Iqembu lase-Canadian Crash Test Dummies ladalwa ngasekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1980 ekhulwini eledlule edolobheni laseWinnipeg. Ekuqaleni, abadali beqembu, uCurtis Riddell noBrad Roberts, banquma ukuhlela iqembu elincane lokudlala emaqenjini.
Leli qembu lalingenalo ngisho igama, lalibizwa ngamagama nezibongo zabasunguli. Abafana badlala umculo njengendlela yokuzilibazisa, bengacabangi ngomsebenzi wezinkanyezi ze-rock.
Ukuqala komsebenzi weqembu le-Crash Test Dummies
Eminyakeni embalwa yokuqala, u-Riddell no-Roberts baprakthiza futhi badlala emaqenjini amancane nama-pubs ngaphandle kokushiya imisebenzi yabo eyinhloko. Umculo uyinto yokuzilibazisa, babecabanga, kodwa babenephutha.
Ngo-1991, iqembu laba yinto engaphezu kweqembu lokudlala emaqenjini amancane. Kunqunywe ukuthi kushintshwe igama kube yi-Crash Test Dummies futhi kumenywe abaculi abanohlonze.
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi The Ghosts that Haunt Me yaqoshwa ku-BMG Records. Ngaphandle kwabasunguli ababili, u-Ellen Reed, Benjamin Darvill, Mitch Dorge noDan Roberts babambe iqhaza ekuqophelweni komculo.
Umgxeki womculo owaziwayo uStephen Thomas Erlewine unikeze i-albhamu izinkanyezi ezingu-3,5 kwezingu-5 futhi wayibiza ngokuthi "I-albhamu yokuqala enhle yosomahlaya be-folk-pop".
Ukukhishwa kwerekhodi kungabizwa ngokuthi isiqalo esiyimpumelelo somsebenzi. Isitayela esiyinhloko sezingoma ku-disc kwakungabantu bamazwe.
Yiqiniso, umphakathi awuthandanga kakhulu umculo oshisayo, kodwa imibhalo ekhaliphile namahlaya. I-disc ikhishwe ngokusakazwa kwamakhophi ayizigidi ezi-4.
Ukuqanjwa okudume kakhulu kwe-disc kwakuyiNgoma kaSuperman, eyaqoshwa ngesitayela se-ballad futhi yaba uphawu lomsebenzi wasekuqaleni weqembu.
Kungabizwa nangokuthi ukuphuza, ngoba ezindaweni zokuphuza zaseCanada kwakuvame ukuzwakala ezindebeni zomphakathi we-tipsy. I-Crash Test Dummies ithole i-Juno Award yale ngoma. Kodwa yonke into yayisanda kuqala.
Irekhodi lesibili leqembu
Eyesibili i-LP God Shuffled His Feet yaphuma eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yabo yokuqala, eyasiza abafana ukuba benze "impumelelo" yangempela. Kusukela eqenjini esifundazweni sase-Canada e-Manitoba, sebephenduke izihlabani zomhlaba wangempela.
Ikhava ye-albhamu yenziwe isitayela njengesithombe sika-Titian sika-"Bacchus no-Ariadne" esinobuso bamalungu eqembu. Leli cwecwe lalihlanganisa ingoma ethi "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", eyenza leli qembu laduma ngaphandle kwaseCanada.
UJerry Harrison wabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwe-albhamu yesibili. Phambilini ubecula eqenjini iTalking Heads. U-Harrison wabonisa ithalente lakhe njengomculi womculo futhi wadala izingoma zangempela, ngenxa yokuthi iqembu lazuza ukuthandwa kwangempela.
Impumelelo yezohwebo yenziwe ukuthi intuthuko iqondiswe kwabajwayelekile. Zonke izingoma ziphenduke ifomethi yomsakazo, eyavumela iqembu ukuthi libe isivakashi esivamile sokusakazwa komculo.
Ingoma ethi Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm ifinyelele kumashadi ayishumi aphezulu emhlabeni jikelele. Abagxeki baphawule isihlabeleli esihle se-baritone uBrad Roberts.
I-longplay yesibili ithengiswe ngamakhophi ayizigidi ezimbalwa. I-albhamu ithole imiklomelo eminingi ye-Grammy.
Album Impilo Yempethu
"Abalandeli" baleli qembu kwadingeka balinde iminyaka emithathu ukuze idiski elandelayo. Umdlali ophambili weqembu uchithe lesi sikhathi ehamba emhlabeni jikelele. Wavakashela eLondon, amazwe aseBenelux nezinye izindawo ezithakazelisayo eYurophu.
Kwaphela isikhathi eside, akekho noyedwa owayazi lapho uBrad Roberts waya khona. Ngokusho komculi ngokwakhe: "Ngaleso sikhathi, kwakukhona izivakashi zaseJalimane nezamaNtaliyane kuphela eduze kwami."
Phakathi nalolu hambo, u-Roberts wenze imidwebo eminingana esiza ekwakheni okubalulekile kwe-albhamu entsha.
I-disc A Worm's Life, edidiyelwe abaculi ngokwabo, ayizange ibe nezibuyekezo ezinhle. Ibingenawo amahithi afana neNgoma kaSuperman endala kanye nethi Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuthandwa kweqembu, i-disc yahamba ngokushesha i-platinum kathathu eCanada.
Kamuva umsebenzi weqembu
Futhi, phakathi kokukhishwa kwama-albhamu, "abalandeli" beqembu kwakudingeka balinde iminyaka emithathu. I-albhamu ethi Give Yourself A Hand, eyakhishwa ngo-1999, yathola ukusebenza kwesimanjemanje.
Abaculi basuke emsindweni wesigingci, bahlonipha izinto zikagesi. Izingoma eziningi zaqoshwa kuhlobo lwe-trip-hop, futhi uBrad Roberts washintsha i-baritone yakhe yaba i-falsetto. Umculi wekhibhodi u-Ellen Reed unikeze amazwi ezingoma ezimbalwa.
Akuwona wonke amalungu ebhendi abakwazisa ukushintshela kwisitayela esisha emculweni, ngakho baqala ukuzisebenzela "izinto" zabo.
Cishe bonke abaculi beqembu i-Crash Test Dummies ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yesine bamakwa ngamarekhodi ayedwa.
Ngo-2000, uBrad Roberts waba sengozini yemoto kodwa wasinda. Waya e-rehab e-Argyll. Lapho wahlangana nabaculi abasebancane abamsiza ekuqopheni iculo elicula yedwa i-LP I Don’t Care That You Don’t Mind.
URoberts uphinde wabiza u-Ellen Reed noMitch Dorge ukuthi bayiqophe. Kunqunywe ukuthi kukhishwe i-albhamu ethi Crash Test Dummies.
I-disc yaba mnandi kakhulu, kwaba ukubuya ezimpandeni zomdabu kanye nomsindo we-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu. I-disc ikhishwe kulebula kaRoberts kodwa ayizange ibe yimpumelelo enkulu, nakuba ukuguqulwa kwesitayela kwamukelwe kahle ngabagxeki kanye "nabalandeli" beqembu.
I-albhamu elandelayo ku-discography yeqembu kwakuyi-Christmas disc Jingle All The Way. Abaculi banqume ukuyikhipha ngohlelo olulinganiselwe.
Kodwa ngenxa yokuduma, baphinde babhala izingoma futhi bazifaka ohlwini lwezingoma ze-albhamu elandelayo ye-Puss 'N' Boots. I-disc yaqoshwa kabusha ngesitayela se-acoustic-folk.
Iqembu namuhla
Manje uBrad Roberts uyafundisa, kodwa ngezikhathi ezithile unikeza amakhonsathi nabangane bakhe bakudala. Yize ingekho iphrojekthi efana ne-Crash Test Dummies kusukela ngo-2010.
