Umlando weqembu le-Squeeze usukela esimemezelweni sikaChris Difford esitolo somculo mayelana nokuqashwa kweqembu elisha. Yayithakasela umculi osemusha uGlenn Tilbrook.
Kamuva ngo-1974, kwafakwa uJules Holland (ongumdlali wekhibhodi) noPaul Gunn (odlala izigubhu). Laba bafana baziqambe ngokuthi Squeeze nge-albhamu kaVelvet ethi "Underground".
Kancane kancane bathola udumo eLondon bedlala ezindaweni ezishibhile ezilula. Abafana basebenzisa izitayela ze-punk ne-glam emculweni wabo, bahlanganisa ngempumelelo i-art rock nomculo we-pop wakudala. Ngokuvamile, imiculo yayithambile, ikhumbuza uJohn Lennon noPaul McCartney.
Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngo-1976, uHarry Caculli wajoyina ibhendi edlala isiginci se-bass, esikhundleni sikaPaul Gunn, uGilson Lavis (owayengumphathi kaChuck Berry).
Khumula abaculi Cimela
Abafana baqopha izingoma ezimbalwa zeRCA Records. Kodwa umsebenzi ngokwawo awuzange ulethe umphumela oyifunayo futhi izingoma zenqatshwa, azizange zikhishwe kubantu abaningi. U-Squeeze wabe esesayina isivumelwano nelebula entsha ye-BTM, ephethwe nguMichaels Copland.
Inkampani yokuqopha yaqothuka ngo-1977. U-Copland uhlele nelungu le-Velvet u-John Cale ukusiza ukuqedela i-albhamu yabaculi. Futhi ngawo lowo nyaka, kwakhululwa ithrekhi yokuqala ebizwa ngokuthi "Packet of Three" evela ku-Deptford Fun City Records. U-John Cale usayine isivumelwano se-Squeeze ne-A&M Records, owake wasebenza ne-Sex Pistols.
Abaculi banengoma eyimpumelelo ethi "Thatha Mina Ngingowakho". Lokhu kwalandelwa ukukhishwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala ethi "Squezze". U-Cale ushintshe kancane umsindo weqembu, wayenza ithandeka kakhulu futhi yehluke emculweni we-pub.
Cindezela impumelelo yokuqala
Udumo lomhlaba lweza eqenjini kanye ne-disc yesibili ethi "Cool for Cats", nelandelayo "Izingoma Eziyi-6 Zokukhama Ezifakwe Kurekhodi Elilodwa Lama-intshi Ayishumi". Ngemuva kwalokho, uHarry Caculli waxoshwa eqenjini, esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uJohn Bentley.
Ngo-1980, abafana bakhipha i-albhamu yabo elandelayo, i-Argybargy. Umsebenzi uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle; abagxeki nabalaleli bajabule. Amahithi asuka kuyo athi "Enye Nail Enhlizweni Yami", kanye "Nezimbaza Ezidonsayo". Lawa mathrekhi adlalwe kumakilabhu ase-US naseziteshini zomsakazo ezidumile.
Nokho, indlela yokudlala yeHolland igqame kakhulu emsindweni wonkana. Ngo-1980, washiya iqembu, ukudala iphrojekthi yakhe siqu "Izigidi". U-Squezze uqashe u-Paul Carrack esikhundleni salokho.
Iqembu lathola abakhiqizi abasha - u-Elvis Costello noRoger Behirian, ngosizo lapho i-albhamu ethi "East Side Story" yakhululwa. Ithole ukubuyekezwa okuhle kakhulu, kodwa ayizange ibe nempendulo eyanele yezohwebo. UCarrack washiya uchungechunge ngo-1981 futhi esikhundleni sakhe kwathathwa uDon Snow.
Ukugoqa nokuvuselelwa kweqembu
Manje abaculi babematasa njalo beqopha izingoma ezintsha, ukuvakasha namakhonsathi. Ngemva kwesikhashana, abafana baqala ukuphelelwa umusi, okwabonakala emsebenzini wabo othi "Sweets From a Stranger". EMelika, wathatha imigqa engama-32.
Ngo-1982, i-Squeeze yadlala eNew York, kodwa abafana ngokwabo abazange bazizwe bezwakala ekhonsathini. Futhi ekugcineni, ngemva kwezinyanga ezimbalwa, iqembu liyahlukana. Mayelana nalokhu, kukhishwe ukuhlanganiswa okunqobayo "Singles - 45's and Under", okwathi eNgilandi kwathatha umugqa we-3 omangalisayo weshadi, kwahamba nge-platinum e-United States.
Naphezu kokushona kwebhendi, uDifford noTilbrook baqhubekile nokwakha ukusebenzisana. Umsebenzi wabo uvele kuma-albhamu kaHelen Shapiro, uPaul Young, uJules Holland noBill Bremner. Abaculi baphinde benza lonke uhlelo lomculo othi "Labeled With Love", owadlalwa eNgilandi ngo-1983.
Ibhendi yabuyela ukusebenza ndawonye ngo-1984 nge-albhamu entsha, Difford & Tilbrook. I-albhamu ibonise isitayela esifanayo, kodwa abafana bakhulisa izinwele zabo futhi bagqoka ama-raincoat. Ibhendi yaphinde yahlangana ngo-1985 nomdlali omusha we-bass uKeith Wilkinson.
Ukuzungeza eqenjini
Ngemva konyaka, i-disc "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti" yakhululwa, eyaba nempumelelo enhle phakathi kwabagxeki nabalaleli. Nokho, ayizange idayise njengoba bekufanele. Kungezwe umdlali wekhibhodi owengeziwe eqenjini - u-Andy Metcalfe, owake wadlala ku-The Egypts.
Naye, abafana baqopha ingoma ethandwa kakhulu ethi "Babylon and On". Ingoma ifinyelele kunombolo-14 e-UK. Ingoma ethi "Hourglass" ikhuphukele kunombolo-15 e-US. I-Squieze iqala ukuvakasha kwayo komhlaba, futhi ngemuva kwalokho i-Metcalfe inquma ukushiya iqembu.
Irekhodi elithi "Frank", elikhishwe ngo-1989, lacishe lahluleka e-UK nase-US. Iqembu liyaqhubeka nokuvakasha lisekela i-disc, futhi phakathi nalo isitudiyo se-A&M siyayeka ukubambisana nabaculi.
Ngemva kokubuya ekuvakasheni, u-Holland ushiya i-Squeeze futhi uqala ukuphishekela umsebenzi wakhe, ukuwuhlanganisa nomsebenzi wethelevishini. Eminyakeni eminingi eyalandela, waphatha ngempumelelo uhlelo lomculo olwaziwayo.
Iqembu ngeminyaka yawo-90
Ngo-1990, i-albhamu erekhodiwe bukhoma ebizwa ngokuthi "A Round and a Bout" yakhululwa ngesisekelo se-IRS Records, futhi ngemva konyaka iqembu lomculo lasayina inkontileka neReprise Records. Ngabo, iqembu lidala i-disc entsha ethi "Dlala", lapho uSteve Neve, uMat Irving noBruce Hornsby bedlala khona njengabashayi bekhibhodi.
U-Difford no-Tilbrook ngo-1992 banikeza amakhonsathi asekelwe kumsindo we-acoustic. Lokhu akuzange kuphazamise imisebenzi ethi "Cama". USteve Neave wazinza eqenjini, esikhundleni sikaGilson Lewis wadlala uPete Thomas.
Ngemva konyaka, abaculi baqala kabusha ukusebenzisana ne-A&M, lapho beqopha khona i-disc yabo elandelayo, ethi Some Fantastic Place. Waba nempumelelo eyanele ezweni lakubo lase-UK, kodwa eMelika akazange akuthole ukunakwa ayekufuna.
Esikhundleni sikaPete Thomas kwathathwa u-Andy Newmark kanti uKeith Wilkinson usebuyela ukuzodlala i-bass. Ngalolu hlu ngo-1995, leli qembu lakha irekhodi elisha elithi "Ridiculous".
Ngemva konyaka, amaqoqo amabili afanayo akhululwa ogwini oluhlukene lolwandle: "Iqoqo le-Piccadilly" eMelika kanye ne "Excess Moderation" eNgilandi.
Ngo-1997, i-A&M yakhipha iqoqo lama-albhamu anamadiski ayi-6 abhalwe kabusha eqembu ngomsindo omusha. Enye inhlanganisela yayizokhishwa ngo-1998, kodwa ngenxa yokuvalwa kwelebula konke kwakhanselwa. Ngo-1998, i-Squeeze yaqopha i-albhamu ethi "Domino" ndawonye e-studio esisha i-Quixotic Records.
Ekugcineni abafana banquma ukuyeka umsebenzi wabo wokudala ohlangene ngo-1999, bahlangana kuphela ngo-2007 ukuze bavakashele eMelika nase-UK.
