Bayan sun fara tafiya a matsayin kaɗaɗɗen kaɗe-kaɗe na kaɗe-kaɗe don yin kade-kade da annashuwa bayan wahala da ma'aikatan Birtaniyya suka yi, ƙungiyar Tygers na Pan Tang sun yi nasarar ɗaga kansu zuwa kololuwar kiɗan Olympus a matsayin mafi kyawun ƙungiyar ƙarfe mai nauyi daga Albion mai hazo. Kuma ko faɗuwar ba ta yi ƙasa da murkushewa ba. Sai dai har yanzu tarihin kungiyar bai cika ba.
Ƙaunar labarin kimiyya da fa'idar karanta jaridu
Ƙananan garin masana'antu na Whitley Bay da ke arewa maso gabashin Ingila bai bambanta da sauran garuruwan ba. Babban nishaɗin mazauna yankin shine taruka a mashaya da wuraren cin abinci na yankin. Amma a nan ne ƙungiyar Tygers na Pan Tang ta bayyana a ƙarshen 70s na karni na karshe. Ta yi majagaba a sabon motsi na motsin ƙarfe na Biritaniya.
Rob Weir ne ya kafa ƙungiyar. Shi kadai ne memba na asali wanda ya ci gaba da taka leda a rukunin har zuwa yau. Wani gwanin guitarist, wanda ya yanke shawarar nemo masu tunani iri ɗaya waɗanda zai iya samun kuɗi tare da su ta hanyar kunna kiɗan da ya fi so, ya tafi hanya mafi sauƙi. Ya sanya talla a cikin takarda na gida. Biyu sun amsa da shi - Brian Dick, wanda ya zauna a ganguna da Rocky, wanda ya mallaki gitar bass.
A cikin wannan abun da ke ciki ne aka gudanar da wasannin farko na kungiyar a shekarar 1978. Sun yi wasa a mashaya da kulake daban-daban a daya daga cikin unguwannin Newcastle. Sunan "Tygers na Pan Tang" ya fito ne daga bassist Rocky. Ya kasance babban mai son marubuci Michael Moorcock.
A cikin ɗaya daga cikin litattafan almara na kimiyya, dutsen sarauta na Pan Tang ya bayyana. Wannan tsaunin ya kasance da manyan mayaka waɗanda suke bautar hargitsi kuma suna ajiye damisa a matsayin dabbobi. Duk da haka, ba shi da mahimmanci ga jama'a yadda ake kiran sunayen "wadannan mutane" da ke wasa a dandalin mashaya. Da yawa sun fi sha'awar kiɗan kiɗan da kayan aikinsu ke bayarwa.
Da farko, aikin "Tygers na Pan Tang" ya mayar da hankali kan sanannen "Black Sabbath", "Deep Purple", kuma kawai bayan 'yan shekaru kungiyar ta sami sauti da salon sa na asali.
Waƙar da ba ta da kalmomi ba za ta kawo ɗaukaka ba
Tun da babu ɗaya daga cikin membobin ƙungiyar da zai iya waƙa kuma ba shi da ikon yin magana da ba za a manta da shi ba, wasan kwaikwayo na farko na ƙungiyar ya kasance kayan aiki ne kawai. Sun kasance cikakke guda na kiɗa. Sun ja hankali tare da tsoratar da masu sauraro da duhun su da nauyi. Amma ƙungiyar ta sami ƙarfi kuma ta zama sananne a cikin garinsu.
A wani lokaci, mawaƙa sun yanke shawarar ba da kansu murya, don haka mawallafin farko Mark Butcher ya bayyana a cikin rukuni, ya sake samun ta hanyar tallace-tallace a cikin jarida. Haɗin kai da shi ya yi ɗan gajeren lokaci, bayan wasan kwaikwayo 20 kawai tare, Butcher ya bar kungiyar, yana mai cewa kungiyar ba za ta taba yin suna a irin wannan matakin ba.
Abin farin ciki, annabcinsa ya zama kuskure. Ba da da ewa, Jess Cox ya zama soloist, kuma wanda ya kafa kamfanin rikodi na Neat Records, wanda a cikin 1979 ya fito da na farko na hukuma guda "Tygers of Pan Tang" - "Kada ku taɓa ni a can", ya lura da sababbin nau'ikan ƙarfe masu nauyi.
Da haka aka fara rangadin. Ƙungiyar ta yi tafiya a duk faɗin Ingila, tana yin aiki a matsayin budewa ga mashahuran rockers, daga cikinsu akwai Scorpions, Budgie, Iron Maiden. Sha'awa a cikin rukuni ya girma sosai, kuma sun riga sun sha'awar matakin ƙwararru.
Tuni a cikin 1980, mawakan sun rasa 'yancin kai kuma a zahiri sun zama mallakin kamfanin MCA. A watan Yuli na wannan shekara, da farko album aka saki "Wild Cat". Rikodin ya yi nasarar lashe matsayi na 18 nan da nan a cikin ginshiƙi na Burtaniya, ganin cewa ba a san ƙungiyar ba tukuna.
Haɓaka na farko da ƙasa na Tygers na Pan Tang
Bayan ya kai matakin ƙwararru kuma ya sami amincewar masu sauraro, "Tygers of Pan Tang" bai tsaya a nan ba. Mawakan sun sami nasu sauti mai laushi kuma ba su da ƙarfi kamar yadda muke so. Mawaƙin guitarist John Sykes ya ceci lamarin, wanda ya ba wasan na manyan ƙarfe "nama" da kuma buguwa.
Kuma nasarar wasan da aka yi a bikin Karatu ya tabbatar da kyakkyawar alkiblar ci gaban kungiyar. Amma babban nasarar da aka samu ya zama dalilin warware dangantakar da kuma jawo bargo a kan kowane ɗayan ƙungiyar. Sakamakon haka, Jess Cox ya shiga yin iyo kyauta. Kuma sabon soloist na kungiyar shine John Deverill. Kundin mafi mahimmanci a cikin faifan ƙungiyar, "Spellbound", an rubuta shi tare da shi.
Duk abin yana tafiya da kyau, amma gudanarwa na kamfanin "MCA" yana buƙatar ƙarin aiki mai aiki. Shugabannin mawaƙa sun so su sami lokaci don samun kuɗi a kan sabbin masu shigowa da suka hau kan dutsen Biritaniya, gwargwadon yiwuwa. Don haka, sun bukaci ƙungiyar ta hanzarta yin rikodin albam na uku. Don haka duniya ta ga "Crazy Nights", wanda ya zama kundin kundi mai rauni ga ƙananan ƙarfe na waɗannan shekarun.
Bugu da ƙari, mawaƙa sun riga sun sami kwanciyar hankali a ƙarƙashin ƙafafunsu kuma sun fara kallo da sauti mai ƙarfi. Sun kawar da rashin tabbas da rashin jin daɗi wanda ya jawo hankalin masu kallo da masu sauraro zuwa wasan kwaikwayo na farko.
Canje-canjen da ba a zata ba a cikin Tygers na Pan Tang
Buga na farko na "Tygers na Pan Tang" shine maye gurbin mai soloist. Rikicin da Jess ya nuna cewa mawaƙa ba za su iya yarda da juna ba kawai tare da kamfanin da ya sake su ba, har ma da juna. Kuma a sa'an nan, sanin cewa kungiyar ba ta da wani shugabanci, John Sykes ba zato ba tsammani ya bar tawagar. Kuma yana yin hakan ne a wani lokaci mara dadi - a jajibirin rangadin Faransa.
Domin gudanar da rangadin, kungiyar ta nemi wanda zai maye gurbin cikin gaggawa. Sabon mawaƙin shine Fred Purser, wanda dole ne ya koyi duk kayan ƙungiyar a cikin ƙasa da mako guda. Ƙungiyar ta ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayo har ma da yin rikodin kundi na huɗu, The Cage. Amma godiya ga sassan guitar Purser, wanda ke da sha'awar al'ada, rikodin ya zama ba a cikin ruhun "Tygers na Pan Tang". Sai dai daga nesa ya yi kama da salon ƙarfe mai nauyi.
Tigers marasa hakori suna shiga ƙarƙashin ƙasa
Wataƙila, tashiwar Sykes ne da zaɓin da ke son Purser wanda ya zama mummunan kuskure wanda baƙar fata na rukuni ya fara. Kundin na hudu "Tygers of Pan Tang" ya sami mummunan rauni daga magoya baya. Manajoji kawai sun ƙi sayar da shi, kuma ƙarin haɗin gwiwa tare da MCA yana gab da rugujewa. Hukumar kula da lakabin ta bukaci mawakan su sami kansu sabon manaja. Amma wanene zai yi aiki tare da ƙungiyar da ta fara zamewa da gaske daga Olympus na kiɗa?
Ƙoƙarin mai zaman kansa na canza ɗakin rikodin ya ƙare cikin rashin nasara. A cikin "MCA", dangane da sharuɗɗan kwangilar, sun nemi wani adadi mai ban mamaki don dakatar da aiki tare, babu wani kamfani na "Tygers of Pan Tang" a lokacin da ya shirya don ba da irin wannan kudi. A sakamakon haka, ƙungiyar ta yanke shawara kawai daidai a lokacin - ta daina wanzuwa.
Bayan wasu shekaru biyu na lokaci, jagoran mawaƙa John Deverill da mai buga bugu Brian Dick sun yi ƙoƙarin farawa. Sun kawo masu guitar Steve Lam, Neil Sheppard da bassist Clint Irwin. Amma ko da rikodin cikakken kundin albums guda biyu bai cece su daga mummunan zargi daga masana kiɗa da kuma ra'ayi mara kyau daga magoya bayan rock game da waɗannan raƙuman raƙuman gaske da munanan bayanan.
Koyaya, Rob Ware da Jess Cox suma sun kasa ƙirƙirar sabon abu mai kyau a cikin tsarin madadin aikin "Tyger-Tyger". Duk zaɓuɓɓukan don sake fasalin ƙungiyar Tygers na Pan Tang sun zama daban-daban daga abin da aka ƙirƙira a 1978 don. Ba su da wannan ƙarfin, ƙarfi da tuƙi na gaskiya, waɗanda ke bambanta ƙarfe mai nauyi da mara kyau.
Har yanzu ba a rasa komai ba
Sai kawai a cikin 1998 duniya ta sake jin sanannun "wanka". Bikin Buɗe Air na Wacken ya zama dandamali don tayar da ƙungiyar. Rob Ware, Jess Cox da zaɓin sabbin mawaƙa sun haɗa kai don buga wasu waƙoƙin ƙungiyar, wanda ke nuna bikin cika shekaru 20 na ƙungiyar. Ganin cewa bikin da kansa ya yi bikin shekaru goma, irin wannan kyautar ta sami karbuwa tare da masu sauraro. An fitar da wasan kwaikwayon ƙungiyar a matsayin kundi na daban.
Wannan lamari ne ya zama mafari a yunƙurin maido da matsayinsu na mafi kyawun ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Biritaniya. Ee, suna da sabon layi, sauti da aka sabunta, kuma kawai memba na dindindin kuma mahaliccinsa, Rob Ware, ya ci gaba da tuntuɓar tarihin ƙungiyar. Bayan shekara ta 2000, Tygers na Pan Tang ya fara yin wasa a bukukuwa daban-daban. Ƙungiya ta fara yin rikodin kundi.
Ba za a iya cewa suna da farin jini iri ɗaya kamar a farkon 80s. Amma magoya baya da masu sukar kiɗa sun mayar da martani da kyau ga sabbin rikodin, suna lura da ingantaccen sauti da kuma dawo da kuzarin ƙungiyar.
Wataƙila farfaɗowar "Tygers of Pan Tang" ya yiwu ne ta hanyar sha'awar Rob Ware don kunna kiɗan da ya fi so, ko da menene. Bayanan da aka rubuta a cikin sabon karni ba su da irin wannan gagarumin tallace-tallace. Amma kungiyar ta yi nasarar dawo da soyayyar masoya, inda ta jawo sabbin masu saurare zuwa ga matsayinsu.
Tigers na Pan Tang a yau
Mawakin kungiyar na yanzu Jacopo Meille. Rob Ware yana wasa guitar tare da Gavin Gray akan bass. Craig Ellis yana zaune a kan ganguna. Masu aikin ƙarfe na Birtaniyya waɗanda suka shiga cikin ƙarshen 70s na ƙarnin da suka gabata suna ci gaba da faranta wa magoya bayansu da albam masu kyau, suna fitar da su duk bayan shekaru uku ko huɗu.
Faifan na ƙarshe shine "Ritual". An sake shi a cikin 2019. A halin yanzu ƙungiyar tana shirin sake fitar da kundi na 2012 Ambush. Hakanan suna neman sabon mawaƙi bayan Mickey Crystal ya bar ƙungiyar a cikin Afrilu 2020. Kamar yadda kake gani, tarihi yana maimaita kansa. Magoya bayan "Tygers of Pan Tang" suna fatan mawakan za su iya tsayawa a wannan lokacin kuma za su faranta wa magoya bayan karfen nauyi da wasanninsu da sabbin albam na dogon lokaci mai zuwa.
