I-Ram Jam yibhendi ye-rock evela e-United States of America. Iqembu lasungulwa ekuqaleni kwawo-1970. Iqembu libe negalelo elithile ekuthuthukisweni kwedwala laseMelika. Ingoma eyaziwa kakhulu yeqembu kuze kube manje ingoma ethi Black Betty.
Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi umsuka wengoma kaShwi noMtekhala usalokhu uyimpicabadala kuze kube namuhla. Kunento eyodwa eqinisekile, ukuthi iqembu le-Ram Jam likuhlanganise ngokwanele ukwakheka komculo.
Ngokokuqala ngqa, leli culo eliyinganekwane lashiwo ekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX. Kuthiwa le ngoma yayiseculweni lokumasha lamasosha amaNgisi. Umbhali wengoma "uboleke" igama kusuka ezibhamuni.
Umlando nokwakheka kweqembu le-Ram Jam
Umsuka webhendi ye-rock uBill Bartlett, uSteve Wollmsley (isiginci sebhesi) noBob Nef (isitho). Ekuqaleni, abaculi badale umculo ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi Starstruck.
Kamuva, uSteve Wollmsley wathathelwa indawo uDavid Goldflies, kwathi uDavid Beck wathatha izintambo njengomdlali wopiyano. Ingoma ethi Black Betty eyaqoshwa abaculi ekuqaleni yazuza izinhliziyo zabalaleli besifunda, yabe isiduma eNew York. Empeleni, u-Bartlett wabe esenquma ukuqamba kabusha iqembu libe yi-Ram Jam.
Ukuqanjwa kukaBlack Betty kukhuphule ibhendi phezulu ku-Olympus yomculo. Abaculi ngomqondo ongokoqobo wegama bavuka bedumile. Kodwa lapho kukhona ukuthandwa, cishe kuhlale kukhona amahlazo.
Isikhathi eside, ithrekhi yeBlack Betty yavalwa eziteshini zomsakazo zase-US. Iqiniso wukuthi abathandi bomculo bathi leli culo kuthiwa lilulaza amalungelo abantu besifazane abamnyama (isitatimende esixakile). Ikakhulukazi uma ucabangela iqiniso lokuthi iqembu le-Ram Jam livele "lihlanganise" umsebenzi ongekho ngaphansi kobunikazi balo.
Ama-albhamu ebhendi ye-Ram Jam
Ngo-1977, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu engaziwa i-Ram Jam. I-albhamu yokuqala inqume ukuthuthuka okuqhubekayo kweqembu. Usebenze ku-albhamu yokuqala:
- UBill Bartlett (isiginci esiholayo kanye namazwi);
- U-Tom Kurtz (isiginci esinesigqi kanye namazwi);
- David Goldflies (bass guitar);
- UDavid Fleeman (izigubhu)
Iqoqo ngokwezwi nezwi elithi "shot". Irekhodi lithathe indawo yama-40 kumashadi omculo waseMelika, kanti ithrekhi ka-Black Betty osekukhulunywe ngayo yathatha indawo ye-17 eshadini labantu abangabodwana.
Ukweseka i-albhamu enegama elifanayo, abaculi bahambe bayovakasha. UJimmy Santoro wadlala emakhonsathini neqembu laseMelika. U-Bartlett, ngemva kokulalela amathrekhi, wanquma ukuthi balahlekelwe umculi oyedwa.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa kwengoma ethi Black Betty, i-NAACP yayinentshisekelo yangempela eqenjini. Ngenxa yamagama engoma, iCongress of Racial Equality yabiza umbhikisho. Ngaphandle kwalokhu, leli culo lisangena ezingomeni ezingu-10 eziqine kakhulu e-United Kingdom nase-Australia. Kamuva, u-Ted Demme wasebenzisa ingoma (njengengoma yomsindo) ku-movie yakhe ethi Cocaine (Blow).
Ngo-1978, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo. I-albhamu ethi Portrait of the Artist as a Young Ram idlule konke obekulindelwe ngabalandeli.
Le albhamu yathakaselwa kakhulu ngabalandeli nabagxeki bomculo abanohlonze. Ifinyelele kwabayi-100 abahamba phambili ohlwini lukaMartin Popoff oluthi "Guide to Heavy Metal Volume 1: The Seventies".
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uJimmy Santoro ekugcineni wajoyina iqembu. I-albhamu yesibili izwakale inzima kakhulu kunomsebenzi wokuqala. Sibonga iSantoro kanye namazwi anamandla kaSkeyvon, othathe indawo kaBartlett, kufanele sibonge iSantoro ngomsindo wekhwalithi ephezulu. Ngalesi sikhathi, lo wakamuva wayesevele washiya iqembu futhi wahlanganyela ekuthuthukiseni umsebenzi we-solo.
Ukuhlukana kweRam Jam
Abalandeli bebengaboni ukuthi umbango uyakhula eqenjini. Isizathu sokungaboni ngaso linye kwaba wumbango wobuholi. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokwanda kokuthandwa, ngamunye wabaculi abacula yedwa waqala ukuveza umbono wabo ngokuthi i-repertoire yeqembu le-Ram Jam kufanele igcwaliswe.
Ngo-1978, kwaziwa ukuthi iqembu lahlukana. Abacula ngabodwana beqembu le-Ram Jam baqhubeke "nokuntanta kwamahhala". Wonke umuntu waqala iphrojekthi yakhe.
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, abaculi bahlangana ndawonye. Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, bacula ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi The Very Best of Ram Jam. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, abaculi baphinde bagcwalisa i-discography yeqembu ngeqoqo le-Golden Classics.
