Abesifazane abathukuthele noma ama-vixens - lena cishe indlela ongayihumusha ngayo igama laleli bhendi elidlala ngesitayela se-glam metal. Idalwe ngo-1980 ngumshayi wesigingci u-June (Jan) Kuhnemund, i-Vixen ihambe ibanga elide ekudumeni kodwa yenza umhlaba wonke ukhulume ngabo.
Ukuqala komsebenzi womculo kaVixen
Ngesikhathi kusungulwa leli qembu, endaweni yakubo eMinnesota, uJuni wayesevele engumdlali wesigingci owaziwayo emibuthanweni yomculo. Ukwazile ukudlala emaqenjini amaningana. Ngo-1971, uKunemund oneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili ubudala wahlela i-quintet yakhe yesifazane, wayibiza ngokuthi i-Lemon Pepper.
Leli qembu lidlale ngempumelelo edolobheni lakubo eSao Paulo, kodwa eminyakeni emithathu kamuva leli qembu lahlukana laba yiqembu le-glam metal Vixen ngo-1980. Amantombazane aqala ukuvakasha esifundeni sawo, bese eMelika. Ngo-1984, babamba iqhaza kule filimu - i-comedy "Izidumbu Eziqinile", lapho izingoma eziyisi-6 zenziwa khona yiqembu le-rock labesifazane.
U-Vixen akazange abe nohlu lwaphakade isikhathi eside. Amalungu ashintsha futhi ashintsha futhi ashintsha, kwaze kwaba ngemva kweminyaka engu-6 iqembu ekugcineni lithole isisekelo esihlala njalo.
UJanet Gardner - isigingci esinesigqi namazwi, uShar Pedersen - isiginci sebhesi, uRoxy Petrucci - izigubhu noJune Kuhnemund njengengxenye yeqembu leVixen baqala ukunqoba i-Olympus yomculo.
Udumo lwe-Vixen
Ukuduma kweqembu labesifazane elidlala i-hard rock kwafika ngo-1987, ngemva kokukhishwa kwefilimu ethi “The Fall of Western Civilization: The Metal Years.” Baqala ukubonakala emigwaqweni. Ngemva konyaka, amantombazane akhipha i-albhamu yawo yokuqala, "Vixen," eyangena emashadi aseMelika, ku-TOP 50.
Ababhali bezingoma kwakuyimbongi yase-Ireland kanye nesigingci uVivian Patrick Campbell, kanye nomculi, umqambi kanye nomdidiyeli ophumelelayo uRichard Marx. Ukwesekwa kwabo kube nomthelela omkhulu ekuthuthukisweni kwamantombazane. Icwecwe lidayisa njengamakhekhe ashisayo. Ibhendi iqala ukuvakasha, ivulela ama-rocker adume kakhulu nadume ngobuhlanya: asabekayo Ozzy Osbourne, Bon Jovi, ofezela, futhi ababukeli abaningi bayamangala ukubona ukuthi i-rock yabesifazane nayo ingaba sezingeni eliphezulu.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iqembu liqala ukulungiselela ukuqopha i-albhamu entsha, cishe ehlanganisa izingoma zoqobo. Ngo-1990, kwakhululwa i-albhamu yesibili yeqembu, i-Rev It Up. Kodwa akulethi impumelelo yezohwebo njengeyokuqala. Kodwa ukuthandwa kwayo kudlulela ngalé kwe-United States. EYurophu, uVixen uphumelele kakhulu kunasezweni lakubo. Amantombazane adlala i-glam metal ayinto engavamile futhi ekhangayo kakhulu kwabesifazane abadala abadla ngoludala eYurophu.
Kanye ne-Kiss edumile kanye ne-Deep Purple, amantombazane aya ohambweni, kodwa ngemva kwalokho, engawutholi umphumela wezezimali oyifunayo, iqembu liyahlukana. Yiqiniso, wakwazi ukubamba iqhaza emdlalweni wethelevishini esiteshini se-MTV futhi enze ifilimu yemizuzu engu-40. Kodwa umehluko wezezimali nomculo awuhambisani nokudala, futhi amantombazane aqala ukuzibandakanya ezindabeni zomuntu siqu namaphrojekthi abo.
Umoya wesibili weqembu
I-Vixen yathola umoya wayo wesibili ngo-1997. Kodwa eqenjini elikhulu, umculi wezwi uJanet Garden noRoxy Petrucci, odlala izigubhu, bahlala eqenjini. Bathathe amalungu amabili amasha eqenjini labo: u-Ginny Style no-Maxine Petrucci (abadlali besigqi ne-bass). Ngemva konyaka, ngo-98, i-albhamu yabo "Tangerine" yakhululwa, yaqoshwa e-Eagle Records studio yokuqopha. Kodwa i-rock ene-grunge flavour ayizange ithandeke kubathandi bomculo, ayizange iphumelele, futhi iqembu laphinde lahlukana.
Ukuhlangana kabusha okulandelayo kwenzeka ekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo-XNUMX yaleli khulu leminyaka. Abalingisi beqembu abayizihlabani babuyile: uJune, uJanet, uRoxy kanye nosanda kufika uPat Halloway. U-Vixen hamba uyovakasha futhi enze ngempumelelo. Ukuphikisana kwangaphakathi kuphinde kube yisikhubekiso futhi kuphazamise ukusebenza kweqembu.
Iqembu lihlukana okwesithathu. Umdali, uJune Kuhnemund, uhlala eqenjini, ovuselela ngokuphelele ukwakheka, ethela igazi elisha, elisha kuwo. Ngo-2006, iqembu laqopha futhi lakhulula ama-albhamu amabili: studio futhi bukhoma. Kodwa abakwazi ukuphinda impumelelo yezingoma zokuqala. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, leli qembu belidlala ngokudoba futhi lisonqenqemeni lokuwa.
June Kunemund
UJuni ongaphumuli uzama ukuphinda impumelelo; yena nabahlanganyeli bahlela ukuqopha i-albhamu entsha nokwenza namalungiselelo emisebenzi yokuvakasha. Kodwa zonke izinhlelo zokudala ziyaphela lapho umholi weqembu kutholakala ukuthi unomdlavuza. Izinyanga ezingu-10 zokulwa nomdlavuza azilethi umphumela oyifunayo.
Othobekile, ozwelayo, wesifazane futhi onekhono, ehlanganisa umusa wabesifazane namandla okulwa, akakwazanga ukunqoba lesi sifo futhi waya ezulwini ngo-Okthoba 2013. Lokhu akubanga yigalelo kubalandeli kuphela, kodwa nakumalungu eqembu. Wonke umuntu wayelindele ukubuya kukaJune.
Kwakukhona amathemba amaningi kanye nezinhlelo ezizayo, ngoba ekugcineni, konke ukuphikisana okwahlukaniswa yiqembu kwaqedwa. Kodwa, ngeshwa, uJune wahlulwa kule mpi. Wayeneminyaka engu-51 kuphela ubudala. Futhi lo mcimbi waqeda ukuba khona kweqembu. UJune wayewumphefumulo wakhe.
Futhi nakuba uVixen engakwazi ukuphinda impumelelo ye-albhamu yakhe yokuqala, abaningi bahlala beyiqembu eliyintandokazi. Amantombazane alungile kusukela ngeminyaka yawo-80s, adlala i-rock yekhwalithi ephezulu, eyesifazane, emnene, nesindayo.
