Ƙungiyar da ke ƙarƙashin babban suna REM ta nuna lokacin da post-punk ya fara zama madadin dutsen, hanyar su Radio Free Europe (1981) ya fara motsi na Amurka a karkashin kasa.
Duk da cewa akwai ƙungiyoyin hardcore da punk da yawa a cikin Amurka a farkon shekarun 1980, ƙungiyar REM ce ta ba da iska ta biyu ga indie pop subgenre.
Haɗuwa da gitar riffs da waƙar da ba a fahimta ba, ƙungiyar ta yi sauti na zamani, amma a lokaci guda tana da asalin gargajiya.
Mawakan ba su yi wani sabon abu mai haske ba, amma sun kasance daidaikun mutane da manufa. Wannan shine mabudin nasarar da suka samu.
A cikin shekarun 1980s, ƙungiyar ta yi aiki ba tare da gajiyawa ba, tana fitar da sabbin bayanai a kowace shekara kuma koyaushe tana yawon shakatawa. Ƙungiyar ta yi ba kawai a kan manyan matakai ba, har ma a cikin wasan kwaikwayo, da kuma a cikin garuruwan da ba su da yawa.
Iyayen Madadin Pop
Hakazalika, mawakan sun zaburar da sauran abokan aikinsu. Jeri daga rukunin pop na jangle na tsakiyar 1980s zuwa madadin pop band na 1990s.
An ɗauki ƙungiyar shekaru da yawa kafin ta kai saman jadawalin. Sun sami matsayinsu na ibada tare da fitowar su na farko na EP Chronic Town a 1982. Kundin ya dogara ne akan sautin kiɗan jama'a da dutsen. Wannan haɗin ya zama sautin "sa hannu" na ƙungiyar, kuma a cikin shekaru biyar masu zuwa mawaƙa suna aiki daidai da waɗannan nau'o'in, suna faɗaɗa fassarar su tare da sababbin ayyuka.
Af, kusan dukkanin ayyukan ƙungiyar sun sami godiya sosai daga masu suka. A ƙarshen 1980s, yawan magoya baya sun riga sun kasance masu mahimmanci, wanda ya ba da tabbacin tallace-tallace na kungiyar. Ko da ɗan ƙaramin sautin da aka canza bai dakatar da ƙungiyar ba, kuma a cikin 1987 ta “karye” manyan sigogi goma tare da kundin kundin da guda ɗaya wanda nake so.
REM a hankali amma tabbas ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan makada da ake nema a duniya. Koyaya, bayan balaguron balaguron balaguron ƙasa da ƙasa don tallafawa Green (1988), ƙungiyar ta dakatar da ayyukansu na shekaru 6. Mawakan sun dawo dakin yin rikodi. An ƙirƙira mafi shaharar kundi na Out of Time (1991) da Atomatik ga Mutane (1992).
Ƙungiyar ta koma yawon shakatawa tare da yawon shakatawa na Monster a cikin 1995. Masu suka da sauran mawaƙa sun fahimci ƙungiyar a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin magabata na ingantaccen motsin dutsen.
Matasa mawaƙa
Duk da cewa tarihin halittar kungiyar ya fara a Athens (Georgia) a 1980, Mike Mills da Bill Berry su ne kawai 'yan kudancin tawagar. Dukansu sun halarci makarantar sakandare a Macon, suna wasa a rukuni da yawa a matsayin matasa.
Michael Stipe (an haife shi a watan Janairu 4, 1960) ɗan soja ne, yana yawo a duk faɗin ƙasar tun yana ƙuruciya. Ya gano dutsen punk tun yana matashi ta hanyar Patti Smith, makada Television da Wire, kuma ya fara wasa a cikin makada a St. Louis.
A shekara ta 1978, ya fara karatun zane-zane a Jami'ar Georgia a Athens, inda ya fara zuwa kantin rikodin Wuxtry.
Peter Buck (an haife shi Disamba 6, 1956), ɗan asalin California, magatakarda ne a shagon Wuxtry iri ɗaya. Buck ya kasance mai tattara rikodin tsattsauran ra'ayi, yana cinye komai daga dutsen gargajiya zuwa punk zuwa jazz. Ya fara koyon yadda ake kida.
Bayan gano cewa suna da irin wannan dandano, Buck da Stipe sun fara aiki tare, a ƙarshe sun haɗu da Berry da Mills ta hanyar abokin juna. A cikin Afrilu 1980, ƙungiyar ta taru don yin liyafa ga abokinsu. Sun yi bita a cocin Episcopal da aka sake ginawa. A lokacin, mawakan da ke cikin repertore ɗinsu suna da waƙoƙin ɗabi'a da yawa na gareji da nau'ikan waƙoƙin fasikanci na shahararrun waƙoƙin punk. A lokacin, ƙungiyar tana wasa a ƙarƙashin sunan Twisted Kites.
A lokacin rani, mawaƙa sun zaɓi sunan REM lokacin da suka ga wannan kalmar da gangan a cikin ƙamus. Sun kuma sadu da Jefferson Holt, manajansu. Holt ya ga ƙungiyar ta yi a North Carolina.
Rikodi na halarta na farko nasara ce mai ban mamaki
A cikin shekara guda da rabi na gaba, REM ya zagaya ko'ina cikin kudancin Amurka. An kunna murfin dutsen gareji iri-iri da waƙoƙin gargajiya. A lokacin rani na 1981, mutanen sun yi rikodin na farko don Rediyo Free Turai a Drive Mit Easter Studios. Single, wanda aka yi rikodin akan lakabin indie na gida Hib-Tone, an fitar dashi a cikin kwafi 1 kacal. Yawancin waɗannan rikodin sun ƙare a hannun dama.
Jama'a sun bayyana sha'awar su ga sabon rukunin. Ba da daɗewa ba waƙar ya zama abin burgewa. Mafi kyawun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru ("Mafi kyawun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru").
Waƙar ta kuma ja hankalin manyan labulen masu zaman kansu, kuma a farkon 1982 ƙungiyar ta sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da alamar IRS. A cikin bazara, alamar ta fito da EP Chronic Town.
Kamar na farko, Chronic Town ya sami karbuwa sosai, yana buɗe hanya don kundi na farko na Murmur (1983).
Murmur ya sha bamban da Garin Chronic saboda yanayin kwantar da hankali, yanayin da ba a san shi ba, don haka sakin sa na bazara ya gamu da bita.
Mujallar Rolling Stone ta sanya shi mafi kyawun kundi na 1983. Ƙungiyar "ta yi tsalle" Michael Jackson tare da waƙar Thriller da The Police tare da waƙar Synchronicity. Murmur kuma ya shiga cikin ginshiƙi na Top 40 na Amurka.
REM mania
Ƙungiyar ta dawo cikin sauti mai ƙarfi a cikin 1984 tare da Reckoning, wanda ke nuna bugun So. Ruwan Ruwa na Tsakiya (Na Yi hakuri). Daga baya, mawakan sun tafi yawon shakatawa don tallata kundi na Reckoning.
Siffofin sa hannun su, kamar: rashin son shirye-shiryen bidiyo, muryoyin muryoyin Stipe, wasa na musamman na Buck, sun sa su zama tatsuniyoyi na karkashin kasa na Amurka.
Ƙungiyoyin da suka yi koyi da ƙungiyar REM sun bazu ko'ina cikin nahiyar Amirka. Kungiyar da kanta ta ba da tallafi ga wadannan kungiyoyi, inda ta gayyace su zuwa wasan kwaikwayo tare da ambaton su a cikin hira.
Kundin rukuni na uku
Sautin REM ya mamaye wani ci gaba a cikin kiɗan ƙasa. Ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar ƙaddamar da shahararsu tare da kundi na uku, Fables of the Reconstruction (1985).
Kundin, wanda aka yi rikodin shi a London tare da furodusa Joe Boyd, an ƙirƙira shi ne a cikin lokaci mai wahala a tarihin REM. Ƙungiyar ta cika da tashin hankali da gajiya ta hanyar yawon shakatawa mara iyaka. Kundin ya nuna yanayin duhun ƙungiyar.
Halin matakin Stipe koyaushe yana ɗan ban mamaki. Ya shiga mafi girman yanayinsa. Ya yi nauyi, ya yi launin gashin kansa da fari kuma ya jawo tufafi marasa adadi. Amma ba duhun yanayin waƙoƙin ba, ko rashin daidaituwar Stipe ya hana kundin ya zama abin burgewa. An sayar da kusan kwafi dubu 300 a Amurka.
Bayan ɗan lokaci, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar fara haɗin gwiwa tare da Don Gehman. Tare suka yi rikodin kundin Lifes Rich Pageant. Wannan aikin, kamar duk waɗanda suka gabata, an sadu da sake dubawa masu kyau, waɗanda suka saba da rukunin REM.
Takardun Album
Kundin rukunin na biyar, Document, ya zama abin burgewa nan da nan bayan fitowar sa a cikin 1987. Aikin ya shiga saman 10 a Amurka kuma ya sami matsayin "platinum" godiya ga guda ɗaya The Wanda Nake So. Bugu da ƙari, rikodin bai kasance sananne ba a Biritaniya, kuma a yau yana cikin jerin Top 40.
Kundin Green ya ci gaba da nasarar wanda ya gabace shi, yana tafiya platinum sau biyu. Ƙungiyar ta fara yawon shakatawa don tallafawa kundin. Duk da haka, wasan kwaikwayon ya zama mai ban sha'awa ga mawaƙa, don haka samari sun ɗauki sabbatical.
A cikin 1990, mawakan sun sake yin taro don yin rikodin kundi na bakwai, Out of Time, wanda aka saki a cikin bazara na 1991.
A cikin kaka na 1992, an fitar da wani sabon kundi mai cike da ban tsoro Atomatik ga Jama'a. Ko da yake ƙungiyar ta yi alkawarin yin rikodin kundin dutsen, rikodin ya kasance a hankali da shiru. Yawancin waƙoƙin sun ƙunshi shirye-shiryen kirtani na Led Zeppelin bassist Paul Jones.
Komawa dutsen
Kamar yadda aka alkawarta, mawakan sun koma waƙar kiɗa tare da kundi na Monster (1994). Rikodin ya kasance mashahurin mega, wanda ke kan gaba da dukkan alamu masu yuwuwa a cikin Amurka da Biritaniya.
Ƙungiyar ta sake yin rangadi, amma Bill Berry ya sami ciwon kwakwalwa bayan watanni biyu. An dakatar da yawon shakatawa, an yi wa Berry tiyata, kuma a cikin wata guda yana kan ƙafafunsa.
Koyaya, aneurysm na Berry shine farkon matsalolin. Dole ne a yi wa Mills tiyata a ciki. An cire masa ciwon hanji a watan Yuli na wannan shekarar. Bayan wata guda, an yi wa Stipe tiyatar gaggawa don ciwon ta.
Duk da matsalolin, yawon shakatawa ya kasance babban nasara na kudi. Ƙungiyar ta rubuta babban ɓangaren sabon kundin.
An fitar da kundi na Sabbin Kasada a Hi-Fi a cikin Satumba 1996. Jim kadan kafin a sanar da cewa kungiyar ta sanya hannu tare da Warner Bros. don rikodin dala miliyan 80.
Dangane da irin wannan adadi mai yawa, "rashin" kasuwanci na New Adventures a cikin Hi-Fi ya kasance abin ban tsoro.
Tafiyar Berry da ci gaba da aiki
A cikin Oktoba 1997, mawaƙa sun gigice "masoya" da kafofin watsa labaru - sun sanar da cewa Berry ya bar kungiyar. A cewarsa, ya so ya yi ritaya ya zauna a gonarsa.
Kundin Reveal (2001) ya nuna alamar komawa ga sautin su na yau da kullun. A cikin 2005, an gudanar da rangadin duniya na ƙungiyar. An shigar da REM a cikin Rock and Roll Hall of Fame a cikin 2007. Nan da nan ta fara aiki a kan kundi na gaba, Accelerate, wanda aka saki a cikin 2008.
Ƙungiyar ta sanya hannu tare da alamar Concord Bicycle don rarraba bayanan su a cikin 2015. Sakamakon farko na wannan haɗin gwiwar ya bayyana a cikin 2016, lokacin da aka fitar da bugu na 25th na Out of Time a watan Nuwamba.
