I-Wet Wet Wet yasungulwa ngo-1982 eClydebank (England). Umlando wokusungulwa kweqembu waqala ngokuthanda umculo wabangane abane: uMarty Pellow (izwi), uGraham Clarke (isiginci sebhesi, amazwi), uNeil Mitchell (amakhibhodi) noTommy Cunningham (izigubhu).
Ngesinye isikhathi uGraham Clark noTommy Cunningham bahlangana ebhasini lesikole. Bahlanganiswe wuthando lomculo, ngemuva kwalokho banquma ukusungula iqembu. Umngane wabo bobabili u-Neil Mitchell ukhuthazwe umoya wabangane bakhe.
Uthembise ukuthengela iqembu izikhiye uma eseqoqe imali eyanele ukwenza lokho. Ukuqedela i-quartet, u-Graham Clark ubize uMarty Pellow njengomculi wezwi.
Kwaqala kanjani konke?
Lapho ibhendi ithatha izinyathelo zayo zokuqala, u-Graham Duffin wasiza abaculi ngesikhathi sokuqopha nokudlala bukhoma. Laba bafana banqume ukuqamba iqembu ngomugqa osuka engomeni yeqembu i-Scritti Politti Getting Having and Holding. Ngakho-ke igama elithi Wet Wet Wet lazalwa.
Umsebenzi wangempela wokudala weqembu, ngokusho kwabaculi, waqala ngo-1984. Imisebenzi yokuqala yekhonsathi yezithameli ezinkulu, ukuqoshwa kokuqala kwamademo ezitudiyo kwenziwa. Ngo-1985, i-Wat Wat Wat yasebenzisana ne-Phonogram Records. Kwabe sekuphuma enye yenguqulo yedemo yamarekhodi eqembu.
Impumelelo yokuqala yeqembu le-Vet Vet Vet
UWillie Mitchell wasebenza nabafana, ngaleso sikhathi wayengumkhiqizi ochwepheshe. Ngo-1987, lapho kukhululwa ingoma yokuqala ethi Wishing I Was Lucky, leli qembu lashaya abangu-10 abahamba phambili kunombolo-6.
Lesi kwakuyisikhathi esiyingqopha-mlando - ngenxa yeqembu elilodwa, iqembu lathola impumelelo emangalisayo. Ukunqoba kwakusanda kuqala, futhi ngenxa ye-Sweet Little Mystery yesibili eyodwa, iqembu langena ohlwini lwemigqa emihlanu yokuqala yeshadi.
Abalandeli baleli qembu bebelindele ngabomvu icwecwe lokuqala laleli qembu. NgoSepthemba 1987, i-albhamu ye-LP Popped in Souled Out yakhululwa ngaphansi kwelebula ye-Mercury. I-albhamu ifinyelele kunombolo 2 kumashadi ase-UK.
Lokhu akumangazi, ngoba ngaleso sikhathi leli qembu lakhulula ezinye izingoma ezimbili ezingashadile, i-Angel Eyes (Ekhaya Nasekuhambeni) nethi Temptation. NgoJanuwari 1988, leli qembu lathatha isikhundla soku-1 seshadi.
Ukungqubuzana noVan Morrison
Kanye nempumelelo ebabazekayo yeqembu, nezinkinga zokuqala zazilindelwe. Ibhendi yaba nenkinga enkulu ngemuva kokuthi umculi odumile wase-Ireland uVan Morrison emangalele leli qembu.
Isizathu salokhu kungqubuzana kwaba ukwephulwa kwelungelo lobunikazi likaVan Morrison ngenxa yokusebenzisa amagama akhe ku-Sweet Little Mystery eyodwa. Kodwa noma kunjalo, abaculi be-Vet Vet Vet bakwazi ukuxazulula inkinga ngokuthula, futhi kwakungekho cala enkantolo.
Abaculi ngo-1988 bakhipha izingoma ezindala ezabhalwa engxenyeni yesibili yawo-1980. Bazibona befanelekile futhi bazihlanganisa nezinto ezintsha ku-albhamu yesibili, i-Memphis Sessions.
Ngaso leso sikhathi, ibhendi iqhubekile nokushadi e-UK ngengoma eyodwa ethi Sgt. UPepper Wamazi Ubaba. Bekuyikhava nje yeThe Beatles With a Little Help From My Friends. I-Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet yaba yiqembu lokuqala lama-British kanye nezithixo zama-1980s.
Ngo-1989, iqembu lakhipha i-albhamu ethi Back Back the River. Iculo elisha eliphuma ku-albhamu ethi Holding Back the River linikeze leli qembu enye impumelelo. Lokhu kuqoshwa kwesitudiyo bekuwushintsho lweqembu ukusuka kumculo we-pop ukuya kumculo we-pop.
Nokho, ngaphezu kwamahithi anamandla afana nethi Sweet Surrender nethi Holding Back the River, kunamarekhodi angazange athole ukunakwa okubalulekile kubalaleli: Stay with Me Heartache, Broke Away kanye neHold Back the River. Sekukonke, i-albhamu yamukelwe kahle ngenxa yamalungiselelo akudala.
Isikhathi sokudala seqembu le-Wet Wet Wet ngeminyaka yawo-1990
Ekuqaleni kwawo-1990, ibhendi yavakashela eBrithani futhi kamuva emhlabeni jikelele. Kolunye lohambo, iqembu lenza "njengesenzo sokuvula" ngekhonsathi ye-Elton edumile.
I-albhamu yesine yeqembu, ethi High on the Happy Side, yakhululwa ngo-1992. Sibonga iGoodnight Girl, eyaba yingoma eshisa izikhotha, iqembu lasindiswa. Izingoma zangaphambilini ze-albhamu azizange ziphumelele naphezu kokuthengiswa okubalulekile.
Kwabe sekukhishwa i-albhamu ekhethekile i-Cloak & Dagger, kodwa iqembu layikhipha ngaphansi kwegama mbumbulu elithi Maggie Pie & The Impostors. I-prototype kaMaggie Pie kwakungu-Marty Pellow, kanye ne-Impostors - lonke iqembu.
Ngo-1999, uMarty Pellow waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye ibhendi ngenxa yotshwala nezidakamizwa. Iqembu labe selihlakazeka. Wakwazi ukululama, futhi wabuyela esiteji ngo-2001, kodwa kakade njengoba umculi solo.
Isikhathi sokuvuthwa kweqembu - ngemuva kuka-2004
Ngo-March 2004, ibhendi yavuswa ukuze isebenze ku-albhamu entsha. Ingoma eyodwa ethi All I Want (2004) yakhululwa, base behlela uhambo lwase-UK oluyimpumelelo.
NgoMashi 2012, kwamenyezelwa ukuthi iqembu lizokwenza umbukiso walo wokuqala eminyakeni emihlanu eGlasgow Green ngomhlaka-20 Julayi ukugubha iminyaka engama-25 yokukhululwa kwe-Popped in Souled Out.
Ngo-2017, uMarty Pellow washiya iqembu ukuze aqale umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa. Ibhendi yathathelwa indawo ngumculi uKevin Simm.
