Roxette (Rockset): Biography of the group

Ngo-1985, ibhendi ye-pop-rock yaseSweden uRoxette (Per Håkan Gessle ku-duet no-Marie Fredriksson) yakhipha ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi "Neverending Love", eyamlethela ukuthandwa okukhulu.  

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Roxette: noma konke kwaqala kanjani?

I-Per Gessle ibhekisela ngokuphindaphindiwe emsebenzini we-Beatles, owathonya kakhulu umsebenzi kaRoxette. Iqembu ngokwalo lasungulwa ngo-1985.

Ngesikhathi sokudalwa kwayo, uPer Gessle wayengumuntu odume kakhulu futhi owaziwayo eSweden, wayebizwa ngokuthi inkosi yomculo we-pop. Umculi nomqambi owakha amaphrojekthi aphumelele kakhulu futhi wazikhiqizela yena.

Waqala nge-rock yegalaji futhi walinga kakhulu ngezinhlobo ezahlukene (i-pop, i-eurodance, i-blues, izwe, i-europop, ukulalela okulula). Ngisho nabantu abathweswe umqhele babewuthanda umsebenzi wakhe: inkosi yaseSweden uCarl XVI Gustaf nendodakazi yakhe uVictoria. 

Esikhathini eside ngaphambi kokudalwa kweRokset ngo-1977, uPer Gessle nabaculi uMats Persson, uMikael Andersson noJan Karlsson bakha iqembu lehlelo elithi Gyllene Tider, kodwa ngo-1978 uGessle waqala umsebenzi wakhe yedwa, futhi kamuva, ngo-1982, wahlangana nomculi uMarie Fredriksson. , owabe esedlala emaqenjini ahlukene kuma-keyboard. U-Per Gessle usize uMarie ngokumazisa kumkhiqizi u-Lasse Lindbom.

Ingoma yokuqala ka-Roxette ethi "Neverending Love" 

Kamuva, i-Alpha Records AB yanikeza u-Per Gessle ukusebenzisana okunenzuzo, noma kunalokho, i-duet noPernilla Wahlgren, kodwa laba bakamuva abazange bayithande inguqulo yedemo yengoma yombhali ethi "Svarta Glas", futhi u-Per wanikeza uMarie Fredriksson ukuthi ayicule.

U-Per wayenesiqiniseko esiphelele sokuthi ingoma ayibhalile izoba yingoma eshisa izikhotha. Ukwakhiwa kwedwala kwakubhalwe ngendlela engavamile kuMarie, futhi waqala ukungabaza. U-Gessle uphinde wahlela ukuqamba, washintsha amagama esiNgisi, futhi umphumela waba ingoma ethi "Neverending Love", ayenza noMarie.

Abezindaba babheke laba ababili njengokungaqondi, okunye ukuthanda uGessle. Futhi uGessle ngokwakhe, ngaphandle kokucabanga kabili, wasebenzisa igama langaphambili leqembu elidumile elithi "Gyllene Tider" futhi wabiza i-duet yakhe noMarie "Roxette".

Kakade ngo-1986, lapho nje eyodwa yokuqala "Uthando Olungapheli" ebona ukukhanya, iqembu Roxette waba yimpumelelo. Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi isitudiyo sokuqopha "Alpha Records AB" sasebenzisa inguqulo yesiSwidi yengoma ethi "Svarta Glas", njengoba u-Niklas Wahlgren ekwazile ukuyifaka eqoqweni lakhe, kodwa lokhu kuqamba kwabe sekudingeka kushintshwe.

I-albhamu yokuqala ethi Roxette ikhishwe ngokungaziwa ehlobo. Isizathu sasiwukuthi izihlobo zikaMarie Fredriksson zathi ngokushintsha kungazelelwe uhlobo lomculo, umculi odumile angonakalisa ngokuphelele umsebenzi wakhe wedwa.

Njengoba wazi, ehlobo, iziteshi zomsakazo eziningi azisebenzi ngokugcwele, iningi labasebenzi baseholidini, ngakho lesi akusona inkathi engcono kakhulu yokukhipha izingoma. Ukuze ingoma eyodwa ethi "Neverending Love" ithathe umugqa wokuqala wohlelo lomsakazo, u-Per wakhohlisa ngokucela abangani bakhe ukuthi bavotele le ngoma izikhathi ezimbalwa, eshintsha umbhalo wesandla.

Kodwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwacaca ukuthi ngisho ngaphandle kwalezi zikhohlakali, leli culo belizoduma. Impumelelo yayimangalisa. U-Roxette ukhiphe i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ebizwa ngokuthi "Pearls of Passion" futhi waziwa kakhulu eSweden.

Ngo-1987, abafana bakhipha enye ingoma ethi "Kumelwe ukuba kube uthando", okwathi kamuva yaba ingoma yefilimu ethi "Pretty Woman" noRichard Gere noJulia Roberts ezindimeni ezihamba phambili.

Ngawo lowo nyaka, ukuvakasha kokuqala kweqembu le-Roxette kwenzeka kanye no-Eva Dahlgren noRatata. 

I-albhamu yesithathu ka-Roxet nokuqashelwa emhlabeni jikelele 

Futhi kakade ngo-1988, iqembu IsiSwidi Roxette wakhulula albhamu yabo yesithathu ebizwa ngokuthi "Bheka Sharp" futhi ngawo lowo nyaka wathola ukuqashelwa emphakathini emhlabeni. Ngandlela thize, umfundi ojwayelekile u-Dean Cushman wathatha ikhophi ye-albhamu ye-Roxette esuka eSweden waya nayo eMinneapolis wayiyisa esiteshini somsakazo i-KDWB, okwathi ngemva kwalokho ingoma ethi "The Look" yaqhumisa amashadi aseMelika. Phambilini, amaqembu amabili kuphela aseSweden, i-ABBA neBlue Swede, ayesemigqeni yokuqala yamashadi e-United States. Ukuduma kwe-duo uRoxette kwanda, amathikithi amakhonsathi athengiswa aphela ngaso leso sikhathi. 

Ngo-1989, iqembu lakhipha enye ingoma ethi "Lalela inhliziyo yakho". Ngesikhathi esifanayo, isithakazelo ekuphileni komuntu siqu kwamalungu eqembu sakhula. Uma sibheka isosha esihlatshelelwayo, futhi lawa ikakhulukazi ama-ballads othando, uPeru noMarie bahlonishwe ngobudlelwano bothando. Emakhasini ephephandaba eliphuzi, osaziwayo bebeshadile futhi behlukanisile. Abaculi ngokwabo bebelokhu benganaki imibuzo emayelana nempilo yabo.

Kamuva kwavela ukuthi u-Per Gessle no-Marie Fredriksson babenobuhlobo obukhethekile nokusebenzayo. UPer washada no-Åsa Nordin ngo-1993 futhi waba nendodana, uGabriel Titus Jessl, ngo-1997. Futhi Marie washada umqambi Mikael Boishom futhi wazala izingane ezimbili: indodakazi, Yusefina, nendodana, Oscar.

Ngo-1991, i-duo yaseSweden yakhipha i-albhamu yayo yesine, i-Joyride, kwathi ngawo lowo nyaka ibhendi yaqala ngokuvakasha komhlaba: amakhonsathi angama-45 eYurophu, kwalandela amanye amakhonsathi ayi-10 e-Australia.

Ngemva konyaka, i-albhamu yesihlanu kaRoxette, Tourism, yakhiqizwa umqondisi uWayne Isham, owayekhiqize amavidiyo omculo kaMetallica noBon Jovi. I-albhamu ye-acoustic ikhishwe ngokurekhodwa bukhoma ezindaweni ezingajwayelekile phakathi nokuvakasha okuqondiswe e-US nase-Canada.

Ngo-1993, kwaqala ukuqoshwa kwe-albhamu yesithupha, enendawo ebanzi, njengoba yaqoshwa eCapri, kwase kuba seLondon, Stockholm naseHalmstad. Ukuphahlazeka Kokwakheka! Boom! I-Bang" yakhululwa ngo-1994, futhi ukuthengiswa komhlaba wonke sekufinyelele ukuphakama okumangalisayo. U-Roxette une-albhamu ethi "Baladas en Español" ekhishwe ngeSpanishi ngo-1996, nokho, yaphumelela eSpain kuphela.

Ngo-2001, u-Roxette wakhipha iqoqo lamahithi. Okuphumelele kakhulu kwaba ingoma ethi "Isikhungo Senhliziyo", futhi iqembu laqala uhambo olusha lwe-Europe, kodwa ngenxa yezenzakalo zika-September 11, 2001 eNew York, imidlalo ehleliwe eNingizimu Afrika yakhanselwa.

Calm Roxette cishe iminyaka engu-7

Ngo-September 2002, kwaziwa ngokugula kuka-Marie Fredriksson: ngemva kokugijima ekuseni, walahlekelwa ukwazi futhi, ewa, washaya usinki. Ngokushesha umyeni wakhe wamyisa esibhedlela, futhi ngokwemiphumela yokuhlolwa, uMarie kwatholakala ukuthi unesimila ebuchosheni. Iminyaka eminingana, umphakathi womhlaba uzwelana nomculi waseSweden, futhi kwase kukholelwa ukuthi iqembu likaRoxette ngeke liphinde lihlangane.

Iqembu le-Roxette lakhansela wonke amakhonsathi futhi layeka imisebenzi iminyaka emine yonke. Naphezu kokulungiswa okunzima, uFredriksson ukhiphe i-albhamu eyedwa, The Change. Kuphinde kwakhululwa inhlanganisela yamahithi adume kakhulu "The Ballad Hits" (2002) kanye "The Pop Hits" (2003). Ngo-2006, i-duo ye-Roxette yagubha iminyaka yabo engu-XNUMX futhi yajabulisa abalandeli babo ngokukhulula iqoqo lamahithi amahle kakhulu, i-RoxBox, kanye nezingoma ezintsha, i-One Wish ne-Reveal.

Ukuhlangana kabusha kwe-Roxet 

Ngo-2009, ngesikhathi sekhonsathi eyedwa kaPer Gessle, ngemva kwekhefu elide kangaka, uPer noMarie badlala ndawonye. Ngokushesha abezindaba baqala ukukhuluma ngokujulile mayelana nokuhlangana kabusha kweqembu lodumo.

Ngo-2010, iqembu Roxette wavakashela eRussia ngohlelo ekhonsathini. Lolu hambo lwaluhlanganisa iMoscow, iSt. Petersburg, iKazan, iSamara, iYekaterinburg neNovosibirsk. Iqembu likhiphe i-albhamu ethi "Charm School". 

Kuze kube ngu-2016, iqembu lihambele umhlaba ngenkuthalo, kanti isimo sezempilo sikaMarie sasivumela ukuhamba amabanga amade namakhonsathi aqhubekayo.

URoxette ungumlando 

Kusukela ngo-2016, ukuba khona kweqembu le-Roxette njengenhlangano eyodwa kuphelile, nokho, bobabili u-Per no-Marie baqhubeka nomsebenzi wabo wedwa. UMarie Fredriksson wanikeza amakhonsathi ngaphakathi kwezwe kuphela.

Ngo-2017, isiteshi se-TV4 saseSweden samemezela ukuthi iminyaka engama-30 yokuba khona kuka-Roxette iyingqopha-mlando emlandweni womculo.

Bekanye noGessle noFredriksson, abaculi babambe iqhaza kule midlalo: uChristopher Lundqvist (isiginci sebhesi) noMagnus Berjesson (isiginci sebhesi), uClarence Everman (amakhibhodi), uPele Alsing (izigubhu).

Ukufa kuka-Marie Fredriksson

Ngomhla ziyi-10 kuZibandlela wezi-2019, kwatholakala imininingwane yokuthi umculi ohamba phambili welinye lamabhendi odumo eSweden uRoxette, uMarie Fredriksson, ushonile. Abalandeli abakholwanga lezi zindaba, nokho, ummeleli osemthethweni weqembu laseSweden ukuqinisekisile imininingwane.

Isithombe esimnyama nesimhlophe sikaMarie esinosuku lokuzalwa nokufa sivele emakhasini asemthethweni eqembu kanye namalungu eqembu lomculo. Qaphela ukuthi uFredriksson washikashikana nomdlavuza isikhathi eside. 

Emuva ngo-2002, uMarie kwatholakala ukuthi unomdlavuza wobuchopho. Kuze kube ngu-2019, lo mculi ubezabalaza nalesi sifo futhi weseka umzimba wakhe. Nokho, ngoDisemba 10, odokotela bathi ushonile. Ngesikhathi eshona, uFredriksson wayeneminyaka engu-61. Wayeshiye umyeni nezingane ezimbili.

I-Discography

• 1986 - "Uthando Olungapheli"
• 1986 - "Goodbye Kuwe"
• 1987 - "Kumelwe Ukuba Uthando (UKhisimusi Wenhliziyo Ephukile)"
• 1988 - "Lalela Inhliziyo Yakho"
• 1988 - "Amathuba"
• 1989 - "The Look"
• Ngo-1990 - "Kumele Kube Uthando"
• 1991 - "Joyride"
• 1991 - "Ukuchitha Isikhathi Sami"
• 1992 - "Church of Your Heart"
• 1992 - "Wenza Kanjani!"
• 1994 - Ukuphahlazeka! Boom! qhuma!
• 1997 - "Soj Una Mujer"
• 1999 - "Insindiso"
• 2001 - "Isikhungo Senhliziyo"
• 2002 - "Into Ngawe"
• 2003 - "Ithuba Nox"
• 2006 - "One Wish"
• 2016 - "Elinye Ihlobo"
• 2016 - "Kungani Ungangilethi Izimbali?"

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Iziqeshana

• 1989 - "Uthando Olungapheli"
• Ngo-1990 - "Kumele Kube Uthando"
• 1991 - "I-Big L."
• 1992 - "Wenza Kanjani!"
• 1993 - "Run to You"
• 1996 - "I-Yune Ntambama"
• 1999 - "Insindiso"
• 2001 - "Ushukela Wangempela"
• 2002 - "Into Ngawe"
• 2006 - "One Wish"
• 2011 - "Khuluma nami"
• 2012 - "Kungenzeka"