I-Strokes iyiqembu le-rock laseMelika elakhiwe abangani besikole samabanga aphezulu. Iqoqo labo lithathwa njengelinye lamaqembu omculo adume kakhulu abambe iqhaza ekuvuselelweni kwedwala lasegaraji nedwala le-indie.
Impumelelo yabafana ihlotshaniswa nokuzimisela kwabo nokuzilolonga njalo. Amanye amalebula alwela ngisho neqembu, kusukela ngaleso sikhathi umsebenzi wabo wawungabonwa umphakathi kuphela, kodwa futhi nabagxeki abaningi.
Izinyathelo zokuqala emhlabeni womculo I-Strokes
Abafana abathathu uJulian Casablancas, uNick Valensi noFabrizio Moretti bafunda esikoleni esifanayo, futhi bafunda ndawonye. Ngenxa yezithakazelo ezifanayo, abaculi besikhathi esizayo bahlangana futhi banquma ukuhlela iqembu labo ngo-1997.
Ngemva kwesikhashana, i-trio yabo yanezelwa omunye umngane, u-Nikolai Freythur, owathatha indima ye-bassist. Ngemva konyaka, abafana bamenywa ukuba badlale nabo eqenjini lika-Albert Hammond Jr. Usanda kuthuthela eMelika futhi wasamukela ngenjabulo lesi sipho.
Phakathi neminyaka emibili eyalandela, iqembu lazijwayeza ngenkuthalo, abaculi babenenjongo futhi begxile kumphumela. Ukuqeqeshwa kwabo kanzima akuzange kume ngisho nasebusuku. Lo msebenzi wawungelona ize, i-The Strokes yaqala ukuqashelwa futhi yamenywa ukuba idlale kuma-rock club endawo.
Ikhonsathi yokuqala nokuqashelwa
Ikhonsathi yokuqala ewujuqu iqembu elanikeza yona ngo-1999 eqenjini elincane lendawo. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, wathola ukunakwa abakhiqizi kanye nomphakathi.
Kuyaphawuleka ukuthi nophrojusa owayedume ngaleso sikhathi uRyan Gentles washiya umsebenzi wakhe kule kilabhu ukuze asize abafana bathuthuke endimeni yomculo. Ngokungangabazeki wabona ikhono elikhulu kubo futhi wayengakwazi ukudlula abaculi abasafufusa. Ngemva kwesikhashana, abafana beqembu bahlangana nomunye umdidiyeli, uGordon Rafael, owaba nesithakazelo eqenjini kanye nomsebenzi wabo.
AbakwaStrokes baqopha naye idemo ye-albhamu yabo ethi "The Modern Age", eyayinezingoma eziyishumi nane. Le albhamu ilethe iqembu impumelelo enkulu. Abahlanganyeli baqala ukuqashelwa emgwaqweni futhi bamenywa ezithombeni zezithombe. Emsebenzini wabo kwakukhona impi phakathi kwamalebula. Wonke umuntu wayefuna ukuthola abaculi abanjalo abasebenza kanzima, abasebenza kanzima futhi asebenze nabo.
Icwecwe elisha elithi "Is This It"
Ngo-2001, abakwa-The Strokes babezokhipha i-albhamu yabo entsha ethi Is This It, kodwa ilebula ababesebenza nayo yanquma ukuwuhlehlisa lo mcimbi. Iqiniso wukuthi kukhava bekunomfanekiso wesandla sowesilisa emhlane wentombazane enqunu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-RCA yayisatshwa ngokuqukethwe yizingoma, ezazifihla imigqa evuthayo ngemva kwengxabano yezombangazwe ezweni.
Ilebula isaguqule ikhava ye-albhamu futhi yakhipha izingoma ezithile ohlwini lwama-albhamu. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi ukukhishwa kubambezeleke kancane, i-albhamu isakubona ukukhanya futhi yathola ukuqashelwa.
Ngemuva kokukhishwa ngempumelelo kwale albhamu, i-The Strokes yaqhubeka nokuvakasha kuwo wonke amazwe amakhulu. Ohambweni lwabo, bathwebule idocumentary emfushane ngohambo lwabo, abalandeli abayithokozele kakhulu.
Isikhathi esilandelayo kusukela ngo-2002 empilweni yeqembu sisebenza ngokukhethekile. Iqembu libamba iqhaza emibukisweni ehlukahlukene, emikhosini, ezithombeni futhi linikeza amakhonsathi njengezivakashi ezimenyiwe. Ngalesi sikhathi, amalungu awarekhodi ama-albhamu.
Isikhathi sokukhiqiza se-Strokes
Ngo-2003, abafana banikeza amakhonsathi ambalwa eJapane, lapho baba abawinile ezigabeni eziningana. Ngemva konyaka, i-The Strokes yanquma ukukhipha i-albhamu ebukhoma ethi "Live in London", kodwa lo mcimbi awuzange wenzeke ngenxa yekhwalithi ephansi yomsindo.
Ngo-2005, amanye amahithi aleli qembu aphakathi kwezingoma eziphezulu ezingu-10 futhi aheha abalandeli be-rock abengeziwe. Izingoma zabo ziqala ukuzwakala emsakazweni. I-Strokes ihlela ukukhipha i-albhamu entsha, nokho, ngenxa yengoma eyodwa eputshuke ngephutha ku-inthanethi, ukukhishwa kwahlehliselwa emuva. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, i-albhamu "First Impressions of Earth" yayisakhululwa eJalimane. Ithole ukubuyekezwa okuxube kakhulu kubalandeli.
Ngawo lowo nyaka, i-The Strokes iphinde inikeze amakhonsathi amakhulu emadolobheni aseMelika. Futhi ngo-2006, leli qembu liya e-Europe, lapho linikeza amakhonsathi angaba ngu-18.
Ngo-2009, abafana baphinde bangena emsebenzini ku-albhamu yabo entsha ethi "Angles". Le albhamu ihluke kwezinye ngoba amazwi abhalwe yibo bonke abafana beqembu, okungeke kushiwo mayelana nezingoma ezedlule.
Futhi kulo nyaka, leli qembu lidale iwebhusayithi yalo. Ngenxa yalo mcimbi, abalandeli bakwazi ukufunda amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngempilo yeqembu le-rock abalithandayo, bajabulele umculo wabo futhi bashiye izifiso ezifudumele. I-2013 iphinde yagcwala umsebenzi okhiqizayo kanye nokukhululwa kwe-albhamu entsha ethi "Comedown Machine".
Yethula
Ngo-2016, abafana babamba iqhaza emakhonsathini amakhulu, kanye neminye imibukiso emazweni amaningi. Eminyakeni emithathu kamuva, i-The Strokes yenza ikhonsathi embukisweni wokusiza umphakathi. Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa kamuva, bamemezela ukukhululwa kwe-albhamu entsha yesitudiyo.
Ngo-2020, leli qembu lacula komunye wemihlangano yezepolitiki. Futhi kulo nyaka, abafana bakhiphe i-albhamu yabo yesithupha ethi "The New Abnormal" futhi babhala ingoma yochungechunge.
I-Strokes iyiqembu lehlelo laso sonke isikhathi. Umsebenzi wabo ushiya akekho ongenandaba futhi uyaqhubeka nokujabulisa abalandeli emhlabeni wonke kuze kube yilolu suku. Abafana kuwo wonke umsebenzi wabo basebenze kanzima, bathola impumelelo nokuqashelwa komphakathi.
