Gulu la Canada Crash Test Dummies lidapangidwa chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980 ku Winnipeg. Poyamba, omwe adayambitsa gululi, Curtis Riddell ndi Brad Roberts, adaganiza zopanga gulu laling'ono kuti azichita m'magulu.
Gululo linalibe ngakhale dzina; linkatchedwa mayina oyamba ndi omaliza a omwe adayambitsa. Anyamatawo ankaimba nyimbo ngati chinthu chosangalatsa, osaganizira za ntchito ya rock.
Chiyambi cha ntchito ya gulu Crash Test Dummies
Kwa zaka zingapo zoyamba, Riddell ndi Roberts adayeserera ndikuchita m'makalabu ang'onoang'ono ndi ma pubs osasiya ntchito zawo zamatsiku. Nyimbo ndi zosangalatsa, iwo ankaganiza, koma iwo anali olakwa.
Mu 1991, gululi linakhala gulu linalake loimba m'magulu ang'onoang'ono. Zinaganiza zosintha dzinalo kukhala Crash Test Dummies ndikuyitanitsa oimba olimba.
Chimbale choyambirira, The Ghosts that Haunt Me, chinajambulidwa pa BMG Records. Kuphatikiza pa oyambitsa awiriwa, Ellen Reed, Benjamin Darvill, Mitch Dorge ndi Dan Roberts adatenga nawo gawo pakujambula kwa nyimbo.
Wotsutsa nyimbo wotchuka Stephen Thomas Erlewine anapereka chimbalecho nyenyezi 3,5 mwa 5 ndikuchitcha kuti "Chimbale chabwino kwambiri chochokera kwa oimba nyimbo zamtundu wa anthu."
Kutulutsidwa kwa chimbalecho kumatha kutchedwa kuyamba bwino kwa ntchito. Mtundu waukulu wa nyimbo pa chimbalecho unali wa anthu akumidzi.
Zowona, anthu adakonda zolemba zanzeru komanso zoseketsa kuposa nyimbo zowotcha. Chimbalecho chinatulutsidwa mu makope 4 miliyoni.
Nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri pa mbiriyi inali Nyimbo ya Superman, yomwe inalembedwa mu kalembedwe ka ballad ndipo inakhala "khadi loyimbira" la ntchito yoyambirira ya gululo.
Ikhoza kutchedwanso nyimbo ya tebulo, chifukwa m'mabala a ku Canada nthawi zambiri ankamveka kuchokera pakamwa pa anthu omvera. Crash Test Dummies idalandira Mphotho ya Juno pazolemba izi. Koma zonse zinali zitangoyamba kumene.
Chimbale chachiwiri cha gululo
Sewero lachiwiri lalitali la Mulungu Anagwedeza Mapazi Ake linatulutsidwa patatha zaka ziwiri kuchokera pamene adatulutsa chimbale chawo choyamba, chomwe chinathandiza anyamatawo kupanga "kupambana" kwenikweni. Anasintha kuchokera ku gulu la m'chigawo cha Canada cha Manitoba kukhala nyenyezi zenizeni za rock.
Chivundikiro cha Albumcho chidasindikizidwa ngati chithunzi cha Titian "Bacchus ndi Ariadne" ndi nkhope za mamembala. Chimbalechi chili ndi nyimbo yoti "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm", yomwe idapangitsa gululo kutchuka kunja kwa Canada.
Jerry Harrison anatenga gawo mu kujambula kwa chimbale chachiwiri. Adachitapo kale ndi Talking Heads. Harrison adawonetsa luso lake ngati woyimba nyimbo ndipo adapanga nyimbo zenizeni, zomwe gululo lidapeza kutchuka kwenikweni.
Kupambana kwamalonda kunali kotheka chifukwa chakuti chitukuko chinali ndi cholinga cha anthu ambiri. Nyimbo zonse zidakhala mu mawonekedwe a wailesi, zomwe zidapangitsa gululo kukhala mlendo pafupipafupi pamawayilesi anyimbo.
Nyimboyi Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm inafika pamwamba pa ma chart khumi padziko lonse lapansi. Otsutsa adawona mawu okongola a baritone a Brad Roberts woimba.
Sewero lalitali lachiwiri linagulitsa makope mamiliyoni angapo. Albumyi idalandira mayina angapo a Grammy Award.
Album Moyo wa Worm
"Otsatira" a gululo adayenera kudikirira zaka zitatu kuti alembe nyimbo yotsatira. Wotsogolera gululi adakhala nthawiyi akuyendayenda padziko lonse lapansi. Anapita ku London, mayiko a Benelux ndi malo ena osangalatsa ku Ulaya.
Kwa nthawi yayitali, palibe amene adadziwa komwe Brad Roberts adapita. Malinga ndi woimbayo mwiniwakeyo: "Panthawiyo panali alendo aku Germany ndi Italy okha ondizungulira."
Paulendowu, Roberts adapanga zojambula zingapo zomwe zidathandizira kupanga zida zachimbale chatsopanocho.
Chimbale A Worm's Life, opangidwa ndi oimba okha, analibe ndemanga zabwino. Zinalibe zomveka ngati zakale: Nyimbo ya Superman ndi Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm.
Koma chifukwa cha kutchuka kwa gulu, chimbale mwamsanga anakhala platinamu patatu Canada.
Kenako ntchito gulu
Ndipo kachiwiri, "mafani" a gululo amayenera kudikirira zaka zitatu pakati pa kutulutsidwa kwa ma album. Chimbale cha Give Yourself A Hand, chomwe chinatulutsidwa mu 1999, chinalandira mtundu wamakono.
Oimbawo adachoka ku gitala, kupereka msonkho ku zamagetsi. Zambiri mwazolembazo zidalembedwa mumtundu wa trip-hop, ndipo Brad Roberts adasintha baritone yake kukhala falsetto. Wolemba makiyibodi a gululi Ellen Reed anali ndi udindo woimba nyimbo zingapo.
Si onse a m’gululo amene anayamikira kusintha kwa mtundu watsopano wa nyimbo, chotero anayamba kuchita “zinthu” zawozawo.
Pafupifupi oimba onse a gulu la Crash Test Dummies adatulutsa nyimbo zawo payekha atatulutsa chimbale chawo chachinayi.
Mu 2000, Brad Roberts adachita ngozi yagalimoto koma adapulumuka. Analandira chithandizo ku Argyle. Kumeneko anakumana ndi oimba achichepere amene anamuthandiza kujambula sewero lake lalitali la I Don’t Care That You Don’t Mind.
Roberts adayitananso Ellen Reed ndi Mitch Dorge kuti alembe. Zinaganiza zotulutsa mbiri ya Crash Test Dummies.
Chimbalecho chidakhala chosangalatsa kwambiri, chinkawonetsa kubwerera ku mizu ya anthu komanso kumveka kwa chimbale choyambirira cha gululo. Chimbalecho chinatulutsidwa pa chizindikiro cha Roberts, koma sichinali chopambana, ngakhale kusintha kwa kalembedwe kunalandiridwa bwino ndi otsutsa ndi "mafani" a gululo.
Chimbale chotsatira muzojambula za gululi chinali chimbale cha Khrisimasi Jingle All The Way. Oimbawo adaganiza zoitulutsa m'mawu ochepa.
Koma chifukwa cha kutchuka, nyimbozo zinalembedwanso ndikuwonjezedwa pamndandanda wa nyimbo yotsatira ya Puss 'N' Boots. Chimbalecho chinalembedwanso mumayendedwe amtundu wa acoustic.
Gulu lero
Brad Roberts tsopano akugwira ntchito yophunzitsa, koma nthawi ndi nthawi amapereka zoimbaimba ndi anzake akale. Ngakhale sipanakhalepo ntchito ngati Crash Test Dummies kuyambira 2010.
