Ibhendi yeminyaka yawo-1990 enamakhono amakhulu i-The Verve yayisohlwini lwehlelo e-UK. Kodwa leli qembu liyaziwa nangokuthi lahlukana kathathu laphinde lahlangana kabili.
I-Verve Student Collective
Ekuqaleni, leli qembu alizange lisebenzise lesi sihloko egameni laso futhi lalibizwa ngokuthi i-Verve. Unyaka wokuzalwa kwaleli qembu uthathwa njengowe-1989, lapho edolobheni elincane lesiNgisi iWigan, abafundi basekolishi abambalwa babefuna ukuhlangana ukuze badlale umculo wabo.
Uhlu: Richard Ashcroft (amazwi), Nick McCabe (isiginci), Simon Jones (bass), Peter Solbersi (izigubhu). Bonke babekhonze i-The Beatles, i-kraut-rock futhi basebenzisa izidakamizwa.
AbakwaVerve benze ikhonsathi yabo kwenye yezindawo zokucima ukoma lapho bebegubha khona usuku lokuzalwa lomngane wabo. Ngo-1990, leli qembu alikabi nesitayela salo, kodwa izwi lomculi we-soloist elinesici esiyingqayizivele selivele libhekwa "njengeqhinga".
Inkontileka yokuqala yeqembu le-Verves
Ngokushesha ilebula ye-Hit Records yasayina inkontileka nabafana, izingoma zokuqala eziqoshiwe ezithi All in the Mind, She.'sa I-Superstar kanye neGravity Grave bathole ukubuyekezwa okuhle futhi baphakamisa amashadi, kodwa abazange bazuze impumelelo ebalulekile.
Ibhendi yanikeza isikhathi esiningi sokuvakasha, futhi i-albhamu yokuqala ethi A Storm in Heaven yakhululwa ngo-1993. Ikhiqizwe nguJohn Leckie. Kwakunezinkulumo eziningi ngale disc, kodwa injabulo, maye, ayizange ithinte ukuthengisa - abazange bahlabe umxhwele ngemiphumela yabo.
I-Verve isebenze kwezinye izinhlobo ze-rock, i-dream pop nezitayela ze-shoegaze. Ngawo-1990, abafana babevame ukwabelana ngesiteji neqembu le-OASIS, ababa ngabangane abakhulu kangangokuthi abaculi baqala ukuzinikela izingoma komunye nomunye. Futhi ekwindla ka-1993, iqembu lahamba uhambo oluhlanganyelwe ne-The Smashing Pumpkins.
Uhambo oluyihlazo lwase-US lwe-The Verve
Uhambo lwaseMelika olwalandela ngo-1994 lwaba yizinkinga ezinkulu kakhulu ku-The Verve. U-Peter Solbersi wathunyelwa endaweni yaseKansas ukuze ayocekela phansi igumbi lehhotela, kwathi u-Richard Ashcroft walaliswa esibhedlela ngenxa yokuphelelwa amanzi emzimbeni, okwakuwumphumela we-ecstasy craze.
Kodwa izigigaba zeqembu azigcinanga lapho. I-Label Verve Records ifake isimangalo mayelana namalungelo esihlokweni. Abaculi bacasulwa, bakubona kudingekile ukuqamba kabusha iqembu, futhi babiza i-disc, eyaqoshwa ngo-1994, i-Dropping for America.
Noma kunjalo, lesi sigameko saphetha ngokungeza isihloko esithi, futhi irekhodi lakhishwa ngaphansi kwegama elithi No Come Down.
Ukuwa nokuhlangana kabusha kweqembu le-Verves
Lapho libuya ohambweni, ibhendi yabonakala ibuyela ezingqondweni futhi yaqala ukusebenza kahle ekuqopheni i-albhamu entsha, kodwa ngemva kwamasonto amathathu inkanuko yavutha ngamandla afanayo.
Ubudlelwano phakathi kuka-Ashcroft noMcCabe bathinteka ngenxa yokuluthwa yizidakamizwa - baba bubi kakhulu nsuku zonke. I-albhamu entsha ethi A Northern Soul, eyakhiwe ngesitayela sedwala elihlukile lendabuko, ayizange ibe nomthelela omkhulu emphakathini, futhi ukuthengisa cishe akuzange kukhule.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, ekhungathekiswe yilesi simo, u-Ashcroft wahlakaza iqembu. URichard ngokwakhe wamshiya ngokudelela amasonto ambalwa, kodwa nokho wabuya. Kodwa uMcCabe wahamba.
Esikhundleni sakhe kwafakwa uSimon Tong (isiginci namakhibhodi). Ngalolu hlu, i-Verve iye kolunye uhambo. Ngemva kohambo, uNick McCabe wabuyela kubo.
Impumelelo enkulu ye-The Verve
Ngokukhishwa kwe-Urban Humns, i-Verve ekugcineni izuze impumelelo kwezohwebo. E-Europe nase-USA. Ikhava ye-albhamu ibiyisiqalo esihle. Iqembu lonke labekwa phezu kwayo, kodwa bonke abaculi basusa amakhanda ekhamera.
Ngaphandle kwengoma eshisa izikhotha ethi, Bitter Sweet Symphony, efinyelele kunombolo 2 emashadini esiNgisi nenombolo-12 e-US, le albhamu iqukethe izingoma eziningi ezinohlonze okubalwa kuzo ethi The Drugs Don't Work, ekhishwe ukuze ihambisane nokufa kabuhlungu kuka-. inkosazana uDiana.
AbaseBrithani bahlabeka umxhwele ngalokhu kuqanjwa kangangokuthi ngokushesha bathatha isikhundla esiphambili emashadini.
Ekwindla, iThe Verve yaqopha ingoma eyodwa ethi Lucky Man. Kwalandelwa uhambo olude, olube yimpumelelo enkulu.
Ukuhlukana iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili
Naphezu kokuphumelela kohambo lokweseka i-albhamu, iqembu laphinde laba sengozini yokuhlukana. Ngenxa yezidakamizwa, uSimon Jones akabange esakwazi ukusebenza, futhi ngokushesha uMcCabe naye walishiya iqembu.
Baqale bazama ukuthola ozovala isikhala sakhe. Nokho, ekugcineni, entwasahlobo ka-1999, iqembu saphela ngokuphelele. Kulokhu abaculi bahlukana iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili.
Ngo-2007, "abalandeli" be-The Verve bajabule ngesimemezelo sokuthi iqembu abalithandayo selizolulama futhi liqophe i-albhamu entsha. Lesi sithembiso sagcwaliseka ngo-2008. Kwakhululwa i-Forth disc, abaculi abahamba ngayo emhlabeni wonke.
Kodwa ukuwa kwesithathu akuzange kuthathe isikhathi eside ukufika. Abaculi banquma ukuthi u-Ashcroft uvuse iqembu kuphela ngenxa yokuphromotha kwakhe. Njengamanje, ngamunye wabo uhlanganyela kumaphrojekthi abo. U-Richard wakha umsebenzi wokuziphilisa yedwa, kanti uMcCabe noJones baphromotha iphrojekthi ehlanganyelwe yomkhumbi-ngwenya Omnyama.
Abalandeli beqembu i-The Verve bayazisola ngokuthi iqembu labo abalikhonzile lathinteka ngenxa yezidakamizwa, okwabulala abaculi abaningi abanekhono besikhathi sethu.
I-Verve ingumlando ocebile wokuhlukana nokuhlangana, abaculi abashiye uphawu olukhanyayo emlandweni.
