Aljanu ƙaƙƙarfan ƙungiyar dutsen Biritaniya ce. Kololuwar shaharar kungiyar ta kasance a tsakiyar shekarun 1960. A lokacin ne waƙoƙin suka mamaye manyan matsayi a cikin jadawalin Amurka da Burtaniya.
Odessey da Oracle wani kundi ne wanda ya zama ainihin gem na faifan ƙungiyar. Longplay ya shiga jerin mafi kyawun kundi na kowane lokaci (a cewar Rolling Stone).
Mutane da yawa suna kiran ƙungiyar “majagaba”. Mawakan kungiyar sun yi nasarar sassauta tashin hankali na bugun Burtaniya, wanda membobin kungiyar suka kafa. The Beatles, cikin santsin wakoki da shirye-shirye masu kayatarwa. Ba za a iya cewa faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar yana da wadata da bambanta ba. Duk da haka, mawakan sun ba da gudummawa wajen haɓaka irin wannan nau'in kamar dutse.
Tarihin halitta da abun da ke ciki na rukunin The Aljanu
Abokai Rod Argent, Paul Atkinson da Hugh Grundy ne suka kafa ƙungiyar a cikin 1961 a wani ƙaramin gari da ba shi da nisa da London. A lokacin da aka kafa kungiyar, mawakan suna makarantar sakandare.
Kowanne daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar "rayuwa" kiɗa. A daya daga cikin tambayoyin da aka yi a baya, mawakan sun yarda cewa ba su yi shirin "inganta" kungiyar da gaske ba. Suna son wasan mai son kawai, amma daga baya wannan sha'awar ta riga ta kasance a matakin ƙwararru.
Zaman horo na farko ya nuna cewa ƙungiyar ba ta da ɗan wasan bass. Ba da da ewa band ya shiga da mawaki Paul Arnold, kuma duk abin da ya fadi a wurin. Godiya ga Arnold cewa Aljanu sun tafi sabon matakin. Gaskiyar ita ce, mawaƙin ya kawo mawaƙa Colin Blunstone zuwa ƙungiyar.
Paul Arnold bai dade da zama a kungiyar ba. Lokacin da Zombies ya fara yawon shakatawa mai aiki, ya bar aikin. Ba da daɗewa ba Chris White ya ɗauki wurinsa. Mutanen sun fara hanyar kirkire-kirkire ta hanyar rera shahararrun hits na 1950s. Daga cikin su har da abubuwan da ba su mutu ba na Gershwin Summertime.
Bayan shekaru biyu da ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar, an san cewa mutanen za su wargaza layin. Gaskiyar ita ce, kowanne daga cikinsu ya kammala karatunsa na sakandare kuma ya yi niyyar samun ilimi mai zurfi. Ƙirƙirar ƙwararrun rikodin sauti shine layin rayuwa wanda ya taimaka wa Aljanu don ci gaba da hanyarsu ta kirkira.
Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar kiɗan The Herts Beat Contest. Wannan ya sa mawaƙa sun fi ganewa, amma mafi mahimmanci, Decca Records ya ba wa matasa damar shiga kwangilar farko.
Shiga tare da Decca Records
Lokacin da mawakan ƙungiyar suka fahimci sharuɗɗan kwangilar, ya zamana cewa za su iya yin rikodin guda ɗaya a ɗakin ƙwararrun faifan rikodin. Ƙungiyar ta farko ta shirya yin rikodin lokacin Summertime na Gershwin. Amma a cikin ƴan makonni, bisa nacewar furodusa Ken Jones, Rod Argent ya ɗauki rubutun nasa. Sakamakon haka, mawakan sun yi rikodin waƙar Ba Ta Nan. Abubuwan da aka tsara sun buga kowane nau'in ginshiƙi na kiɗa a cikin ƙasar kuma ya zama abin burgewa.
A kan kalaman shahararsa, mutanen sun rubuta na biyu. An kira aikin bar Ni Be. Abin takaici, abun da ke ciki ya juya ya zama "kasa". An gyara lamarin da guda ɗaya Ka gaya mata A'a. Waƙar ta mamaye ginshiƙi na Amurka.
Bayan yin rikodin waƙoƙi guda uku, ƙungiyar ta tafi yawon shakatawa tare da Patti LaBelle da Bluebells da Chuck Jackson. Masoyan kade-kade masu kade-kade da kade-kade da kade-kade sun tarbi tawagar cikin farin ciki. An gudanar da kide kide da wake-wake da "furor". Aikin ƙungiyar rock na Burtaniya ya sami karɓuwa sosai a Japan da Philippines. Lokacin da mawaƙa suka koma ƙasarsu, ba zato ba tsammani sun gane cewa Decca Records, bayan da ya saki wasan kwaikwayo guda ɗaya kawai, ya fara manta da wanzuwar su.
A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, an gabatar da kundi na farko na ƙungiyar. An kira Album ɗin Fara Nan. LP ɗin ya haɗa da waɗanda aka saki a baya, nau'ikan waƙoƙin rhythm da blues da sabbin waƙoƙi da yawa.
Bayan wani lokaci, ƙungiyar ta yi aiki a kan ƙirƙira da rikodin abubuwan da suka biyo baya don fim ɗin Bunny Lake ya ɓace. Mawaƙin ya yi rikodin jingle mai ƙarfi na talla mai suna Come on Time. Fim ɗin ya ƙunshi faifan bidiyo kai tsaye daga ƙungiyar rock na Burtaniya.
Shiga tare da CBS Records
A ƙarshen 1960s, mawakan sun sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da CBS Records. Kamfanin ya ba da hasken kore ga rikodin Odessey da Oracle LP. Bayan haka, ƴan ƙungiyar sun wargaza layin.
Tushen kundin ya ƙunshi sabbin waƙoƙi. Babban bugu na Rolling Stone ya gane diski a matsayin mafi kyau. Abubuwan da aka tsara Lokacin Lokacin ya shahara sosai tsakanin masoya kiɗa da masu sha'awar. Abin sha'awa, Rod Argent ya yi aiki a kan ƙirƙirar waƙa.
An yi wa mawaƙan kuɗi mai yawa, in dai ba su bar dandalin ba. Ya gagara shawo kan 'yan kungiyar.
Rayuwar mawaƙa bayan barin ƙungiyar
Bayan wargajewar shirin, mawakan sun bi hanyoyinsu na daban. Alal misali, Colin Blunstone ya yanke shawarar yin sana'ar solo. A sakamakon haka, ya rubuta LPs masu cancanta da yawa. Kundin karshe na mashahurin ya fito a cikin 2009. Muna magana ne game da kundi mai suna The Ghost of You and Me.
Rod Argent ya yanke shawarar fara aikin kiɗan kansa. Ya shafe shekaru da yawa don ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar da ta dace da ra'ayinsa. Kwararren mawakin ana kiransa Argent.
Taron band
A farkon 1990s, an san cewa Aljanu, wanda ya ƙunshi Colin Blunstone, Hugh Grundy da Chris White, sun yi rikodin sabon LP a cikin ɗakin rikodin. A cikin 1991, mawaƙa sun gabatar da kundi na New World. Rikodin ya sami karbuwa sosai ba kawai daga magoya baya ba, har ma da masu sukar kiɗa.
A ranar 1 ga Afrilu, 2004, wani labari mara daɗi ya zama sananne. Daya daga cikin wadanda suka kafa kungiyar, Paul Atkinson, ya rasu. Don tunawa da aboki da abokin aiki, ƙungiyar ta buga kide-kide na bankwana da yawa.
Haƙiƙanin farfaɗowar ƙungiyar ya faru ne a farkon 2000s. A lokacin ne Rod da Colin suka fitar da kundin hadin gwiwa Out of the Shadows. Bayan 'yan shekaru, a karkashin m pseudonym Colin Blunstone Rod Argent the Zombies, gabatar da LP As Far As I Can See ... ya faru. A sakamakon haka, Colin da Rod sun haɗa ayyukansu zuwa gaba ɗaya.
Ba da daɗewa ba Keith Airey, Jim da Steve Rodford suka shiga sabuwar ƙungiyar. Mawakan sun fara yin wasa a ƙarƙashin sunan Colin Blunstone da Rod Argent na Aljanu. Bayan da aka yi jerin gwano, mawakan sun yi wani gagarumin rangadi, wanda ya fara a kasar Birtaniya ya kare a Landan.
Bayan rangadin, ƴan ƙungiyar sun gabatar da CD da DVD na bidiyo kai tsaye. An kira aikin Live a Gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Bloomsbury, London. Magoya bayan sun karbi tarin. A kan zazzafar farin jini, mawakan sun ba da kide-kiden su a Ingila, Amurka da Turai. A cikin 2007-2008 rangadin hadin gwiwa tare da The Yardbirds ya faru. A lokaci guda kuma, an gudanar da wani shagali a birnin Kiev.
Bayan 'yan shekaru, an san cewa Keith Airey ya bar ƙungiyar. A wannan lokacin, ya sanya kansa a matsayin ɗan wasan solo. Keith ya yi rikodin kundi na solo kuma ya fito a cikin kiɗan. Christian Phillips ne ya dauki wurin Keith. A cikin bazara na 2010, Tom Toomey ya ɗauki matsayinsa.
Kundin bukin shekara na The Zombies band
A cikin 2008, mawaƙa na ƙungiyar sun yi bikin ranar zagaye. Gaskiyar ita ce, shekaru 40 da suka gabata sun rubuta LP Odessey da Oracle. 'Yan tawagar sun yanke shawarar yin bikin bikin. Sun gudanar da wani kade-kade na galala a Daular Shepherd Bush daular London.
Dukkanin "abin da ke tattare da zinare" na kungiyar sun taru a kan mataki, sai dai Paul Atkinson. Mawakan sun yi duk waƙoƙin da aka haɗa a cikin LP. Masu sauraro sun godewa kungiyar da babbar tafi. Bayan watanni shida, faifan bidiyo daga bikin tunawa da ranar tunawa sun bayyana. Bugu da kari, sun buga kide-kide ga magoya bayan Burtaniya a garuruwa daban-daban na kasarsu ta haihuwa.
Abubuwa masu ban sha'awa game da Zombies
- Ana kiran aljanu mafi yawan "kwakwalwa" rukuni na "Mamayen Burtaniya".
- A cewar masu sukar kiɗan, godiya ga waƙar She's Not There, ƙungiyar ta sami farin jini a duniya.
- A cewar mai sukar kiɗa R. Meltzer, ƙungiyar ta kasance "matakin tsaka-tsaki tsakanin The Beatles da The Doors".
Zombies a halin yanzu
A halin yanzu ƙungiyar ta ƙunshi:
- Colin Blunstone;
- Rod Argent;
- Tom Toomey;
- Jim Rodford;
- Steve Rodford.
A yau ƙungiyar ta mayar da hankali kan ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo. Yawancin wasan kwaikwayon na gudana ne a Biritaniya, Amurka da Turai. Wasannin kide-kide da aka tsara don 2020, an tilasta wa mawakan su sake jadawalin zuwa 2021. An dauki wannan matakin ne dangane da ta'azzara cutar coronavirus.
