UBlondie uyiqembu leqembu laseMelika. Abagxeki babiza leli qembu ngokuthi amavulandlela e-punk rock. Laba baculi bathole udumo ngemuva kokukhishwa kwecwecwe elithi Parallel Lines, elaphuma ngo-1978.
Ukuqanjwa kweqoqo elethuliwe kube amahithi angempela wamazwe ngamazwe. Lapho uBlondie ehlakazeka ngo-1982, abalandeli bashaqeka. Umsebenzi wabo waqala ukukhula, ngakho lokhu kuguquka kwezenzakalo kwaba okungenani okungenangqondo. Lapho, ngemva kweminyaka engu-15, abaculi bahlangana, konke kwangena endaweni.
Umlando nokwakheka kweqembu le-Blondie
Iqembu likaBlondie lasungulwa ngo-1974. Iqembu lakhiwe eNew York. Umlando wokudalwa kweqembu une-backstory yothando.
Konke kwaqala ngothando phakathi kwamalungu ebhendi yeStilettoes uDebbie Harry noChris Stein. Ubudlelwano nothando lomculo lwakhula lwaba yisifiso esinamandla sokusungula iqembu labo le-rock. UBilly O'Connor noFred Smith oshaya ibhesi basheshe bajoyina iqembu. Ekuqaleni, leli qembu lacula ngaphansi kwegama-mbumbulu elithi Angel and the Snake, elashintshwa ngokushesha laba nguBlondie.
Izinguquko zohlu lokuqala lwenzeka kungakapheli unyaka leli qembu lisungulwe. Umgogodla awushintshile, kodwa uGary Valentine, uClem Burke bamukelwa njengomdlali webhesi nomshayi wezigubhu.
Kamuva, odade uTish noSnooki Bellomo bajoyina iqembu njengabaculi abasekelayo. Ukwakhiwa kweqembu elisha kwashintsha izikhathi eziningana, kuze kube ngo-1977 ihlelwe ngendlela ye-sextet.
Umculo kaBlondie
Maphakathi nawo-1970, abaculi bethula i-albhamu yabo yokuqala. Ukuhlanganiswa kukhiqizwe ngu-Alan Betroc. Ngokuvamile, irekhodi lagcinwa ngesitayela se-punk rock.
Ukuthuthukisa umsindo wamathrekhi, abaculi bameme umdlali wekhibhodi uJimmy Destri. Kamuva waba yilungu eliphelele leqembu. UBlondie usayine inkontileka ne-Private Stock Records futhi wakhulula i-albhamu enegama elifanayo. Iqoqo lamukelwe kahle ngabagxeki nabathandi bomculo.
Ukuqashelwa kwangempela kufike ngemuva kokusayina inkontileka neChrysalis Records. Ngokushesha abaculi baphinde bakhipha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala futhi bathola isibuyekezo esihle esivela ku-The Rolling Stone. Ukubuyekezwa kuphawule izwi elihle lomculi wezwi kanye nemizamo yomdidiyeli uRichard Gotterer.
Ukuphakama kokuduma kweqembu le-Blondie
Abaculi bathola impumelelo yangempela ngo-1977. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi leli qembu lathola ukuthandwa ngengozi. Esiteshini somculo sase-Australia, esikhundleni sevidiyo yengoma yabo ethi X-Offender, badlale ngephutha ividiyo yengoma ethi Enyameni.
Abaculi bebelokhu becabanga ukuthi iculo lokugcina alinamnandi kangako kubathandi bomculo. Ngenxa yalokho, ukwakheka komculo kwathatha indawo yesi-2 eshadini, futhi iqembu leBlondie lathola ukuthandwa okwase kulindelwe isikhathi eside.
Ngemva kokuqashelwa, abaculi bavakashela e-Australia. Yiqiniso, iqembu kwadingeka limise ukudlala ngenxa yokugula kukaHarry. Umculi walulama ngokushesha, wabe esefika endaweni yokuqopha ezoqopha i-albhamu yakhe yesibili. Imayelana nerekhodi Lezinhlamvu Zepulasitiki.
Ukukhishwa kokuhlanganiswa kwesibili kwaba yimpumelelo kakhulu futhi kwangena kwabayi-10 abaphezulu eNetherlands nase-UK. Akubanga ngaphandle kwezinkinga. Iqiniso liwukuthi uGary Valentine washiya iqembu. Abaculi basheshe bathathelwa indawo uFrank Infante kwase kuba uNigel Harrison.
I-albhamu Parallel Line
UBlondie wethula i-albhamu ethi Parallel Line ngo-1978, eyaba yi-albhamu eyimpumelelo yeqembu. Ukuqanjwa komculo ethi Heart of Glass kube phezulu kumashadi omculo emazweni amaningana. Ithrekhi ibidumile e-US, Australia, Canada, naseJalimane.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi kamuva, ukwakheka komculo kwaba iculo le-movie ethi "Donnie Brasco" kanye nethi "Masters of the Night". Enye ingoma ethi, One Way or Another, yavela efilimini ethi Mean Girls nethi Supernatural.
Abaningi babiza lesi sikhathi njengenkathi kaDebbie Harry. Iqiniso liwukuthi intombazane yakwazi ukugqama yonke indawo. Ngokumelene nesizinda sakhe, amanye amalungu eqembu avele “afiphele”. UDebbie wacula, waba nenkanyezi kumavidiyo omculo, wabamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni, waze wadlala namafilimu. Kwaze kwaba ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970 lapho ithimba lonke lafinyelela khona ikhava yephephabhuku i-Rolling Stone.
Ngokushesha abaculi bethule i-albhamu entsha ethi Idla Ngokushisa. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-disc ibangele injabulo phakathi kwabathandi bomculo base-Australia naseCanada, kodwa abaseMelika, ukubeka kancane, abazange bajabulele imizamo yama-rockers. Iparele le-disc bekuyingoma ethi Call Me. Ingoma yaqinisekiswa ngeplatinamu eCanada. Ingoma yaqoshwa njengengoma yefilimu i-American Gigolo.
Ukwethulwa kwamarekhodi alandelayo yi-Autoamerican kanye ne-Hunter kuzuze izinhliziyo zabathandi bomculo nabagxeki bomculo, kodwa amaqoqo amasha awakwazanga ukuphinda impumelelo yeParallel Lines.
Ukuwa kweqembu
Abaculi bebethule bethi ukungqubuzana kuqubuke eqenjini. Ukushuba kwangaphakathi kwakhula njengoba iqembu ngo-1982 lamemezela ukuhlakazwa. Kusukela manje, amalungu angaphambili eqembu azibona ngokuzimela.
Ngo-1997, kungazelelwe kubalandeli, iqembu lamemezela ukuthi selinqume ukuhlangana futhi. Kwakugxilwe kuHarry ongenakulingisa. UStein noBurke bajoyina umculi, ukwakheka kwabanye abaculi kwashintsha izikhathi eziningana.
Eminyakeni embalwa ngemva kokuhlangana kabusha kweqembu leBlondie, abaculi bethula i-albhamu entsha, ethi No Exit, nengoma ephambili ethi Maria. Ithrekhi ifinyelele inombolo 1 kumashadi ase-UK.
Kodwa kwakungelona iqoqo lokugcina. I-albhamu eyethulwa yalandelwa ukukhishwa kwethi The Curse of Blondie nethi Panic of Girls. Ukweseka ama-albhamu, abaculi bahambele umhlaba.
I-discography yebhendi igcwaliswe ngeqoqo le-Pollinator (2017). Ukuqoshwa kwe-disc bekuhanjelwe yizinkanyezi ezinjengoJohnny Marr, Sia noCharli XCX. Ukuqanjwa komculo Ukuzijabulisa kuthathe indawo yokuqala eshadini lomdanso e-United States of America.
Phambilini, abaculi bamemezele ukuthi bazocula njengesenzo sokuvula uPhil Collins njengengxenye yohambo lwakhe oluthi Not Dead Yet. Ngaphezu kwalokho, iqembu lidlale ezindaweni zase-Australia naseNew Zealand kanye noCyndi Lauper.
UBlondie namuhla
Ngo-2019, ibhendi uBlondie waveza emakhasini abo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukuthi bazokhipha i-EP kanye nedokhumentari encane ebizwa ngokuthi i-Viviren La Habana.
I-EP entsha ayiyona inhlanganisela ebukhoma egcwele njengoba uChris engeze izingxenye zesiginci ukuze athuthukise izingoma.
UDebbie Harry uhlanganisa iminyaka engama-2020 ngo-75. Iminyaka yomculi ayizange iphazamise ikhono lakhe lokusungula. Lo mculi usaqhubeka nokujabulisa abalandeli bomsebenzi wakhe ngemidlalo eyivelakancane kodwa ekhumbulekayo.
