Iqembu le-Mudhoney, elivela eSeattle, elise-United States of America, libhekwa ngokufanelekile njengokhokho wesitayela se-grunge. Ayizange ithole ukuthandwa okubanzi njengamaqembu amaningi angaleso sikhathi. Iqembu laqashelwa futhi lazitholela abalandeli balo.
Umlando wokudalwa kweMudhoney
Ngama-80s, umfana ogama lakhe linguMark McLaughlin waqoqa iqembu labantu abanomqondo ofanayo, elihlanganisa afunda nabo ekilasini. Bonke abafana bangene emculweni. Sekudlule iminyaka emi-3, lapho abantu abasha bengayekanga ukuzama ukujabulisa umphakathi. Abafana badlala emicimbini emincane, bacula ezindaweni zokudlela zendawo.
Lapho omunye umpetha wesiginci ejoyina iqembu, isimo saqala ukushintsha saba ngcono. Umfana ogama lakhe linguSteve Turner wayenethalente elikhulu. Kwadlula isikhathi esincane, futhi iqembu lahlukana, kodwa uMark noSteve abazange badikibale futhi banquma ukuvula iphrojekthi entsha.
Baqhubeka nokusebenza ndawonye ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa umdlandla wabo. Kodwa ngaphambi kwalesi sikhathi, abafana bakwazi ukudlala ezinhlobonhlobo zamaqembu omculo. Ukuzijwayeza kukhombisile ukuthi ngeke sigcine lapho. Udinga ukubheka imikhiqizo yokuqala ezokhanga abalaleli besimanje. Ngakho kwavela umqondo wokuhlanganisa iqembu elisha.
Ngo-1988, abaculi bafeza amaphupho abo. Bacabanga ngaleli gama isikhathi eside baze bafinyelela esinqumweni esibumbene sokudweba igama efilimini eyayidumile ngaleso sikhathi. Kusukela lapho, leli qembu laqala ukubizwa ngegama elithi Mudhoney.
Isitayela somsebenzi weqembu
Isitayela esisha ngaleso sikhathi, igama laso elihunyushwa ngokuthi "ukungcola", "izinyembezi", kwakuyihlumela lelinye idwala. Babethanda ingxenye ethile yabantu, ngoba ukuphela kwabalandeli beqembu kwakungenjalo. Noma iyiphi isiqondiso somculo ngokushesha noma kamuva sathola abalandeli bayo abathembekile.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi isitayela sokusebenza kwezingoma zamalungu eqembu sasiwuhlobo lwengxube ye-punk kanye nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi "itshe legaraji". Lezi zinhlobo nje zihlanjululwe ngokukhululekile ngezingoma ezifana ne-"Stooges".
Ekuqaleni, umbhali, owayengumsuka wokudalwa kweqembu, akazange alindele impendulo enhle ngokukhethekile ku-cocktail ekhethiwe. Ezikhathini ezinzima zeqembu, u-Turner wayekholelwa ukuthi inkampani enomsindo onikezwa abalaleli izohlala cishe izinyanga ezingu-6. Futhi-ke abafana bazohlakazeka baye kwamanye amaqembu noma baqale umsebenzi wabo wedwa.
Ngalesi sikhathi, i-Sub Pop ikhiphe iculo labo lokuqala elithi "Touch Me, I'm Sick". Abaculi banquma ukuthi bangagcini lapho, base beqopha enye ingoma. Igama lakhe kwakungu "Superfuzz Bigmuff". Ingoma ithole ukuduma, ngoba iqembu lizixakile. Abafana baqhubeka nokuvakasha komculo e-United States of America.
Ubuciko beqembu le-Mudhoney
Ngemuva kokubonakala kwentandokazi esiteji esikhulu, abaculi banqume ukuthi bangagcini lapho. Badlulela phezulu kwe-Olympus yomculo. Abafana babefuna ukuqashelwa, ngakho bahlala bevela emphakathini. Bahlela amakhonsathi eminikelo futhi ngazo zonke izindlela badonsa ukunaka komphakathi.
Abezindaba baseMelika babhale ngaleli qembu. Akukhona njalo ukushicilelwa okuhle, ngoba abaculi babehlonishwa ngazo zonke izinhlobo zezenzo ezimbi, njenganoma yiliphi iqembu le-rock elidlala ngendlela yomculo ohlukile.
Kodwa abafana babekholelwa ukuthi into eyinhloko ukushiya igama leqembu ezindebeni zawo wonke umuntu ukuze bangakhohlwa. UMudhoney waqhubeka nohambo lwaseMelika ngemva kwenyanga nengxenye. Kodwa-ke, uhambo, lapho abafana bebeka khona imiphefumulo yabo, aluzange lunakwe ngokuphelele.
Khona-ke, kuleso sikhathi esinzima seqembu, ilebula yafuna ukuthumela iqembu labadlali abasha abanamakhonsathi emazweni aseYurophu. Akudingekile ukusho ukuthi, bebengalindelekile eYurophu, ngoba isitayela somculo sasiyi-amateur. Akuwona wonke umthandi womculo owuqondayo futhi owamukelayo umculo onjalo. Ngoba ukuvakasha kungase kungabi nanzuzo.
Isimo sishintshe kakhulu ngemuva kokuthi intsha yakwaSonic imeme ibhendi ukuthi ihambe nayo ohambweni lwase-UK. Ngemva kwalolu hambo olumangalisayo, i-rock press eNgilandi yadonsela ukunaka eqenjini. Kwakuyimpumelelo yangempela!
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ingoma ebizwa ngokuthi "Superfuzz Bigmuff" yangena ezilinganisweni zomculo wendawo futhi yahlala emigqeni ephezulu yetafula lokulinganisa izinyanga ezingu-6. Udumo lweqembu lwasakazekela kulo lonke elaseYurophu.
Konke ababekuphuphile abaculi sekufezekile! Ngakho, ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili, ngo-1989 amalungu eqembu akhulula umshayeli we-almanaka yobude obugcwele. Eqhulwini legagasi lempumelelo, iqembu kanye nelebula labo laba ngaphansi kokukhuthazwa amanye amaqembu aseMelika ayecula ngendlela ye-grunge. Edume kakhulu kuzo kwakuyiNirvana.
Ukuthuthukiswa okuqhubekayo kweqembu
U-Mudhoney ukwazile ukuheha ukunaka komphakathi jikelele ngemuva kokusebenzisana eduze nabaholi besiqondiso: i-Nirvana, kanye ne-Soundgarden ne-Pearl Jam. Lokhu kube ukusebenzisana okuyimpumelelo umdali weqembu abengaqhamuka nakho.
Ngalezo zinsuku, abafana bakwazi ukukhulula "Reprise" kanye nama-albhamu amahle kakhulu. Lezi zihlanganisa okufana nethi "My Brother the Cow", "Tomorrow Hit Today". Ngesikhathi esifanayo, iqembu lomculo lisalokhu lingekho isidingo kakhulu, uma liqhathaniswa nezimbangi ezivelele.
Eminyakeni eyi-10 ngemuva kohambo olukhulu lwaseMelika, ibhendi yasuswa kulebula enkulu. Abafana-abaculi babengalindele ushintsho olunjalo lwezenzakalo, kodwa abaphathi abazange banelisekile ngokuthengiswa kwamarekhodi aphuma esibayeni sikaMudhoney.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, enganelisekile ngesimo samanje, uMat Lakin wamemezela ukuhamba kwakhe eqenjini. Ngemva kokukhululwa kukaMashi kuya kuFuzz, ababuyekezi abaningi baseMelika babikezela ukuphela komsebenzi weqembu, kodwa ngo-2001, u-Mudhoney wabonakala emicimbini ethile.
U-Arm no-Turner babethanda amaphrojekthi ahlukahlukene isikhathi esithile, base benquma ukugxilisa imizamo yabo emsebenzini oyinhloko futhi ngo-August 2002 kwakhululwa i-disc yabo elandelayo ethi "Selokhu Sashintsha".
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuze kube yilolu suku, ukuthandwa kwabafana kuye kwakhuphuka ngesivinini esilinganiselwe. Bakhipha izingoma, bahambe bayovakasha, badlale emakhonsathini. Baze benza idocumentary emayelana nabafana ngo-2012 ebizwa ngokuthi I'm Now: Mudhoney Documentary Film.
