I-Generation X iyiqembu le-English punk rock elidumile kusukela ngasekupheleni kwawo-1970. Iqembu lingelenkathi yegolide yesiko lamapunk. Igama elithi Generation X libolekwe encwadini kaJane Deverson. Endabeni, umbhali ukhulume ngokungqubuzana phakathi kwama-mods nama-rocker ngawo-1960.
Umlando wokudalwa nokwakheka kweqembu leGeneration X
Ekuqaleni kweqembu kukhona umculi onekhono UWilliam Michael Albert Broad. Waziwa kangcono kubalandeli bakhe ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso elithi Billy Idol. Wayedlala isiginci futhi ethanda ukufunda izincwadi, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, lo mfana wayengumphuphi omangalisayo. Wayenemibono nezinhlelo eziningi ezigqamile.
Umqali weChelsea uGene Oktober wayedinga isigingci nombhali wengoma ngaleso sikhathi. Ukukhethwa kokuncintisana kwabafakizicelo kanye noGene kwenziwa umkhiqizi u-Chelsea.
Lapho u-Albert Broad engena e-studio futhi edlala isiginci, wonke umuntu waquleka. UJin wazi ngokushesha ukuthi yilokho kanye ababekufuna. Njengokuhlolwa, ibhendi yaseBrithani irekhode izinguqulo zekhava yezingoma ze-Beatles: Buyela futhi Konke Okudingayo Uthando.
Ukucula okuningana okuyimpumelelo kwenza abaculi baqonde ngokusobala ukuthi kufanele badlale ndawonye. Ngakho, uWilliam nesigubhu uJohn Toey (esekelwa bassist Tony James) wadala iphrojekthi zomculo. Abafana baqala ukwenza ngaphansi kwegama elingaziwa lokudala elidumile elithi Generation X.
Ekuqaleni, abafana basebenza ngaphansi kwephiko le-accountant ye-Acme Attractions, isitolo sezimpahla ezithandwayo eyaziwa emibuthanweni yentsha. Abaculi beqembu elisha base bebukeka benemfashini, nakuba ukuzilolonga kwabo bekwenzelwa ezindlini zangasese nasemagaraji amadala.
Ukusatshalaliswa kwezibopho zeqembu leGeneration X
U-Andrew Chezovsky wabona ku-guitarist ukuthambekela okuthile komholi. Wameluleka ukuba asebenze ngesithombe sakhe, futhi athathe i-pseudonym yokudala futhi azizame njengomculi. Ngenxa ye-accountant enesizotha, umhlaba wonke wafunda ngoBilly Idol onamakhono, osenesimo somculi wehlelo.
Izinsimbi zomculo zaya kuBob Andrews. Kuze kube yiminyaka yawo-1970, lo mfana wadlala eqenjini elithi Paradox. Ngemva kokwakhiwa kwengoma, "ukuqeqeshwa" komculo okuqeda amandla kwaqala. Abafana babenomusa ekuzilolongeni, becija izinombolo zabo kusukela ekuqaleni kuze kube sekugcineni.
UBilly Idol, owakhulela emsebenzini weThe Beatles, waqala ukubhala izingoma nezingoma. Leyo misebenzi eyaphuma "kupeni" likaBilly kamuva yaba eyakudala ye-punk rock. Ngenxa yalokhu, ama-albhamu awo-1970 athola isimo esihloniphekile - okunye okukhethekile.
Njengakunoma yiliphi iqembu lomculo, ukwakheka kweqembu leGeneration X kwashintsha njengamagilavu. Laba baculi bashintshwa ngenxa yezizathu ezahlukene okubalwa nezabantu. U-Ian Hunter, kanye nabanye osaziwayo, basebenzisana noBilly Idol ngesikhathi esisodwa. Ukudlala nomdlali wesigingci u-Steve Jones kanye nomshayi wezigubhu u-Paul Cook kuyisihloko esishisayo sezingxoxo nezihloko zezindaba ezimibalabala.
Umculo wesizukulwane X
Ukusebenza kokuqala kweGeneration X kwenzeka ngo-1976. Abaculi bacula endaweni ye-impromptu yesikole sokuklama nezobuciko. Amalungu ebhendi abethule ezithamelini hhayi izingoma zokuqala kuphela ebezingakazwakala noma kuphi, kodwa nezinguqulo ezimbalwa zekhava. Ukusebenza kweqembu kubangele imizwa eyakhayo eminingi phakathi kwabathandi bomculo.
Ngalesi sikhathi, uChezovsky waqala ukuvula iklabhu entsha, iRoxy. Ngenxa yalokho, iGeneration X yaba yiqembu lokuqala ukucula esiteji sesikhungo esisha. Umsebenzi weqembu elincane wathandwa abakhiqizi abaningi abahloniphekile.
U-John Ingham (usomabhizinisi onethonya wase-England) kanye no-Stuart Joseph (umgqugquzeli) banikeze leli qembu ukubambisana ngemibandela evuna kakhulu kwabasanda kungena. Izingoma zomculi ophambili nomdlali wesigingci uBilly Idol zivuse intshisekelo yochwepheshe phakathi kwabantu abethulwe.
Osomabhizinisi bazame ngawo wonke amandla abo ukusunduza uBilly "kubantu." Bathole ukuthi inkampani ezimele iChiswick Records isayine inkontileka nalo mculi. Ngesikhathi sokuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala, amagama amalungu eqembu ngokuvamile "akhanya" emaphephandabeni.
Isethulo se-albhamu yokuqala
Iseshini yedemo yenzeka ngoFebhuwari 1977. I-albhamu enengoma ethi You Generation ikhishwe ngawo lowo nyaka. Izingoma ezithi Listen, Too Personal, Kiss Me Deadly zazigcwele izindikimba zepolitiki. Emisebenzini yabo, abaculi babegxeka labo ababebabaza amandla amaNgisi angaleso sikhathi.
I-albhamu yokuqala ayithandwanga abathandi bomculo kuphela, kodwa futhi nabagxeki bomculo. Amathrekhi ka-Kleenex kanye no-Rady Steady Go asasebenza phakathi kwabalandeli bomculo osindayo. Iziphathimandla yizona kuphela izilaleli ezazingenamdlandla ngomsebenzi owenziwa abaculi.
Ngesikhathi semidlalo, amabhodlela ayephonswa esixukwini nasesiteji. Lokhu kuphoqe abaculi ukuthi bawamise okwesikhashana amakhonsathi abo. Umhlangano onjalo wabantu abangazithandi kahle awuzange uvimbe leli qembu ekudlalweni komphakathi. Ngokushesha abaculi bahamba bayobuka indawo ekude nemingcele yezwe lakubo.
Ngemuva kohambo, kube nezinguquko zohlelo. Iqiniso wukuthi umdidiyeli kanye nomuntu ophambili bebengagculisekile ngomshayi wesigubhu. Okokuqala, wayengafuni ukushintsha isithombe, futhi okwesibili, wayehluke kakhulu kwabanye ababambiqhaza. Ngokushesha esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uMark (Laffoli) Luff.
Irekhoda i-albhamu entsha
Ukuqopha i-albhamu entsha, abaculi bazinza kuFulham Road. Imiphumela yomsebenzi we-albhamu yesibili ye-studio yabangela ukuthukuthela phakathi kwabagxeki bamaphephandaba nomculo. "Badubule" indalo entsha yeqembu.
Ngaleso sikhathi, uBilly Idol wavela kumabonakude. Iqiniso wukuthi umenywe ohlelweni iTop of the Pops. Ukuthutha okunjalo kwavumela iqembu ukuthi lithole abalandeli abasha. Yingakho i-albhamu elandelayo ye-Valley of the Dolls, ngokombono wezohwebo, ingabizwa ngokuthi iphumelele.
Izingoma ezifakwe kudiski ethulwe zidlulele kwenye. Amavesi ezingoma ahlanganisa amasiko angcono kakhulu ezingoma. Ababhali bamathrekhi bagxekwa kakhulu ngokukhaphela i-punk rock, kodwa lokho akuzange kuvimbe ukudidiyelwa ukuthi kudayiswe kahle.
Ngaleso sikhathi, abaseBrithani bahamba bayobheka ukusekelwa ohlangothini. Abalandeli bomculo womdanso bathande ukuqanjwa komculo webhendi ye-King Rocker ne-Fridays Angels.
Ngawo-1980, umkhathi phakathi kweqembu waqala ukushisa. “Imikhuba” emibi yengeza uphethiloli emlilweni. Iqiniso wukuthi abaculi bebesebenzisa izidakamizwa notshwala. Ukwakhiwa kweqembu kushintshile ukuze kujabulise ohamba phambili weqembu. Lesi simo siholele ekunqanyulweni kwenkontileka ngaphandle kwencazelo.
Abaculi bazame kanzima ukusiza iqembu le-punk rock. Ngethemba lokuthakasela umphakathi, amalungu eqembu athule ingoma entsha ethi, Dancing with Myself. Kodwa naleli culo alikwazanga ukusindisa iGeneration X ekuhlulekeni. Umsebenzi wamapunk aseLondon, axube amagagasi amasha nangaphansi komhlaba, ukhumbuze "abalandeli" be-rock "ngamanga".
Ukuhlukana kwesizukulwane X
UBilly Idol ubelokhu ezithola ecabanga ukuthi leli qembu kumele lihlakazwe. Wayephupha ngomsebenzi eyedwa. Ngokusekelwa ngabadidiyeli, lo mculi wathuthela phesheya kwezilwandle. Ingoma ethi Dancing With Myself ilondolozwe ohlelweni lomuntu ngamunye olubuyekeziwe futhi yafakwa ohlwini lwamathrekhi angcono kakhulu ezinhlelo zokulinganisa.
Abanye abaculi baqale bazama ukucula ngaphandle kukaBilly. Kodwa ngokushesha baqaphela ukuthi ngeke babe khona bebodwa. Amalungu eqembu iGeneration X amemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi inzalo yawo iyawuyeka umsebenzi. Eminyakeni eminingi ngemva kokuwa, abaculi baphinde bahlangana ukuze badlale esiteji seqembu elidumile le-Roxy. Lo mcimbi wenzeka ngo-2018. Ngakho abaculi banqume ukukhombisa inhlonipho kubalandeli abangawukhohlwa umsebenzi weGeneration X.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi i-Sweet Revenge kwakuyi-albhamu yokugcina ku-discography yeqembu. Amathrekhi akhululwa ngawo-1990. Intshisekelo yabalandeli bomculo onzima emsebenzini wamabhendi e-punk rock ngawo-1970 yaholela ekukhululweni kwamarekhodi amahithi e-rock angaboli.
