I-Crowded House iyiqembu le-rock lase-Australia elakhiwa ngo-1985. Umculo wabo uyingxube ye-rave entsha, i-jangle pop, i-pop ne-soft rock, kanye ne-alt rock. Selokhu lasungulwa, leli qembu belisebenzisana nelebula yeCapitol Records. Ophambili weqembu nguNeil Finn.
Umlando wokudalwa kweqembu
UNeil Finn nomfowabo omdala uTim babengamalungu eqembu laseNew Zealand iSplit Enz. U-Tim wayengumsunguli weqembu, futhi uNeill wasebenza njengombhali wezingoma eziningi. Iminyaka yokuqala selokhu lasungulwa, leli qembu lachitha e-Australia labe selithuthela e-UK.
I-Split Enz ihlanganise nesigubhu uPaul Hester, owake wadlala neDeckchairs Overboard kanye neThe Cheks. Umdlali weBassist uNick Seymour ujoyine iqembu ngemuva kokudlala kuMarionettes, The Horla kanye neBang.
Imfundo kanye nokushintsha kwegama
Uhambo lokuvalelisa lwe-Split Enz lwenzeka ngo-1984, olwalubizwa ngokuthi "Enz with a Bang". Kakade ngaleso sikhathi, uNeil Finn noPaul Hester banquma ukwakha iqembu elisha lomculo. Ephathini yangemva kwephathi eMelbourne, u-Nick Seymour waya kuFinn wabuza ukuthi angakwazi yini ukuhlolelwa iqembu elisha. Kamuva, owayeyilungu leThe Reels, isigingci uCraig Hooper, wajoyina laba abathathu.
EMelbourne, abafana basungula iqembu elisha ngo-85, elalibizwa ngokuthi i-Mullanes. Umdlalo wokuqala wenziwa ngoJuni 11. Ngo-1986, iqembu lakwazi ukuthola inkontileka ezuzisayo ne-studio yokuqopha i-Capitol Records.
Ibhendi bekumele iye eLos Angeles ukuyoqopha i-albhamu yabo yokuqala. Nokho, isigingci uCraig Hooper wanquma ukulishiya iqembu. UFinn, uSeymour noHester baya e-USA. Lapho befika eLos Angeles, abaculi babekwa endlini encane eHollywood Hills.
Ibhendi yacelwa yiCapitol Records ukuthi iguqule igama layo. Abaculi, ngokuxakile, bathola ugqozi ezimweni zokuphila ezimpintshana. Ngakho, i-Mullanes yaba yiNdlu Eminyene. I-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu ithole igama elifanayo.
Ngesikhathi kuqoshwa iculo elithi "Can't Carry On" elivela ku-albhamu yokuqala, owayeyilungu lekhibhodi ye-Split Enz u-Eddie Rayner wasebenza njengomdidiyeli. Wacelwa ukuthi ajoyine ibhendi futhi uReiner waze wahlangana nabafana ngo-1988. Nokho, kamuva kwadingeka alishiye iqembu ngenxa yezizathu zomkhaya.
Impumelelo yokuqala yeCrowded House
Ngenxa yobudlelwane babo obuseduze ne-Split Enz, ibhendi entsha yase inabalandeli abaningi e-Australia. Imidlalo yokuqala yeCrowded House yenzeka njengengxenye yemikhosi ehlukahlukene ezweni lakubo naseNew Zealand. I-albhamu yokuqala yegama elifanayo yakhululwa ngo-August 1986, kodwa ayizange ilethe ukuthandwa band.
Abaphathi beCapitol Records baqale bangabaza impumelelo yezentengiselwano yeCrowded House. Ngenxa yalokhu, iqembu lathola ukukhushulwa okunesizotha kakhulu. Ukuze bahehe, abaculi bekufanele bacule ezindaweni ezincane.
Ingoma ethi "Mean to Me" evela ku-albhamu yokuqala ikwazile ukunqoba indawo yama-30 eshadini lase-Australia ngoJuni. Yize ingoma eyodwa ihlulekile ukushadi e-US, umdlalo wendiza omaphakathi usathule i-Crowded House kubalaleli base-US.
Impumelelo yeza lapho ibhendi ikhipha ethi "Don't Dream It's Over" ngo-Okthoba 1986. Eyodwa ikwazile ukufika endaweni yesibili ku-Billboard Hot 100 kanye nokuba ngowokuqala kumashadi omculo waseCanada.
Ekuqaleni, iziteshi zomsakazo eNew Zealand azizange zikunake ukuqanjwa. Kodwa uphendule ukunaka kwakhe ngemuva kokuba ngumdlali odumile emhlabeni wonke ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemuva kokukhululwa. Kancane kancane, oyedwa wakwazi ukuzuza isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi omculo waseNew Zealand. Le ngoma kuze kube namuhla isalokhu iyiculo eliphumelela kakhulu kwezohwebo kuzo zonke izingoma zeqembu.
Imiklomelo yokuqala
Ngo-March 1987, i-Crowded House yathola imiklomelo emithathu ngesikhathi esisodwa kuma-ARIA Music Awards okuqala - "Ingoma Yonyaka", "Ithalenta Elisha Elingcono Kakhulu" kanye "Nevidiyo Engcono Kakhulu". Konke lokhu kube ngenxa yempumelelo yengoma ethi "Ungaphuphi Sekuphelile". Umklomelo ovela ku-MTV Video Music Award wengezwe ku-piggy bank.
Iqembu kamuva lakhipha ingoma entsha ebizwa ngokuthi "Something So Strong". Ingoma ikwazile ukuba ngenye impumelelo emhlabeni wonke, ithathe isikhundla esiphambili kumashadi omculo e-United States, Canada naseNew Zealand. Izingoma ezimbili ezilandelayo ezithi "Now We Getting Somewhere" kanye nethi "World Where You Live" nazo zibe nempumelelo enhle.
Ukulandelela Indlu Eminyene
I-albhamu yesibili yeqembu yayinesihloko esithi "Ithempeli Lamadoda Aphansi". Yakhululwa ngoJuni 1988. Icwecwe limnyama. Kodwa-ke, abalandeli abaningi be-Crowded House basakubheka njengeminye yemisebenzi yasemkhathini yeqembu. E-US, i-"Temple of Low Men" yehlulekile ukuphindaphinda impumelelo ye-albhamu yabo yokuqala, kodwa yazuza ukuqashelwa e-Australia.
Ngemuva kokuhamba komculi wekhibhodi u-Eddie Rayner, uMark Hart waba yilungu eligcwele lebhendi ngo-1989. U-Nick Seymour waxoshwa nguFinn ngemva kokuvakasha komculo. Lesi sigameko kwakhulunywa ngaso kakhulu kwabezindaba. Eminye imithombo ithi uSeymour ukwazile ukuvimba umbhali kaNeil. Nokho, ngokushesha uNick wabuyela eqenjini.
Ngo-1990 umfowabo kaNeil omdala u-Tim Finn wajoyina iqembu. Ngokuhlanganyela kwakhe, i-albhamu ethi "Woodface" yabhalwa, engazange ibe yimpumelelo kwezohwebo. Ngemva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu, u-Tim Finn washiya iqembu. Uhambo lwe-Crowded House seluhambe no-Mark Hart.
Ukuhlakazwa nokuqaliswa kabusha kweqembu
I-albhamu yokugcina yesitudiyo, ebizwa ngokuthi "Together Alone", yaqoshwa ngo-1993. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, ithimba lanquma ukumisa imisebenzi. Ngaphambi kokuhlakazeka, leli qembu lalungiselela abalandeli balo isipho sokuvalelisa njengeqoqo lezingoma ezihamba phambili. Ikhonsathi yokuvalelisa eSydney yenzeka mhla zingama-24 kuLwezi.
Ngo-2006, ngemva kokuzibulala kukaPaul Hester, amalungu anquma ukuphinde ahlangane. Unyaka wokuzikhandla unikeza umhlaba i-albhamu ethi "Isikhathi Emhlabeni", futhi ngo-2010 "Intriguer". Ngemva kweminyaka engu-6, iqembu lanikeza amakhonsathi amane, futhi ngo-2020 kwakhululwa ingoma entsha ethi "Noma Yini Oyifunayo".
