I-Styx yiqembu le-pop-rock laseMelika elaziwa kabanzi emibuthanweni emincane. Ukuduma kwebhendi kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngeminyaka yawo-1970 nawo-1980 ekhulwini elidlule.
Ukudalwa kweqembu le-Styx
Iqembu lomculo laqala ukuvela ngo-1965 eChicago, kodwa ke lalibizwa ngokuhlukile. Iqembu le-Trade Winds lalaziwa kuyo yonke iNyuvesi yaseChicago, futhi amantombazane ayebathanda ngempela abaculi abahle.
Umsebenzi omkhulu waleli qembu bekuwukudlala ezindaweni zokucima ukoma nasema-nightclub. Iqembu laze lenza imali ngemidlalo yalo, futhi ngaleso sikhathi kwaba yisiqalo esihle.
Iqembu belinabaculi abathathu okuhlanganisa:
- Chuck Panozzo - isiginci
- John Panozzo - percussion
- UDennis DeYoung ungumculi wezwi, u-keyboardist kanye ne-accordionist.
Ngemva kokushintsha igama leqembu laba yi-TW4, uhlu lwaphinde lwagcwaliswa ngabaculi ababili abengeziwe:
- John Kurulewski - guitarist
- UJames Young - amazwi, amakhibhodi
Abaculi banqume ukushintsha igama leqembu, futhi okuwukuphela kwenketho engazange ibangele i-gag reflex kwakuyiqembu le-Styx, ngokusho kukaDeYoung.
Ukunqoba qhubekela phambili
Ibhendi yaqala ukusebenzisana nelebula le-Wooden Nickel Records futhi yaqala ukusebenza kanzima kuma-albhamu. Kusukela ngo-1972 kuya ku-1974 Abaculi sebekhiphe ama-albhamu ama-4, okuhlanganisa:
- I-Styx;
- Styx II;
- Inyoka Iyaphakama;
- Umuntu Wezimanga.
Inkontileka enelebula edumile yasiza iqembu ukuthi likhuphukele phezulu e-Olympus. Eminyakeni emibili ngemva kokukhululwa kwe-albhamu yokuqala, wonke umhlaba usuvele wazi mayelana neqembu le-Styx.
Ngo-1974, ingoma yomculo ethi Lady yathatha indawo yesi-6 emqhudelwaneni oshisa izikhotha.
Ukuthengiswa kwe-albhamu ye-Styx kwanda, futhi lapho abaculi bezwa ukuthi ama-disc ayingxenye yesigidi athengiswa njengamaqebelengwane ashisayo, injabulo yabo yayingenamingcele. Ngaphezu kwempumelelo yezezimali, iqembu lalilindele ukukhula komsebenzi.
Inkontileka yebhendi ne-A&M Records
Inkampani eyaziwayo i-A&M Records ibifuna ukubambisana neqembu. Inkontileka nale nkampani igqugquzele iqembu ukuthi lidale izingoma ezintsha ezidumile.
Ngo-1975, ibhendi yakhipha i-albhamu ethi Equinox, eyaqhubeka neplatinamu.
Naphezu kokuthandwa kanye nezimali ezibalulekile zemali, uJohn Kurulewski wanquma ukulishiya iqembu. Esikhundleni sakhe bekukhona umshayi wesiginci nombhali wamaculo osemncane, uTommy Shaw.
Lo mculi oneminyaka engu-23 ubudala wajoyina iqembu ngokushesha futhi wabhala izingoma ezine ze-albhamu ye-Crystal Ball.
Ukuphakama kodumo lweqembu kanye nokuwa kweqembu le-Styx
Umsebenzi wabaculi wawuqhubeka uphumelela, kodwa babengalindele ngisho nokuthi babezothandwa futhi babonakale kanjani ngo-1977. I-albhamu yabo entsha ethi The Grand Illusion idlule konke obekulindelwe ngumdidiyeli nabagxeki. Izingoma ezishisa kakhulu yilezi:
- Woza Sail away;
- Ukuzikhohlisa;
- Miss America.
I-albhamu yathola isitifiketi se-platinum kathathu, futhi abaculi bebelungisa ama-akhawunti asebhange ukuze bathole izimali ezidizayo.
Ngo-1979, iStyx yaqanjwa njengeqembu elidume kakhulu. Izingoma zabo zaziphezulu emasontweni amasonto, kwakungekho noyedwa waseMelika owayengazi okungenani ingoma eyodwa yeqembu.
Kodwa yonke impumelelo ekugcineni ifika esiphethweni. Iqembu laqala "ukubola ngaphakathi" - ukungezwani okuningi kwavela. Ngokushesha amalungu eqembu anquma ukumemezela ukwehlukana.
UDennis DeYoung noTommy Shaw bahamba bodwa futhi baqala ukubhala izingoma zabo.
Ukuhlangana kabusha komugqa
Ngemva kweminyaka engu-10, leli qembu laphinde lahlangana, kodwa uTommy Shaw wayematasa ngomsebenzi wedwa futhi wenqaba ukumema abangani. Esikhundleni sakhe, uGlen Bertnick uthathwe eqenjini.
Ngokuhlangene, iqembu likhiphe i-albhamu ethi The Edge of the Centure. Akazange abe yiplatinamu, kodwa wathola isikhundla segolide, futhi ingoma kaDeYoung ethi Show me the way yathatha indawo yesi-3 kumashadi.
Ithimba lavakashela eMelika, laqeda ngokuphelele uhambo, kodwa ngokushesha iqembu le-Styx laphinde lahlukana.
Ngo-1995, abaculi baphinde bahlangana ukuze bakhumbule izinsuku ezimnandi zakudala futhi banquma ukukhipha i-albhamu yabo yokugcina, i-Styx Greatest Hits.
Ngalesi sikhathi leli qembu lase lilahlekelwe ngumculi oyedwa. UJohn Panozzo wabulawa imiphumela yokuba umlutha wotshwala. UTodd Suckerman wathatha indawo yakhe.
Ngemva kokuphothula ngempumelelo uhambo, leli qembu labuyela ekurekhodweni kwe-studio ngemva kweminyaka emibili kuphela. Kodwa udumo lwangaphambili lwalungasekho phakathi kwabaculi abadala.
UDennis washiya iqembu ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo, u-Chuck washiya ngenxa yokungavumelani nozakwabo. Ubuso obusha buvele eqenjini futhi - Lawrence Govan, noBertnick banquma ukubuyela ku-bass guitar.
Ngokuzayo, iqembu belilindele izikhathi ezingezinhle. UDe Young wamangalela ozakwabo ngobunikazi bezingoma zakhe, amacala aqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-2001.
Iqembu le-Styx namuhla
Ngo-2003, iqembu le-Styx likhiphe ama-albhamu amasha angu-3, kodwa alizange lithole impendulo elindelekile.
Ngo-2005, abaculi bathakasela umphakathi ngamaculo abo amadala, abawaqopha kabusha ngohlelo olusha. Izinguqulo zekhava ezaziwayo, zisakhunjulwa, kodwa iqembu le-Styx lehlulekile ukuphakama ngaphezu kwendawo yama-46 yamashadi.
Ngo-2006, ibhendi yaqopha izinguqulo zekhava ezifanayo ezihambisana ne-orchestra. Kulokhu, mhlawumbe, ukuthandwa kweqembu kwaphela.
Ngo-2017, abaculi abasele eqenjini bakhipha i-albhamu ethi The Mission, kodwa ayizange idume kakhulu, futhi yilabo kuphela abantu ababengenangqondo ngeminyaka yawo-1980.
Kuze kube manje, leli qembu selinyamalele emhlabeni womculo, futhi amalungu alo ahlanganyela kwamanye amaphrojekthi.
