Ekuqaleni leli qembu lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Avatar. Khona-ke abaculi bafunda ukuthi ibhendi enegama elifanayo yayikhona ngaphambili, futhi bahlanganisa amagama amabili - Savage futhi Avatar. Futhi ekugcineni bathola igama elisha elithi Savatage.
Ukuqala komsebenzi wokudala weqembu le-Savatage
Ngolunye usuku, ngemuva kwendlu eFlorida, iqembu lentsha - abafowabo uChris noJohn Oliva, nomngane wabo uSteve Wacholz - babecula ekhonsathini. Igama elinomsindo elithi Avatar lakhethwa ngemuva kwengxoxo eshubile futhi lavunyelwa yiwo wonke amalungu eqembu ngo-1978. Iminyaka emithathu leli qembu lidlala nabadlali abathathu. Futhi ngo-1981, omunye umfana wabajoyina - Keith Collins, futhi ukwakheka kweqembu kwaba kanje:
- UJohn Oliva - amazwi
- UChris Oliva - isiginci;
- Steve Wacholz - percussion;
- Keith Collins - bass guitar.
Abaculi babedlala i-rock eqinile, i-heavy metal kwakuyinto ababeyithanda kakhulu, futhi iphupho labo kwakuyisifiso sokuduma. Futhi abafana bazama ngamandla abo wonke ukuduma - baya emikhosini, babamba iqhaza kuwo wonke amaphrojekthi atholakalayo. Kwesinye salezi zenzakalo bafunde ukuthi iqembu elinegama elifanayo elithi Avatar selivele likhona. Futhi ukusebenzisa igama elifanayo ukubhekisela eqenjini lakho kungaholela enkingeni.
Okokuqala, babengasolwa ngokukopela, okwesibili, babengafuni ukwabelana nabanye ngodumo lwabo. Ngakho kwadingeka sicabange ngokushesha ukuze sehluke kwabanye. Futhi ngo-1983, kwavela iqembu elisha, i-Savatage, lidlala i-hard rock.
Kweminye yemikhosi, abazalwane bahlangana nabameleli benkampani ezimele yokuqopha iPar Records. Baqopha ama-albhamu abo okuqala naye. Ukuduma kweqembu kwanda. Futhi ngo-1984, ekugcineni badonsela ukunaka "kwabadlali abakhulu" emakethe yezinkonzo zomculo.
Sebenza ne-Atlantic Records
Inkampani yokuqala lapho iqembu le-Savatage lisayine isivumelwano kwakuyi-Atlantic Records - hhayi "umdlali" wokugcina emakethe yomculo. Cishe ngaso leso sikhathi, kulebula ama-albhamu amabili eqembu akhululwa, akhiqizwa odumile uMax Norman. Uhambo lokuqala olukhulu, oluhlelwe ilebula ye-Atlantic Records, lwaqala.
Abaculi baqala ukwenza i-pop-rock, kodwa "abalandeli" beqembu nabagxeki abazange bakuqonde lokhu "kuhlehla" kusuka phansi. Futhi iqembu leSavatage laqala ukugxekwa. Idumela labadlali bama-rocker lalinzima kakhulu, futhi kwadingeka babeke izaba isikhathi eside.
Nokho, inhlanhla yaphinde yamamatheka kubaculi. Ngenxa yokuvakasha okuhlanganyelwe no-Blue Öyster Cult kanye no-Ted Nugent e-America kanye nohambo lwase-Europe ne-Motӧrhead, abaculi baphinde bathola izindawo zabo ezilahlekile futhi bajabulela ukuduma okukhulu nakakhulu. Ngenxa yomdidiyeli omusha weqembu, uPaul O'Neill, leli qembu lathuthuka ngokushesha. Kwengezwa izingoma ezintsha, umculo waba nzima, futhi amazwi ahluka kakhulu.
Ama-albhamu aba yindikimba, futhi i-Rock opera Streets yavela ku-repertoire. Abadali beqembu baqala ukucabanga kaningi mayelana nemisebenzi eyedwa ngaphandle kweqembu.
1990-е iminyaka kanye neqembu le-Savatage
Ngemva kokuqeda uhambo lokusekela i-rock opera, uJohn walishiya leli qembu ngo-1992. Kodwa wayengahlosile ukushiya ngokuphelele ingqondo yakhe, ehlala "egcwele isikhathi esigcwele" umqambi, umhleli kanye nomxhumanisi. Ohamba phambili kuleli qembu nguZach Stevens. Ngokufika kwakhe, leli qembu lalizwakala lihlukile, amazwi akhe ayehlukile kwekaJohn. Kodwa lokhu akuzange kuvimbe ukuthandwa kweqembu. Lokhu kungena esikhundleni kuthole ukusabela okuhle okuvela kubo bobabili abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
Izingoma zaleli qembu bezilokhu zizwakala kakhulu emoyeni futhi nedumela lazo lenyuka. Ibutho labalandeli libale izigidi zabathandi bomculo emhlabeni wonke. Futhi endaweni ephakeme yokuduma ekwindla ka-1993, kwenzeka inhlekelele eqenjini - engozini, ekushayisaneni kwekhanda nomshayeli ophuzile, uChris Oliva washona. Kwakushaqisa wonke umuntu - izihlobo nabangane, abangani kanye nabathanda ithalente lakhe. UChris wayeneminyaka engu-30 kuphela ubudala.
I-Savatage ngaphandle kukaChris
Akekho owayengalulama ngokugcwele ekulahlekelweni. Kodwa uJohn nabangane bakhe banquma ukungawuvali lo msebenzi, kodwa baqhubeke nomsebenzi wabo, njengoba uChris angathanda. Maphakathi no-August 1994, kwakhululwa i-albhamu entsha, ethi, Handful of Rain. Izingoma eziningi zabhalwa nguJohn Oliva.
UZach waqhubeka ecula, kwathi uJohn wathathwa u-Alex Skolnick. USteve Wacholz washiya iqembu, lapho engaziboni ngaphandle kukaChris. Babengabangane abakhulu, abangani kusukela ebuntwaneni. Futhi akakwazanga ukubona omunye umuntu esikhundleni sikaChris. U-Skolnik akazange ahlale eqenjini isikhathi eside. Ngemva kohambo lokusekela i-albhamu entsha, wahamba yedwa "ukubhukuda".
Ngemuva kokushona kukaChris, ithimba lase lizowa, amalungu ashintsha aze anquma ukuthatha ikhefu ngo-2002. Nakhona ngo-2003 bahlanganyela ekhonsathini yokukhumbula uChris. Futhi emva kwalokho abazange bangene esiteji iminyaka engu-12.
Isikhathi sethu
Ngo-August 2014, ukukhululwa okusemthethweni kweqembu le-Savatage kwakhululwa. Abaculi bamemezele ngokusemthethweni ukuthi ngo-2015 bazobamba iqhaza kwi-Wacken Open Air festival (umcimbi oyinhloko waminyaka yonke emhlabeni womculo onesigqi esinamandla). Ukwakhiwa kweqembu kwakuhambisana nabahlanganyeli abasebenza kulo kusukela ngo-1995 kuya ku-2000. Futhi le khonsathi bekukuphela kwayo eYurophu. Njengenhlalayenza, uJohn Oliva waligcina izwi lakhe.
Kodwa abalandeli baleli qembu basakholelwa ukuthi ngelinye ilanga abaculi bayongena esiteji, futhi izethameli zizophinde zibingelele izintandokazi zazo.
