Ongakuthanda ngempela nge-England uchungechunge olumangalisayo lomculo othathe umhlaba wonke. Inani elibalulekile labahlabeleli, abahlabeleli namaqembu omculo wezitayela nezinhlobo ezahlukene beza e-Olympus yomculo evela eBritish Isles. I-Raven ingelinye lamaqembu aseBrithani ajabulisa kakhulu.
Amapunk ayethanda ama-rocker aqinile iRaven
Abazalwane bakwaGallagher bakhetha isitayela sedwala. Bakwazile ukuthola indawo ekahle yamandla futhi banqoba umhlaba ngomculo wabo.
Idolobha elincane lezimboni laseNewcastle (enyakatho-mpumalanga yeNgilandi) lalithuthumela ngenxa “yokubuka” okunamandla kwabafana. Uhlu lwangempela lweRaven ekuqaleni lwaluhlanganisa uJohn noMark Gallagher noPaul Bowden.
Abaculi babedlala i-hard rock yaseBrithani, kancane kancane eyashintsha ibe insimbi enamandla. Amalungu eqembu azame ukudonsa ukunaka kwababukeli nabalaleli ngokuziphatha kwabo kwasekuqaleni esiteji. Kube nodlame ekudlalweni kwabo, abakwandise ngengxenye yezemidlalo.
Izingubo zabo zasesiteji zazihlanganisa omakalabha noma amagiya okuvikela ezinhlobo ezahlukene zemidlalo, kusukela kuhokhi kuya kubaseball. Ngokuvamile abaculi babekhumula izigqoko zabo zokuzivikela baqale ukudlala ngazo izigubhu noma bafake amakepisi okuzivikela ezintanjeni zeziginci.
Umbukiso onjalo awukwazanga ukudlula izihlubuki zangempela - amapunk. Ngakho-ke, yiqembu leRaven elihlonishwe ukwenza isenzo sokuqala samaqembu e-punk adumile njenge-The Stranglers kanye ne-Motors. Kunzima ukucabanga noma yiliphi elinye iqembu le-rock elikwazi ukudonsa ukunaka kwabalandeli be-punk. Kodwa abaculi beqembu elithi Raven baphumelela, futhi izingoma zabo zalalelwa ngesithakazelo esikhulu.
Sawubona Brithani, sawubona mhlaba!
Ngemva kokusebenza kokuqala, ama-rockers anethalente aqashelwa futhi anikezwa ukubambisana ngelebula ye-Neat Records. Lokhu akumangazi, njengoba le lebula bekuyiyona yodwa efanelekile futhi efinyeleleka kwabasanda kufika enyakatho yeNgilandi. I-albhamu yokuqala yezelamani zakwaGallagher yayithi Rock Until You Drop.
Yakhululwa kuphela ngo-1981, lapho ukwakheka kweqembu kwashintsha izikhathi eziningana. Isitayela somculo siphinde sasuka ku-hard rock yendabuko saya ku-heavy metal futhi ngokuphambene nalokho. Phakathi kuka-1980 no-1987 U-Gallagher wayedlala isiginci ne-bass futhi wayenesibopho sokucula. Futhi uRob Hunter wayedlala izigubhu.
Uthando lwelebula ye-Neat Records yokusebenza ngokweqile kwaphoqa abaculi ukuthi bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yesibili, i-Wiped Out, ngo-1982. Ngenhlanhla yeqembu leRaven, womabili amarekhodi afaka ukuqoshwa okuhle kakhulu. Ngakho-ke, bekulokhu kunendawo kumashadi esiNgisi yabasanda kungena e-British rock.
Impumelelo enjalo iphushe abaculi ukuthi bathathe isinyathelo esiyingozi - umzamo wokungena emakethe yomculo yase-US. Futhi ngo-1983, isitudiyo sokuqopha saseMelika iMegaforce Records sakhipha i-albhamu yesithathu, All for One.
Njengengxenye yohambo lwaseMelika, ama-rocker aseBrithani ayesekelwa yi-Metallica kanye ne-Anthrax. Lesi sakamuva sasingakawunqobi umhlaba, owawusuvele uvulekele iqembu leRaven. Abaculi basuka edolobheni labasebenzi iNewcastle baya “enhlokodolobha yomhlaba” - eNew York.
Ngaleso sikhathi, nakuba abaculi babebambelele kumculo onesigqi esinamandla, babezivumela ukuba bazame izitayela zomculo. Kuphela ngo-1987, lapho uRob Hunter eshiya iqembu, ekhetha umndeni esikhundleni sokuvakasha, uJoe Hasselvander wamenywa njengomshayi wesigubhu. Ngenxa yakhe, iRaven yayizwakala njengebhendi ye-heavy metal yakudala.
Iqembu leRaven: Emaphethelweni Alasha
Ngemuva kokuthi iqembu leRaven lithole ubuzwe baseMelika, ukunqoba kwabo umhlaba akuzange kuphumelele. Abaphathi bezinkampani ezahlukene zokuqopha bebefuna ukuqina kubaculi noma baphakamise ukuthi isitayela sithambe. Ngo-1986, ngenxa ye-albhamu ethi The Pack Is Back, iqembu lasala lingenabo abalandeli. “Abalandeli” badumele ngomsindo othi “pop” weqembu abalithandayo. Futhi ngo-1988, iMelika yaba nesithakazelo ku-grunge, ngakho yayingekho indawo yabaculi be-heavy metal ezinhliziyweni zabathandi be-rock.
Okwenze leli qembu lingahlakazeka wukuthi umculo kaRaven ubuthandwa eYurophu, kwavela abalandeli abasha eJapan. Ngakho-ke, abaculi bagxile ohambweni olusebenzayo lwabantu base-Asiya kanye nezakhamizi zamazwe aseYurophu. Inkathi yawo-1990 yadlula ingabonwa. Ngalesi sikhathi, iqembu likwazile ukuqopha amanye ama-albhamu amathathu agcwele ubude futhi laqhubeka nokuvakasha.
Uvivinyo lwamandla olulandelayo kwaba ngengozi. Ngo-2001, uMark Gallagher wacishe wangcwatshwa ngaphansi kodonga olwawela phezu kwakhe. Umculi wasinda, kodwa waphuka imilenze yomibili, okuholele ekutheni iqembu leRaven liphuke ngenkani. Ukungabi khona esiteji kuthathe iminyaka emine.
Kwakwethusa ukuthi abafana baqale umsebenzi osebenzayo ngo-2004. Kodwa kakade uhambo lokuqala lubonise ukuthi abaculi bodumo babengakhohliwe futhi babesathandwa.
UGallagher uphoqeleke ukuthi adlale esesihlalweni esinamasondo. Ngokubonga ngokwethembeka kwabo, leli qembu lijabulise abalandeli balo ngenye i-albhamu. I-albhamu ethi Walk Through Fire yaphuma ngo-2009.
Namuhla, abaculi bayaqhubeka nokuvakasha ngenkuthalo, bejabulisa izethameli ngokudlala okunomdlandla. Bakhombisa ukuthi iminyaka ayinakho ukulawula iqembu leRaven, yize empeleni akunjalo. Phela, ngo-2017, uJoe Hasselvander washiya iqembu ngemuva kokucishe wafa ngenxa yesifo senhliziyo. UMike Heller ungumshayi wesigubhu omusha weRaven. Ubuhlakani bakhe buzwakala ku-albhamu yakhe yakamuva, iMetal City, ekhishwe ngoSepthemba 2020.
