Yakhiwa ngo-1993 eCleveland, Ohio, Mushroomhead bazakhele umsebenzi oyimpumelelo ongaphansi ngenxa yomsindo wabo wobuciko onolaka, umbukiso weshashalazi kanye nokubukeka okuyingqayizivele kwamalungu. Ukuthi iqembu liwuphazamise kangakanani umculo we-rock kungafanekiswa yilokhu:
“Sidlale umdlalo wethu wokuqala ngoMgqibelo,” kusho umsunguli nomdlali wezigubhu uSkinny, “futhi ezinsukwini ezintathu kamuva sathola ucingo lokudlala ne-GWAR eCleveland Agora phambi kwabantu abangu-2,000 XNUMX.”
I-Mushroomhead yazuza ngokushesha ukuthandwa kwesifunda, yavula izenzo zezwe ezengeziwe (no-Marilyn Manson, Down, Type O Negative) futhi yaveza imibukiso yabo.
Isizathu sokwenyuka kwabo kwakungabafana abayisishiyagalombili abangavamile, bokuqala, abanobuhle, abagqoke ama-jumpsuits afanayo kanye nezifihla-buso ezesabekayo phezu kwamakhanda abo, bedlala umculo omangalisayo, ophazamisayo. Uyabona, umculo kaMushroomhead uvuleka njengephupho lasemini. Ngasikhathi sinye i-surreal futhi inempilo, inamandla kanye nobuchopho, futhi akunakwenzeka ukuziba.
Ukusuka ku-1995 kuya ku-1999, leli qembu likhiphe ama-albhamu amane azimele (i-Mushroomhead ka-1995, iSuperbuick ka-1996, i-Remix ka-1997, kanye ne-M3 ka-1999) kwilebula ye-Filthy Hands. Bavakashele isifunda besekela ukukhishwa ngakunye, bebuka abalandeli babo bekhula ngokusebenza ngakunye.
Inhloko ye-Mushroom: 1995-2000
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1990 kwakuqukethe izinganekwane nezinsumansumane ezingqubuzanayo mayelana neMushroomhead. Amalebula okurekhoda aqala ukunaka i-Mushroomhead, futhi i-Roadrunner Records yalithanda kakhulu iqembu.
Ngo-1998, ibhendi yacishe yasayina neRoadrunner Records, kodwa ngenxa yokungakwazi kwazo zombili izinhlangothi ukufinyelela esivumelwaneni, ipeni alizange lithinte iphepha. Ngemva konyaka, i-Des Moines, ibhendi yase-Iowa yase-Iowa i-Slipknot yaqala ukuvela ku-Roadrunner Records nge-albhamu ethi Slipknot. Iqembu le-rock laba yimbangi enkulu ye-Mushroomhead iminyaka eminingi. Yiqiniso, kwakukhona ukungqubuzana okuthile.
Ulwazi oluvela eMushroomhead
Kusukela ngo-1993, ngenkathi kwakhiwa i-octet yaseCleveland, alikho elinye iqembu eligqoke imaski nama-jumpsuits futhi lenza umculo onzima oyingqayizivele othonywe i-Faith No More no-Pink Floyd, njengoba i-hardcore, insimbi kanye ne-techno yenze.
In 1999 Ngonyaka Slipknot usayine inkontileka neRoadrunner Records, okwaholela ezinguqukweni emsebenzini weMushroomhead. Iqembu laba nomuzwa wokuthi isitayela nesithombe salo kwebiwe ukuze kuzuze imali. Lokhu, ngokusho kwamalungu eqembu, “kwabulala” ubuntu babo. Izimpahla zabo ezake zaba nemibalabala, izifihla-buso kanye nezifihla-buso zenjoloba kuthathelwe indawo imifaniswano emnyama.
Kamuva, opopayi be-X bafakwa ngaphezu kweso ngalinye ukuze kuqhubeke ukukhombisa ukufa kwesithombe sangaphambili seqembu. Lo mklamo wemaski kamuva waholela kulogo ethi "X Face", eyaziwa namuhla njengophawu lweqembu. Lezi zinguquko ziphinde zavela ku-albhamu yeqembu elithi "M3" ngo-1999.
Ukubukeka kwebhendi kuye kwavela ngokuhamba kweminyaka ngokukhishwa ngakunye. Izifihla-buso zabo zamanje, njengoba ziqinisekiswa omunye wabakhiqizi bazo, zibonisa ukubuya esihogweni ngemva kokubulawa kwabahlanganyeli empini. Lesi sinqumo sokuzifihla asenziwanga ngaphandle kwengxabano.
Ukungqubuzana okude ne-Slipknot
Kusukela ngo-1999, iMushroomhead ibe nokuqhudelana nokuphuma nebhendi yase-Iowa iSlipknot. Kusuke umbango ngokubonakala kwababambe iqhaza. Abalandeli abaningi baseMushroomhead bathi uSlipknot webe isithombe sikaMushroomhead, ukubukeka kwabo "okufihliwe".
Ngaleso sikhathi, engxoxweni abe nayo ne-Soundbites, owayengumculi we-Mushroomhead, u-Jason Popson, wathi: “Kubonakala kuxakile ngoba zizwakala zifana nathi, sengathi siyi-wacky version ye-Slipknot. Ngiyavuma ukuthi saziboleka izinto ezinhlelweni zabo.”
Amalungu e-Slipknot athi ayengakaze ezwe nge-Mushroomhead kwaze kwaba yilapho eqopha amademo e-albhamu yawo yokuqala ngo-1998 futhi empeleni aqala ukugqoka imaski nezingubo zokugqoka ngasekupheleni kuka-1992. Isigameko phakathi kwabalandeli baseMushroomhead kanye noSlipknot uqobo senzeke ngesikhathi uSlipknot eya eCleveland ngesikhathi sokuvakasha kwabo besekela i-albhamu yabo yokuqala.
Abalandeli baseMushroomhead bafike ekhonsathini bajikijela amabhethri eSlipknot, kwaphoqa ukuthi abaculi baphume esiteji. Esithangamini nabezindaba, umculi ophambili weSlipknot uCorey Taylor uthe amalungu eMushroomhead akhuthaze abalandeli ukuthi benze izinto ezifanayo.
Kodwa-ke, iMushroomhead iveze esidlangalaleni ukuthi ibhendi ayilukhuthazi nhlobo lolu hlobo lokuziphatha. Engxoxweni yangoMeyi 2007 ne-Imhotep.com, umculi uJeffrey Nothing wathi ngosuku olulandelayo ngemuva kwesigameko eCleveland, amalungu eSlipknot ayethuka intombi yakhe yangaleso sikhathi.
2000-yamanje
Ngo-2000, ibhendi yasayina ne-Eclipse Records ukukhipha i-XX, iqoqo lamaculo asuka kuma-albhamu awo amane adlule. Iqoqo lithengise amayunithi angama-50 ezinyangeni ezine zokuqala.
Ngokusekelwe kulokhu kuthengiswa, i-Universal Records ibone ibhendi futhi yaphinde yakhipha inguqulo exubile ye-XX. Ngokushesha iqembu lathwebula ividiyo (“Solitaire/Unraveling,” eholwa nguDean Carr) futhi lathatha izingoma zomsindo wefilimu (“The Scorpion King,” “XXX,” “Freddy vs. Jason” kanye nokwenza kabusha kwe-“The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” ).
I-albhamu ekhishwe kabusha ithengise amakhophi angu-300. Kulandele izinkambo eziningi e-US, Europe naseCanada, njengoba kufakazelwa ukusebenza ngempumelelo e-Ozzfest 000 (kokubili eYurophu nase-US).
Ngo-2003 kukhishwe i-XIII, i-albhamu yabo yokuqala yezinto ezintsha ze-Universal Records. Leli rekhodi linengoma eyodwa ethi “Langa Aliphumi,” eyavezwa kuMTV. Ingoma ibe iculo le-Headbangers ball kanye noFreddy Vs Jason. I-albhamu ikhishwe okokuqala kunombolo-40 ku-Billboard Top 200 futhi yathengisa amakhophi angu-400 emhlabeni jikelele.
Kulo msebenzi, insimbi yomculo webhendi yabonakala ngendlela ecebile futhi enwebekayo. Ukuthengiswa kwe-XIII kuhambisane ne-XX njengoba i-Mushroomhead iqhubeka nokuhamba emhlabeni futhi ixhuma nabalandeli. Kodwa phakathi nohambo lwabo olulandelayo, iqembu lahlukana ne-Universal Records, futhi ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho nomculi uJ-Mann.
Izinguquko eqenjini le-Mushroomhead
Ngemuva kohambo olubanzi lomhlaba, u-J-Mann (owaziwa nangokuthi nguJason Popson) umemezele ukuthi ulishiye iqembu ngo-Agasti 2004 ngenxa yokukhathala nezizathu zakhe. Isizathu esikhulu sokuhamba kwakhe wukuthi uyise ubegula futhi ubefuna ukuba seduze kwakhe.
Izinguquko ezinjalo bezizokhubaza noma yiliphi elinye iqembu, kodwa hhayi iMushroomhead.
"Senza lokho esihlale sikwenza," kusho uSkinny, "emuva kwesikwele sokuqala." Ubhekisela ku-credo yeqembu lokuzenzela kusukela ngosuku lokuqala, ngakho-ke i-Mushroomhead inesibopho sempumelelo yabo. Kwakuyintshiseko nethalente labo okwabenza baba yilokho abayikho namuhla: abaculi abadumile nabaphumelelayo.
Ihlome ngomdlali ophambili omusha u-Waylon, ibhendi iyaqhubeka nokuba namandla. Bezwa umculi omusha ngesikhathi i-3QuartersDead ivula iMushroomhead.
Ukusebenza nomculi omusha
Ngo-Agasti 2005, abakwaMushroomhead bakhipha iDVD yabo yokuqala ngelebula yabo ethi Filthy Hands, uMqulu 1. Irekhodwe futhi yahlelwa yiqembu ngokwalo, uMqulu 1 uhlanganisa iminyaka yawo-2000 ngamakhonsathi abukhoma, amavidiyo omculo kanye nezithombe ezingemuva kwesigcawu.
Ngenkathi esohambweni ngo-2005, uMushroomhead waqala inqubo yokubhala izinto ezintsha nokuqopha i-albhamu entsha. NgoZibandlela wezi-2005, uMushroomhead wasayina inkontileka neMegaforce Records, eqinisekisa ukutholakala kwama-albhamu amasha ezweni lonke nakwamanye amazwe.
NgoJuni 6, 2006, iMushroomhead yethula i-MushroomKombat, umdlalo osebenzisanayo njengengxenye yewebhusayithi esemthethweni yeqembu. Umdlalo omncane uqhudelana amalungu eqembu ngesitayela se-Mortal Kombat, ilungu ngalinye linenketho yokufa eyingqayizivele.
"Umsindisi Usizi"
I-albhamu ethi "Savior Sorrow" ikhishwe okokuqala kunombolo 73 eshadini le-Billboard 200 ngokuthengiswa kwamakhophi angaphezu kuka-12. Ilebula yebhendi iveze ukuthi ukuthengiswa kusondele ku-000 uma kucatshangelwa ukuthengiswa okwenziwa phakathi nohambo.
I-SoundScan ixolise ngosuku olungemva kokukhishwa kwezibalo zokuthengisa ngenxa yamaphutha ezilinganiso. Isizathu esikhulu kwaba ukuntuleka kokudayiswa ezitolo ze-Best Buy. Ukuthengiswa kwe-"Savior Sorrow" bekucishe kube ngu-26, futhi ukufakwa kweshadi lakhona bekuseduze noku-#000 kune-#30. Isimo seshadi lika-"Savior Sorrow" kamuva salungiswa ngokusemthethweni saba ku-#73.
U-Drummer Skinny uthe phakathi nohambo oluxhaswe yi-Jägermeister, i-Mushroomhead yathwebula ubusuku nemini, okuhlanganisa kokubili okwenzeka esiteji nangaphandle kwesiteji. Ividiyo izohlanganiswa ifakwe kwiDVD yesibili yeqembu, enesihloko esithi “Volume 2”.
Ngomhla zingama-29 kuZibandlela wezi-2007, u-Mushroomhead wawina i-MTV2007 Headbanger ethi "Video of the Year 2" nge-"12 Hundred" evela ku-"Savior Sorrow".
UJeffrey Nothing uzokhipha i-albhamu eyedwa enesihloko esithi The New Psychodalia ngo-2008.
I-Mushroomhead ichazwe njengenye insimbi, i-heavy metal, i-shock rock kanye ne-nu metal. Kodwa uJeffrey Nothing uthe leli qembu aliyona i-nu metal, futhi lapho ebuzwa ngohlobo lweqembu, waphendula: “Sidlala esikuzwayo uma kwenzeka. Sizama ukunweba indawo ngokukhishwa ngakunye okusha."
