I-T. Rex iyiqembu le-rock laseBrithani, elasungulwa ngo-1967 eLondon. Abaculi bacula ngaphansi kwegama elithi Tyrannosaurus Rex njengeqembu le-acoustic folk-rock lika-Marc Bolan no-Steve Peregrine Took.
Leli qembu lalibhekwa njengomunye wabameleli abagqamile kakhulu be "British underground". Ngo-1969, amalungu eqembu anquma ukufushanisa igama elithi T. Rex.
Ukuduma kwebhendi kwafinyelela umvuthwandaba ngeminyaka yawo-1970. Ithimba libe ngomunye wabaholi emgudwini we-glam rock. Iqembu le-T. Rex lahlala kwaze kwaba ngu-1977. Mhlawumbe abafana bebezoqhubeka nokwenza umculo osezingeni eliphezulu. Kodwa ngonyaka okukhulunywe ngawo, owama ekuqaleni kweqembu wafa. Sikhuluma ngoMarc Bolan.
Umlando wokudalwa kweqembu le-T. Rex
Emsuka weqembu lehlelo nguMarc Bolan. Iqembu lasungulwa emuva ngo-1967. Iqembu le-T. Rex linomlando othakazelisa kakhulu wendalo.
Ngemuva kokusebenza "okuhlulekile" kwe-quartet ye-electro endaweni ye-Electric Garden, ehlanganisa isigubhu uSteve Porter, isigingci uBen Cartland nomdlali we-bass, ibhendi yaphuka cishe ngokushesha.
Ngenxa yalokho, uMark ushiye uPorter ohlwini, owashintsha wadlala. UPorter wenza ngaphansi kwegama lokuqamba elithi Steve Peregrine Took. Abaculi abaphefumulelwe imisebenzi kaJohn Tolkien baqala ukuqamba amathrekhi "amnandi" ndawonye.
Isiginci sika-Bolan se-acoustic simataniswe kahle nama-bong ka-Steve Took. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izingoma beziphelezelwa "okumnandi" okunezinhlobonhlobo zezinsimbi zomculo ezishaywayo. Ingxube enjalo yezikhali zenuzi yavumela abaculi ukuba bathathe indawo yabo efanele endaweni engaphansi komhlaba.
Kungakabiphi, umsakazi we-BBC Radio u-John Peel wasiza ukuthola izingoma zalaba ababili esiteshini somsakazo. Lokhu kunikeze iqembu "ingxenye" yokuqala yokuduma. UTony Visconti ube nomthelela omkhulu ku-duo. Ngesinye isikhathi, wayehlanganyela ekukhiqizeni ama-albhamu eqembu, esikhathini esibizwa ngokuthi "i-glam-rock" isikhathi sokuba khona kwabo.
Umculo ka-T. Rex
Kusukela ngo-1968 kuya ku-1969, abaculi bakwazi ukuqopha i-albhamu eyodwa kuphela. Naphezu kwemizamo, i-disc ayizange ivuse isasasa elikhulu kubathandi bomculo.
Naphezu "kokwehluleka" okuncane, u-John Peel "usaphusha" amathrekhi abo bobabili ku-BBC. Ithimba alitholanga ukubuyekezwa okuthopha kakhulu okuvela kubagxeki bomculo. Bacasulwa ukubonakala njalo kweqembu le-T. Rex ku-Peel Canal. Ngo-1969, kwaba nokuhlukana okucacile phakathi kwabadali be-Tyrannosaurus Rex.
U-Bolan nentombi yakhe baphila impilo ezolile, elinganiselwe, kuyilapho u-Tuk ematasatasa emphakathini wama-anarchist. Lo mculi akazange akwedelele ukusetshenziswa kwezidakamizwa notshwala ngokweqile.
U-Took wahlangana no-Mick Farren we-Deviants, kanye namalungu e-Pink Fairies. Waqala ukuqamba izingoma zakhe futhi wazifaka ku-repertoire yeqembu. Kodwa-ke, u-Bolan akazange abone amandla kumathrekhi nanoma iyiphi impumelelo.
Ingoma ka-Took ethi The Sparrow Is a Sing ifakwe ku-albhamu eyedwa ka-Twink ethi Think Pink, engagunyazwanga u-Bolan. Ngemva kokuqopha i-albhamu ye-Unicorn, u-Bolan wavalelisa ku-Took. Futhi nakuba umculi wayesindwa yinkontileka, washiya iqembu.
Ukuqala kwe-glam yokuqala
Kuleli qophelo, ibhendi yafushanisa igama laba ngu-T. Rex. Umsebenzi weqembu waba yimpumelelo kakhulu ngokombono wezohwebo. U-Bolan uphinde wazama njalo umsindo wesiginci sikagesi, okwaba nomthelela omuhle emsindweni wezingoma zomculo.
Iqembu lithole enye "ingxenye" yokuduma ngenxa yeNkosi eyodwa yeRumbling Spiers (eqoshwe noSteve Tuk). Ngalesi sikhathi, uBolan ukhiphe incwadi yezinkondlo, I-Warlok of Love. Nakuba yayinconywa kakhulu, le ncwadi yaba edayiswa kakhulu. Namuhla, wonke umuntu ozibheka njengomlandeli webhendi usefunde izincwadi zikaBolan okungenani kanye.
Ngokushesha i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yokuqala. Iqoqo lokuqala lalibizwa ngokuthi T. Rex. Umsindo webhendi waba yi-pop. Ithrekhi yokuqala ukufika ku-#2 e-UK Singles Chart ekupheleni kuka-1970 kwakuyiRide a White Swan.
Iqiniso lokuthi irekhodi lika-T. Rex lifinyelele kwabangu-20 abahamba phambili abahlanganiswe e-UK lidinga ukunakwa. Baqala ukukhuluma ngeqembu lase-Europe.
Endabeni yokuduma, abaculi bakhiphe ingoma ethi Hot Love. Ukwakheka kuthathe indawo yokuqala ku-parade yaseBrithani futhi yabamba isikhundla esiphambili izinyanga ezimbili.
Ngalesi sikhathi, amalungu amasha ajoyina iqembu. Sikhuluma ngomdlali we-bass uSteve Curry kanye nesigubhu uBill Legend. Iqembu laqala "ukukhula" futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo izethameli zalo zahlanganisa abalandeli bezigaba ezahlukene zeminyaka.
U-Celita Secunda (unkosikazi kaTony Secunda, umdidiyeli we-The Move kanye no-T. Rex) weluleka u-Bolan ukuthi abeke ukubenyezela enkopheni yakhe. Kuleli fomu, umculi wangena ohlelweni lwethelevishini lwe-BBC. Ngokusho kwabagxeki bomculo, lesi senzo singabonakala njengokuzalwa kwe-glam rock.
Kwakungenxa kaBolan ukuthi i-glam rock yazalwa e-UK. Ekuqaleni kwawo-1970, uhlobo lomculo lwasakazeka ngempumelelo cishe kuwo wonke amazwe aseYurophu.
Ukufakwa kweziginci zikagesi kuhambisane nezinguquko zesitayela sikaBolan. Lo mculi waba ngocansi kakhulu futhi enamazwi, okwajabulisa iningi "labalandeli", kodwa kwacasula ama-hippie. Lesi sikhathi sokuqamba kweqembu sibe nomthelela omkhulu kubaculi bawo-1980.
Isiqongo sokuduma kweqembu T. Rex
Ngo-1971, i-discography yeqembu lehlelo lagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo i-Electric Warrior. Ngenxa yaleli cwecwe, iqembu lajabulela ukuthandwa kwangempela.
Ukuhlanganiswa kwe-Electric Warrior kufaka phakathi ithrekhi eyaziwa kakhulu ekhishwe e-UK ngaphansi kwegama elithi Get It On. Ukuqanjwa komculo kuthathe indawo yokuqala ehloniphekile eshadini laseBrithani.
Ngemva konyaka, ukuqamba kwafinyelela amathrekhi aphezulu ayi-10 e-United States of America, nokho, ngaphansi kwegama elishintshiwe elithi Bang a Gong.
I-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo kwakuyirekhodi lokugcina leqembu neFly Records. Ngokushesha uBolan wayinqamula inkontileka nesitudiyo sokuqopha.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, umculi wasayina inkontileka ne-EMI ngesivumelwano sokuphindaphinda izingoma e-UK ngaphansi kwelebula yakhe ethi T. Rex Records T. Rex Wax Co.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, leli qembu lethule i-albhamu yesithathu ethi The Slider kubalandeli bomculo osindayo. Irekhodi laba umsebenzi othandwa kakhulu wabaculi e-United States, kodwa alikwazanga ukuphinda impumelelo ye-albhamu ye-Electric Warrior.
Ukushona kwelanga komsebenzi ka-T. Rex
Ukuqala ngokuhlanganiswa kwe-Tanx, inkathi yebhendi yakudala i-T. Rex isiphelile. Ngokuvamile, umuntu akakwazi ukukhuluma kabi nge-albhamu eshiwo. Iqoqo likhiqizwe kahle. Izinsimbi ezintsha ezifana ne-melotron ne-saxophone zengezwe emsindweni wamathrekhi.
Naphezu kokuthi iqembu alizange lithole ukubuyekezwa okungalungile, abaculi baqala ukushiya iqembu ngalinye. UBill Legend ushiye kuqala.
Ngemva konyaka, elinye ilungu uTony Visconti walishiya iqembu. Lo mculi ushiye cishe ngokushesha ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu ye-Zinc Alloy kanye ne-Hidden Riders of Tomorrow.
Irekhodi elishiwo ngenhla lithathe indawo ye-12 kumashadi ase-UK. Inhlanganisela ikwazile ukubuyisela abalandeli ezinsukwini zakuqala zeqembu ngezihloko zamathrekhi amade namagama ayinkimbinkimbi. Naphezu kokubuyekezwa okuhlonishwayo "kwabalandeli", abagxeki bomculo "baqhume" iqoqo.
U-T. Rex maduzane wandisa uhlelo lwayo lwafaka nabanye ababili abashaya isiginci. Ngokuhlanganyela kwabasanda kufika, kwakhululwa i-albhamu ethi Bolan's Zip Gun. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi irekhodi lakhiqizwa nguBolan ngokwakhe. I-albhamu ithole ukubuyekezwa okujabulisayo kubo bobabili abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
UJones uthathe izintambo njengomculi osekela uBolan. Ngendlela, le ntombazane yayingeyena kuphela ozakwabo esitolo, kodwa futhi inkosikazi esemthethweni yomculi, owamzalela ingane. Ngo-1974, uMickey Finn washiya iqembu.
U-Bolan wangena esigabeni se-"star disease" esebenzayo. Wazizwa kuye ngokwakhe izinto ezenziwe uNapoleon. Ngalesi sikhathi, uhlala eMonte Carlo noma eMelika. U-Tycho wabhala izingoma, akazange ahambisane nokudla okufanele, wazuza isisindo futhi waba "inhloso" yangempela yezintatheli ezihlukumezayo.
Imvuselelo kanye nokuhamba kokugcina kuka-T. Rex kusukela esiteji
I-discography yeqembu le-T. Rex yagcwaliswa kabusha ngeqoqo elithi Futuristic Dragon (1976). Ukuzwakala kwe-disharmonious, schizophrenic kungazwakala ezingomeni zomculo ze-albhamu. Irekhodi elisha belihluke ngokuphelele kulokho abalandeli abebekade belilalela phambilini.
Naphezu kwalokhu, abagxeki basabela kahle eqoqweni. Le albhamu ithathe isikhundla esihloniphekile sama-50 e-UK hit parade. Ukweseka iqoqo elisha, u-Bolan nethimba lakhe babambe uchungechunge lwamakhonsathi ezweni labo lendabuko.
Ngawo lowo 1976, abaculi bethula ingoma ethi I Love to Boogie. Ingoma ifakwe ku-albhamu yakamuva yeqembu ethi Dandy in the Underworld futhi yamukelwe ngemfudumalo ngumphakathi.
Ngemva konyaka, abaculi bakhipha i-albhamu yabo yokugcina. Amaculo engiwathanda ku-Boogie kanye ne-Cosmic Dancer anezingoma ezimbalwa zeqembu afakwe kumsindo wefilimu ethi "Billy Elliot" (2000s).
Cishe ngokushesha ngemva kokwethulwa kwerekhodi, ibhendi yathatha uhambo lwase-UK neThe Damned. Ngemuva kohambo, uBolan wazizama njengomethuli. Uphathe uhlelo lukaMark. Ukuthutha okunjalo kwaliphinda kabili igunya lomculi.
U-Bolan, njengengane, ujabulela igagasi elisha lokuduma. Umculi uxoxisana ngokuhlangana kabusha noFinn, Took, kanye noTony Visconti.
Isiqephu sokugcina salolu hlelo sabhalwa ngo-September 7, 1977 - ukusebenza nomngane wakhe uDavid Bowie. Abaculi bavele esiteji ndawonye futhi benza ingoma ye-duet. Ngeshwa, lokhu bekuwukusebenza kokugcina kukaBolan. Ngemva kwesonto, umculi washona. Imbangela yokufa kwaba yingozi yemoto.
