I-Zombies iyiqembu le-rock laseBrithani elidumile. Inani eliphakeme lokuthandwa kweqembu laliphakathi neminyaka yawo-1960. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho amathrekhi athatha izikhundla ezihola phambili kumashadi eMelika naseGreat Britain.
U-Odessey no-Oracle yi-albhamu esiphenduke iparele langempela le-discography yeqembu. I-longplay ifakwe ohlwini lwama-albhamu ahamba phambili ezikhathini zonke (ngokusho kweRolling Stone).
Abantu abaningi babiza leli qembu ngokuthi “amaphayona”. Abaculi baleli qembu bakwazile ukudambisa ulaka lwesigqi samaNgisi esasethwa amalungu eqembu The Beatles, ngezingoma ezibushelelezi namalungiselelo ajabulisayo. Lokhu akusho ukuthi i-discography yeqembu inothile futhi ihlukahlukene. Naphezu kwalokhu, abaculi baba nesandla ekuthuthukiseni uhlobo olufana ne-rock.
Umlando wokudalwa kanye nokwakheka kweZombies
Ibhendi yasungulwa ngo-1961 ngabangani uRod Argent, uPaul Atkinson noHugh Grundy edolobheni elincane lesifundazwe eduze kwaseLondon. Ngesikhathi kwakhiwa iqembu, abaculi basesikoleni esiphakeme.
Ilungu ngalinye leqembu “laliphila” ngomculo. Kwenye yezingxoxo kamuva, abaculi bavumile ukuthi bebengahlelile “ukulithuthukisa” leli qembu ngokungathi sína. Bavele bawuthanda umdlalo wezimfundamakhwela, kodwa kamuva le nto yokuzilibazisa yayisivele isezingeni lochwepheshe.
Izikhathi zokuqeqesha zokuqala zibonise ukuthi iqembu lalingenalo umdlali we-bass. Ngokushesha ibhendi yajoyinwa umculi uPaul Arnold, futhi konke kwangena endaweni. Kwakungenxa ka-Arnold ukuthi amaZombies afinyelele izinga elisha. Iqiniso liwukuthi ebhendi umculi waletha vocalist Colin Blunstone.
UPaul Arnold akazange ahlale eyingxenye yeqembu isikhathi eside. Lapho amaZombies eqala ukuvakasha okusebenzayo, wayishiya iphrojekthi. Ngokushesha uChris White wathatha indawo yakhe. Abafana baqale uhambo lwabo lokudala ngokucula izingoma ezidumile kusukela ngawo-1950s. Phakathi kwazo kwakukhona ingoma kaGershwin ethi, I-Summertime.
Eminyakeni emibili ngemuva kokusungulwa kweqembu, kwaziwa ukuthi abafana bazohlakazeka. Iqiniso liwukuthi ngamunye wabo waphothula esikoleni futhi wahlela ukuthola imfundo ephakeme. Ukwakhiwa kwemisindo eqoshiwe yaba “umzila wokuphila” osize amaZombies ukuthi aqhubeke nendlela yawo yokudala.
Ngokushesha iqembu lawina umncintiswano womculo i-Herts Beat Contest. Lokhu kwenza abaculi babonakale kakhulu, kodwa okubaluleke kakhulu, i-Decca Records yanikeza iqembu elincane ukuthi lisayine inkontileka yabo yokuqala.
Isayina neDecca Records
Kuthe uma abaculi baleli qembu sebejwayelana nemibandela yenkontileka, kwavela ukuthi bangaqopha ingoma eyodwa esitudiyo sokuqopha esikhokhelwayo. Iqembu ekuqaleni lalihlela ukuqopha i-Summertime kaGershwin. Kodwa phakathi namasonto ambalwa, ngokuphikelela komkhiqizi uKen Jones, uRod Argent waqala ukubhala ukwakheka kwakhe. Ngenxa yalokhu, abaculi baqophe ingoma ethi Akakho. Leli culo lingene emashadini ehlukene omculo kuleli lase liduma.
Ngegagasi lokuthandwa, abafana baqopha ingoma yesibili. Umsebenzi wawubizwa ngokuthi Ngiyeke. Ngeshwa, ukuqamba kubonakale kuhlulekile. Lesi simo salungiswa ngengoma ethi Tell Her No. Ingoma ithathe indawo ehamba phambili eshadini laseMelika.
Ngemuva kokuqopha izingoma ezintathu, leli qembu lahamba noPatti LaBelle kanye namaBluebells noChuck Jackson. Iqembu lamukelwe ngenjabulo ngabalandeli bomculo onzima. Amakhonsathi enzeka "nge-furor" enkulu. Umsebenzi weqembu le-rock laseBrithani wamukelwa kahle eJapane nasePhilippines. Lapho abaculi bebuyela ezweni lakubo, ngokuzumayo baqaphela ukuthi i-Decca Records, ikhiphe umdlalo owodwa kuphela omude, yaqala ukukhohlwa ngobukhona babo.
Maphakathi nawo-1960, kwethulwa i-albhamu yokuqala yeqembu. Icwecwe lalibizwa ngokuthi Qala Lapha. Ukudlala okude kuhlanganisa izingoma ezingashadile ezishicilelwe ngaphambilini, izinguqulo zekhava yesigqi nezingoma eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kanye namathrekhi amasha amaningana.
Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ithimba lasebenza ekudaleni nasekuqopheni okuhambisanayo kwefilimu ethi Bunny Lake is Missing. Umculi uqophe i-jingle yokukhangisa enamandla ebizwa ngokuthi Woza Isikhathi. Le filimu yayiqukethe amakhonsathi aqoshiwe eqembu le-rock laseBrithani.
Isayina ne-CBS Records
Ngasekupheleni kwawo-1960, abaculi basayina inkontileka ne-CBS Records. Le nkampani inikeze ukukhanya okuluhlaza kokuqoshwa kwe-Odessey ne-Oracle yokudlala isikhathi eside. Ngemva kwalokhu, amalungu eqembu ahlakazeka.
I-albhamu isuselwe kumaculo amasha. Ukushicilelwa okugunyaziwe i-Rolling Stone ibone i-albhamu njengehamba phambili. Ukuqanjwa kwe-Time of the Season bekudume kakhulu kubathandi bomculo nabalandeli. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi uRod Argent usebenze ekwakhiweni kwethrekhi.
Abaculi bebekhokhiswa imali enkulu uma nje bengasuki esiteji. Kwakungenakwenzeka ukukholisa amalungu eqembu.
Impilo yabaculi ngemuva kokushiya iqembu
Ngemuva kokuqedwa kohlu, abaculi bahamba ngezindlela zabo. Ngokwesibonelo, uColin Blunstone wanquma ukuphishekela umsebenzi wokuziphilisa yedwa. Ngenxa yalokho, wabhala imidlalo eminingi ehloniphekile emide. Icwecwe lokugcina lalo saziwayo liphume ngo-2009. Sikhuluma ngerekhodi elithi The Ghost of You and Me.
U-Rod Argent wanquma ukuqala iphrojekthi yakhe yomculo. Uchithe iminyaka eminingana edala iqembu elihambisana nombono wakhe. Ingqondo yomculi yayibizwa ngokuthi i-Argent.
Ukuhlangana kabusha kwebhendi
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, kwaziwa ukuthi i-The Zombies, ehlanganisa u-Colin Blunstone, uHugh Grundy noChris White, yayiqophe umdlalo omude omusha endaweni yokuqopha. Ngo-1991, abaculi bethula i-albhamu ethi Umhlaba Omusha. I-albhamu yamukelwa ngemfudumalo hhayi abalandeli kuphela, kodwa nabagxeki bomculo.
Ngo-April 1, 2004, ezinye izindaba ezingemnandi zaziwa. Omunye wabasunguli baleli qembu, uPaul Atkinson, ushonile. Ukuhlonipha inkumbulo yomngane wabo kanye nozakwabo, iqembu ladlala amakhonsathi okuvalelisa ambalwa.
Ukuvuselelwa kwangempela kweqembu kwenzeka ekuqaleni kwawo-2000. Kungaleso sikhathi lapho uRod noColin bakhipha khona i-albhamu ehlangene, ethi Out of the Shadows. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva, ngaphansi kwegama elingelona iqiniso lokudala elithi Colin Blunstone Rod Argent the Zombies, kwethulwa umdlalo omude othi As Far As I Can See... kwenzeka. Ngenxa yalokho, uColin noRod bahlanganisa amaphrojekthi abo abe yiqembu elilodwa.
Ngokushesha uKate Airey, uJim noSteve Rodford bajoyina iqembu elisha. Abaculi baqale ukucula ngaphansi kwegama elithi Colin Blunstone noRod Argent of the Zombies. Ngemva kokwenza uhlelo, abaculi bahamba uhambo olukhulu, olwaqala e-UK futhi lwaphela eLondon.
Ngemuva kohambo, amalungu eqembu athule iCD yekhonsathi neDVD yevidiyo. Lo msebenzi wawubizwa ngokuthi Bukhoma e-Bloomsbury Theatre, eLondon. Abalandeli bawamukele ngemfudumalo amaqoqo. Ngokukhula kokuduma, abaculi benza amakhonsathi abo eNgilandi, eMelika naseYurophu. Ngo-2007-2008 Uhambo oluhlanganyelwe lwenzeka ne-The Yardbirds. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kwaba nekhonsathi edolobheni Kyiv.
Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva kwaziwa ukuthi uKeith Airey ushiye iqembu. Ngaleso sikhathi, wayesezibeka njengomuntu ocula yedwa. U-Keith uqophe i-albhamu eyedwa futhi wavela emculweni. Indawo kaKeith ithathwe nguChristian Phillips. Entwasahlobo ka-2010, uTom Toomey wathatha indawo yakhe.
Ikhonsathi yokugubha usuku lwama-Zombies
Ngo-2008, abaculi baleli qembu bagubha unyaka. Iqiniso liwukuthi eminyakeni engu-40 edlule baqopha umdlalo omude we-Odessey no-Oracle. Amalungu eqembu anqume ukugubha umcimbi wamaholide. Babambe ikhonsathi yemikhosi e-London Shepherd Bush Empire.
Lonke “uhlu lwegolide” lweqembu labuthana esiteji, ngaphandle kukaPaul Atkinson. Abaculi bacula zonke izingoma ezazifakwe emdlalweni omude. Izithameli zibonge kakhulu iqembu. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, kwavela amarekhodi ekhonsathi yokugubha usuku lokuzalwa. Ngaphezu kwalokho, badlalela abalandeli baseBrithani amakhonsathi emadolobheni ahlukene ezweni lakubo.
Amaqiniso athakazelisayo mayelana nebhendi The Zombies
- AmaZombi abizwa ngokuthi yiqembu “elinobuchopho” kakhulu “leBritish Invasion”.
- Ngokusho kwabagxeki bomculo, sibonga iculo elithi She’s Not There leli qembu selidume umhlaba wonke.
- Ngokomgxeki womculo uR. Meltzer, leli qembu “laliyisiteji sesikhashana phakathi kweThe Beatles neThe Doors.”
I-Zombies esikhathini samanje
Okwamanje iqembu lihlanganisa:
- uColin Blunstone;
- I-Rod Argent;
- Tom Toomey;
- UJim Rodford;
- USteve Rodford.
Namuhla iqembu ligxile emisebenzini yekhonsathi. Iningi lemidlalo yenzeka eBrithani, eMelika naseYurophu. Laba baculi baphoqeleke ukuthi bahlehlise amakhonsathi abehlelelwe u-2020 kuya ku-2021. Lesi sinyathelo sithathwe ngenxa yokwanda kokutheleleka nge-coronavirus.
