UFO ƙungiya ce ta dutsen Burtaniya wacce aka kafa a cikin 1969. Wannan ba kawai rukunin dutse ba ne, har ma da ƙungiyar almara. Mawaƙa sun ba da gudummawa sosai wajen haɓaka salon ƙarfe mai nauyi.
Sama da shekaru 40 na wanzuwa, ƙungiyar ta watse sau da yawa kuma ta sake taru. Abun da ke ciki ya canza sau da yawa. Memba ɗaya tilo na ƙungiyar, da kuma marubucin yawancin waƙoƙin, shi ne mawaƙi Phil Mogg.
Tarihin ƙirƙirar ƙungiyar UFO
Tarihin ƙungiyar UFO ya fara ne da The Boyfriends, wanda Mick Bolton (guitar) ya ƙirƙira a London, Pete Way (gitar bass) da Tick Torrazo (ganguna).
Wani abin ban sha'awa shi ne yadda mawakan suka rika yin gyara ga sunan kungiyar. Sunayen suna canzawa ɗaya bayan ɗaya: Hocus Pocus, Mai Kyau da Badand da Mummuna da Acid.
Colin Turner ya maye gurbin Torrazo. Daga baya mawaki Phil Mogg ya shiga ƙungiyar. Tare da canje-canje a cikin abun da ke ciki, sabon suna ya bayyana. Daga yanzu, mawakan suna yin su a ƙarƙashin ƙaƙƙarfan ƙaƙƙarfan sunan UFO don girmama kulob ɗin London mai suna iri ɗaya. Tun kafin bayyanarsa ta farko a mataki, Andy Parker ya maye gurbin Turner. Wannan shi ne yadda aka kafa "haɗin gwal" na ƙungiyar UFO.
Mawaƙa masu hazaka sun taru a ƙungiyar UFO. Saboda haka, ba abin mamaki ba ne cewa babban lakabin Beacon Records nan da nan ya zama sha'awar band, wanda band ya sanya hannu kan kwangila. Abin sha'awa shine, Andy Parker ya jira har sai ya girma, saboda iyayensa sun ƙi sanya hannu kan kwangila, kuma alamar ba ta da hakkin yin aiki tare da 'yan ƙasa.
A cikin kaka na 1970, band ya gabatar da kundin su na farko, wanda ake kira UFO 1. Abubuwan da aka haɗa a cikin tarin an rubuta su a cikin salon dutse mai wuyar gaske, tare da ƙari na rhythm da blues, sararin samaniya da psychedelia.
Abin mamaki shine, mazaunan Amurka da Birtaniya ba su son rikodin, amma a Japan tarin farko ya hadu da guguwa ta tafi. Shekara guda bayan haka, an cika hoton ƙungiyar tare da kundi na biyu na UFO 2: Flying.
Tabbatar sauraron waƙoƙin Tauraro Storm 2 (18:54) da Flying (26:30). Mawakan ba su canza salon sauti na kamfani ba. Kundin UFO 2: Flying ya shahara a Japan, Faransa da Jamus kuma bai nuna sha'awar sauran kasashen duniya ba.
A cikin 1972, ƙungiyar ta gabatar da kundi na farko kai tsaye, Live. Ba mamaki kawai an sake shi a Japan.
Juyin UFO zuwa dutse mai wuya
Bayan fitowar kundin kundi na farko, bayanai sun bayyana cewa mawallafin guitar Mick Bolton yana barin ƙungiyar. ƙwararren Larry Wallis ne ya ɗauki wurin Mick. Gaskiya ne, ba zai iya dadewa a cikin tawagar ba. Rikicin da Phil Mogg ne ya jawo.
Ba da daɗewa ba Bernie Marsden ya ɗauki wurin Mick. A cikin wannan shekarar, kungiyar ta sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da lakabin Chrysalis. Wilf Wright (daya daga cikin daraktocin kamfanin) ya zama manajan kungiyar.
A shekara ta 1973, a lokacin yawon shakatawa na Jamus, mawaƙa sun haɗu da mawakan solo na mashahurin ƙungiyar Scorpions. Sun kadu da wasan guitarist Michael Schenker. Jigon ƙungiyar UFO ya ba Michael damar shiga ƙungiyar su akan sharuɗɗan da suka dace. Mawaƙin ya yarda.
Wannan matakin kuma ya kasance mai ban sha'awa saboda ƙungiyar ta fara yin rikodin waƙoƙi tare da furodusa Leo Lyons, tsohon ɗan wasan bass na Shekaru Goma Bayan. Ba da da ewa da kungiyar ta discography da aka cika da Phenomenon Disc, wanda a hukumance ya bayyana a kan shelves na music Stores a 1974.
Abubuwan da aka tsara sun riga sun yi sautin dutse mai ƙarfi tare da solos na guitar Schenker. Duk da ingancin waƙoƙin, babu waƙa ɗaya daga cikin sabon kundin da aka tsara. Don girmamawa ga sakin sabon kundin, ƙungiyar ta tafi yawon shakatawa kuma ta gayyaci mawaki Paul Chapman don ɗaukar wurin. Bayan ƙarshen yawon shakatawa, Paul Chapman ya bar mawaƙa.
Kololuwar shaharar kungiyar UFO
A cikin 1975, mawakan sun gabatar da kundi na gaba, Force It, ga magoya baya. Hakanan an san wannan tarin don gaskiyar cewa kayan aikin madannai sun yi sauti a karon farko a cikinsa. Ya kamata a gode wa mawaki Chick Churchill akan wannan.
Force Shi ne kundi na farko da aka tattara don buga jadawalin Amurka. Kundin ya ɗauki matsayi na 71 mai daraja. Mawakan sun tafi yawon shakatawa kuma sun gayyaci mawallafin madannai Danny Peyronel (wani memba na Kids Heavy Metal) don taimakawa.
Shekara guda bayan haka, an sake cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar da kundi na biyar, wanda ake kira No Heavy Petting. Rikodin bai yi nasara ba kamar kundin da ya gabata. A cikin ginshiƙi na Amurka, tarin ya ɗauki matsayi na 161 kawai.
A cikin wannan shekarar, abun da ke cikin kungiyar ya canza sau da yawa. Maimakon Danny Peyronel, mawallafin mabuɗin shine Paul Raymond, wanda ya zo ƙungiyar UFO daga ƙungiyar Savoy Brown. Don yin rikodin sabon kundi, mawakan sun gayyaci sabon furodusa. Sun zama Ron Nevison.
Ba da daɗewa ba magoya bayan sun fara jin daɗin waƙoƙin sabon kundi mai haske. An saki kundin a watan Mayu 1977. Haɗin ya ɗauki matsayi na 23 a Amurka da matsayi na 54 a cikin jadawalin kiɗan Birtaniyya.
Mawakan sun tafi wani babban yawon shakatawa na Amurka. Kuma bayan yawon shakatawa ya bayyana a fili cewa Michael Schenker ya bar band. Daga baya ya zama cewa mawaki ya fara samun matsala mai tsanani da kwayoyi da barasa. Domin kada ya katse wasan kwaikwayon, Paul Chapman ya dauki wurin Michael, wanda a baya ya yi aiki tare da kungiyar UFO. Mawaƙin ya yi wasa a cikin ƙungiyar har zuwa 1977. Sa'an nan ya zama sananne cewa Schenker ya koma cikin kungiyar.
A cikin 1978, an fitar da kundi mai suna Obsession a cikin duniyar waƙa, wanda ya ɗauki matsayi na 41 a Amurka da matsayi na 26 a Burtaniya. Masu sukar kiɗan masu iko sun kira wannan tarin mafi kyawun kundi na zane-zane na UFO.
Schenker ya kasance daidai shekara guda. A cikin 1978, ɗan wasan gaba na ƙungiyar ya sanar da cewa Michael yana barin ƙungiyar har abada. Akwai dalilai da yawa a cikin manema labarai don barin - rikice-rikice da yawa tare da Phil Mogg, matsalolin miyagun ƙwayoyi, jadawalin balaguron balaguro.
Schenker ya bar jim kadan kafin a fito da tarin rai na biyu Strangers in the Night. Rikodin ya kai kololuwa a lamba 7 a Burtaniya da lamba 42 a Amurka. Wannan shine ɗayan mafi kyawun kundi na kai tsaye a duniya.
Rushewar ƙungiyar UFO
Paul Chapman ya ɗauki wurin Michael, wanda mutane da yawa suka riga sun ƙaunace shi. Soloists na kungiyar ba su da cikakken tabbacin cewa wannan shi ne zabin da ya dace. Musamman ma, Paul Raymond ya yi magana a zahiri game da gaskiyar cewa bai ɗauki Bulus mawaƙin cancanta ba. Ya ba da shawarar cewa furodusa Wilf Wright ya sami wanda ya fi kyau.
Raymond ya ma fi gigita lokacin da ya sami labarin cewa Eddie van Halen yana so ya ɗauki matsayin Schenker. Eddie ya yi ajiyar wuri cewa bai zo kungiyar ba kawai saboda ya dauki kansa ya fi Schenker muni.
A cikin wannan abun da ke ciki, mawakan sun fara rikodin sabon fayafai. A wannan lokacin, wurin mai gabatarwa ya dauki George Martin, wanda ya karbi "sashi" na sanarwa yayin aiki tare da The Beatles.
Martin da ƴan solo na ƙungiyar a sakamakon haka ba su gamsu da aikin da aka yi ba. Tarin No Place to Run, wanda aka saki a cikin 1980, ya zama mai laushi cikin sauti idan aka kwatanta da aikin ƙungiyar da ta gabata. Abun da ke ciki Young Blood ya ɗauki matsayi na 36 a Burtaniya, kuma kundin ya ɗauki matsayi na 11.
Don tallafawa sabon kundin, mawaƙa, daga al'ada, sun tafi yawon shakatawa. Bayan yawan kide-kide, jeri ya sake canzawa. Paul Raymond ya yanke shawara mai wahala ga kansa - ya bar kungiyar.
Paul Raymond ya ce tafiyar tasa ta sami barata ta hanyar ra'ayoyi daban-daban kan kiɗa da ci gaban ƙungiyar. John Sloman ne ya ɗauki wurin Bulus. Mawakan sun taɓa yin wasa da Chapman a ƙungiyar Lone Star, kuma jim kaɗan kafin ya shiga ƙungiyar UFO, mawaƙin ya yi wasa a ƙungiyar Uriah Heep. Amma Sloman kuma ya zauna a cikin kungiyar na tsawon watanni. An maye gurbinsa da Neil Carter, tsohon mawaƙin jagoran dawakan daji.
A cikin 1981, an ƙara bayyani na ƙungiyar tare da tarin The Wild, the Willing and the Innocent. Mawakan soloists na ƙungiyar UFO ne suka samar da kundin. John Sloman ne ya rubuta wasu sassan madannai.
Sabuwar tarin ya ɗan bambanta a cikin sauti daga bayanan baya. Ya kamata a mai da hankali sosai ga abun da ke ciki Lonely Heart, wanda saxophone da Carter ya buga yana sautin allahntaka, kuma Bruce Springsteen ya rinjayi waƙoƙin.
Ƙungiyar UFO ta kasance mai ban sha'awa mai ban sha'awa. A cikin 1982, magoya baya suna jin daɗin waƙoƙin akan sabon tarin Mechanix. Gary Lyons ne ya samar da kundin. Duk da cewa rikodin ya ɗauki matsayi na 8 mai daraja a cikin ginshiƙi na Burtaniya, mawaƙan ba su gamsu da sakamakon su ba.
A wannan lokacin, mawaƙa na ƙungiyar al'ada na al'ada suna da komai: kudi, shahara, shahara, amincewa da miliyoyin magoya baya. Duk da duk "katin trump" na rayuwar taurari, yawancin mawaƙa sun sha wahala daga barasa da miyagun ƙwayoyi.
Rikici tsakanin tawagar ya karu. Nan da nan aka san cewa ƙungiyar ta yanke shawarar barin wanda ya tsaya a asalinsa. Yana da game da Pete Way. Hanya ta yi takaici tare da tarin na ƙarshe. Ba ya son sautin kayan aikin madannai.
Yin Tuntuɓi ya buge shagunan rikodin a cikin 1983. Gitar bass sun kasance masu kyau musamman. Ya kamata ku ba da girmamawa ga wasan Neil Carter da Paul Chapman. Ba da daɗewa ba ƙungiyar ta tafi babban yawon shakatawa tare da Billy Sheehan akan bass.
Wannan yawon shakatawa ya zama "rashin nasara". A'a, wasan mawaƙa, kamar koyaushe, yana da kyau. Matsalar tabar heroin ta tsananta. Bayan daya daga cikin kide-kide da aka yi a Katowice, Chapman da Mogg sun fara daidaita al'amura tare da taimakon hannu.
Kamar yadda ya juya daga baya, wannan rikici har yanzu ya kasance "flower" idan aka kwatanta da abin da ya faru a wasan kwaikwayo a Athens. A ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, mawaƙi Phil Mogg ya gamu da rauni yayin da yake yin too Hot to Handle. Phil ya yi kuka da ƙarfi a kan mataki sannan ya koma baya.
Mawakan sun ba masu sauraro hakuri. Sun bar matakin don shawo kan Phil ya dawo ya ci gaba da wasan kwaikwayon. Lokacin da Mogg da sauran ma’aikatan jirgin suka dauki matakin, masu sauraro sun yi ta jifar su da kwalabe. Ya kasance " gazawa". Tawagar ta yanke shawarar rabuwa.
A cikin bazara an yi rangadin bankwana tare da Paul Gray a matsayin ɗan wasan bass. An gudanar da wasan kwaikwayon na ƙarshe a Hammersmith Odeon a London. Ana iya samun rikodi na wasan kwaikwayon a cikin tarin Headstone - Mafi kyawun UFO.
Bayan wasan bankwana ne mawakan suka watse. Paul Chapman ya koma Florida. Ba da daɗewa ba ya ƙirƙiri sabon aikin DOA. Bayan ɗan lokaci, Bulus ya zama ɓangare na ƙungiyar Pete Way's Waysted.
Neil Carter ya sami goron gayyata don kasancewa cikin tawagar Gary Moore. Andy Parker ya shiga Scarlett, kuma daga baya ya koma Way da Chapman a Waysted.
Phil Mogg ya koma Los Angeles. A can, mawaƙin ya yi wa Yngwie Malmsteen da George Lynch. Magoya bayan sun sanya fare a taron UFO, amma mawakan ba su ba da alamar “rayuwa ba”.
Farfadowar ƙungiyar UFO
Ba da da ewa Mogg ya sadu da Paul Gray, wanda a cikin 1983 aka kawai jera a cikin sahu na Sing Sing kungiyar. Mawakan sun yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar aikin gama gari. Da farko, sun yi aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan mai suna The Great Outdoors. Tommy McClendon da mai kaɗa Robbie France ba da daɗewa ba suka shiga ƙungiyar.
Amma mawaƙa ba a san su ba a ƙarƙashin sabon sunan, don haka sun yanke shawarar yin aiki a ƙarƙashin sunan "wanda aka inganta" na UFO. A cikin 1984, tawagar ta tafi yawon shakatawa na makonni biyu.
A cikin 1985, an cika faifan bidiyo na ƙungiyar da irin wannan sabon kundi da ake tsammanin, Misdemeanor. Kundin ya kai kololuwa a lamba 74 a Burtaniya da lamba 106 a Amurka. Fans ba za su iya yin watsi da cewa sautin waƙoƙin ya canza ba. Yanzu abubuwan kide-kide sun fi tunawa da dutsen filin wasa na shekarun 1980.
Kusan nan da nan bayan gabatar da tarin, mawakan sun tafi wani babban yawon shakatawa na Turai. A yayin ziyarar, tawagar ta sami matsala. A cikin 1986, Paul Raymond ya sanar da cewa zai bar aikin. A wannan rana, ɗan wasan bass Paul Gray ya buga madanni.
Don "gama" yawon shakatawa, an gayyaci David Jacobsen don maye gurbin Paul Raymond. Paul ya shaidawa manema labarai cewa ya tilasta masa barin kungiyar ne saboda matsalar barasa.
A cikin 1987, an cika hoton ƙungiyar da ƙaramin album, wanda ake kira Ain't Misbehavin'. Mawakan sun nadi tarin tarin a lokacin yawon bude ido a kasashen Turai. Duk da tsammanin mawakan solo, kundin bai shahara ba.
Sa'an nan kuma an sami sauyin abun ciki akai-akai. Tommy McClendon shine farkon wanda ya bar ƙungiyar. Ba da daɗewa ba Mike Gray ya ɗauki wurinsa. Shekara guda bayan haka, an san cewa Paul Gray da Jim Simpson ba sa cikin ƙungiyar rock ta Burtaniya. Wurin mawakan da aka ambata ya kasance mawaƙin ɗan wasan gita Pete Way da ɗan bugu Fabio Del Rio.
Mai hazaka Mike Gray ya bar kungiyar na gaba. Da sauri ya sami wanda zai maye gurbin Rick Sanford, sannan Tony Glidwell. A cikin Disamba 1988, UFO ta sanar da rabuwa.
Sabbin membobin UFO
A farkon shekarun 1990, Phil Mogg yayi ƙoƙari ya ta da ƙungiyar almara ta UFO. Baya ga Phil, abun da ke ciki ya jagoranci:
- Pete Way;
- mawaƙa Lawrence Archer;
- mawaki Clive Edwards.
A cikin 1992, an sake cika hoton faifan band ɗin da sabon fayafai. Muna magana ne game da tarin Manyan Haruffa & Maza masu haɗari. An gayyaci mawaki Don Airey don yin rikodin tarin.
Magoya bayan ba su lura da kokarin mawakan ba. Tarin ya wuce ta "kunne" na masoya kiɗa kuma bai buga wani shahararren zane ba. Duk da haka, mawakan sun tafi yawon buɗe ido, tare da Jem Davis.
Kusan lokaci guda, mawaƙan sun fitar da raye-rayen Haɗa Haske a Tokyo. An sayar da rikodin a cikin 1992. A lokacin yawon shakatawa, mawaƙa sun ziyarci St.
A shekara daga baya, da classic abun da ke ciki na UFO kungiyar na marigayi 1970s hadu - Mogg - Schenker - Way - Raymond - Parker. Mogg ya so ya ga Paul Chapman a cikin layi, amma kasancewarsa babbar tambaya ce.
Bayan haka, Mogg ya sadu da Michael Schenker. Mawaƙin ya ba da damar yin rikodin sabon kundi na studio, don haka Mogg ya gayyaci sauran membobin ƙungiyar da ake kira "jerin zinare" na ƙungiyar UFO.
A cikin lokaci guda, mawakan sun sanya hannu kan wata muhimmiyar yarjejeniya. Ya yi magana game da gaskiyar cewa mawaƙa suna da 'yancin yin amfani da sunan UFO kawai lokacin da suke yin wasan kwaikwayo tare da Phil Mogg da Michael Schenker.
Ba da daɗewa ba ya zama sananne cewa mawaƙa sun fara rikodin sabon tarin. Ron Nevison ne ya samar da kundin. A cikin 1995, masu son kiɗa sun ga wani kundi mai suna Walk on Water.
Baya ga abubuwan da aka tsara na asali, tarin ya ƙunshi nau'ikan da aka sake rikodi na Likitan UFO da Litattafan Haske. A Japan, kundin ya ɗauki matsayi na 17 mai daraja. Amma, ga babban abin mamaki na mai samarwa, tarin bai shiga saman ko dai a Amurka ko a Birtaniya ba.
Ba da daɗewa ba tawagar ta bar Andy Parker. Tafiyar Andy mataki ne da ya wajaba. Gaskiyar ita ce, ya gaji sana’ar mahaifinsa. An tilasta wa mawaƙin ya kawo ƙarshen aikinsa na kiɗa. Simon Wright ne ya dauki wurin Parker, wanda a baya ya yi wasa a kungiyoyin AC / DC da Dio.
Farkon shekarun 2000
A cikin 2002, mawakan sun yi wani sabon kundi, Sharks, akan lakabin Shrapnel Records. Mike Varney ne ya shirya albam din.
Kundin ya samu karbuwa sosai daga masoya. Kuma duk abin da zai yi kyau, amma a lokacin yawon shakatawa don tallafawa tarin akwai wani abu mara kyau da ya shafi Schenker.
Michael ya sake rushe wasan a Manchester. A wannan karon, mawakin ya cika alkawarinsa, yana mai cewa ba zai kara fitowa a cikin makada ba. Maganin miyagun ƙwayoyi bai bar Schenker ya tafi ba. Ba jimawa yayi bankwana da dandalin har abada.
A shekara ta 2006, an cika hotunan ƙungiyar tare da tarin The Monkey Puzzle. Masoya masu aminci sun ji cewa sautin waƙoƙin ya ɗan canza. Baya ga sautin da aka saba yi na dutsen dutse da ƙarfe mai nauyi, tarin ya ƙunshi abubuwa na dutsen blues.
A cikin 2008, saboda matsalolin visa, Pete Way ya kasa shiga cikin yawon shakatawa na UFO na Amurka. Rob de Luca ya maye gurbin mawakin. A cikin 2009, Pete ya yanke shawarar barin ƙungiyar har abada. Dalilin tafiyar shi ne rashin lafiyar mawakin.
A kan sabon tarin, The Visitor, bass guitar Peter Pichl ya buga. Kundin ya shiga sigogin Burtaniya. Wannan babban abin mamaki ne ga mawakan.
Kundin studio na bikin cika shekaru 20 na UFO mai suna Bakwai Mutuwa. An fara sayar da tarin a cikin 2012. Abin sha'awa, rikodin ya ɗauki matsayi na 63 a cikin ginshiƙi na Burtaniya. Kuma bayan shekaru uku, zane-zane na band din ya cika da tarin A Conspiracy of Stars, wanda ya dauki matsayi na 50 a cikin ginshiƙi na Birtaniya.
A cikin 2016, bayani game da sakin sabon kundi ya bayyana a shafin hukuma na kungiyar. An fitar da tarin Salentino Cuts a tsakiyar 2017.
Kungiyar UFO a yau
A cikin 2018, mawaki Phil Mogg ya shaida wa manema labarai cewa ziyarar UFO na cika shekaru 50, wanda ya gudana a cikin 2019, zai zama na karshe a matsayin sa na gaba na kungiyar. Phil ya ce ƙungiyar za ta iya ci gaba da ci gaba da ayyukan ƙirƙira. Zai yi murna idan mawaƙa sun sami wanda zai maye gurbinsa.
Jagoran mawakin fitaccen mawakin rock ya bayyana cewa, “Wannan shawara ce da na yanke tuntuni. 'Yan wasan kwaikwayon na ƙarshe na iya zama na ƙarshe, amma ba ni da ƙarfin yin bankwana da matakin. Ba na so in kira wannan rangadin bankwana, amma a kowane hali, 2019 zai kasance karo na karshe da zan yi wa magoya baya."
Bugu da kari, Mogg ya kara da cewa "ya zabi lokacin da ya dace don rangadin bankwana" kuma "waɗannan za su kasance wasan kwaikwayo na ƙarshe a Burtaniya. Za mu buga wasan kwaikwayo a wasu ƙasashe inda a baya aka yi mana maraba. Za mu kuma ci gaba da tambayoyi daga magoya baya - rangadin zai kasance kadan a wajen Burtaniya. "
A cikin 2019, an san cewa Paul Raymond ya mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya. Bayan 'yan makonni, masu soloists sun sanar da cewa Neil Carter, wanda ya maye gurbin Raymond, zai shiga UFO kafin karshen yawon shakatawa.
A cikin 2020, ya zama sananne cewa ƙungiyar UFO za ta tafi babban balaguron Turai. Phil Mogg ya koma cikin mawakan. Duk da shekarun su, mawaƙa suna shirye su faranta wa masu sauraro rai tare da nuna haske da wasan kwaikwayon abubuwan da suka fi so. Layin na yanzu ya haɗa da:
- Phil Mogg;
- Andy Parker;
- Neil Carter;
- Winnie Moore;
- Rob da Luca.
