I-Simply Red evela e-UK iyinhlanganisela yomphefumulo onamehlo aluhlaza nezothando ezintsha, i-post-punk ne-jazz. Iqembu laseManchester selithole ukuqashelwa phakathi kwabanolwazi lomculo wekhwalithi.
Abafana bathandana hhayi kuphela nabaseBrithani, kodwa futhi nabameleli bamanye amazwe.
Indlela yokudala nokwakheka kwe-Simply Red
Iqembu le-rock Simply Red lasungulwa ngo-1984. Iqembu lithole impumelelo nokuqashelwa phakathi kwabathandi bomculo baseBrithani ezinyangeni nje eziyi-12 ngemuva kokusungulwa kwalo. Amalungu okuqala eqembu kwaba:
- Mick Hucknall (owazalwa ngoJuni 8, 1960 edolobheni laseNgilandi iManchester (umculi, umbhali wamaculo kanye nomgqugquzeli weqembu le-rock);
- UFritz McIntyre (owazalwa ngoSepthemba 2, 1956 (amakhibhodi));
- Sean Ward (ibhesi);
- Tony Bowers (owazalwa ngo-Okthoba 31, 1952 (bass);
- UChris Joyce (owazalwa zi-11 kuMfumfu 1957 eManchester (izigubhu);
- U-Tim Kellett (owazalwa ngoJulayi 23, 1964 e-Knearsborough (England) (amakhibhodi nezinsimbi zomoya)).
Amalungu amathathu okugcina eqembu ngesikhathi ejoyina leli qembu kwakungamalungu angaphambili "eqembu lezigelekeqe" i-Durutti Column. Igama leqembu laqanjwa ngenxa yezinwele ezibomvu zongqondongqondo wabo, uMick Hucknall.
Ukusebenza kokuqala okuphelele kwabafana kwenzeka ngaphambi kwekhonsathi kaBobby Brown, lapho evakashela e-UK. Abafana emsebenzini wabo bagxile ezindleleni ezifana ne-blues, jazz kanye nomphefumulo.
Ngenxa yomdlalo wamakilabhu endawo aseManchester nasezinkantini, ibhendi yazuza udumo phakathi kwabakhulu basendaweni baseBrithani. Izinkanyezi zesikhathi esizayo zesigcawu sesiNgisi zabonwa ngumkhiqizi odumile uStuart Levin.
Izinyathelo zokuqala zeqembu eziya empumelelweni
Abafana abancane basayine inkontileka yabo yokuqala egcwele ngokugcwele ngo-1985 ngelebula le-Elektra Records. Khona-ke abafana bakhipha irekhodi labo lokuqala Incwadi Yezithombe.
Ingoma ethi Money's Too Tight, efakwe kuyo, ithathe isikhundla esiphambili emashadini eziteshi zomsakazo zesiNgisi. Enye ingoma eyaqanjwa uMick Hucknall, Holding Back the Years, kamuva yakhululwa njengeyodwa futhi yaba iplatinum.
Ithimba "on the crest" impumelelo
Ngo-1987, owayephambili weqembu wanquma ukusebenzisana nomqambi womculo u-L. Dozier. Kakade entwasahlobo, umsebenzi ohlangene waholela ekukhululweni kwe-disc yesibili yamadoda nabesifazane. Yiqiniso, ayizange idume njenge-albhamu yokuqala.
Nokho, ingoma eyodwa ethi The Right Thing isashaya amashadi, hhayi eBritish kuphela, kodwa nase-US. Yiwo lo nyaka lapho ukubunjwa kweqembu kube khona izinguquko.
Umshayi wesiginci uRichardson washiya lo msebenzi, kwathatha indawo yakhe umculi waseBrazil uHeitor Pereira. Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-Ian Kirkham wajoyina iqembu le-rock.
Ngo-1989, ibhendi yaqopha i-albhamu yayo yesithathu yobude obugcwele, abanquma ukuyibiza ngokuthi A New Flame. Inguqulo ekhava yengoma ethi Uma Ungangazi Manje ivuselele ukuduma kweqembu kubalandeli bamaNgisi nabaseMelika bomculo wekhwalithi.
Ngokufika kweminyaka yawo-1990, ukwakheka kweqembu le-rock kwaphinde kwashintsha. Ibhendi ibihlanganisa uSean Ward ku-bass, uGotha odlalwayo kanye nomculi we-saxophone u-Ian Kirkham.
Iqembu libe selikhipha i-single Stars, eyahamba ngegolide. Amanye amalungu ebhendi ashiye iqembu ngemuva kokukhishwa kwe-albhamu ethi Life, eyaqoshwa ngo-1995. Yiqiniso, yayihlanganisa umculi osekelayo u-Dee Johnson.
Ukuhlakazwa nokuhlangana kabusha kwe-Simple Red
Usuku lwe-albhamu yokugcina neyokugubha iminyaka ngaphambi kokuhlukana kwebhendi ye-rock Simply Red kwakungu-2007. Iqembu lakhe elibizwa nge-EP Stay, uphinde wangena esicongweni samarekhodi ahamba phambili e-United Kingdom.
Ngo-2010, "iqembu lezigelekeqe" lanikeza ikhonsathi yokuvalelisa bukhoma eLondon. Umdlalo usakazwe kumasinema e-UK. Ngemva kwalokho, ibhendi ye-rock Simply Red yathula iminyaka eminingana. UMick waqala umsebenzi eyedwa.
Ngo-2014, kwavela ulwazi lokuthi iqembu lase likulungele ukuhlangana futhi futhi liye ku-Big Love Tour eYurophu. Yanikezelwa ekugubheni iminyaka engu-25 yebhendi ye-rock.
Idolobha laseDenmark i-Odense lakhethwa ukuthi lihlele ikhonsathi yokuqala yalolu hambo. Umbukiso wenzeke maphakathi nekwindla ka-2015. Iphuzu lokugcina lokuvakasha kwaba umkhosi waseSwitzerland SummerDays, lapho abafana benza khona ehlobo lika-2016.
Khona-ke abafana baya eMunich ku-BMW Festival Night. Indlela ababecula ngayo yayicishe ifane naleyo ababecula ngayo emuva ekhulwini leminyaka elidlule.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, iqembu lizocula eLiverpool, Manchester, London nakwamanye amadolobha ase-UK. Esikhathini esizayo esiseduze, iqembu lilungele ukukhipha enye i-albhamu entsha. Ngokwemvelo, "abalandeli" bangalinda kuphela ukubonakala kwakhe.
