Tarihin ƙungiyar Squeeze ya samo asali ne zuwa sanarwar Chris Difford a cikin kantin sayar da kiɗa game da daukar sabon rukuni. Yana sha'awar matashin mawaƙin Glenn Tilbrook.
Bayan ɗan lokaci a cikin 1974, an ƙara Jules Holland (mai kula da allo) da Paul Gunn (dan wasan ganguna) a cikin layi. Mutanen sun sanyawa kansu suna Squeeze bayan kundi na "Underground" na Velvet.
Sannu a hankali sun sami shahara a Landan suna wasa a gidajen mashaya masu sauƙi. Mutanen sun yi amfani da motifs na punk da glam a cikin waƙar su, sun sami nasarar haɗa dutsen fasaha tare da kiɗan pop na gargajiya. Gabaɗaya, waƙoƙin waƙar sun kasance masu laushi, suna tunawa da John Lennon da Paul McCartney.
Shekaru biyu bayan haka, a cikin 1976, Harry Caculli ya shiga ƙungiyar wasan bass guitar, maimakon Paul Gunn, Gilson Lavis (tsohon manajan Chuck Berry) ya yi.
Mawakan kwance Matsewa
Mutanen sun yi wakoki biyu don Rikodin RCA. Amma shi kansa aikin bai kawo sakamakon da ake so ba kuma an ki wakokin, ba a taba sakin su ga talakawa ba. Sannan Squeeze ya sanya hannu kan wata yarjejeniya tare da sabuwar alamar BTM, mallakar Michaels Copland.
Kamfanin rikodin ya yi fatara a cikin 1977. Copland ya shirya tare da memba na Velvet John Cale don taimakawa kammala kundin ga mawaƙa. Kuma a cikin wannan shekarar, an fito da waƙar farko da ake kira "Packet of Three" daga ɗakin studio na Deptford Fun City Records. John Cale ya sanya hannu kan yarjejeniya don Squeeze tare da A&M Records, wanda a baya yayi aiki tare da Pistols Jima'i.
Mawakan sun yi nasarar tsara shirin "Dauke Ni Ni Naku ne". Hakan ya biyo bayan fitowar kundi na farko "Squezze". Cale ya canza sautin ƙungiyar kaɗan, yana mai da shi mafi ban sha'awa kuma ya bambanta da kiɗan mashaya.
Nasarorin farko na Matsi
Shahararriyar duniya ta zo ga ƙungiyar tare da diski na biyu "Cool for Cats", da kuma "6 Matsi Waƙoƙi a cikin Rikodin Inci Goma ɗaya" na gaba. Bayan haka, an kori Harry Caculli daga tawagar, John Bentley ya maye gurbinsa.
A cikin 1980, mutanen sun fito da kundi na gaba, Argybargy. Aikin ya sami kyakkyawan bita; masu suka da masu sauraro sun ji daɗi. Abubuwan da aka buga daga ciki sune "Wani Kusa A Zuciyata", da kuma "Jawo Mussels". An kunna waɗannan waƙoƙin a cikin kulake na Amurka da shahararrun gidajen rediyo.
Koyaya, salon wasan Holland ya yi fice sosai daga sautin gaba ɗaya. A 1980, ya bar tawagar, samar da nasa aikin "Milionaires". Squezze ya dauki Paul Carrack a maimakon haka.
Ƙungiyar ta sami sababbin masu samarwa - Elvis Costello da Roger Behirian, tare da taimakon wanda aka saki kundi "East Side Story". Ya sami kyakkyawan bita, amma ba shi da isassun martani na kasuwanci. Carrack ya bar layi a cikin 1981 kuma Don Snow ya maye gurbinsa.
Rushewa da farfado da kungiyar
Yanzu mawakan sun shagaltu da yin rikodin sabbin kade-kade, yawon shakatawa da kide-kide. Bayan wani lokaci, mutanen sun fara gudu daga tururi, wanda ya zama sananne a cikin aikin su "Sweets from a Stranger". A Amurka, ya dauki layi 32.
A cikin 1982, Squeeze ya buga a New York, amma mutanen da kansu ba su ji daɗin wasan ba. Kuma a ƙarshe, bayan ƴan watanni, ƙungiyar ta watse. A wannan batun, da nasara tari "Singles - 45 ta da kuma karkashin" aka saki, wanda a Ingila ya dauki wani m 3rd line na ginshiƙi, kuma tafi platinum a cikin Amurka.
Duk da rugujewar ƙungiyar, Difford da Tilbrook sun ci gaba da ƙirƙirar haɗin gwiwa. Ayyukan su sun fito a cikin kundin Helen Shapiro, Paul Young, Jules Holland da Bill Bremner. Mawakan kuma sun ƙirƙiro gabaɗayan tsari don waƙar "Labeled With Love", wanda aka shirya a Ingila a cikin 1983.
Ƙungiyar ta dawo aiki tare a cikin 1984 tare da sabon kundi, Difford & Tilbrook. Kundin ya nuna irin wannan salon, amma samarin sun girma tsayin gashin kansu kuma sun sanya rigar ruwan sama. Ƙungiyar ta sake haɗuwa a cikin 1985 tare da sabon dan wasan bass Keith Wilkinson.
Juyawa a cikin tawagar
Bayan shekara guda, an saki diski "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti", wanda ya sami nasara mai kyau tsakanin masu sukar da masu sauraro. Duk da haka, bai sayar ba kamar yadda ya kamata. Ana ƙara ƙarin maɓalli a cikin rukunin - Andy Metcalfe, wanda a baya ya taka leda a Masarawa.
Tare da shi, mutanen sun yi rikodin shahararriyar waƙar "Babila da Kunna". Waƙar ta kai kololuwa a lamba 14 a Burtaniya. Waƙar "Hourglass" ta haura zuwa lamba 15 a Amurka. Matsi ya fara yawon shakatawa na duniya, kuma bayan haka Metcalfe ya yanke shawarar barin ƙungiyar.
Rikodin "Frank", wanda aka saki a cikin 1989, ya kusan gazawa a Burtaniya da Amurka. Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da yawon shakatawa don tallafawa fayafai, kuma a lokacin shi ɗakin A&M ya daina haɗin gwiwa tare da mawaƙa.
Bayan ya dawo daga yawon shakatawa, Holland ya bar Squeeze kuma ya fara yin aikin kansa, yana hada shi da aikin talabijin. Shekaru da yawa da suka biyo baya, ya sami nasarar shirya wani sanannen shirin kiɗan.
Rukuni a cikin 90s
A cikin 1990, an fitar da wani kundi mai rikodin raye-raye mai suna "A Round and Bout" bisa tushen IRS Records, kuma bayan shekara guda ƙungiyar kiɗan ta sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da Reprise Records. Tare da su, ƙungiyar ta ƙirƙiri sabon faifan "Play", inda Steve Neave, Matt Irving da Bruce Hornsby suka taka leda a matsayin masu amfani da madannai.
Difford da Tilbrook a cikin 1992 sun ba da kide kide da wake-wake bisa sautin murya. Wannan bai tsoma baki tare da ayyukan "Matsi". Steve Neave ya tsaya tsayin daka a cikin kungiyar, maimakon Gilson Lewis ya buga Pete Thomas.
Shekara guda bayan haka, mawakan sun dawo haɗin gwiwa tare da A&M, inda suke rikodin fayafai na gaba, Wasu Fantastic Place. Ya samu isashen nasara a kasarsa ta Burtaniya, amma a Amurka bai samu kulawar da ake so ba.
An maye gurbin Pete Thomas da Andy Newmark kuma Keith Wilkinson ya dawo buga bass. Tare da wannan layi a cikin 1995, ƙungiyar ta haifar da sabon rikodin "Ba'a".
Bayan shekara guda, an fitar da tarin tarin guda biyu iri ɗaya a kan gaɓar teku daban-daban: "Tarin Piccadilly" a Amurka da "Excess Moderation" a Ingila.
A cikin 1997, A&M sun fitar da tarin kundi tare da sake rubuta fayafai 6 na ƙungiyar a cikin sabon sauti. Za a sake fitar da wani harhada a cikin 1998, amma saboda rufe lakabin an soke komai. A cikin 1998, Squeeze ya yi rikodin kundin "Domino" tare a cikin sabon ɗakin studio Quixotic Records.
A ƙarshe, mutanen sun yanke shawarar dakatar da ayyukan haɗin gwiwa na haɗin gwiwa a cikin 1999, bayan sun taru ne kawai a cikin 2007 don yawon shakatawa na Amurka da Burtaniya.
