Abin da za ku iya shakka son Ingila shi ne nau'in kiɗa mai ban mamaki wanda ya mamaye duniya. Yawancin mawaƙa, mawaƙa da mawaƙa da ƙungiyoyi daban-daban da nau'o'insu sun kai Olympus daga tsibiri ta Burtaniya. Raven yana ɗaya daga cikin manyan makada na Burtaniya.
Punks suna son manyan rockers Raven
'Yan'uwan Gallagher sun zaɓi salon dutse. Sun yi nasarar nemo wata hanyar da ta dace don kuzari kuma suka ci duniya da kiɗan su.
Ƙananan birnin masana'antu na Newcastle (a arewa maso gabas na Ingila) ya girgiza saboda "shaye-shiryen" masu karfi na mutanen. Asalin jeri na Raven ya haɗa da John da Mark Gallagher da Paul Bowden.
Mawakan sun buga dutsen dutsen gargajiya na Burtaniya, wanda a hankali ya canza zuwa karfe mai nauyi. Mambobin ƙungiyar sun yi ƙoƙari su jawo hankalin masu sauraro da masu sauraro tare da ainihin halayen su akan mataki. Akwai tashin hankali a cikin wasan kwaikwayonsu, wanda suka karfafa da bangaren wasanni.
Tufafin matakin su sun haɗa da kwalkwali ko kayan kariya don wasannin da suka kama daga hockey zuwa wasan ƙwallon kwando. Sau da yawa, mawaƙa suna yayyage kwalkwalinsu kuma suka fara buga kayan ganga da su ko kuma suna gudu da nozzles na kariya tare da igiyoyin guitar.
Irin wannan wasan kwaikwayon ba zai iya wucewa ta ainihin 'yan tawaye ba - punks. Don haka, ƙungiyar Raven ce ta sami karramawa don yin aiki a matsayin aikin buɗewa ga shahararrun rukunin punk kamar The Stranglers da The Motors. Yana da wuya a yi tunanin cewa duk wani rukuni na dutse zai iya ɗaukar hankalin masu sha'awar punk. Amma mawaƙa na ƙungiyar Raven sun yi nasara, kuma an saurare su da sha'awa sosai.
Barka da Biritaniya, sannu duniya!
Bayan wasan kwaikwayo na farko na ƙwararrun rockers, lakabin Neat Records ya lura kuma ya ba da haɗin kai. Wannan ba abin mamaki ba ne, domin wannan lakabin ne kawai wanda ya cancanta kuma ya isa ga masu farawa a arewacin Ingila. Kundin na farko na Gallagher Brothers shine Rock Har sai kun sauke.
An sake shi ne kawai a shekarar 1981, a lokacin da abun da ke cikin kungiyar ya canza sau da yawa. Salon kiɗan kuma ya ƙaura daga dutsen dutsen gargajiya zuwa ƙarfe mai nauyi da akasin haka. Tsakanin 1980 zuwa 1987 Gallaghers sun buga guitar da bass, kuma suna da alhakin sautin murya. Kuma a bayan ganguna akwai Rob Hunter.
Ƙaunar tsarin kula da lakabin Neat Records don ayyukan haɓaka ya tilasta wa mawaƙa su saki kundi na biyu, Wiped Out, a cikin 1982. An yi sa'a ga ƙungiyar Raven, duka LPs sun haɗa da rikodi masu kyau sosai. Sabili da haka, koyaushe akwai wuri a cikin ginshiƙi na Ingilishi don sabbin shiga dutsen Burtaniya.
Irin wannan nasarar ta sa mawakan su ɗauki mataki mai haɗari - yunƙurin shiga kasuwar kiɗan Amurka. Kuma a cikin 1983, gidan rediyon Amurka Megaforce Records ya fitar da kundi na uku All for One.
A matsayin wani ɓangare na yawon shakatawa na Amurka, Metallica da Anthrax sun taka rawa a matsayin wasan buɗe ido ga masu rockers na Burtaniya. Ƙarshen har yanzu bai mallaki duniya ba, wanda ya riga ya buɗe wa ƙungiyar Raven. Mawakan sun tashi daga birnin Newcastle na aiki-ajin zuwa "babban birnin duniya" - New York.
A lokacin, ko da yake mawaƙa suna bin ƙarfe mai nauyi, sun yarda da kansu su gwada salon. Sai kawai a cikin 1987, lokacin da Rob Hunter ya bar kungiyar, yana zaɓar iyali maimakon yawon shakatawa, an gayyaci Joe Hasselwander a matsayin mai ganga. Godiya a gare shi, ƙungiyar Raven ta yi kama da bandeji mai nauyi mai nauyi.
Raven band: a gefen ramin
Bayan da kungiyar Raven ta samu zama dan kasar Amurka, nasarar da ta yi a duniya bai yi nasara ba. Gudanar da kamfanonin rikodin daban-daban sun buƙaci mawaƙa ko dai taurin kai ko kuma sun ba da shawarar yin salo mai laushi. A cikin 1986, saboda kundi na The Pack Is Back, an bar ƙungiyar ba tare da wani ɓangare na magoya baya ba. "Magoya bayan" sun ji takaici da "pop" sautin ƙungiyar da suka fi so. Kuma a cikin 1988, grunge ya kwashe Amurka, don haka babu wani wuri don ƙarfe mai nauyi a cikin zukatan masoya dutse.
Gaskiyar cewa ana ƙaunar kiɗan ƙungiyar Raven a Turai, da kuma sababbin magoya baya a Japan, sun ceci ƙungiyar daga tarwatsewa. Don haka, mawakan sun mayar da hankali kan tafiye-tafiye masu aiki ga Asiyawa da mazauna kasashen Turai. Zamanin 1990 ya wuce ba a lura da shi ba. A wannan lokacin, ƙungiyar ta sami damar yin rikodin ƙarin cikakkun kundi guda uku kuma ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa.
Gwajin ƙarfi na gaba shine haɗari. A shekara ta 2001, Mark Gallagher ya kusan zama binne a ƙarƙashin bangon da ya ruguje a kansa. Mawakin ya tsira, amma ya karya kafafu biyu, wanda ya haifar da hutun tilasta wa kungiyar Raven. Rashin zuwa mataki ya dauki shekaru hudu.
Yana da ban tsoro ga mutanen su fara aiki a cikin 2004. Amma tuni yawon shakatawa na farko ya shaida cewa ba a manta da fitattun mawakan ba kuma har yanzu ana son su.
An tilasta wa Gallagher yin wasa yayin da yake zaune a kan keken guragu. Godiya ga wannan sadaukarwar, ƙungiyar ta faranta wa magoya bayansu wani albam. An fitar da kundin Tafiya Ta Wuta a cikin 2009.
A yau, mawaƙa na ci gaba da zagayawa cikin himma, suna faranta wa masu sauraro sha'awar yin wasan motsa jiki. Sun nuna cewa shekarun baya ƙarƙashin ƙungiyar Raven, kodayake a zahiri wannan ba haka bane. Tabbas, a cikin 2017, Joe Hasselwander ya bar kungiyar, kusan mutuwa ta bugun zuciya. Mike Heller shine sabon mai bugu na Raven. Ana iya jin ikonsa akan sabon kundi na Metal City, wanda aka saki a cikin Satumba 2020.
