Kuwo wonke umlando womculo we-pop, kunamaphrojekthi amaningi omculo awela ngaphansi kwesigaba "seqembu elikhulu". Lezi yizimo lapho abadlali abadumile benquma ukuhlangana ukuze baqhubeke nokudala ngokuhlanganyela. Kwabanye, ukuhlolwa kuphumelela, kwabanye hhayi kakhulu, kodwa, ngokuvamile, konke lokhu kuhlale kuvusa isithakazelo sangempela ezilalelini. I-Bad Company iyisibonelo esijwayelekile sebhizinisi elinjalo elinesiqalo esikhulu, edlala ingxube eqhumayo ye-hard and blues-rock.
Iqembu lavela ngo-1973 eLondon futhi lalihlanganisa umculi uPaul Rodgers kanye nomculi webhesi uSimon Kirk, owayevela eqenjini elithi Free, uMike Ralphs - owayengumculi we-Mott the Hoople, u-drummer Boz Burrell - owayeyilungu leKing Crimson.
UPeter Grant, owazakhela igama ngokusebenza naye Led Zeppelin. Umzamo ube yimpumelelo - iqembu le-Bad Company livele laduma.
Ukuqala okugqamile kwe-Bad Company
Iqale "Inkampani Engalungile" kuhle kakhulu, iphikisa umbono ovamile: "njengoba ubiza umkhumbi, uzontanta." Abafana abazange bacabange isikhathi eside mayelana negama le-disc: amagama amabili kuphela amhlophe afakwe emvilophini emnyama - "Inkampani Engalungile".
I-disc yaqala ukudayiswa ehlobo lika-74, futhi ngokushesha yadutshulwa: No. 1 ku-Billboard 200, ukuhlala izinyanga eziyisithupha ohlwini lweshadi le-albhamu yase-UK, ithola isimo se-platinum!
Kamuva, yafakwa kuma-albhamu ayikhulu aphumelele kakhulu kwezohwebo eminyakeni yamashumi ayisikhombisa. Amaculo ambalwa kuwo athathe izindawo eziphakeme kumashadi amazwe ahlukene. Ngaphezu kwalokho, leli qembu selizuze udumo njengeqembu lekhonsathi eliqinile, elikwazi ukuqala ihholo kusukela kumculo wokuqala.
Cishe ngemva konyaka, ngo-April 75, iqembu lakhipha i-albhamu yabo yesibili, ebizwa ngokuthi Straight Shooter. Ukuqhubeka kubonakale kungakholiseki kancane - ngezikhundla eziphezulu ezilinganisweni naseziqongweni ezahlukahlukene. Abagxeki nabalaleli bathande ikakhulukazi izinombolo ezimbili - Good Lovin' Gone Bad nethi Feel Like Makin' Love.
Ngaphandle kokunciphisa ijubane, ngo-1976 olandelayo, "abafana ababi" baqopha i-canvas yesithathu yomculo - Run with the Pack. Nakuba kungazange kubangele isasasa elikhulu, njengalezi ezimbili zokuqala, kubuye kwaba kuhle mayelana nokuqaliswa. Kuzwakale sengathi umdlandla nogqozi lwabaculi bakudala belucishe luphele.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, bathinteke ngokwengqondo ngokufa ngenxa yokusebenzisa izidakamizwa ngokweqile komngane wabo bobabili, isigingci okuthiwa uPaul Kosoff. URogers noKirk, ikakhulukazi, babemazi ngokusebenza ndawonye eqenjini elithi Free. Ngokusho kwenkumbulo yakudala, i-virtuoso imenyiwe ukuthi ibambe iqhaza ohambweni lweNkampani Engalungile, kodwa leli bhizinisi lalingahloselwe ukuthi lifezeke ...
Engomeni yengoma ethi Bad Company
Ama-albhamu ambalwa alandelayo aqukethe izinto eziningi ezinhle, kodwa hhayi njengamanzi futhi amahle njengakwangaphambilini. IBurnin' Sky (1977) kanye ne-Desolation Angels (1979) zijatshulelwa abalandeli be-rock nanamuhla. Ngobulungisa, kufanele kuphawulwe ukuthi kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umsebenzi weqembu uye wehla, kancane kancane waqala ukulahlekelwa isidingo sangaphambili phakathi komthengi womkhiqizo womculo.
I-Burnin 'Sky, njengokungathi yi-inertia, yaba yigolide, kodwa abagxeki bomculo babheka izingoma ezikuyo njengezingajwayelekile, ezinomnyakazo ongabikezelwa. Ngokwezinga elikhulu, umkhathi womculo nawo waba nomthelela ekubonweni komsebenzi - inguquko ye-punk yayigcwele amandla, futhi i-hard rock enezisusa ze-blues ayizange ibonakale kahle eminyakeni eyishumi ngaphambili.
I-albhamu yesihlanu ye-Desolation Angels ibingahlukanga kakhulu kwedlule mayelana nokutholwe okuthakazelisayo, kodwa ibiqukethe ingoma epholile kakhulu ye-Rock In' Roll Fantasy kanye namaphesenti afanelekile amakhibhodi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-Hipgnosis design bureau yenza konke okusemandleni ukuze yakhe ikhava esesitayeleni yerekhodi.
Kwathusa ngokuphelele isiphetho seNkampani Emibi lapho ungqondongqondo wayo wezezimali kumuntu kaPeter Grant, olwazi lwakhe lwebhizinisi olube nomthelela omkhulu empumelelweni yezohwebo yeqembu, elahlekelwa isithakazelo kuyo.
UGrant washaya kanzima ngemva kwezindaba zokushona komngane oseduze, umshayi wezigubhu u-Zeppelin uJohn Bonham, ngo-1980. Konke lokhu kuthinte ngokungaqondile konke umphathi odumile ayephethe futhi akwenza.
Eqinisweni, izigceme zakhe zazishiywe zizenzele. Eqenjini, izingxabano nokungezwani kwaqina, kwaze kwafinyelela ukulwa nezandla esitudiyo. I-albhamu eyimpikiswano ethi Rough Diamonds eyakhishwa ngo-1982 ingabhekwa njengesiqalo sokuphela.
Futhi nakuba inokuthakazelisa okuthile, ukulandelana okukhulu komculo, ukuhlukahluka kanye nobungcweti, kwaba sengathi umsebenzi wenziwa ngaphansi kokucindezelwa, ngenxa yezibopho zezohwebo. Ngokushesha ukwakheka kokuqala "kwenkampani" kwahlakazwa.
Ukuza kwesibili
Eminyakeni emine kamuva, ngo-1986, abafana ababi babuya, kodwa ngaphandle kokujwayelekile uPaul Rogers endaweni yokubeka i-micron. Umculi uBrian Howe ungeniswe ukuze avale lesi sikhala. Ngaphambi kohambo, iqoqo kanye nomdlali we-bass uBoz Burrell bebengekho.
Esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uSteve Price. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umculi wekhibhodi u-Greg Dechert, othathe i-albhamu ethi Fame and Fortune, uwuvuselele umsindo. U-Ralphs wesigingci kanye nesigubhu uKirk basala besendaweni futhi bakha umnyombo weqembu lehlelo. Umsebenzi omusha ubuyi-XNUMX% AOR, okuthi, naphezu kwesisizotha sezimpumelelo zeshadi, ungabhekwa njengesitayela sakudala.
Ngo-1988, kwakhululwa i-disc ebizwa ngokuthi I-Dangerous Age nentsha ebhemayo emkhonweni. Irekhodi laba yigolide, lapho u-Howe avela khona ngokugcwele njengomculi nombhali wezingoma eziculayo nezinamandla.
Ukushuba kwesimo phakathi komculi kamaskandi nabanye abaculi beqembu kwakhula unomphela kuleli qembu, icwecwe elithi Holy Water (1990) laqoshwa ngobunzima obukhulu, yize lalinebhokisi elihle ngemuva kokukhishwa kwayo.
Izinkinga zadalulwa ngenkathi kulungiswa icwecwe elilandelayo elinesihloko sesiprofetho esithi Here Comes Trouble (“Nakhu Kuza Inkinga”). Laba bafana bagcina bexabene, futhi uHowe washiya iqembu ngomzwelo ongenamusa.
Ngo-1994, uRobert Hart wajoyina iqembu esikhundleni. Izwi lakhe liqoshwe kuma-albhamu e-Company Of Strangers and Stories Told & Untold. Lokhu kwakamuva kube iqoqo lezingoma ezintsha nama-hashing amahithi amadala, afaka izihlabani ezivakashile ezimbalwa.
Esikhathini esizayo, ukuphindukuzalwa okuningana kweqembu lezinkanyezi kwenzeka, ikakhulukazi, ngokubuya kwe-charismatic Paul Rogers. Kusenomuzwa wokuthi omakadebona asebekhulile abakalahlekelwa umdlandla wabo, kuyadabukisa, unyaka nonyaka kuphela ukugcwaliseka kuza ngokucace kakhudlwana: yebo, bafo, isikhathi sakho sesihambile ngokungenakulungiseka ...
