Uriah Heep sanannen ƙungiyar rock ne ta Biritaniya wacce aka kafa a cikin 1969 a Landan. Daya daga cikin haruffa a cikin litattafan Charles Dickens ne ya ba da sunan ƙungiyar.
Mafi amfani a cikin tsarin ƙirƙira na ƙungiyar shine 1971-1973. A wannan lokacin ne aka rubuta bayanan kungiyoyin asiri guda uku, wadanda suka zama na gaske na gargajiya na dutse mai wuya kuma ya sanya kungiyar ta shahara a duk duniya.
Wannan ya zama mai yiwuwa godiya ga ƙirƙirar salo na musamman na ƙungiyar Uriah Heep, wanda aka sani har yau.
Farkon tarihin ƙungiyar Uriya Heep
Ɗaya daga cikin waɗanda suka kafa Uriah Heep shine Mick Box. Ya zaɓi tsakanin dutsen da ƙwallon ƙafa na dogon lokaci, amma ya zauna a kan kiɗa. Akwatin ya kirkiro ƙungiyar The Stalkers.
Amma ba ta daɗe sosai ba. Lokacin da aka bar ƙungiyar ba tare da mawaƙa ba, ɗan wasan bugu Roger Pennington ya gayyaci abokinsa David Byron (Garrick) zuwa wasan kwaikwayo.
Da farko, mutanen sun sake yin aiki bayan aikin, sun tara kwarewa da kayan da suke so su ci nasara a duniya. Lokacin da tsohon dan wasan ya bar ƙungiyar, Alex Napier ya maye gurbinsa.
An sanya wa tawagar suna Spice. Membobin ainihin sun yanke shawarar cewa idan suna son yin nasara, suna buƙatar zama ƙwararrun mawaƙa. Sun bar ayyukansu kuma suka fara yin abin da suke so.
Wanda ya fara furodusan ƙungiyar shine mahaifin Paul Newton bassist. Ya yi nasarar sa kungiyar ta yi wasa a kulob din Marquee. Wannan shi ne wasan kwaikwayo na farko na Spice.
Bayan wani lokaci, a ɗaya daga cikin wasan kwaikwayo na ƙungiyar, a kulob din Blues Loft, manajan ɗakin rikodin Hit Record Productions ya lura da ƙungiyar. Nan take ya ba wa mutanen kwangila.
Hanyar nasara ta ƙungiyar Uray Heep
A cikin 1969, an canza sunan Spice zuwa Uriah Heep kuma ɗan wasan keyboard ya shiga ƙungiyar. Sautin ya fara kama da sautin "Uraykhip" mai alama.
Tare da sunan mawallafin madannai Ken Hensley ne yawancin masu suka ke danganta shaharar ƙungiyar. Mawallafin maɓalli na ƙirƙira ya sami damar haskaka sautin gita mai kauri da manyan sautunan kida.
Kundin halarta na farko Very 'Eavy… Very 'Umble a yau yawancin masu suka sun sanya shi daidai da irin waɗannan ayyukan ibada kamar: A cikin Rock Deep Purple da Paranoid Black Sabbath.
Amma wannan shine a yau, kuma a lokacin da aka saki shi, diski bai zama "ƙofa ta gaba" zuwa kasuwancin kasuwanci ba. Maza, ga godiyarsu, sun ci gaba da aiki don inganta wasan su.
Akwatin, Byron da Hensley sun ƙirƙiri rikodin Salisbury na biyu a cikin wani ɗan ƙaramin jijiya. Kuma wannan ya zama mai yiwuwa godiya ga gwanintar tsara Hensley. A faifan farko, ya sake rubuta sassan maballin maɓalli na magabata, amma bai yi aiki a matsayin mawaki ba.
Babban fasalin fayafai na biyu na Uriah Heep shine nau'in sauti mai mahimmanci. Yanzu sautin ba kawai nauyi ba ne, amma har ma da waƙa. Rikodin ya sami kyakkyawar suka, kuma a Jamus ya zama mashahurin mega.
Zamanin shaharar kungiyar Uriah Heep
Kundin rukunin na uku, Dubi Kanku, wanda yakai kololuwa a lamba 39 akan Chart Albums na Burtaniya. A cewar mawakan da kansu, sun yi nasarar hada abubuwan da suka kasa hadawa da farko, wanda hakan ya kai ga nasara.
Wakar da ta fi shahara ita ce safiyar Yuli. Masu sukar sun lura da yadda mawakan suka iya haɗa ƙarfe mai nauyi da dutsen ci gaba zuwa salo guda. Mawaƙi David Byron ya sami yabo na musamman.
Kundin na huɗu, Aljanu da Wizards, sun shiga manyan ginshiƙan kiɗa na 20 a Ingila kuma ya zauna a can har tsawon makonni 11. Waƙar Easy Livin ta taimaka wajen bayyana fuskoki na gaba na mawaƙin ƙungiyar.
Ƙungiyar Uriah Heep ta shahara a duk faɗin duniya. Faifai biyu na Uriah Heep Live ya taimaka wajen haɓaka shahararsa.
An haɗa shi daga faifan rikodin kai tsaye da aka ƙirƙira tare da ɗakin studio na wayar hannu. Har yanzu ana ɗaukar wannan faifan mafi kyawun kundi mai rai da aka yi rikodin a cikin salon dutsen wuya.
Matsaloli tare da membobin rukuni
Ƙungiyar ta kai kololuwar da za ta iya faɗuwa da sauri. Haka kuma, matsaloli a cikin tawagar sun fara bayyana. Uriah Heep bassist Gary Thane yana da matsalolin lafiya.
Bugu da ƙari, a lokacin wasan kwaikwayo, ya sami wutar lantarki. Duk wannan ya kai ga cewa bayan watanni uku ya bar kungiyar, sannan ya mutu sakamakon yawan shan kwayoyi.
Ƙungiyar ta sami nasarar nemo babban wanda zai maye gurbin ɗan wasan bass ɗin su. John Wetton ya shiga Uriah Heep. Har zuwa wannan rana, ya yi wasa a wani mashahurin ƙungiyar, King Crimson.
John ya ƙarfafa tsarin ƙungiyar, kuma kyautar mawallafinsa ya taimaka sosai lokacin yin rikodin na gaba. Kundin Komawa zuwa Fantasy da aka fitar tare da sa hannu ya zama mafi kyawun siyarwa kuma ya ƙarfafa nasarar ƙungiyar.
Abubuwan da ke biyo baya ba su da farin jini sosai, kuma tauraron ƙungiyar Uriah Heep ya fara dusashewa. Hakan ya haifar da sabani akai-akai a cikin tawagar. Bayan daya daga cikinsu, an kori mawaki David Byron. Dauda ya ƙara shan barasa.
Bayan wannan taron, John Wetton ya bar ƙungiyar. Abun da ke ciki ya fara canzawa akai-akai. Koyaya, wannan bai shafi ingancin rikodin Firefly ba. Ta sami kyakkyawan bita.
Ƙungiyar Uriah Heep na ɗaya daga cikin na farko da aka ba da izinin yin wasan kwaikwayo a cikin USSR. Wasannin kide-kide a Moscow da Leningrad sun tattara 100-200 dubu "magoya bayan" na kiɗa mai nauyi kowanne.
Yawon shakatawa akai-akai ya haifar da gaskiyar cewa mawakan ƙungiyar sun fara karya muryarsu. Rikicinsu ya kare ne a shekarar 1986, lokacin da Bernie Shaw ya shiga kungiyar, wanda ke taka leda tare da kungiyar har zuwa yau.
