Ibhendi ye-indie rock (nayo neo-punk) I-Arctic Monkeys ingahlukaniswa ngemibuthano efanayo namanye amabhendi aziwayo afana ne-Pink Floyd ne-Oasis.
Izinkawu zavuka zaba elinye lamaqembu aziwa kakhulu namakhulu enkulungwane entsha nge-albhamu eyodwa nje ezikhiphile ngo-2005.
Ukuphakama kweqembu ekuveleleni kwamazwe ngamazwe kulethe iqembu impumelelo yangaphambi kwesikhathi emsebenzini walo okulisize lafinyelela inombolo yokuqala eshadini lamazwe angawodwa angashadile.
Lapho ibhendi iqala, abalandeli basize ukusabalalisa izingoma zedemo ze-Arctic Monkeys ngokusebenzisa amabhodi emiyalezo aku-inthanethi ahlukahlukene. Lokhu kwaholela ekukhuleni kwesisekelo sabalandeli abathembekile. Ukuphakama okumangalisayo kwe-Arktik njengebhendi ye-indie okufanele ibukwe bekungeke kwenzeke ngaphandle kwabalandeli babo abangajwayelekile kanye ne-viral buzz ku-inthanethi.
Yilapho ibhendi yaqala khona ukwenza i-albhamu yokuqala ethengiswa kakhulu e-UK eyake yabonwa.
Nakuba e-UK umncintiswano wawunamandla emhlabeni kunabo, njenge-The Bee Gees, i-Deep Purple, i-Pink Floyd, i-Led Zeppelin no-David Bowie, akubona bonke abakwazi ukuzuza impumelelo enjalo ngokushesha njenge-Arctic Monkeys.
Ngokubona kwami, hhayi imiphumela emibi, njengeqembu eladalwa kubangani bamadolobhana ngemva kwesikole. Namuhla, Izinkawu zase-Arctic zisengenye yamabhendi e-rock athengiswa kakhulu kuleli khulu leminyaka futhi ngokuqinisekile ingelinye lahamba phambili e-UK.
OBANI IZINKAWANE ZASE-ARCTIC?
Izinkawu zase-Arctic, njengamabhendi amaningi e-rock ngaphambili, zineziqalo ezithobeke ngendlela emangalisayo. Ngo-2002, iqembu labangane lanquma ukwakha iqembu labo lomculo. Yayinamalungu amane: uJamie Cookie (isiginci), uMat Helders (izigubhu, amazwi), u-Andy Nicholson no-Alex Turner (amazwi, isiginci).
UNicholson ushiye leli qembu ngo-2006, eveza ukuthi akakubonanga ukuthuthuka kwakhe eqenjini, indawo yakhe yathathwa nguNick O'Malley (bass) owaba yinjwayelo.
I-AM ibingelinye lamabhendi okuqala aqala umsebenzi wawo ku-inthanethi, esebenzisa ingosi yezokuxhumana i-MySpace ukuze athuthukise umculo wawo futhi axhumane ngokuqondile nabalandeli futhi abelane ngolwazi mayelana namakhonsathi abo.
Ngaphambi kokuba iqembu libhale noma yiziphi izingoma, lase linqume ukuthi lizobizwa ngokuthi Izinkawu zase-Arctic, okuyigama uJames Cook aqhamuka nalo, nakuba engekho kumalungu eqembu ongakhumbula kahle ukuthi kungani. Laba bafana bebengabangani kusukela ebuntwaneni, futhi bebengabangani besikole eSheffield, eNgilandi.
Uhlu lwezinkawu zase-Arctic
U-Alex Turner - soloist kanye guitarist Uneminyaka engu-33 ubudala futhi wazalwa ngoJanuwari 6, 1986 eSheffield. Wabona imbongi uJohn Cooper Clark enza esiteji se-Boardwalk e-Sheffield ngenkathi esebenza njenge-bartender futhi yilokhu kusebenza okwathonya kakhulu isitayela sika-Artik.
Umshayi wesigubhu Matt Helders Uneminyaka engu-33 ubudala, wazalwa ngoMeyi 7, 1986. Ube ngumngane noTurner kusukela eneminyaka eyisikhombisa futhi wakhulela eSheffield.
umdlali wesiginci UJamie Cook owazalwa ngoJulayi 8, 1985, oneminyaka engama-33 ubudala, wayengumakhelwane wengane ka-Alex Turner.
Umshayi webhendi webhendi U-Nick O'Malley. Wazalwa ngoJulayi 5, 1985 futhi uneminyaka engu-33 ubudala. Ujoyine ibhendi esikhundleni sika-Andy Nicholson ngo-2006.
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Ukuqala kweqembu kwaqala ngo-Alex Turner noJamie Cook, bobabili abathola iziginci ngoKhisimusi ngo-2001. Laba bobabili basheshe badlula iqembu elikhulu futhi baqala ukuqopha amademo e-CD-R.
Esikhathini esifushane, i-quartet yakha inkolo elandelayo, yathandwa izethameli futhi yaqala ukusebenza kwayo, okwadala isiteji esiphelele sokuba bakhulule izinto zedemo.
Iqembu lanikeza abalandeli amademo e-CD-R ehlelweni lalo, futhi ngokushesha abalandeli balo abakhulayo baqala ukusabalalisa izingoma emabhodini emiyalezo ehlukene, kwaba isango labo lempumelelo.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu ngemuva kokukhipha okurekhodiwe kokuqala okulinganiselwe, i-Arctic Monkeys yenze okokuqala eLondon ngoFebhuwari 2005. Ngawo lowo nyaka iqembu laphinde lathola elinye ithuba lokudlala ku-Reading and Leeds Festival futhi nakuba lalibekwe ezingeni eliphansi, lakwazi ukuzuza abalandeli abaningi nakakhulu ezilalelini eziningi.
Ukusebenza kwabo emkhosini kukhiqize ukukhala okuvela kwabezindaba, okusize ukuthi izinkawu zase-Arctic zaziwe nakakhulu. Ngo-Okthoba, iqembu ladayisa iLondon Astoria ezinyangeni eziyisi-6 ngemuva kokuthi iqembu liqale ukudlala, kwathi ngoNovemba, ingoma yokuqala yeqembu ethi "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" yashaya inombolo yokuqala e-UK.
I-albhamu yokuqala ye-Arctic Monkeys, Whatever People Say I Am, That is What I'm Not, yashaya phezulu emashadini futhi yaba i-albhamu yokuqala edayiswa kakhulu emlandweni waseBrithani. Ngesonto lokuqala kuphela, le albhamu ithengise ngaphezu kwamanye ama-albhamu aphezulu angama-20 ehlangene; ithengise amakhophi angaphezu kuka-360 ngesonto layo lokuqala. Eyesibili ephuma ku-albhamu ethi, "When the Sun Goes Down", nayo yashaya inombolo yokuqala e-UK.
Ngo-April 2006, i-Arctic Monkeys yakhipha i-albhamu enesihloko esithi "Zingobani Izinkawu Zase-Arctic?". Ngemuva kokuthi umshayi we-bassist uNicholson eshiye ibhendi kwafakwa u-Nick O'Malley, umugqa omusha wase-Arctic okhishwe "Shiya Ngaphambi Kokukhanya" ngo-Agasti. I-albhamu yesibili ye-Arctic Monkeys ethi -Favorite Worst Nightmare- yakhululwa ngo-April 2007 futhi, ngokumangazayo, yangena endaweni yokuqala e-UK kanye nenombolo yesi-7 eMelika.
Ibhendi iqhubekile nokuzulazula umhlaba wonke futhi yethula izinto ezintsha ezivela kuma-albhamu emphakathini, kanye nokuvakashela izindawo ezahlukahlukene eWellington nase-Auckland. Kamuva ngalowo nyaka, umculi oholayo/umbhali wengoma u-Alex Turner wenza iphrojekthi yakhe yokuqala yamadoda amabili nomculi weRascals uMiles Kane kanye nababili ababizwa ngokuthi “The Last Shadow Puppets”.
Ngo-Agasti 2009, i-Arctic Monkeys yakhipha i-albhamu yayo yesithathu futhi yamenyezelwa njenge-The Last Shadow Puppets single. Ama-albhamu alandelayo alandela eminyakeni elandelayo: Ku-Apollo (i-albhamu ebukhoma), i-Humbug (ekhishwe ngo-Agasti 2009), i-Suck It and See (ekhishwe ngentwasahlobo ka-2011 ngemuva kokuhlanganyela no-James Ford) kanye ne-Entitled (ekhishwe ehlobo ngo-2013).
Ngo-2012 Izinkawu ze-Arctic zadlala emcimbini wokuvula wama-Olympics e-London Summer zenza "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor".
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesihlanu ye-AM, yaphuma okokuqala kunombolo 1 kumashadi e-albhamu yase-UK futhi yakwazi ukuthengisa amakhophi angaphezu kuka-157 ngesonto layo lokuqala. Ngenxa yalokhu, Izinkawu zase-Arctic zenze umlando futhi zaba yiqembu lokuqala elizimele lelebula elinama-albhamu amahlanu alandelanayo angunombolo 000 e-UK.
Ngenxa yalokho, ibhendi yaqokwa okwesithathu ukuthola uMklomelo weMercury, futhi ngemva kokuvakasha ukuze isekele i-albhamu, i-Arctic Monkeys yathatha ikhefu elifushane, okwavumela ilungu ngalinye ukuba liphishekele amaphrojekthi ayedwa. Ekuqaleni kuka-2018, i-Arctic Monkey yavela e-Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino, izwakala ithambile kakhulu kunalokho abalandeli bayo abajwayele ukuyenza.
