Iqembu leqembu le-pop-rock laseMelika elinamalungu amane, i-Boys Like Girls, lathola ukuqashelwa kabanzi ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yalo yokuqala esihloko sithi, eyathengiswa ngezinkulungwane zamakhophi emadolobheni ahlukene aseMelika naseYurophu.
Umcimbi omkhulu iqembu laseMassachusetts elihlotshaniswa nawo kuze kube yilolu suku uhambo no-Good Charlotte phakathi nohambo lwabo lokuzungeza umhlaba ngo-2008.
Ukuqala komlando weqembu elithi Boys Like Girls
Iqembu labafana abafana namantombazane yiqembu le-pop-rock, ngemva kwesikhathi esithile somsebenzi womculo, lahlelwa kabusha ukuze likhiphe amathrekhi ngefomethi yezwe. Isungulwe ngo-2005, amalungu ayinhloko eqembu kwaba:
- UMartin Johnson (umculi nomdlali wesigingci);
- UBrian Donahue (oshaya ibhesi);
- John Keefe (umshayi wesigubhu);
- UPaul DiGiovanni (isiginci)
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uJohn Keefe noPaul DiGiovanni babengabazala. Ukuqala kwemisebenzi yeqembu kwenzeka ku-inthanethi. Abaculi basebenze ekurekhodweni kwezinguqulo zedemo zamathrekhi esikhathi esizayo futhi ngemuva kwalokho bathumela umsebenzi ku-inthanethi. Ngakho-ke, ekupheleni kuka-2005, umkhiqizo wabo usuzuze inani elikhulu "labalandeli".
Abafana Abanjengamantombazane baqhubekile nokuzakhela phezu kwesithunzi sabo ngokuthumela amademo omsebenzi wabo emphakathini waku-inthanethi. Ngenxa yemisebenzi enjalo, iqembu alizange libonwe ngabalaleli baseMelika kuphela, kodwa futhi nabadlali abakhulu emakethe yokukhiqiza umculo.
Ku-radar yamalebula amakhulu...
Phakathi "koshaka bebhizinisi" bokuqala ababone impumelelo yebhendi esafufusa ye-pop-rock ethi Boys Like Girls kwakukhona umenzeli wokubhuka odumile u-Matt Galle emibuthanweni yokudala. Usebenze neqembu iMy Chemical Romance nethi Take Back Sunday. Futhi, umdidiyeli uMat Squire (wasebenza noPanic eDisco naseNorthstar) waba nesithakazelo emsebenzini weqembu.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esifushane esichithwe ngibuka ibhendi, umenzeli wokubhuka uMatt Galle kanye nomdidiyeli uMat Squire banikeze izinkontileka zokusebenzisana neqembu. Ngakho-ke, leli qembu langena ebhizinisini lokubonisa, linethuba lokudlala ngezigaba ezinkulu.
Maphakathi no-2006, ibhendi yayisivakashile eMelika njengengxenye yokuvakasha kuzwelonke ethi Hit the Light and A Thorn for Every Hurt, ngaphansi kwenkontileka yoxhaso yelebula le-Pure Volume.
Isikhathi sokuphumelela nokuduma kweqembu labafana abafana namantombazane
Ngemuva kohambo oluhlonishwayo lwezwe lonke lwaseMelika ethi Hit the Light and A Thorn for Every Hurt, Abafana Abafana Namantombazane baqala ukubhala i-albhamu yabo yokuqala yesitudiyo. U-Matt Galle no-Matt Squire basize ukuthola isitudiyo esifanele kanye nelebula. Njengeshabhu yokucobelelana ngolwazi, abaculi bakhethe indawo ephethwe yiRed Ink.
Ngemva komsebenzi omude nonzima, kodwa okhiqiza kakhulu, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu yayo yokuqala ebizwa ngokuthi. I-albhamu eyaphuma ngo-2006 yaduma kakhulu. Ngenxa yalokho, wathola isimo "segolide". Izilaleli, ezifudunyezwe kusengaphambili ngokuvakasha, amakhonsathi namathrekhi edemo, zawamukela ngemfudumalo umsebenzi. Ukusakazwa kwe-disc ngonyaka owodwa wokuthengisa kudlule amakhophi ayizinkulungwane eziyi-100.
Ithrekhi efana neThunder igcine ibhendi ku-Billboard Hot-100 kwaze kwaba ngu-2008. Ngesikhathi "sokukhushulwa" kwerekhodi, abaculi benza amakhonsathi, besebenza ngesithombe sabo, isimo sabo kanye nendawo esiteji saseMelika yonke. Ngemuva kokukhishwa kweDVD ethi Read Between The Lines, ibhendi yabuyela endaweni yokuqopha ukuze iqale ukulungiselela i-albhamu yayo yesibili.
I-albhamu yothando ye-Dunk nokuvakasha
I-albhamu yesibili ethi Love Dunk yakhululwa ngo-2009. Eqoqweni lamathrekhi, ngaphezu kokuqoshwa kwabantu ngabanye abaculi, kwakukhona i-duet no-Taylor Swift. Njengebhonasi enikezwe abalaleli abathenge i-albhamu, kube nokuqoshwa okugcwele kokudlalwa bukhoma kwebhendi okuningana.
Leli qembu libe selizuza udumo emhlabeni wonke. Iqembu lihambele amadolobha aseMelika naseYurophu, linikeza amakhonsathi ezigabeni eziningi ezaziwayo emhlabeni jikelele. Ngeshwa, eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yesibili, uBrian Donahue washiya iqembu. Konke okunye ukusebenza kwelebula bekungaphandle komdlali odumile we-bass.
Ngo-2012, ibhendi yakhipha i-EP Crazy World. Kwabe sekufika i-LP Crazy World, eyayihlanganisa namathrekhi e-studio angu-11. UMorgan Dorr wamenywa esikhundleni sikaBrian Donahue. Lona omunye umculi odumile owaqala ukusebenzisana nebhendi ye-rock edumile manje.
Shintsha isitayela seqembu
Ngokufika kukaMorgan Dorr, Abafana Abafana Namantombazane bagcine beyifomethe kabusha indlela yabo yokusungula, baqala ukukhipha amathrekhi ngesitayela sezwe. Womabili amarekhodi - i-EP ne-LP Crazy World abe isibonelo esihle kakhulu soshintsho esimweni sebhendi.
Ngo-2016, abafana bahlangana futhi babamba uhambo lokuhlonipha iminyaka yabo ye-10. Kuze kube manje, i-Crazy World iyi-albhamu yokugcina ekhishwe. Abafana abathokozi ngezingoma, kodwa ku-interview yabo bathembisa ukukhipha into entsha maduze.
