Umsebenzi weqembu le-Blue October uvame ukubizwa ngokuthi idwala elihlukile. Lona akuwona umculo onzima kakhulu, onesigqi esimnandi, ohlanganiswe nezinhlamvu zezingoma ezisuka enhliziyweni. Isici seqembu ukuthi livame ukusebenzisa i-violin, i-cello, i-mandolin kagesi, upiyano kumathrekhi ayo. Iqembu leBlue October lenza izingoma ngesitayela esiyiqiniso.
Enye yama-albhamu e-studio yeqembu, i-Foiled, yayiyiplatinum eqinisekisiwe. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izingoma ezimbili ezicula eqoqweni elithi, Hate Me nethi Into the Ocean, nazo zaba yiplatinum.
Kuze kube manje, iqembu le-rock seliqophe ama-albhamu angu-10.
Ukuvela kweqembu leBlue October kanye nokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala
Umuntu obalulekile weqembu le-rock u-Blue October (ohamba phambili nomculi wezingoma) nguJustin Furstenfeld, owazalwa ngo-1975.
Ubuntwana nobusha bukaJustin kwachithwa eHouston (Texas). Uyise wamfundisa ukudlala isiginci. Iqembu lokuqala le-rock abamba iqhaza kulo lalibizwa ngokuthi, Isifiso Sokugcina.
Ngesinye isikhathi, kwadingeka ashiye lo msebenzi womculo. Nokho, ekwindla ka-1995, wadala iqembu elisha, Blue October.
Umsunguli waleli qembu kwakungumdlali wevayolini uRyan Delahousi, umngani kaJustin esikoleni. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uJustin wathatha umfowabo omncane uJeremy njengomshayi wesigubhu weBlue October. Umshayi webhesi kwakunguLiz Mallalai. Lena intombazane uJustin ahlangana nayo ngenhlanhla endaweni yokudlela ka-Anti Pasto (umculi wasebenza lapho isikhathi esithile).
Iqembu le-rock lakwazi ukuqopha i-albhamu yalo yokuqala (Izimpendulo) emshinini wekhwalithi ephezulu ngo-Okthoba 1997. Yaqala ukudayiswa ngoJanuwari 1998. Irekhodi lamukelwa ngokufudumele kakhulu umphakathi. E-Houston kuphela, amakhophi angu-5 XNUMX athengiswa ngesikhathi esifushane.
Bekunezingoma ezingu-13 kuleli rekhodi, futhi eziningi zazo zingabizwa ngokuthi ezidabukisayo nezicindezelayo. Lokhu kuyiqiniso nangengoma yakhe eyinhloko - ingoma ethi Black Orchid.
Umlando weqembu kusukela ngo-1999 kuya ku-2010
Ngo-1999, u-Blue October wasayina inkontileka nelebula enkulu i-Universal Records yokuqopha i-albhamu yabo yesibili yomsindo, Imvume Yokwelashwa. Kodwa umphumela owumphumela awuzange uvumele okulindelwe yi-studio. Phela, bakwazi ukuthengisa amakhophi e-albhamu angaba yizinkulungwane 15. Ngenxa yalokho, abameleli be-Universal Record abaphoxekile bayeka ukusekela iqembu.
I-albhamu yesithathu, Umlando Othengiswayo, ikhishwe ngabakwaBrando Records. Futhi kungazelelwe waduma kakhulu.
Enye yezingoma ezithi Calling You (kusuka kuleli rekhodi) ekuqaleni yabhalwa nguJustin njengesipho sosuku lokuzalwa lwentombazane ayethandana nayo ngaleso sikhathi. Kodwa ingoma yaba yingxenye yomsindo we-American Pie: Wedding (2003). Futhi engxenyeni yokuqala yeminyaka yawo-2000, lokhu kuqanjwa kwakubonakala kakhulu ku-repertoire yeqembu.
U-Justin Furstenfeld waqala ukusebenzela izingoma ze-albhamu elandelayo ngo-2005 eCalifornia (ngenxa yalokhu wathuthela lapha ngokukhethekile esuka eTexas). Ngenxa yalokho, ukukhululwa okulandelayo LP Foiled kwenzeka ngo-April 2006.
Ngokushesha ngemva kokukhululwa kwayo, abaculi bahamba uhambo olukhulu. Kodwa-ke, ngemva kokunye okwenziwe kulolu hambo, u-Justin wawa kabi futhi walimala umlenze wakhe. Ngakho-ke, izinyanga ezimbalwa akakwazanga ukuya esiteji.
Kodwa lokhu akuzange kube nomthelela omubi ekuthengisweni kwe-albhamu. Futhi ekupheleni kuka-February 2007, 1 million amakhophi ayizinkulungwane 400 athengiswa e-USA.
Incwadi kaJustin Furstenfeld
I-albhamu elandelayo (yesihlanu) ethi Approaching Normal yavela entwasahlobo ka-2009. Ngaso leso sikhathi, incwadi kaJustin Furstenfeld nayo yashicilelwa ngaphansi kwesihloko esithi Crazy Making. Le ncwadi yayiqukethe amazwi azo zonke izingoma ezivela kuwo wonke ama-albhamu e-Blue October ayekhona ngaleso sikhathi. Le ncwadi iphinde ikhulume ngomlando wokudalwa kwalezi zingoma futhi ichaza isipiliyoni esihambisana nazo.
Mayelana ne-LP yesithupha ye-Blue October Any Manin America, yaqoshwa phakathi kukaJuni 2010 noMashi 2011. Futhi ibonakale endalini yamahhala ngomhla ka-Agasti 16, 2011. Le albhamu, njengawo wonke alandelayo, ikhishwa kulebula eyakhiwe yiqembu, Up/Down Records.
Engomeni esihloko sithi, Any Man in America, u-Justin ukhulume kabuhlungu ngejaji ebeliphethe izindaba zedivosi kunkosikazi wakhe wokuqala, uLisa. U-Lisa noJustin bashada ngo-2006. Nokho, ngo-2010, uLisa wamshiya, okwabangela ukuba i-rocker ibe nokuphazamiseka kwengqondo.
I-discography yeqembu kusukela ngo-2012 kuya ku-2019
Ngalesi sikhathi, iqembu likwazile ukuqopha ama-albhamu amathathu. Ngo-2013, i-albhamu ethi Sway yakhululwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukuze kuxhaswe leli rekhodi, amalungu eqembu le-Blue October asebenzise inkundla ye-Pledge Music crowdfunding. I-fundraiser yethulwa ngo-Ephreli 2, 2013. Futhi ngemva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa, iqembu lakwazi ukuthola inani elidingekayo kubalandeli.
Ihlobene ne-albhamu elandelayo ethi Ikhaya (2016), ithathe indawo ye-200 eshadini eliyinhloko le-US Billboard 19. Futhi kumashadi akhethekile (ngokwesibonelo, ku-Alternative Albums Chart), iqoqo ngokushesha lathatha indawo yokuqala. I-albhamu ethi Ikhaya ibihlanganisa izingoma eziyi-1 kuphela. Futhi esembozweni kwakukhona isithombe sikababa ka-Justin Furstenfeld kanye nokwanga kokuqala kukamama.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngo-Agasti 2018, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesishiyagalolunye ethi, Ngithemba ukuthi Uyajabula. Ikhishwe ngedijithali, kanye naku-CD ne-vinyl. Mayelana nemizwa, leli rekhodi, njengalawa amabili angaphambilini, libe nethemba elikhulu. Futhi ukubuyekezwa kwabagxeki nabalaleli ngaye kwakukuhle kakhulu. Ibhendi ye-rock ikwazile ukugcina isitayela sayo futhi ingaphelelwa yisikhathi.
Iqembu leBlue October manje
NgoFebhuwari 2020, kwakhululwa ingoma entsha ethi Oh My My. Lena ingoma eyodwa ephuma ku-albhamu ezayo ethi This Is What I Live For. Irekhodiwe futhi kufanele yethulwe ngo-Okthoba 23, 2020.
Nokho, kulo nyaka u-Justin Furstenfeld ucule ezinye izingoma ezintsha eziteshini zomsakazo ezihlukahlukene (ikakhulukazi, ethi The Weatherman nethi Fight For Love).
Ngomhla zingama-21 kuNhlaba, 2020, kwadlalwa okokuqala kwefilimu ethi Blue October - Get Back Up. Kuyo, kunakwa kakhulu ukuluthwa izidakamizwa kanye nezinkinga zengqondo zikaJustin. Nokuthi wabhekana kanjani nakho konke ngokusekelwa unkosikazi wakhe wamanje (wesibili) uSarah kanye nabalingani bakhe.
Iqembu le-Rock u-Blue October lihlele ukuvakasha ngoMashi 2020. Kodwa, ngeshwa, lezi zinhlelo zephulwa ubhubhane oludlangile.
Njengasesikhathini sokudala, namuhla amalungu eqembu nguJustin Furstenfeld, umfowabo uJeremy, noRyan Delahousi. Kodwa imisebenzi yomdlali we-bass eqenjini manje yenziwa nguMat Noveski. Futhi phezu kwalokho, uBlue October uhlanganisa nesigingci esiphambili uWill Naack.
