I-Alien Ant Farm iyibhendi ye-rock evela e-United States of America. Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-1996 edolobheni Riverside, etholakala California. Kwakusendaweni yaseRiverside lapho abaculi abane babehlala khona, ababephupha udumo nomsebenzi njengabadlali be-rock abadumile.
Umlando wokudalwa nokwakhiwa kweqembu le-Alien Ant Farm
Umholi kanye nomholi wakusasa weqembu uDryden Mitchell wanquma ukulandela ezinyathelweni zikayise ovelele. UDryden wayevame ukuthatha isiginci sikayise, edlala izingoma. Kamuva waqamba izingoma eyedwa.
Bonke abanye ibhendi ye-Alien Ant Farm badlale ebhendini yabo. Abaculi bahlanganise izingoma zeqembu elidumile iPrimus. Ukuzifundisa waphupha umsebenzi professional.
Kodwa-ke, akekho kulaba abathathu abavelele owaqonda ukuthi iyiphi isiqondiso okufanele ahambe ukuze athathe phezulu ku-Olympus yomculo.
Ngokushesha ilungu lesine uDryden Mitchell wajoyina iqembu. Phakathi kokuthandwayo komculo we-quartet ewumphumela ukuzwela kuka-drummer uMike Cosgrove ngomsebenzi kaMichael Jackson, owasebenzela i-Alien Ant Farm isevisi enhle.
Isikhathi eside i-quartet yayifuna "I" yayo. Ekuqaleni, abaculi "baphefumule" ngokwenza izinguqulo zekhava yezingoma ezidumile ze-rock.
Abaculi badlale ingoma yabo yokuqala ebucayi esekelwe ezintweni zabo ephathini yosuku lokuzalwa luka-Mitchell. Lesi sigameko senzeka ngoJuni 1996. Kusukela lapho, abane abadumile abazange bahlukane.
Ngawo lowo 1996, abaculi banquma ukuthi sekuyisikhathi sokukhetha igama elizobahlanganisa. Ngakho, inkanyezi entsha "yakhanya" embonini yomculo, ogama layo lingu-Alien Ant Farm, okusho ukuthi "I-Alien Ant Farm" noma "I-Alien Ant Hill".
UTerence Corso uqhamuke negama lebhendi entsha. Umculi wabelane nabanye abahlanganyeli umbono wakhe wokuthi mhlawumbe isintu siwukudalwa kwezidalwa ezingekho emhlabeni.
“Cabanga nje ukuthi abafokazi basibeka endaweni efanele futhi basibuke njengezifundo zabo. Njengoba nje izingane ezincane zibuka isiduli. Kuphela manje izintuthwane yimi nawe ... ".
Ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala ye-Alien Ant Farm
Ngo-1999, iqembu laba nesipiliyoni sekhonsathi elicebile ngemuva kwabo. Yomithathu le minyaka abaculi bebecula esiteji bengaqedi. Lokhu kwabavumela ukuthi bacije amakhono abo futhi bathole i-zest eyayizohlukanisa umsebenzi weqembu le-Alien Ant Farm kusukela ngemuva kwamanye amabhendi e-rock.
Ngo-1999, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yokuqala ye-Greatest Hits. Abaculi bebenethemba elikhulu ngaleli qoqo, ngenxa yalokho, i-albhamu ayizange iphoxe obekulindelwe yiqembu. Iqokwe ku-"Best Independent Album" kuma-LA Music Awards.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqembu lathola isipho esivela eqenjini lehlelo iPapa Roach. Abafana bathembisa ukuqopha i-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo ku-studio yabo yokuqopha. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi abaculi bebejwayelene ngaphambi kwalesi siphakamiso. Ibhendi ye-Alien Ant Farm idlale eqenjini likaPapa Roach "ekushiseni".
Irekhodi lesibili le-ANThology likhiqizwe nguJay Baumgardner, oseke wasebenza namaqembu adumile afana noPapa Roach, Slipknot, Orgy. I-albhamu yaqala ukudayiswa ngokusemthethweni ngo-2001 futhi yakhunjulwa ngumphakathi jikelele ngokuvuselela kwayo ngempumelelo ingoma eshiwo ngenhla kaMichael Jackson ethi Smooth Criminal.
Ngokushesha abaculi bahamba uhambo olukhulu lwase-Europe i-ANThology. Kodwa ngemva konyaka ukuvakasha kwadingeka kumiswe. Iqiniso liwukuthi imoto lapho ithimba lithuthele khona lisuka eLuxembourg liya eLisbon lithole ingozi yemoto. Wayezimisele kakhulu. Umshayeli ushonele khona lapho, kwathi ababecula ngabodwana beqembu i-Alien Ant Farm balimala kanzima.
Esikhathini sika-2003-2006. abaculi bethule amaqoqo amabili ngaphezulu Truant (2003) kanye Up in the Attic (2006). Yomibili le misebenzi yanconywa kakhulu ngabagxeki bomculo futhi yemukelwa ngemfudumalo ngabalandeli.
I-Alien Ant Farm namuhla
Ngo-2015, i-discography ye-Alien Ant Farm yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha, Always and Forever. Iqoqo lihlanganisa amathrekhi afanelekayo angu-13.
Amahithi amakhulu eqoqo bekuyizingoma zomculo: Amakhasi Aphuzi, Let Em Know kanye Nezinto Ezincane (Physical). Kusukela ngo-2016 kuya ku-2017 abaculi babesohambweni olukhulu. Ngo-2016, ibhendi yabamba iqhaza ku-Make America Rock Again Super Tour.
Nakuba abaculi bengathokozisi abalandeli ngezinto ezintsha. Ngo-2020, uhlu lwamanje lweqembu lumi kanje:
- UDryden Mitchell - izingoma eziholayo, isiginci esinesigqi
- UMike Cosgrove - izigubhu
- UTerry Corso - isiginci esiholayo, amazwi asekelayo
- U-Tim Pugh - i-bass, amazwi asekelayo
- U-Justin Jessop - isiginci esinesigqi
