U-Uriah Heep uyiqembu le-rock laseBrithani elaziwa kakhulu elasungulwa ngo-1969 eLondon. Igama leqembu lanikezwa omunye wabalingisi kumanoveli kaCharles Dickens.
Izithelo ezinhle kakhulu ohlelweni lokudala lweqembu kwakuyi-1971-1973. Kwakungalesi sikhathi lapho kwaqoshwa khona amarekhodi amathathu ehlelo, okwaba yi-classic yangempela ye-hard rock futhi kwenza leli qembu laduma emhlabeni wonke.
Lokhu kwenzeke ngenxa yokwakhiwa kwesitayela esiyingqayizivele seqembu le-Uriah Heep, elibonakala kuze kube yilolu suku.
Ukuqala komlando weqembu u-Uriah Heep
UMick Box wayengomunye wamalungu asungula u-Uriah Heep. Wakhetha phakathi kwedwala nebhola isikhathi eside, kodwa wazinza emculweni. Ibhokisi lidale iqembu elithi The Stalkers.
Kodwa akahlalanga isikhathi eside. Lapho ibhendi isala ingenaye umculi, umshayi wezigubhu uRoger Pennington wamema umngane wakhe uDavid Byron (Garrick) ukuthi azohlolwa.
Ekuqaleni, abafana bazilolongela ngemva komsebenzi, baqoqa isipiliyoni nezinto ababefuna ngazo ukunqoba iplanethi. Lapho owayekade eshaya isigubhu eshiya iqembu, indawo yakhe yathathwa u-Alex Napier.
Iqembu laqanjwa ngokuthi uSpice. Amalungu abalulekile anquma ukuthi uma efuna ukuphumelela, kufanele abe abaculi abaqeqeshiwe. Bayeka imisebenzi yabo futhi baqala ukwenza abakuthandayo.
Umdidiyeli wokuqala weqembu kwakunguyise ka-bassist uPaul Newton. Ukwazile ukwenza iqembu lidlale ekilabhini yehlelo iMarquee. Lena bekuyikhonsathi yokuqala yeSpice.
Ngemuva kwesikhashana, komunye wemidlalo yeqembu, eklabhu yeBlues Loft, iqembu labonwa ngumphathi westudiyo sokuqopha iHit Record Productions. Ngokushesha wanikeza abafana inkontileka.
Indlela eyimpumelelo yeqembu le-Uray Heep
Ngo-1969, igama le-Spice lashintshwa laba ngu-Uriah Heep futhi umdlali wekhibhodi wajoyina ibhendi. Umsindo waqala ukufana nomsindo othi "Uraykhip" ngaphezulu.
Kungegama lomculi wekhibhodi u-Ken Hensley lapho abagxeki abaningi behlobanisa ukuthandwa kweqembu. Umshayi wekhibhodi onolwazi olusha ukwazile ukugqamisa umsindo wesiginci onzima nemisindo enzima yezinsimbi ezishaywayo.
I-albhamu yokuqala ethi Very 'Eavy… Very 'Umble today ibekwa abagxeki abaningi ngokulingana nemisebenzi yehlelo efana nalena: Ku-Rock Deep Purple kanye ne-Paranoid Black Sabbath.
Kodwa lokhu kunamuhla, futhi ngesikhathi sokukhishwa kwayo, i-disc ayizange ibe "umnyango wangaphambili" wezwe lebhizinisi lokubonisa. Abafana, ngokubonga kwabo, baqhubekile nokusebenzela ukuthuthukisa umdlalo wabo.
Ibhokisi, u-Byron noHensley badale irekhodi lesibili laseSalisbury ngendlela ehluke kancane. Futhi lokhu kwaba ngenxa yethalente lokuqamba likaHensley. Ku-albhamu yokuqala, wabhala kabusha izingxenye zekhibhodi zomanduleli wakhe, kodwa akazange asebenze njengomqambi.
Isici esiyinhloko se-disc yesibili ka-Uriah Heep kwaba ukuhlukahluka okuphawulekayo komsindo. Manje umsindo wawungenzima nje kuphela, kodwa futhi melodic. Irekhodi lithole ukugxekwa okuhle, futhi eJalimane selidume kakhulu.
Inkathi yokuduma kweqembu u-Uriah Heep
I-albhamu yesithathu yaleli qembu ethi, Zibheke Wena, yafinyelela inani eliphakeme kunombolo-39 eshadini lama-albhamu ase-UK. Ngokusho kwalaba baculi, bakwazile ukuhlanganisa izinto abebengakwazanga ukuzihlanganisa nokwaholela empumelelweni.
Ingoma edume kakhulu kwakunguJulayi Morning. Abagxeki baphawula indlela abaculi ababekwazi ngayo ukuhlanganisa umculo onesigqi esinamandla nomculo oqhubekayo benze isitayela esisodwa. Umculi wezwi uDavid Byron uthole udumo olukhethekile.
Icwecwe lesine elithi, Demons and Wizards, lingene kumashadi omculo aphezulu angu-20 e-England futhi lahlala khona amasonto angu-11. Ingoma ethi Easy Livin yasiza ukuveza izici ezilandelayo zomculi weqembu.
Iqembu le-Uriah Heep selidume umhlaba wonke. I-double disc Uriah Heep Live isize ukukhulisa ukuduma kwayo.
Ihlanganiswe kusukela ekurekhodweni okubukhoma okudalwe ngesitudiyo seselula. Le diski isathathwa njenge-albhamu ebukhoma engcono kakhulu eqoshwe ngesitayela se-hard rock.
Izinkinga namalungu eqembu
Iqembu lafinyelela phezulu lapho lalingase liwe khona ngokushesha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinkinga phakathi kweqembu zaqala ukuvela. U-Uriah Heep oshaya ibhesi uGary Thane ubenezinkinga zempilo.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngesikhathi sekhonsathi, washaywa wugesi. Konke lokhu kwaholela eqinisweni lokuthi ngemva kwezinyanga ezintathu washiya iqembu, wabe esefa ngenxa yezidakamizwa.
Ibhendi ikwazile ukuthola ozongena endaweni ephezulu yomdlali webhesi. UJohn Wetton wajoyina u-Uriah Heep. Kuze kube yilolo suku, ubedlala kwelinye iqembu elidumile, iKing Crimson.
UJohn waqinisa ukuqanjwa kweqembu, futhi isipho somqambi wakhe sasiza kakhulu lapho eqopha amarekhodi alandelayo. I-albhamu ethi Return to Fantasy ekhishwe ngokubamba iqhaza kwakhe yaba ethengiswa kakhulu futhi yaqinisa impumelelo yeqembu.
Amarekhodi alandelayo abengadumile, futhi isihlabani seqembu u-Uriah Heep saqala ukufiphala. Lokhu kuholele ekutheni kube nezingxabano phakathi kweqembu. Ngemva komunye wabo, umculi uDavid Byron waxoshwa. UDavid waqala ukuphuza utshwala.
Ngemuva kwalo mcimbi, uJohn Wetton walishiya leli qembu. Ukwakheka kwaqala ukushintsha njalo. Nokho, lokhu akuzange kuthinte ikhwalithi yerekhodi leFirefly. Uthole ukubuyekezwa okuhle.
Iqembu le-Uriah Heep lalingelinye lokuqala ukuvunyelwa ukucula e-USSR. Amakhonsathi eMoscow naseLeningrad aqoqa "abalandeli" abayizinkulungwane eziyi-100-200 bomculo onzima ngamunye.
Ukuvakasha njalo kwaholela ekutheni abaculi beqembu baqale ukuphula izwi labo. Uchungechunge lwabo lwaphela ngo-1986, lapho uBernie Shaw ejoyina iqembu, osadlala neqembu kuze kube yimanje.
