ya yanke shawarar sakin kundi na farko, All Rauni. Mutanen sun shafe kwanaki uku kawai a kan wannan, kuma jarin ya kasance kadan - fiye da $ 3.
Gaskiya ne, magoya bayan ba a ƙaddara don ganin diski a sayarwa ba bayan saki, tun da farko ya bayyana a kan ɗakunan ajiya kawai bayan shekaru biyu.
Lokaci yana da fa'ida kawai, kuma masu sauraron "yunwa", tare da masu sukar, sun ƙididdige kundi na musamman akan fage mai kyau. Af, wannan rikodin yana kan matsayi na 22 na Billboard 200 buga fareti.
A cikin 2000, an fitar da kundi na biyu Awake. Fayil ɗin yana da ƙarin nasara mai mahimmanci kuma ya zo kusa da matsayi na 1 na sigogi da yawa.
Kuma a ƙarshen shekara, an zaɓi ƙungiyar Godsmack don lambar yabo ta Grammy ta farko. Gaskiya ne, to, mawaƙa ba su yi sa'a ba, kuma masu fafatawa sun ɗauki hoton.
A shekara ta 2003, wani sabon mai ganga ya fito a cikin kungiyar, kuma tare da shi sun fito da kundi na gaba, Faceless, wanda aka rubuta a cikin yanayin studio. Bayan shekara guda kawai, ya sayar da kwafi miliyan kuma yana kan matsayi na 1 na ginshiƙi na Amurka.
Sai kuma wani faifai mai suna "IV" ya fito kuma wakar Speak da aka saka a ciki ta zama abin burgewa sosai. Sa'an nan kuma mawaƙa sun ɗauki hutu na shekaru uku, sa'an nan kuma suka fara aiki a kan kundi na gaba.
Dakatar da rukuni
Amma ba da daɗewa ba "masoya" sun koyi labarin bakin ciki. A cikin 2013, Sully ya ba da sanarwar cewa ƙungiyar za ta kasance a kan hutu har tsawon shekara guda.
Bai yi ƙarya ba, kuma a cikin 2014, ƙungiyar ta sake komawa mataki, ta sake yin rikodin rikodin da yawa, kuma an sayar da na farko a cikin mako guda tare da rarraba fiye da 100 dubu kofe.
Masu sukar sun kuma yi magana mai kyau game da rikodin "1000 Horsepower" na musamman.
Amma ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi na gaba Lokacin da Legends Rise kawai a cikin 2018, wanda ya haɗa da mafi kyawun waƙoƙi 11, gami da Bulletproof da Ƙarƙashin Scars ɗin ku, waɗanda suka karɓi matsayin ainihin hits.
Me kungiyar ke yi yanzu?
Duk da gaskiyar kasancewar dogon lokaci, ƙungiyar Godsmack ba ta rabu da nau'ikan da aka saba da su ba. Yanzu mawaƙa ba sa gajiyawa suna faranta wa magoya baya da sabbin waƙoƙi kuma suna ba da kide-kide.
Misali, a cikin 2019 sun ziyarci kasashen CIS, inda suka gabatar da sabbin wakoki daga kundin wakoki na Lokacin Legends Rise.
