ZZ Top yana ɗaya daga cikin tsoffin makada na dutse masu aiki a cikin Amurka. Mawakan sun ƙirƙiri kiɗan su a cikin salon blues-rock. Wannan haɗe-haɗe na musamman na blues blues da dutsen dutse mai wuya ya zama abin ban haushi, amma kiɗan waƙar da ke sha'awar mutane fiye da Amurka.
Bayyanar kungiyar ZZ Top
Billy Gibbons shine mahaliccin ƙungiyar, wanda ya mallaki babban ra'ayi da ra'ayi. Abin sha'awa, ƙungiyar ZZ Top ba ita ce ƙungiyar farko da ya ƙirƙira ba. Kafin wannan, ya riga ya ƙaddamar da wani aiki mai nasara, The Moving Sidewalks. Tare da ƙungiyar, Billy ya sami damar yin rikodin waƙoƙi da yawa, wanda daga baya aka ƙirƙiri cikakken kundi kuma aka sake shi.
Duk da haka, aikin ya watse a tsakiyar 1969. A ƙarshen shekara, Gibbons ya riga ya yi nasarar ƙirƙirar sabon rukuni kuma ya saki na farko, Salt Lick. Abin sha'awa, waƙar ta yi nasara sosai. Ta shiga juyawa a gidan rediyon Texas, yawancin mazauna yankin sun fara saurarenta.
Mawaƙin ya ba wa mawaƙa damar shirya rangadin haɗin gwiwa na farko. Duk da haka, wannan abun da ke ciki ba a ƙaddara ya daɗe ba - an tsara mawaƙa biyu a cikin soja, kuma Billy ya nemi maye gurbinsu.
Abubuwan da ke cikin ƙungiyar ZZ Top
Amma sabon abun da ke ciki ya zama al'ada kuma har yanzu ya kasance kusan baya canzawa. Musamman ma, babban mawaƙin shine Joe Hill, Frank Beard ya buga kayan kida, kuma Billy ya ɗauki wuri mai aminci a bayan guitar.
Kungiyar kuma ta samu nata furodusan - Bill Hem, wanda ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen kafa kungiyar. Musamman ma, ya ba da shawarar cewa maza su kula da dutse mai wuya (a ra'ayinsa, wannan salon zai iya zama abin buƙata, musamman a hade tare da hotunan waje na mawaƙa).
Haɗin dutse mai wuya da blues ya zama katin kira na ZZ Top. Ƙungiyar ta riga ta sami isassun waƙoƙi don fitar da kundi. Amma bai tada sha'awar masana'antun Amurka ba. Amma ɗakin studio na London Records ya ba da kwangila mai fa'ida sosai.
Wata fa'ida ga shawarar mawaƙa ita ce, ƙungiyar almara The Rolling Stones ta fitar da waƙoƙin su akan lakabi ɗaya. Sakin farko ya fito ne a farkon 1971. Daya daga cikin wakokin ma ta buga ginshikin Billboard Hot 100, amma hakan bai kara shahararsa ba. Ya zuwa yanzu, ƙungiyar ta kasance ba a san ta ba a tsakanin bambancin kasuwar kiɗa a Turai da Amurka.
Farkon ganewa
Halin ya inganta tare da sakin diski na biyu. Rio Grande Mud ya fito bayan shekara guda kuma ya zama mafi ƙwarewa. Gabaɗaya, salon ya kasance iri ɗaya - ruhi da dutse. Yanzu an mayar da hankali kan dutse mai wuya, wanda shine yanke shawara mai kyau.
Sakin, ba kamar wanda ya gabata ba, ba a lura da shi ba. Akasin haka, masu suka sun yaba aikin, kuma a ƙarshe ƙungiyar ta sami masu sauraronta kuma ta sami damar zagayawa.
Matsala daya ce kawai. Duk da cewa faifan an haɗa shi a cikin Billboard, kuma an san ƙungiyar a wajen Amurka, babu damar yin wasan kwaikwayon a wajen ƙasarsu ta Texas da yankunan da ke kewaye. A taƙaice, mutanen sun kasance taurari na gaske a ƙasarsu. Amma babu wani tayin kide-kide daga wasu jihohi. Kuma wannan duk da cewa a cikin kide-kide na su "a gida" za su iya tara kusan masu sauraron 40 dubu.
Nasarar da aka dade ana jira na rukunin ZZ Top
Abin da ake buƙata shi ne kundi na nasara wanda zai sa kowa ya yi magana game da ƙungiyar. Tres Hombres, wanda aka saki a 1973, ya zama irin wannan kundi. Kundin ya sami bokan platinum kuma an sayar da fayafai sama da miliyan 1. Waƙoƙin da aka saki sun buga allon Billboard, kamar yadda kundin da kansa ya yi.
Daidai nasarar da mawakan ke bukata sosai. Tawagar ta yi fice sosai a Amurka. Yanzu an sa ran su a duk garuruwa. An gudanar da wasannin kade-kaden ne a cikin manya-manyan dakunan wasannin da ke daukar mutane 50.
Kamar yadda Gibbons ya ce daga baya, kundi na uku yana ɗaya daga cikin mafi mahimmanci a tarihin ƙungiyar. Godiya ga tarin, ƙungiyar ba kawai ta shahara sosai a Amurka ba, amma kuma ya kafa madaidaiciyar hanya don ci gabanta, haɓaka salon da ya dace kuma ya sami sauti mai kyau. A halin yanzu, sautin ya koma dutse mai wuya.
Yanzu blues ya kasance alama ce mai sauƙin ganewa na maza, amma ba tushen kiɗan su ba. Akasin haka, ya dogara ne akan raye-raye masu nauyi da sassan bass masu tsauri.
Wani sabon mataki a cikin kerawa
Bayan nasarar na uku diski, an yanke shawarar ɗaukar ƙaramin hutu, don haka babu abin da ya faru a 1974. Daga baya, an bayyana wannan ta gaskiyar cewa sakin sabon kundin zai iya wuce tallace-tallace na tsohon, wanda ya nuna adadi mai kyau. Saboda haka, sabon LP Fandango mai gefe biyu! ya fito ne kawai a shekarar 1975.
Bangaren farko shi ne rikodin bidiyo kai tsaye, na biyu kuma sabbin waƙoƙi ne. Nasarar, daga ra'ayi na masu sukar, an raba daidai a cikin rabo na 50 zuwa 50. Yawancin masu sukar sun kira sashin wasan kwaikwayo mai ban tsoro. A lokaci guda, sun yaba da sabon kayan studio. Ko ta yaya, kundin ya sayar da kyau kuma ya daidaita matsayin band din.
Rikodi na gaba na Tejas na gwaji ne. Ya ƙunshi babu hits da za su iya sanya shi cikin ginshiƙi. Amma an riga an san ƙungiyar, don haka an tabbatar da tallace-tallace masu kyau ko da ba tare da sakin manyan mutane ba.
Bayan dakatarwar shekaru biyu, ƙungiyar ta sauka akan lakabin Warner Bros. Kiɗa kuma ya sami hoton "dogon gemu". Kamar yadda aka samu kwatsam, shugabannin kungiyar biyu sun saki gemunsu a cikin shekaru biyu, kuma da suka ga juna, sai suka yanke shawarar mayar da shi "dabara".
Sakin Album
Bayan dogon hutu, mutanen sun yi aiki a kan rikodin sabon abu. Tun daga wannan lokacin, suna fitar da kundi kowace shekara da rabi. Kundin dumi bayan hutu shine El Loco. Tare da wannan tarin, mawaƙa sun tuna da kansu, ko da yake kundin ba shi da kyau.
Amma a cikin kundi na Eliminator, sun yi shekaru da yawa na rashin su daga mataki. Mawaƙa guda huɗu sun yi nasara akan jadawalin Amurka. Ana kunna su a rediyo ana watsa su a talabijin, ana gayyatar mawaka zuwa shirye-shiryen talabijin da kowane irin biki.
Na ƙarshe a cikin jerin kundi na kurame shine Afterburner. Bayan sake shi, Gibbons ya sake ba da sanarwar ɗan gajeren hutu wanda ya ɗauki kusan shekaru biyar. A cikin 1990, haɗin gwiwa tare da Warner Bros. ya ƙare tare da sakin diski na gaba, wanda ake kira Recycler. Wannan kundin yunƙuri ne na kiyaye "ma'anar zinare".
A gefe guda, ina so in ƙara samun nasarar kasuwanci na dogon lokaci. A gefe guda kuma, mawakan sun yi sha'awar halayen waƙar blues na farkon fitowarsu. Gabaɗaya, duk abin ya tafi da kyau - mun sami damar ci gaba da sabbin magoya baya kuma farantawa tsoffin.
Shekaru hudu bayan haka, an sanya hannu kan kwangila tare da alamar RCA kuma an sake sake sakin Antenna mai nasara. Duk da wani yunƙuri na "karye" tare da kafofin watsa labaru da kuma sauti na yau da kullum, kundin ya ci nasara a kasuwanci.
Kungiyar a yau
Album XXX ya yi alamar raguwar shaharar ƙungiyar. An gane tarin a matsayin mafi muni a cikin zane-zane ta duka masu suka da masu sauraro. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ƙungiyar ba ta cika fitar da sabbin rikodi ba, tana ba da ƙarin fifiko ga yin wasan kwaikwayo, sannan yin rikodi da fitar da kundi. Sakin ƙarshe na EP Goin' 50 ya fito a cikin 2019.
