Doom karfe band kafa a cikin 1980s. Daga cikin makada "inganta" wannan salon shine Saint Vitus daga Los Angeles. Mawakan sun ba da gagarumar gudunmuwa wajen ci gabansa, kuma sun samu damar cin gajiyar masu sauraronsu, duk da cewa ba su tara manyan filayen wasa ba, amma a farkon sana’arsu a kulake.
Ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar da matakan farko na ƙungiyar Saint Vitus
An kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa a cikin 1979. Wadanda suka kafa ta sune Scott Ridgers (vocals), Dave Chandler (guitar), Armando Acosta (ganguna), Mark Adams (gitar bass). Ƙungiyar ta fara aikinta da sunan Azzalumi. An ji ra'ayoyin masu tsauri a cikin abubuwan farko.
Ƙungiyar ta yi tasiri ga ƙirƙira da ci gaba na ƙungiyar Black Asabar, Yahuza Firist, Alice Cooper. A cikin 1980, Black Sabbath ya fito da waƙar St. Vitus Dance, wanda ya zama sananne sosai. Kuma tawagar yanke shawarar canza sunan Azzalumi zuwa Saint Vitus. Sunan da aka hade da saint na farko Kiristanci - Vitus. An kashe shi a III Art. domin ya yi kira zuwa ga bauta wa Allah. Amma ba a haɗa sunan da waliyyi ba. Hasali ma mawakan sun kasance masu sha’awar Bakar Asabar, kuma salonsu ya yi kama da haka.
A wancan lokacin, har yanzu samarin ba su sami damar samun farin jini ba. Har yanzu jama'a ba su fahimci salon su ba. A kololuwar shahararsu akwai makada da ke wasa da sauri da tsaurin dutse. Ya juya ya bayyana kansa a cikin 'yan shekaru. Shahararriyar kungiyar Bakar Tuta ta ba da gudunmawa wajen hawan kungiyar zuwa matakin. Mawakan sun kuma ba da shawarar sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da ɗakin rikodin SST Records.
A wannan lokacin, sun rubuta 4 LPs da 2 EPs. Ƙungiyar ta yi rikodin albums guda biyu, Saint Vitus da Hallow's Victim. Kuma riga a farkon 1986 Ridgers bar ta. Madadin haka, an gayyaci Scott Weinrich (Wino) zuwa ƙungiyar. Dalilin tafiyar mawakin ya bata rai. Wasannin kide-kide da mutane kalilan suka halarta. Wasu wasannin ba za su iya samun halartar mutane sama da 50 ba, kuma da kyar ‘yan jaridu sun ambaci kasancewar kungiyar.
Wani sabon zagaye na kerawa tare da sabon mawaƙi
Weinrich ya zauna tare da tawagar daga 1986 zuwa 1991. A wannan lokacin, a cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, ƙungiyar Saint Vitus ta sami damar yin rikodin albums ɗin studio guda uku: Born Too Late, Live, Mournful Cries. A matsayinsa na kungiyar, ya bayyana basirarsa a matsayin marubucin waka.
Ƙungiyar a cikin 1989 ta karya kwangila tare da ɗakin rikodin SST Records kuma sun sanya hannu kan sabuwar kwangila tare da lakabin Hellhound Records. Bayan haka, an sake fitar da wasu albam guda uku. Nasarar da kundi The Obsessed ya sa Weinrich ya sake kafa tsohuwar ƙungiyarsa kuma ya bar Saint Vitus.
Sabon mawaƙin shine Kirista Linderson na Count Raven. Bai zauna tare da kungiyar na dogon lokaci ba - kawai don yawon shakatawa guda ɗaya a Amurka da ƙasashen Turai. Kuma a 1993, Scott Ridgers ya koma cikin tawagar. A cikin 1995, an fitar da kundi na COD, don rikodin abin da ƙungiyar ta tattara a cikin ainihin layinta. Kuma bayan yawon shakatawa a shekarar 1996, tawagar ta rabu.
Menene ya faru bayan rabuwar Saint Vitus?
Bayan ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta dakatar da ayyukanta, kowane ɗayan tsoffin membobin ya fara tafiya ta kansa. Chandler ya kirkiro rukunin sa Debris Inc. Ya haɗa da Matsalar tsohuwar guitarist. Tare suka yi rikodin album Rise About Records (2005).
Ridgers da Adams sun bar mataki, kuma Acosta ya shiga kungiyar Dirty Red. Weinrich kuma ya kirkiro tawagarsa. Tare da sabon rukuni, ya tafi yawon shakatawa a Amurka da Turai, amma a cikin 2000 ƙungiyar ta rabu. Duk da cewa kowane mahaluki ya bi hanyarsa, hanyoyinsu ba su rabu ba.
Karin dama
A cikin 2003, ƙungiyar ta dawo tare kuma ta buga gig a Kulub ɗin Door Biyu. Daga karshe mawakan sun sake haduwa a shekarar 2008. Amma a wannan lokacin, ma wani abin takaici ya faru. Ba tare da jiran ƙarshen yawon shakatawa na Turai ba, a cikin 2009 Acosta ya bar mataki saboda matsalolin lafiya. A 2010, ya mutu yana da shekaru 58.
Maimakon haka, an gayyaci Henry Velasquez daga ƙungiyar Bloody Sun zuwa ƙungiyar. A cikin wannan shekarar, Chandler ya sanar da cewa yana shirin yin rikodin sabon kundi. A shekara mai zuwa ya kamata a fitar da sabon kundin, amma mutanen sun kasa cika wa'adin. Kuma a cikin 2011, ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa na Metalliance tare da kwalkwali da Crowbar. Kuma an sake jinkirta aiki akan kundin.
Kungiyar Saint Vitus a lokacin yawon shakatawa ta gabatar da sabon abun da ya shafi Dare mai albarka. A cikin Nuwamba 2011, ƙungiyar ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya tare da lakabin Season of Mist. Sannan akwai jita-jita cewa ba da daɗewa ba za a fitar da sabon kundi Lillie: F-65 (wanda aka fitar a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 2012). Komawa cikin 2010, ɗakin rikodin SST Records ya sake fitar da fayafai na vinyl tare da kundi na ƙungiyar, sai dai na farko, wanda aka fitar a cikin tsarin CD.
Gabatarwa
A cikin 2015, Saint Vitus ya yi tare da kide-kide a Texas da Austin. Kuma daga baya mawakan sun tafi yawon shakatawa na Turai. Mawakinsu na farko, Scott Ridgers, ya shiga rangadin wasan kade-kade. A cikin 2016, wani kundi, Live, Vol. 2.
Tun kafuwar kungiyar bata canza salo ba. Mutanen sun ci gaba da yin aiki a cikin hanyar da suka fara a farkon aikin kiɗa. Har yanzu, ana ɗaukar ƙungiyar ɗaya daga cikin mafi hankali, amma mawaƙa suna kunna kiɗan da suke so.
