A cikin 1990s, madadin dutsen da rukunin bayan-grunge The Smashing Pumpkins sun shahara sosai. An sayar da faifai cikin kwafi miliyan da yawa, kuma an ba da kide-kide tare da kishi na yau da kullun. Amma akwai wani gefen tsabar kudin...
Ta yaya aka ƙirƙira The Smashing Pumpkins kuma wa ya shiga ta?
Billy Corgan, bayan da ya kasa samar da rukunin rock na gothic, ya yanke shawarar ƙaura daga St. Petersburg zuwa Chicago. Ya samu aiki a wani kantin sayar da kayan kade-kade da faifai.
Da zarar mutumin ya sami minti na kyauta, ya yi tunani a kan manufar ƙirƙirar sabuwar ƙungiya kuma ya riga ya fito da sunan The Smashing Pumpkins.
Da zarar ya sadu da dan wasan guitar James Iha, kuma bisa ga ƙauna a cikin ƙungiyar Cure, sun kulla abota mai karfi. Sun fara tsara waƙoƙi, kuma an gabatar da na farko a cikin Yuli 1988.
Wannan ya biyo bayan wani masani da D'arcy Wretzky, wanda ya mallaki gitar bass da kyau. Mutanen sun gayyace ta don zama ɓangare na ƙungiyar da aka ƙirƙira. Bayan haka, Jimmy Chamberlin, wanda kwararre ne mai buga ganga, shi ma ya shiga kungiyar.
A cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, a karon farko, mutanen sun yi a ranar 5 ga Oktoba, 1988 a daya daga cikin manyan wuraren shagali a Chicago, Metro.
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Mawakan sun yi rikodin album ɗinsu na farko Gish kawai a cikin 1991. Kasafin kudin wannan ya takaita, kuma ya kai dala dubu 20 kacal. Duk da wannan gaskiyar, mawaƙa sun sami sha'awar ɗakin studio na Virgin Records, wanda aka kammala cikakkiyar kwangila.
Furodusan sun shirya rangadin kungiyar, inda suka yi a mataki guda tare da shahararrun mutane irin su Red Hot Chili Pepper da Guns N' Roses.
Amma tare da nasarar, an sami matsaloli. Wretzky ya sha wahala bayan rabuwa da masoyinta, Chamberlin ya fara amfani da kwayoyi, kuma Corgan ya damu saboda gaskiyar cewa ba zai iya fito da waƙoƙi na album na biyu ba.
Duk wannan ya haifar da canjin yanayi. Mutanen sun yanke shawarar zuwa Marietta don yin rikodin kundi na biyu. Akwai wani dalili na wannan - don kiyaye Chamberlin daga kwayoyi da kuma yanke duk wata alaƙa da dillalan ƙwayoyi. Kuma ya ba da sakamako.
Ƙungiyar ta sami damar ɗaukar taki kuma ta saki hits biyu na gaske - Yau da Mayonezi. Gaskiya ne, Chamberlin bai kawar da jaraba ba kuma nan da nan ya sami sababbin dillalai.
A cikin 1993, The Smashing Pumpkins ya fitar da kundin Siamese Dream da aka daɗe ana jira, wanda ya sayar da fiye da kwafi miliyan 10. Masu sauraro sun ji daɗin waƙoƙin da aka haɗa a cikin kundin, amma yawancin abokan aiki sunyi magana mara kyau game da diski.
Wannan ya haifar da yawon shakatawa akai-akai da kuma shaharar ƙungiyar. Amma kuma akwai kuɗi da yawa a nan, wanda shine dalilin da ya sa Chamberlin ya fara amfani da kwayoyi masu ƙarfi.
A shekarar 1996, an same shi da ma’aikacin keyboard Jonathan a sume a wani dakin otel.
Abin takaici, mabuɗin ya mutu ba da daɗewa ba, yayin da aka haifi Chamberlin a ƙarƙashin tauraro mai sa'a amma an kore shi kwanaki kadan bayan lamarin.
A cikin 1998, bayan mutuwar mahaifiyar Corgan da kisan aure, an fitar da kundi na gaba, Adore, wanda ya zama duhu fiye da bayanan baya.
A gareshi ne kungiyar ta samu kyaututtuka da kyaututtuka da dama. Duk da nasarar da aka samu a watan Mayu 2000, Corgan ya sanar da rushe ƙungiyar mawaƙa.
Ba zai iya ba da takamaiman dalili ba, amma da yawa sun nuna cewa rashin lafiya ne ya jawo wannan shawarar. An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarshe a kulob din Metro kuma ya ɗauki kusan sa'o'i 5.
Tashi daga bandeji daga toka
Shekaru biyar sun shude, kuma a cikin 2005, Corgan ya ba da wata hira da manema labarai, yana mai sanar da cewa ya shirya sakewa da sabunta Smashing Pumpkins.
Lissafin layi, ban da Corgan, ya haɗa da Chamberlin, wanda ya riga ya saba da kowa, da kuma sababbin mambobi: guitarist Jeff Schroeder, bass guitarist Ginger Race da kuma mawallafin keyboard Lisa Harriton.
Kundin Zeitgeist na farko an fito da shi wata guda bayan farkawa tare da rarraba kwafi 150. Amma a nan ya fara jayayya tsakanin magoya baya. Wasu sun yi matukar farin ciki da haduwar, yayin da wasu suka ce ba tare da James Iha ba, kungiyar ta yi hasarar tsohuwar sha’awarta.
Duk da haka, don murnarsu, a ranar haihuwarsa, James Iha ya ɗauki mataki a ranar 26 ga Maris, 2016.
Sa'an nan kuma akwai jita-jita game da haɗuwa da tawagar a cikin ainihin abun da ke ciki, amma Wretzky ya yi watsi da duk gayyata na Corgan, kuma a sakamakon haka, ya fara aiki tare da Iha da Chamberlin.
A cikin Satumba 2018, sun sake fitar da wani kundi, Shiny da Oh So Bright, wanda, da rashin alheri, ba su ci nasara ba kamar bayanan da aka gabatar a ƙarshen karni na XNUMX.
Me kungiyar ke yi yanzu?
Masu wasan kwaikwayo a halin yanzu suna haɗin gwiwa tare da Noel Gallagher's High Flying Bird. Wannan wani aiki ne da Noel Gallagher ya kirkira, wanda a baya ya wakilci ƙungiyar Oasis. Tare da rockers, ƙungiyar AFI kuma tana yin wasan.
A cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, mutanen sun shirya rangadin ba kawai a cikin ƙasashen Turai ba, amma kuma za su ziyarci Kanada, Amurka, har ma da ƙasashen Afirka da dama.
