Imithende Emhlophe (Imivimbo Emhlophe): Umlando weqembu

I-White Stripes iyiqembu le-rock laseMelika elakhiwa ngo-1997 eDetroit, eMichigan. Emsuka weqembu kukhona u-Jack White (umshayi wesiginci, oshaya upiyano nomculi), kanye no-Meg White (oshaya izigubhu).

Izikhangiso

Laba bobabili bathole ukuduma kwangempela ngemuva kokwethula iculo elithi Seven Nation Army. Ingoma ethulwayo iyinto yangempela. Naphezu kweqiniso lokuthi sekudlule iminyaka engaphezu kwe-15 kusukela kwakhululwa ingoma, ithrekhi isadumile phakathi kwabathandi bomculo nabalandeli.

Umculo webhendi yaseMelika uyingxube yerock yasegaraji namablues. Ithimba liphendule amakhanda ngobuhle bedizayini obunohlelo olulula lombala omhlophe, obomvu nomnyama. Uhlu olufanayo lwama-shades lusetshenziswa cishe kuwo wonke ama-albhamu we-The White Stripes.

Uma sikhuluma nge-White Stripes ngezinombolo, lolu lwazi luzobukeka kanje:

• 6 ama-albhamu e-studio;
• 1 i-albhamu ebukhoma;
• 2 amapuleti amancane;
• 26 abangashadile;
• 14 amavidiyo omculo;
• I-DVD e-1 enamakhonsathi aqoshiwe.

Amaqoqo amathathu okugcina aklonyeliswe ngendondo ye-Grammy Award esigabeni esithi “I-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu”. Futhi nakuba i-duo yamemezela ukuhlukana kwabo ngo-2011, abaculi bashiye abalandeli ngefa elihle.

Umlando wokudalwa kwe-White Stripes

Umlando wokudalwa kwebhendi ye-rock ugcwele ezothando. Ngolunye usuku endaweni yokudlela yase-Memphis Smoke, u-Jack Gillis wahlangana noweta u-Meg White. Umbhangqwana wawuthanda umculo ovamile. Bafunda bodwa ngokusebenzisa i-prism yomculo, ukuya emakhonsathini, emikhosini futhi bejabulela amathrekhi avela kubaculi be-rock abayintandokazi.

Ngendlela, ngesikhathi uJack ehlangana nentombazane, wayesenolwazi lokusebenza esiteji. Le nsizwa yayiyingxenye yamaqembu e-punk “egaraji” - i-Goober & the Peas, i-The Go kanye ne-The Hentchmen.

Ngo-September 21, 1996, abathandi babhalise ngokusemthethweni ubuhlobo babo. UJack, ngokuphambene nemithetho eyamukelwa ngokuvamile, wanquma ukuthatha isibongo somkakhe. UMegan wayefuna ukufunda ukudlala izigubhu. Ngo-1997, wathuthukisa amakhono akhe waze wafika ezingeni lochwepheshe.

Imizamo yomkakhe yokuzigcwalisa ngomculo yashukumisela uJack ukuba anqume ukuzakhela eyakhe iphrojekthi. Ekuqaleni abaculi bebecula ngaphansi kwamagama athi Bazooka neSoda Powder. Base benquma ngokuzenzakalelayo ukushintsha igama labo elingelona iqiniso libe yi-White Stripes.

UJack noMegan ngokushesha basungula imithetho ejwayelekile:

• gwema imibuzo ngempilo yakho yomuntu siqu;
• azenze umfowethu nodadewethu phambi kwabantu;
• Idizayini yamakhava amarekhodi kanye nokuthengiswa okungenzeka kufanele kwenziwe kumnyama, obomvu nokumhlophe.

Ukuzilolonga kwe-duet kwenzeka egaraji. UJack wathatha indawo yomculi, waphinde wadlala isiginci namakhibhodi. U-Megan wayedlala izinsimbi ezishaywayo futhi ngezinye izikhathi wayesebenza njengomculi osekelayo. Umbukiso wokuqala we-White Stripes wenzeka eGold Dollar eDetroit, eMichigan. Lesi senzakalo senzeka ngo-August 1997.

Ngemva konyaka, umnikazi welebula ezimele Italy Records, Dave Buick, wayefuna ukukhuluma nabaculi. Usebenze ngokukhethekile namapunk asegaraji futhi wadala umbono wokuba uchwepheshe emkhakheni wakhe. U-Dave umeme i-duo ukuthi iqophe ingoma eyodwa estudiyo sakhe. Abaculi bayavuma.

Umculo weThe White Stripes

Ngo-1998, abaculi be-The White Stripes bethula abalandeli bomculo onzima ingoma yabo yokuqala ethi Let's Shake Hands. Ngokushesha kwaba nokwethulwa kwerekhodi le-vinyl ngengoma ethi Lafayette Blues. Lokhu bekwanele ukuheha ukunaka kwenkampani enkulu yaseCalifornia, iSympathy for the Record Industry.

Ngemva konyaka, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu yokuqala. Iqoqo lalibizwa ngokuthi, Imivimbo Emhlophe. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi irekhodi lanikezelwa ku-Son House, i-bluesman eyaba nomthelela omkhulu ekwakhiweni kokunambitheka komculo kaJack White.

Ukwakhiwa komculo kaCannon kuqukethe okuqoshiwe kwe-cappella ye-House, kanye nesiqephu esincane sevangeli lakhe elithi John the Revelator. I-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo ka-De Stijl ifake nenguqulo yekhava yengoma ethi Death Letter. 

Sekukonke, i-albhamu yokuqala yamukelwe ngemfudumalo yibo bobabili abagxeki bomculo nabalandeli. Ngakho-ke, leli qembu laduma ngaphandle kweDetroit yabo yomdabu. Ingosi ye-All Music ibhale ukuthi “Izwi likaJack White lihlukile. Kubathandi bomculo, uvuse inhlanganisela ye-punk, insimbi, iblues nomsindo wesifundazwe.

Laba ababili nabo bawujabulele umsebenzi owenziwe. Abaculi baphawule ukuthi i-albhamu yokuqala iyirekhodi elinamandla kunawo wonke emlandweni womculo wedolobha lakubo.

U-John Peel, owake waba ngomunye wo-DJ abanethonya kakhulu ku-BBC, akazange akwazise ukuqanjwa kwe-White Stripes, kodwa umklamo wekhava. I-albhamu yayinesithombe sikaMegan noJack ngemuva kwezindonga ezibomvu njengegazi. Kodwa-ke, u-Peele akakwazanga ukushiya i-duet ngaphandle kokubuyekezwa okuthophayo. Ngenxa yombono kaJohn ogunyaziwe wokusungula, leli qembu laduma nakakhulu e-UK.

Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo

Ngawo-2000s, i-The White Stripes' discography yanwetshwa nge-albhamu yesibili yesitudiyo i-De Stijl. Okudinga ukunakwa okubalulekile ukuthi iqoqo libhekwa njenge-classic yedwala lasegaraji. Isembozo se-albhamu yisona kanye isibonelo sobuhlakani babalandeli baka-"De Stijl" (ingemuva elingabonakali lakhiwe ngonxande, abapendwe ngemibala eyintandokazi yama-duo).

Kamuva abaculi bavuma ukuthi ngesikhathi beqhamuka nalesi sithombe, umthombo wabakhuthaza kwakuyimisebenzi yabalandeli bakaDe Stijl. Njenge-albhamu yokuqala, u-De Stijl unokuzinikela, kulokhu ku-architect u-Gerrit Rietveld we-De Stijl kanye ne-bluesman u-William Samuel McTell.

Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, iqoqo lesibili lathatha indawo yama-38 eshadini lamarekhodi elizimele ngokweBillboard Magazine. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ukwakheka kwe-Apple Blossom kuvezwe efilimini yesenzo kaQuentin Tarantino ethi The Hateful Eight.

Ukwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu

Ngo-2001, abaculi bethula i-albhamu yabo elandelayo. Iqoqo elisha libizwa ngokuthi Amangqamuzana Egazi Amhlophe. Ngemva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesithathu, ibhendi yathola ukuthandwa okwase kuyisikhathi eside ilindelwe.

Isembozo serekhodi, ngokuvamile elenziwe ngemibala emithathu, libonisa abaculi bezungezwe i-paparazzi. Lokhu ukubhuqa. Yile ndlela kanye umbhangqwana owabona ngayo ukuthandwa kwabo ngalesi sikhathi.

I-albhamu entsha ithathe indawo yama-61 ku-Billboard 200 futhi yathola isimo segolide. Irekhodi lithengise amakhophi angaphezu kwezinkulungwane ezingama-500. EBrithani, iqoqo lanikezwa isikhundla sama-55. Engomeni ethi Fell in Love with a Girl, abaculi bathwebule isiqeshana sevidiyo esikhanyayo ngesitayela se-Lego. Umsebenzi wathola ama-MTV Video Music Awards amathathu ngo-2002.

Ngesikhathi esifanayo, "abalandeli" babona ifilimu ethi "Akekho Owazi Ukukhuluma Nezingane." Ifilimu yaqoshwa izinsuku ezine ngenkathi i-White Stripes iseNew York.

Iphrezentheshini yokuqoshwa okuhle kakhulu kweminyaka yawo-2000

Ngo-2003, i-discography yeqembu yagcwaliswa nge-albhamu entsha. Sikhuluma ngerekhodi leNdlovu. Ngemva konyaka, leli qoqo laklonyeliswa ngendondo ye-Grammy Award esigabeni esithi “I-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu”. I-albhamu entsha yaba phezulu eshadini likazwelonke laseBrithani futhi yathatha indawo yesibili ehloniphekile ku-Billboard 200.

Ikhadi lokushaya leqembu kwakuyingoma ethi Seven Nation Army. Ingoma ithathwa njengokuqanjwa okudumile kweminyaka yawo-2000. Ngendlela, ithrekhi ihlala idumile namuhla. Izinguqulo zekhava zirekhodwa kuyo, ingazwakala kuma-Olympics ezemidlalo, phakathi nemibhikisho yezombusazwe.

Ingoma ethi Seven Nation Army ikhuluma ngendaba enzima yendoda ezungezwe amahlebezi. Umuntu uzwa okushiwo ngemuva. Uba yisilahlwa, kodwa ebulawa isizungu, ubuyela kubantu.

Ingoma ethi The Hardest Button to Button ithathwa njengengoma edume ngokulinganayo esuka ku-albhamu eshiwo. Ifinyelele kunombolo 23 kumashadi kazwelonke ase-UK. Ingoma ikhuluma ngendaba enzima yengane ekhulela emndenini ongasebenzi kahle. Uzama ukuzithola. Futhi ingoma ethi Balland Biscuit ingazwakala kumsindo wochungechunge lwe-TV i-Peaky Blinders.

Ngo-2005, i-discography yeqembu yanezelwa nelinye iqoqo, elithi Get Behind Me Satan. I-albhamu igujwe ngezinga eliphezulu kakhulu. Uthole indondo ye-Grammy Award yokuqopha Okungcono Kakhulu.

Kodwa-ke, iqoqo elithi Icky Thump lithathwa njenge-albhamu ephumelele kakhulu ku-The White Stripes' discography. I-albhamu yethulwe kubalandeli ngo-2007.

U-Icky Thump uqale kunombolo 1 e-UK kanye nakunombolo 2 ku-Billboard 200. Ngenxa yokukhululwa kwerekhodi, laba ababili bawine Indondo Ye-Grammy Ye-albhamu Engcono Kakhulu okwesithathu ezimpilweni zabo.

Ngemuva kokwethulwa kwe-albhamu yesitudiyo, i-duo yahamba uhambo. Ngokusho kukaBen Blackwell, umshana kaJack White, ngaphambi komdlalo wabo wokugcina eMississippi, uMegan uthe, "I-White Stripes idlala okokugcina." Lo mfana wabe esebuza ukuthi ubeqonde ukuqeda ukuvakasha: “Cha, okokugcina ukubonakala esiteji. Amazwi akhe aba yiqiniso.

I-White Stripes iyahlukana

Izikhangiso

Ngomhla zi-2 kuNhlolanja wezi-2011, i-duo yamemezela ngokusemthethweni ukuthi izoyeka ukuqopha izingoma futhi icule ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso le-The White Stripes. Abaculi banqume ukugcina idumela elihle futhi baqede imisebenzi yabo endaweni ephakeme yokuduma.