I-Machine Head iyibhendi yensimbi ye-iconic groove. Umsuka waleli qembu nguRobb Flynn, ngaphambi kokusungulwa kwaleli qembu ubevele enolwazi endimeni yomculo.
I-Groove metal iwuhlobo lwensimbi eyeqisayo eyadalwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1990 ngaphansi kwethonya le-thrash metal, i-hardcore punk kanye ne-sludge. Igama elithi "groove metal" livela kumqondo womculo we-groove. Lisho umuzwa onesigqi ophinyiselwe emculweni.
Abaculi bakwazile ukudala isitayela sabo sebhendi, esisekelwe kumculo "osindayo" - i-thrash, i-groove ne-heavy. Emisebenzini ye-Machine Head, abalandeli bobuchwepheshe bomculo osindayo. Kanye nonya lwamathuluzi okushaywayo, izici ze-rap nezinye izindlela.
Uma sikhuluma ngeqembu ngezinombolo, ngesikhathi sokusebenza kwabo abaculi bakhululwa:
- 9 ama-albhamu e-studio.
- 2 ama-albhamu abukhoma.
- 2 amadiski amancane.
- 13 abangashadile.
- 15 iziqeshana zevidiyo.
- 1 iDVD.
Ibhendi ye-Machine Head ingomunye wabameleli baseNtshonalanga abagqama kakhulu bensimbi enzima. Abaculi bomculo waseMelika babe nomthelela ekuguqukeni kwesitayela samaqembu amaningi esimanje.
Umlando wokudalwa nokubunjwa kweqembu
Abafana bathatha igama elithi Machine Head ku-albhamu ethi Deep Purple, eyakhululwa ngo-1972. Le phrojekthi iqale ngo-1991 e-Auckland. URobb Flynn ungumsunguli nophambili weqembu. Usaqinisekisa abalandeli ukuthi igama leqembu waliqamba ngokwakhe. Futhi akahlangene nokudalwa kwe-Deep Purple. Kodwa abalandeli bebengakwazi ukukholisa.
Umsuka weqembu uRobb Flynn nomngane wakhe u-Adam Deuce, owayedlala isiginci se-bass kahle. UFlynn wayesevele esebenze emaqenjini amaningana, kodwa wayephupha ngephrojekthi yakhe.
Ngokushesha laba ababili baqala ukwanda. Ibhendi entsha iqashe isigingci u-Logan Mader nomshayi wezigubhu uTony Costanza. Kulesi sakhiwo, abafana baqala ukurekhoda amathrekhi okuqala. URobb ungumbungazi ovelele.
Amakhonsathi okuqala eqembu
Ngemva kokwakhiwa komugqa, abaculi baqala ukucula emaqenjini endawo. Cishe wonke amakhonsathi aleli qembu abephelezelwa “izidakwa” nezimpi. Naphezu kokubukeka okungahlakaniphile kakhulu esiteji, ibhendi yakwazi ukudonsa ukunaka kwabamele ilebula ye-Roadrunner Records. Ngokushesha iqembu likaMachine Head lisayine inkontileka nenkampani.
Ukuphothulwa kwenkontileka kuhambisane nokukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala. Icwecwe lamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngabalandeli bomculo oshisa izikhotha. Ukungezwani kokuqala kwaqala eqenjini. Ngo-1994, uTony Costanza walishiya iqembu wathathelwa indawo uChris Kontos.
Umshayi wesigubhu omusha akakwazanga ukuhlala isikhathi eside eqenjini. Esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uWalter Ryan, kodwa futhi waphila isikhashana. Ngemuva kokuthi u-Dave McClain ejoyine iqembu, uhlu lwaba nokuzinza.
Ekupheleni kweminyaka yawo-1990, leli qembu lazuza isikhundla sokuba yizihlabani ezisezingeni lomhlaba. Lokhu akuzange kubangele ukuziqhenya kuphela, kodwa futhi nezinkinga ezinkulu. Cishe wonke amalungu eqembu ahlushwa utshwala nezidakamizwa.
Lapho u-Logan Mader elahlekelwa ngokuphelele "yena", u-Aru Luster wathatha indawo yakhe. Ngemva kweminyaka emine, laba babili balishiya leli qembu. Kusukela ekuqaleni kwawo-2000, u-Phil Demmel, umngane wakudala nozakwabo ka-Flynn, ubedlala.
Kuze kube ngu-2013, iqembu laliyi-quartet ezinzile, kuze kube yilapho u-Adam Deuce eyishiya. Indawo yomculi yathathwa nguJared McEchern. Ngendlela, usadlala eqenjini nanamuhla. Izinguquko zokugcina zohlu zenzeke ngo-2019. Bese kuthi amalungu amabili ashiye iqembu ngesikhathi esisodwa. Sikhuluma ngomculi uDave McClain noPhil Demmel. Indawo yabo ithathwe uVaclav Keltyka nomdlali wesigubhu uMat Alston.
Umculo ngeNhloko Yomshini
Izingoma ze- Machine Head ziye zamunca isiphithiphithi uRobb Flynn asithatha futhi wasishintsha phakathi nezibhelu zasemgwaqweni eCalifornia ngo-1992. Emathrekhi, umculi ukhumbula "ukungabi namthetho" okwenzeka emigwaqweni yaseLos Angeles. Ukuze uzwe umoya kaRobb kanye nomyalezo azama ukuwudlulisela kubathandi bomculo, vele ulalele icwecwe lokuqala elithi Burn My Eyes (1994).
I-albhamu yokuqala ayilona kuphela irekhodi lokungafi nephezulu leqembu, kodwa futhi iqoqo elithengiswa kakhulu emlandweni welebula ye-Roadrunner Records. Izingoma ezifakwe yi-LP bezigcwele izinhlobo ezifana ne-groove, i-thrash ne-hip hop. Ukweseka i-albhamu, abaculi bahambe uhambo oluthathe izinyanga ezingaphezu kuka-20. Ngemva kokuphela kohambo, amalungu ebhendi aqhubeka nokwenza amarekhodi amasha.
Ngokushesha i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-studio yesibili ye-LP. Sikhuluma ngeqoqo elithi The More Things Change. Ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu, abaculi bahlela uhambo lokuqala lomhlaba.
I-albhamu yesithathu ethi The Burning Red, eyakhululwa ngo-1999, iphinda impumelelo yemisebenzi edlule. Ngaphezu kwalokho, waqinisa impumelelo yabadlali njengezingcweti ze-groove metal kanye ne-rock ehlukile. Kodwa abagxeki bomculo bathi le albhamu yezohwebo. I-LP idayise kahle, kodwa abaculi bathi bekungeyona inhloso yabo kuphela.
Amaculo aphambili e-albhamu ethi The Burning Red bekungamaculo: From This Day, Silver and The Blood, The Sweat, The Tears. Ezingomeni ezethulwe, abafana bathinta izindikimba zenhlalo yodlame, ukungabi namthetho, nonya.
Ngama-2000s, iqembu le-Machine Head laqhubeka nokuzibandakanya ekudaleni. Abaculi bakhiphe ama-albhamu, amavidiyo, bahamba emhlabeni wonke namakhonsathi abo. Zaba zakudala ze-nu metal.
Ngo-2019, ibhendi yagubha unyaka omkhulu - iminyaka engama-25 selokhu kwakhululwa i-albhamu yabo yokuqala. Ikakhulukazi ukuhlonipha lo mcimbi, abaculi bahamba uhambo lwaseYurophu. Amalungu amadala uChris Kontos no-Logan Mader bajoyine umgubho.
Amaqiniso anentshisekelo nge-Machine Head
- Cishe wonke amarekhodi e-Machine Head akhishwe ku-Roadrunner Records.
- Kuvidiyo yomculo ye-Crashing Around You, izakhiwo ziyavutha futhi ziyaqhuma. Ividiyo yaqoshwa ngaphambi kwenhlekelele yangoSepthemba 11, kodwa abafana bayikhiphe emasontweni ambalwa ngemuva kokuhlasela kwamaphekula.
- Iqembu lathonywa kakhulu ngamabhendi: Metallica, Exodus, Testament, Tendencies Suicidal, Nirvana. Futhi u-Alice kumaketanga kanye ne-Slayer.
Ikhanda Lomshini namuhla
Ngo-2018, i-discography yebhendi yaphinde yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu ethi Catharsis. Kuze kube manje, lena i-albhamu yokugcina yeqembu. Kusukela lapho, abaculi sebekhiphe amaculo amasha amaningana. Izingoma ezithi Door Die (2019) kanye nethi Circle the Drain (2020) zidinga ukunakwa okubalulekile.
Ingxenye yamakhonsathi abehleliwe aleli qembu kudingeke ukuthi ikhanselwe ngenxa yobhubhane lwe-coronavirus. Ukusebenza kuhlehliselwe kabusha i-Fall 2020. Iphosta ingatholakala kuwebhusayithi esemthethweni yeqembu.
