Isikhumbuzo seminyaka engama-40 sika-U2
Leli sonto ligubha iminyaka engama-40 ye-U2. Abalandeli abavela kuwo wonke umhlaba bagubha iminyaka engu-40 kwasungulwa leli qembu le-Irish eliphawule umlando we-rock kule minyaka engamashumi amane.
Konke kwaqala ngo-1976, lapho uLarry Mullen Jr. ebeka uphawu ebhodini lezaziso lesikole sakhe samabanga aphezulu elalifundeka kanje “Umdlali wesigubhu ofuna abaculi abazosungula iqembu”. I-Mount Temple Comprehensive School eDublin kwakuyisikhungo lapho bonke bafunda khona maphakathi nawo-1970. Incwadi yakwazi ukuthi ngoMgqibelo, Septhemba 25, 1976, intsha emine yase-Ireland, uBono Vox (umculi), i-Edge (isiginci, ikhibhodi kanye amazwi) kanye no-Adam Clayton (i-bass) bahlangane okokuqala ekhishini lendlu yomculi wesigubhu u-Larry Mullen ukuze bazilolonge.
Ngalezo zinyanga zasekupheleni kuka-1976, intsha emine eyayigqoke amajini namajakhethi esikhumba yaqala ukuziqeqeshela ukwakheka. iqembu abaliqambe ngokuthi iFeedback. “Leli qembu lentsha eliyinqaba lalihlangana ekhishini lasekhaya e-Artane (eNyakatho Dublin). Futhi yilapho konke kwaqala khona. ", njengoba kuvezwe nguMullen kusizindalwazi saleli qembu. U-Mullen uphinde wengeza mayelana nalokhu: "Kusukela ekuqaleni kwakusobala ukuthi uBono wayezoba umculi, hhayi ngenxa yezwi lakhe, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi wayengenasiginci, engena-amp, engenazo izinto zokuhamba.".
Ngalezo zinsuku, iqembu lentsha cishe lalingenazo izinto zokusebenza, lingenayo ngisho imibhobho, kodwa okungenani lalinama-guitar amabili, i-bass, isethi yesigubhu kanye nengxenye ye-amp bonke ababexhume kuyo. U-Edge ukhumbula ukuthi ukudlala imizuzu emibili bekufanele badlale "cula imizuzu engu-45 ngaphambili, ngakho-ke ukuphindaphinda bekuhamba kancane futhi yonke into igxile ekuzameni ukudlala ingoma yonke, noma ngabe bekuyini, kodwa asizange siphumelele". I-Edge iphinde iqinisekise: "Sifunde ukudlala ndawonye, sasingenalo ulwazi lokuqamba, nakuba kwakukhona izimpawu zekhono ngezinsimbi. Empeleni sasingenandaba uma singazi ukuthi singadlala kanjani kahle, ngaleso sikhathi sashukunyiswa amandla okwenza into entsha kanye nenhloso yokuzama ukusho okuthile okudlula abanye ».
I-albhamu yokuqala njenge-U2 yayibizwa ngokuthi 'Umfana' (1980), kodwa kwaba kuphela nge-'War' (1983) (i-albhamu yabo yesithathu) lapho befinyelela inombolo yabo yokuqala e-UK..
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