Sarakunan Leon rukuni ne na dutsen kudu. Waƙar ƙungiyar ta fi kusa da ruhu zuwa indie rock fiye da kowane nau'in kiɗan da ke yarda da irin waɗannan mutanen zamanin kudanci kamar 3 Doors Down ko Ajiye Habila.
Wataƙila shi ya sa sarakunan Leon suka sami gagarumar nasarar kasuwanci a Turai fiye da na Amurka. Duk da haka, albam ɗin ƙungiyar suna haifar da yabo mai mahimmanci. Tun daga 2008, Kwalejin Rikodi tana alfahari da mawakanta. Kungiyar ta sami nadin na Grammy.
Tarihi da asalin Sarakunan Leon
Sarakunan Leon sun ƙunshi membobin dangin Followville: 'yan'uwa uku (mawaƙi Caleb, bassist Jared, ɗan ganga Nathan) da ɗan uwan (gitarist Matthew).
’Yan’uwa uku sun yi amfani da yawancin ƙuruciyarsu suna tafiya kudancin Amirka tare da mahaifinsu, Ivan (Leon) Followville. Shi mai wa’azin tafiya ne a cocin Pentikostal. Mahaifiyar Betty Ann ta koyar da yayanta bayan makaranta.
An haifi Kaleb da Jared a Dutsen Juliet (Tennessee). Kuma Nathan da Matta an haife su a Oklahoma City (Oklahoma). A cewar mujallar Rolling Stone, "Yayin da Leon ke wa'azi a cikin majami'u a ko'ina cikin Deep South, yaran sun halarci hidima kuma suna buga ganguna daga lokaci zuwa lokaci. A lokacin, ko dai an yi karatunsu a gida ko kuma sun yi karatu a ƙananan makarantun boko.”
Mahaifin ya bar cocin kuma ya saki matarsa a shekara ta 1997. Sai yaran suka koma Nashville. Sun rungumi kiɗan dutse a matsayin hanyar rayuwa da a baya aka hana su.
Samun cikakken bincike na sunan Angelo Petraglia
A can suka hadu da marubucin waƙar Angelo Petraglia. Godiya a gare shi, ’yan’uwa sun haɓaka fasahar rubuta waƙa. Sun kuma saba da Rolling Stones, Clash da Thin Lizzy.
Bayan watanni shida, Nathan da Kaleb sun sanya hannu tare da RCA Records. Alamar ta tura wa duo don ɗaukar ƙarin mambobi kafin fara aikin kiɗa.
An kafa ƙungiyar ne lokacin da ɗan uwan Matthew da ƙane Jared suka shiga. Sun sa wa kansu suna "Sarakunan Leon" bayan Natan, Kaleb, mahaifin Jared da kakansa, waɗanda ake kira Leon.
A cikin wata hira, Kaleb ya yarda cewa ya "sace" dan uwan Matthew daga garinsu a Mississippi domin ya shiga kungiyar.
Suka gaya ma mahaifiyarsa cewa zai yi sati ɗaya kawai. Ko da yake ko a lokacin sun san ba zai koma gida ba. Drummer Nathan ya kara da cewa: “Lokacin da muka sanya hannu da RCA, ni da Kaleb ne kawai. Tambarin ya gaya mana cewa yana so ya hada kungiyar gaba daya, amma mun ce za mu hada namu kungiyar.
Sarakunan Leon Matasa da Matashi da kuma Aha girgiza Zuciya (2003–2005)
An saki rikodin farko na Holy Roller Novocaine a ranar 18 ga Fabrairu, 2003. Sa'an nan Jared yana ɗan shekara 16 kacal, kuma bai riga ya koyi kidan bass ba.
Tare da sakin Holy Roller Novocaine, ƙungiyar ta ji daɗin shahara sosai kafin sakin Matasa da Matasa. Ya sami ƙimar tauraro 4/5 daga mujallar Rolling Stone.
An fitar da hudu daga cikin wakoki biyar a kan Matasa da Matasa. Koyaya, nau'ikan Wasted Time da California Waiting sun bambanta. Na farko yana da tsatsauran ra'ayi da salon murya daban-daban fiye da waƙar Matasa da Matasa. An rubuta na ƙarshe a cikin gaggawa don kammala komai da wuri-wuri.
Karamin album ɗin ya ƙunshi kujerun Wicker na gefen B yayin da aka saki waƙar Andrea kafin a fito da shi. An rubuta waƙoƙin da aka saki a matsayin EP tare da Angelo Petraglia wanda ya samar da 'yan wasa.
Kundin na farko na ƙungiyar
Kundin ɗakin studio na farko na ƙungiyar Matasa da Matasa An fitar da shi a cikin Burtaniya a cikin Yuli 2003. Haka kuma a cikin Amurka a watan Agusta na wannan shekarar.
An yi rikodin kundi tsakanin Sound City Studios (Los Angeles) da Shangri-La Studios (Malibu) tare da Ethan Jones (ɗan mai gabatarwa Glyn Jones). Ya sami sanarwa mai mahimmanci a cikin ƙasar amma ya zama abin mamaki a cikin Burtaniya da Ireland. Mujallar NME ta ayyana shi "ɗayan mafi kyawun kundi na farko na shekaru 10 da suka gabata".
Bayan fitar da kundin, Sarakunan Leon sun zagaya tare da makada na dutse The Strokes da U2.
An fitar da album na biyu na Aha Shake Heartbreak a Burtaniya a cikin Oktoba 2004. Hakanan a cikin Amurka a cikin Fabrairu 2005. Ya dogara ne akan dutsen gareji na kudancin kundi na farko. Tarin ya kara fadada masu sauraron kungiyar cikin gida da waje. Angelo Petraglia da Ethan Jones ne suka sake samar da kundin.
An saki Bucket, Hudu Kicks da Sarkin Rodeo a matsayin marasa aure. Guga ya kai saman 20 a Burtaniya. An kuma yi amfani da Taper Jean Girl a cikin fim ɗin Disturbia (2007) da kuma fim ɗin Cloverfield (2008).
Ƙungiyar ta sami kyaututtuka daga Elvis Costello. Ta kuma zagaya tare da Bob Dylan da Pearl Jam a 2005 da 2006.
Sarakunan Leon: Saboda Zamani (2006-2007)
A cikin Maris 2006, Sarakunan Leon sun koma ɗakin studio tare da masu samarwa Angelo Petraglia da Ethan Johns. Sun ci gaba da aiki akan kundi na uku. Guitarist Matthew ya gaya wa NME, "Mutum, muna zaune a kan tarin waƙoƙi a yanzu kuma muna son duniya ta ji su."
Kundin rukunin na uku Saboda Times yana game da taron limaman coci masu suna iri ɗaya. Ya faru ne a Cocin Pentecostal na Alexandria (Louisiana), wanda ’yan’uwa sukan ziyarta.
Kundin ya nuna juyin halitta daga aikin da ya gabata Sarakunan Leon. Yana da sauti mai haske da gogewa.
An fitar da kundin a ranar 2 ga Afrilu 2007 a Burtaniya. Kwana guda bayan haka, an fito da waƙar On Call guda ɗaya a Amurka, wanda ya zama abin burgewa a Burtaniya da Ireland.
An yi muhawara a lamba 1 a Burtaniya da Ireland. Kuma ya shiga ginshiƙi na Turai a lamba 25. An sayar da kusan kwafi 70 a cikin makon farko na fitowa. NME ta ce kundin "ya sanya Sarakunan Leon daya daga cikin shahararrun makada na Amurka na zamaninmu".
Dave Hood (Artrocker) ya ba wa kundin kundin tauraro ɗaya daga cikin biyar, yana gano cewa: "gwajin Sarakunan Leon, koya kuma ku ɗan ɓace."
Duk da yabo da yawa, kundin ya haifar da buga wakoki a Turai, gami da Charmer da Fans. Kazalika da Knocked Up da My Party.
Sai Dare (2008-2009)
A lokacin 2008, ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin kundi na studio na huɗu, Sai Dare. Ba da daɗewa ba ya shiga Chart Albums na UK a lamba 1 kuma ya zauna a can na wani mako.
Kawai Ta Daren da aka bayyana a cikin zaman makonni biyu a matsayin tarin UK No. 1 a cikin 2009. A Amurka, kundin ya haura zuwa lamba 5 akan taswirar Billboard. Mujallar Q mai suna Only by the Night "Album of the Year" a cikin 2008.
An gauraya raddi ga kundin a cikin Amurka. Spin, Rolling Stone da Duk Jagorar Kiɗa sun tantance kundin da kyau. Yayin da Pitchfork Media ya ba wa kundin kwatankwacin kwatankwacin tauraro 2.
Jima'i akan Wuta ita ce ta farko da aka saki don saukewa a Burtaniya a ranar 8 ga Satumba. Waƙar ta zama mafi nasara a tarihi. Tunda ta dauki matsayi na 1 a Burtaniya da Ireland. Ita ce waƙar farko da ta buga lamba 1 akan taswirar Billboard Hot Modern Rock.
Guda na biyu, Yi Amfani da Wani (2008), ya sami nasarar taswirar duniya. Ya kai lamba 2 akan Chart Singles na Burtaniya. Har ila yau, ya kai matsayi na 10 mafi girma a Australia, Ireland, New York da Amurka.
Godiya ga waƙar jima'i akan wuta, ƙungiyar ta sami lambar yabo ta Grammy a bikin 51st (Cibiyar Staples, a Los Angeles) a cikin 2009. Mawakan sun sami Mafi Kyawun Ƙungiya na Ƙasashen Duniya da Kyautattun Album na Duniya a Kyautar Brit a 2009. Sun kuma yi waƙar Use Somebody live.
Ƙungiyar ta yi a ranar 14 ga Maris, 2009 a Sauti Relief don fa'idar wasan kwaikwayo saboda gobarar daji. An fitar da waƙar Crawl daga kundin a matsayin saukewa kyauta akan gidan yanar gizon ƙungiyar. Da Dare kawai RIAA ta ba da takardar shaidar platinum a cikin Amurka don siyar da kwafin miliyan 1 ƙasa da shekara guda bayan fitowar ta.
Ayyukan gaba (2009-2011)
Ƙungiyar ta sanar da sakin DVD mai rai a ranar 10 ga Nuwamba, 2009 da kundin remix. An yi fim ɗin DVD a filin wasa na O2 na London a cikin Yuli 2009.
A ranar 17 ga Oktoba, 2009, a daren wasan nunin ƙarshe na rangadin Amurka a Nashville, Tennessee, Nathan Fallill ya rubuta a shafinsa na Twitter: “Yanzu ne lokacin da za a fara ƙirƙirar babi na kiɗa na gaba a cikin Sarakunan Leon. Na sake godewa kowa!"
An fitar da kundi na shida na ƙungiyar Mechanical Bull a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 2013. Kundin farko na waƙar, Supersoaker, an sake shi a ranar 17 ga Yuli, 2013.
A ranar 14 ga Oktoba, 2016, ƙungiyar ta fitar da kundi na studio na 7, Walls, ta hanyar RCA Records. Ya kai kololuwa a lamba 1 akan Billboard 200. Na farko da aka fitar daga kundin shine Waste a Loti.
Yanzu ƙungiyar tana rubuta waƙoƙi masu ban sha'awa, shirya yawon shakatawa da faranta wa magoya bayanta farin ciki.
Sarakunan Leon a cikin 2021
A farkon Maris 2021, an gabatar da sabon kundi na studio Lokacin da Ka Ga Kanka. Wannan shine studio na 8 LP wanda Markus Dravs ya samar.
Mawakan sun sami damar raba cewa a gare su wannan shine mafi girman rikodin sirri na tsawon lokacin wanzuwar ƙungiyar. Kuma magoya bayan sun fahimci cewa yawancin kayan kayan girki suna sauti a cikin waƙoƙin.
