I-Fray iyiqembu le-rock elidumile e-United States, amalungu ayo adabuka edolobheni lase-Denver. Iqembu lasungulwa ngo-2002. Abaculi bakwazile ukuzuza impumelelo enkulu ngesikhathi esifushane. Futhi manje izigidi zabalandeli abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba ziyabazi.
Umlando wokubunjwa kweqembu
Amalungu eqembu cishe wonke ayehlangana emasontweni edolobha laseDenver, lapho ayesiza khona ekuqhubeni izinkonzo zokukhulekela. Amalungu amathathu ohlu lwamanje ayeya njalo kuSonto-sikole ndawonye. Njengamanje kunamalungu amane kuleli qembu.
Amalungu u-Isaac Slade noJoe King babemazi uBen Wysotsky. UBen wayeneminyaka embalwa ubudala futhi edlala izigubhu eqenjini lokukhulekela lesonto. Bobathathu babevame ukuhlangana futhi basebenze ndawonye. Umhlanganyeli wesine, uDavid Welsh, ungumngane omkhulu kaBen, abafana baseqenjini elifanayo lesonto. Futhi ngakho ukwazana kwabo bonke abafana kwenzeka.
Kamuva, u-Isaac noJoe bamema uMike Ayers (isiginci) ku-duet yabo, u-Zach Johnson (izigubhu). UCaleb (umfowabo kaSlade) naye wajoyina iqembu futhi ephethe ibhesi. Kodwa ukuhlala kwakhe eqenjini kwaba okwesikhashana.
Ngemuva kokuhamba kowokugcina, ubudlelwano phakathi kwabazalwane baba bubi kakhulu, obuzwakala engomeni ethi Over My Head. Khona-ke uZach Johnson washiya iqembu, njengoba efunda esikoleni sobuciko kwesinye isifunda.
Kungani abaculi bakhethe igama elithi The Fray?
Amalungu eqembu acele abantu abadlula ngendlela ukuthi babhale noma yimaphi amagama emaphepheni. Bese bekhipha ishidi elilodwa elinesihloko bevale amehlo. Ngokuhlangene, kusukela kuzinketho ezitholiwe, abaculi bakhetha i-Fray.
Abaculi banqobe abalandeli babo bokuqala lapho benza amakhonsathi edolobheni lakubo. Ngonyaka wokuqala womsebenzi wabo, leli qembu laqopha i-albhamu encane ye-Movement EP, ehlanganisa izingoma ezi-4. Futhi ngo-2002, abafana bakhipha enye i-albhamu encane Isizathu EP.
Ingoma ethi Over My Head yaduma kakhulu emsakazweni wendawo. Mayelana nalokhu, ilebula eyaziwa kakhulu i-Epic Records isayine isivumelwano naleli qembu ebusika balo nyaka. Ngo-2004, iqembu esifundeni wathola isihloko "Best Young Musical Group".
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi The Fray
Nge-Epic Records, ibhendi yaqopha i-albhamu yobude obugcwele, Indlela Yokusindisa Impilo. Yaphuma ekwindla ngo-2005. Izingoma eziku-albhamu zinamanothi e-rock yakudala nehlukile.
Abaculi bafake ingoma ethi Over My Head ku-albhamu, ekhuluma ngengoma yokuqala esemthethweni yediski. Ukwazile ukunqoba ishadi leBillboard Hot 100, lapho angena khona izingcezu zomculo eziyi-10 ezihamba phambili. Kamuva, wathola isimo "se-platinum", futhi kunethiwekhi ye-MySpace walalela izikhathi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1. Ezingeni lomhlaba, ukwakheka kungene kumahithi aphezulu angama-25 emazweni amaningi aseYurophu, eCanada, e-Australia. Ukwakheka kube okwesihlanu ukulandwa kakhulu ngo-2006.
Ingoma elandelayo ethi Look After You ibingekho ngaphansi ekudumeni kunomsebenzi wangaphambili. Leli culo libhalwe ngumholi waleli qembu, lapho babecula khona intombi yakhe, owagcina esengunkosikazi wakhe.
Ukugxekwa kwe-albhamu bekuxubile. Umagazini we-Allmusic unikeze i-albhamu isilinganiso esiphansi futhi wathi ibhendi bekungelona elangempela ngokwanele. Futhi izingoma ezivela ku-albhamu azivusi imizwa nemizwelo kubalaleli.
Iphephabhuku i-Stylus linikeze i-albhamu isilinganiso esingesihle, isho ukuthi ibhendi ibingeke ihehe izethameli eziningi ngokuzayo. Abagxeki abaningi balandela lo magazini, banikeza i-albhamu izinkanyezi ezintathu kuphela. Nokho, i-albhamu yaba nethonya phakathi kwezilaleli ezingamaKristu. Omunye umagazini wamaKrestu wawunikeza isilinganiso esiphakeme kakhulu, uthi “abangashadile bacishe baphelele”.
I-albhamu yesibili kaFray
I-albhamu yesibili ikhishwe ngo-2009. Le albhamu ibe yimpumelelo ngenxa yengoma ethi Ungitholile. Kube ingoma yesithathu yeqembu ukulandwa okungaphezulu kwezigidi ezimbili eMelika kuphela. I-albhamu yakhiqizwa ngu-Aaron Johnson noMike Flynn futhi yaqoshwa nguWarren Huart.
I-albhamu ikhishwe ngokushesha kunombolo 1 ku-Billboard Hot 200. I-albhamu ithengise amakhophi angu-179 ngesonto layo lokuqala lokukhishwa. Ezinye izingoma eqoqweni bezingadumile kakhulu.
Umsebenzi wesithathu Izibazi Nezindaba
Kuleli qoqo, izingoma zabaculi zenziwa ngendlela enolaka. Ngesikhathi belungiselela i-albhamu, abafana bahamba emhlabeni wonke, bahlangana nabantu, bafunda izinkinga zabo nenjabulo. Iqembu libonise lokhu okuhlangenwe nakho emazwini abo.
Abafana bakwazi ukuqamba izingoma ezingu-70, kodwa ezingu-12 kuphela ezifika ku-albhamu, eyakhululwa ngo-2012. Le albhamu yabangela kokubili intukuthelo nenjabulo phakathi kwabagxeki, kodwa abaningi baqhathanisa abaculi neqembu leColdplay.
I-albhamu yesine ye-Fray nemisebenzi yamanje
Iqembu likhiphe i-albhamu ye-Helios ngo-2013. Ithimba kulo msebenzi lihlanganise izinhlobo ezahlukene, kodwa ligxile ekuqondisweni kwe-pop ekusebenzeni kwezingoma. Ngo-2016, abaculi bakhiphe inhlanganisela ethi Through the Years: The Best of the Fray, ehlanganisa izingoma ezishisa izikhotha zeqembu, kanye neculo elisha elithi Singing Low. Ekupheleni konyaka, i-The Fray ihambele ukuxhasa i-albhamu. Lokhu kuhlanganiswa kuyicwecwe lokugcina emsebenzini weqembu kuze kube manje.
