Sautin alamar kasuwanci na ƙungiyar California Ratt ta sanya ƙungiyar ta shahara sosai a tsakiyar 80s. Masu wasan kwaikwayo masu ban sha'awa sun rinjayi masu sauraro tare da waƙar farko da aka saki zuwa juyawa.
Tarihin bayyanar ƙungiyar Ratt
Stephen Pearcy ɗan asalin San Diego ya ɗauki matakin farko don ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar. A cikin ƙarshen 70s, ya haɗa ƙaramin ƙungiyar da ake kira Mickey Ratt. Kasancewar shekara guda kawai, ƙungiyar ba za ta iya yin aiki tare ba. Duk mawaƙa na ƙungiyar sun bar Stephen kuma sun yanke shawarar tsara wani aikin fasaha - "Rough Cutt".
Rushewar ainihin abin da aka rubuta bai hana yunƙurin mawaƙin ba. A shekara ta 1982, shugaban kungiyar ya tattara jerin almara.
Ƙungiyar ta asali ta haɗa da:
- Stephen Pearcy - vocals
- Juan Croucier - bass guitar
- Robbin Crosby - guitarist, mawaki
- Justin DeMartini - gubar guitar
- Bobby Blotzer - ganguna
Demo-album na gwaji na babban jeri ya sami amsa mai ban sha'awa daga masu sauraro. Godiya ga jagorar guda mai suna "Kuna Tunanin Kuna Tauye", wani babban ɗakin karatu ya lura da mawakan. Wakilan Atlantic Records sun yaba da basirar ƙungiyar. Kuma tuni a ƙarƙashin jagorancin su, ƙungiyar ta fara yin rikodin hits na gaba.
Salon wasan kwaikwayo na ƙungiyar Rhett
Salon salo mai kuzari da kuzari na "karfe mai nauyi" ya fada soyayya da ban mamaki matasa na wancan lokacin. Ratt ne ya yada wannan nau'in kida mai ci gaba tsakanin masu sauraro a duniya. Matasan sun yi matukar son irin wannan hoton na wadannan mawakan masu jajircewa.
Maza masu dogon gashin gashi da gashin ido masu haske sun nuna lalatar da ta ja hankalin masu sauraro a cikin 80s. Sassan mawaƙan da aka yi jituwa cikin jituwa, ƙorawar ganguna da zazzafan muryoyin mawaƙin solo sun dace a cikin waƙoƙin ƙungiyar. Abin da ake kira "karfe mai gashi" har yanzu yana da alaƙa tsakanin magoya bayan dutse tare da ƙwararrun membobin ƙungiyar Ratt.
Tashi daga aikin Ratt
Kundin na farko na ƙungiyar Out Of The Cellar, wanda aka saki a cikin 1984, ya sayar da kwafi miliyan uku a Amurka. Babban bugun Ratt shine guda ɗaya "Round and Round". Ya kai lamba 12 akan jadawalin Billboard. Bidiyon waƙar yana da ƙarfi sosai a duk tashoshin talabijin na kiɗa. Sa'an nan MTV ya watsa shi kusan kowace awa.
Faifai na biyu a cikin 1985 "Mamayen Sirrin ku" shima ya shiga saman ƙasa kuma ya karɓi taken "platinum da yawa".
Tarin ya zama sananne godiya ga abubuwan da aka tsara:
- "Ku kwanta";
- "Kuna Cikin Soyayya";
- Abin da kuke bayarwa shine abin da kuke samu.
A lokacin da suka yi fice, ƙungiyar ta fara tafiya mai nisa cikin nasara. Kade-kaden sun cika gida. Mawakan sun yi wasa tare da fitacciyar jarumar Iron Maiden, Bon Jovi da Ozzy Osbourne.
Kundin gwaji na uku na ƙungiyar, Dancing Undercover, ya sami ra'ayoyi gauraya daga masu sukar kiɗan. Duk da haka, ƙaunar magoya bayan sun ba da damar rikodin don kiyaye matsayin platinum. Tarin na huɗu "Isar da Sama" shine nasara na ƙarshe a cikin aikin mawaƙa.
Domin dukan tsawon rayuwa, kungiyar gudanar da saki 8 Albums. A cikin duk bayanan da aka rubuta, biyun farko ne kawai suka sami nasara ta gaske. Fayafai na ƙarshe da aka rubuta bayan rabuwa ba za su iya yin alfahari da babban buƙata ba.
Rubuce-rubucen da suka fito daga fayafai huɗu na ƙarshe sun yi kama da jama'a sun wuce. A lokaci guda kuma, sabbin mawakan matasa sun fara cinkoson jama’a a kasuwar waka. Ballad singles ya zama sananne, wanda Ratt yayi ƙoƙarin gujewa a cikin aikinsa.
Rikicin ƙirƙira
Ba wai kawai bayyanar masu fafatawa ba ne ya haifar da sabani a cikin kungiyar. Tasirin barasa da magungunan narcotic sun shafi ayyukan kirkire-kirkire sosai. Dogaro da abubuwan da ba bisa ka'ida ba ya sa mawakan su shiga cikin wani lungu da sakon kirkire-kirkire. Bayan sukar kundin na huɗu, Ratt ya canza furodusa. Wannan shawarar ba ta shafi tashin jirgin da ake tsammani ba. Kundin da aka yi rikodi na gaba "Detonator" zai iya samun matsayin "zinariya" kawai.
A lokaci guda, babban marubucin waƙa kuma jagoran guitar Robbin Crosby ya kamu da kwayoyi. A nan gaba, wannan ya haifar da raguwa na asali na asali zuwa kwata. Dangane da bayyanar Nirvana, bayanan Ratt ba su yi nasara a kasuwanci ba.
Tun daga 1991, al'amuran ƙungiyar sun yi muni sosai - wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar Stephen Pearcy ya bar ƙungiyar. Bayan shi, sauran ’yan wasan sun watse a kungiyoyi daban-daban. Mummunan lamari na ƙarshe wanda ya shafi farfaɗowar ƙungiyar shine mutuwar jagoran guitarist a 2002.
Ritaya na membobin Ratt
Duk da yunƙurin sake haɗa ƙungiyar a lokaci-lokaci, bai yiwu ba a sake farfado da rukunin almara na da. Tawagar da ta taɓa samun nasara ta faɗi saboda tashe-tashen hankula na cikin gida da canza yanayin kiɗan. Kungiyar ta daina ci gabanta fiye da shekaru 20 da suka gabata. Tun daga 2007, ayyukan kide-kide na Ratt an iyakance shi zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na lokaci-lokaci a cikin ƙananan wurare.
A yau, mashahuran rukuni ne kaɗai ke da hannu a cikin kiɗa. Stephen Pearcy ya ci gaba da aikin solo, kamar yadda zai yiwu ga salon kungiyar. Duk da rashin shaharar Ratt, magoya bayansu masu aminci ba sa mantawa. Hatta rikicin da ƙarewar sana’a bai hana ƙungiyar siyar da albums sama da miliyan 1983 a duk duniya ba tun 20.
