Culture Club imatengedwa kuti ndi gulu latsopano la Britain. Gululi linakhazikitsidwa mu 1981. Mamembalawa amachita nyimbo zoyimba ndi zinthu za mzimu woyera. Gululi limadziwika ndi chithunzi chodziwika bwino cha woyimba wawo wamkulu, Boy George.
Kwa nthawi yayitali, gulu la Culture Club linali gawo la gulu la achinyamata la New Romance. Gululi lapambana mphoto ya Grammy kangapo. Oimba nthawi 7 adapezeka kuti ali pamwamba 10 ku UK, nthawi 6 m'ma chart aku US.
Gululi lidakwanitsa kugulitsa zolemba zopitilira 35 miliyoni padziko lonse lapansi. Chotsatira chabwino kwambiri, poganizira kuchuluka kwa magulu oimba omwe analipo panthawiyo.
Mbiri yakukhazikitsidwa kwa gulu la Culture Club
Culture Club ndi gulu lomwe limabweretsa pamodzi oimba aluso. M'mapangidwe ake: Mwana George (wotsogolera), Roy Hay (makiyibodi, gitala), Mikey Craig (gitala la bass), Jon Moss (ng'oma). Chimake cha kutchuka kwake chinali pakati pa zaka za m'ma 1980 za XX atumwi. Gululo linakhudza mibadwo yambiri ya oimba omwe pambuyo pake adawonekera pawonetsero.
Kalelo mu 1981, Boy George adachita nawo gulu la Bow Wow Wow. Iye ankadziwika pansi pa pseudonym Lieutenant Lush. Ankafuna ufulu wochuluka wolankhula. Zinaganiza zopanga gulu lawo, lomwe linaphatikizapo Hay, Moss ndi Craig. Dzina losazolowereka la gululo limagwirizana ndi mtundu ndi mtundu wa oimba. Woyimba wamkulu ndi wachi Irish, woyimba bassist ndi waku Britain, woyimba gitala ndi Chingerezi, ndipo woyimba keyboard ndi Myuda.
Choyamba, mgwirizano udasainidwa ndi studio yojambulira EMI Records, koma idakhala nthawi yayitali. Ndipo oimbawo adayenera kuyang'ana situdiyo yatsopano. Chiwonetserocho chidakondedwa ndi Virgin Records. Mgwirizano unasaina, chifukwa chake panali mgwirizano wautali komanso wopindulitsa. Chidwi chinali kuyang'ana pa mawonekedwe achilendo androgynous a soloist. Okonda nyimbo amayamikira ma balladi a pop, nyimbo za rock ndi nyimbo za reggae.
Kupambana kwa Boy George pa siteji ya ku Ulaya
Gulu la Culture Club linadabwitsa akatswiri ambiri ndi chitukuko chofulumira padziko lonse la bizinesi yawonetsero. Maonekedwe osakhala amtundu wa frontman, mawu amphamvu, kutsagana ndi nyimbo komanso kukwezedwa koyenera ndizomwe zimapangitsa kuti gululi liziyenda bwino.
Mu 1982, nyimbo zoyamba za White Boy ndi I'm Afraid of Me zinatulutsidwa. Zinali zikomo kwa iwo kuti gululi lidayamba ulendo wawo pamasewera oimba.
Omvera analandira nyimbozo ndi manja awiri. Gululo linazindikira kuti n'zotheka kulenga zina, choncho anayamba kujambula nyimbo zatsopano. Patatha miyezi ingapo, Mystery Boy adatuluka. Linatulutsidwa m’makope ochepa ku Japan.
Chifukwa cha nyimbo yachitatu yotchedwa Do You Really Want to Hurt Me, gululi linatchuka padziko lonse lapansi. Inakhala # 1 kugunda ku UK, #2 kugunda ku America.
Gululo lidaitanidwa kuti likachite nawo pulogalamu yotchuka ya Top of the Pops, komwe idachita bwino kwambiri. Anthu omverawo anasangalala kwambiri ndi nyimbo zimene ankaimba.
Kumapeto kwa 1982, chimbale choyambirira cha Kissing to be Clever chinatulutsidwa. Zinali mu nyimbo 5 zapamwamba kwambiri zomwe zinatulutsidwa chaka chimenecho ku UK.
Situdiyo yojambulira idaganiza zofalitsa zosonkhanitsira, zomwe zidaphatikizanso zomenyedwa. Anatha kulowa mu nyimbo 10 zapamwamba kwambiri.
Chaka chotsatira, chimbale cha Colour by Numbers chinatulutsidwa. Yagulitsa makope 10 miliyoni. Chifukwa cha izi, adaphatikizidwa pamndandanda wa zabwino kwambiri, zomwe zidapangidwa ndi magazini ya Rolling Stone.
Gululo linayamba kulandira mphoto zambiri. George adaitanidwa ku TV kuti alankhule za mapulani ake opanga. Chisangalalo, chikoka, khalidwe losavuta linamuthandiza kuti akhale wokondedwa wa anthu komanso atolankhani.
Kugwa kwa timu
Mu 1984, gululi linajambula nyimbo ya Kudzuka ndi Nyumba Yamoto. Idapanga mndandanda wazophatikiza zabwino kwambiri ku UK. Fans ndi akatswiri adatha kuwunika nyimbo zochepa chabe. Zina zonse zinkawoneka zosasangalatsa kwa iwo, zachindunji.
Monga momwe Boy George adavomerezera pambuyo pake, kupambana kwa gululi kunatembenuza mitu osati ya oimba okha, komanso studio yojambulira. Kuti lipeze ndalama zambiri, gululi linapita kukayendera dziko lonse ndipo kenako linayamba kujambula chimbale chatsopano. N'zosadabwitsa kuti kusowa mphamvu ndi kudzoza kunakhudza kupambana kwa nyimbozo.
Kumapeto kwa 1985, panali mikangano yaikulu pakati pa otenga nawo mbali. Woyimba yekha ndi woyimba ng'oma anali ndi ubale wapamtima kwa nthawi yayitali, zomwe zatopetsa. Izi zinakhudza ntchito m’gululo. George anali ndi nkhaŵa yaikulu ponena za kulekana ndi wokondedwa wake. Iye ankakonda kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala osokoneza bongo, ngakhale kuti poyamba ankadana kwambiri ndi kugwiritsa ntchito mankhwala alionse.
Kujambula kwa chimbale chomaliza panthawiyo kunakokera kwa nthawi yayitali. Ofalitsa nkhani akufalitsa uthenga wokhudza kumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo kwa woimbayo, yemwe poyamba anali wokondedwa ku UK. Panali kuchepa kwa kutchuka kwa gululo m'misika yanyimbo yaku Britain ndi America. Ulendo wapadziko lonse wathetsedwa.
Mnyamata George anamangidwa chifukwa chokhala ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Anafunika kulimbana ndi chidwi ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo, kuti apeze tanthauzo latsopano m’moyo. Iye anayesa yekha ngati soloist wa gulu latsopano, analemba autobiography, anayesa kuyambiranso.
Chitsitsimutso cha Culture Club
Only mu 1998 ubale pakati pa oimba anayamba kuchira. Madandaulo akale anaiwalika pang’onopang’ono. Anyamatawo adaganiza zopita kudziko lonse lapansi.
Otsatira anali okondwa ndi chitsitsimutso cha gulu lawo lokonda. Kupambana kwakale kunayamba kubwerera, koma chimbale chachisanu Musaganize Ngati Ndikuchita sichinapambane. Ndinayenera kupuma pang'ono kuti ndiganizire njira zotsatirazi.
Mu 2006, adaganiza zopita kukaona, koma Boy George anakana. Ndinayenera kutembenukira kwa Sam Butcher.
Anasankhidwa zodzikongoletsera zoyenera, zovala, koma otsutsa ndi okonda nyimbo sanayamikire zoyesayesa za mamembala a gululo. Ndinachita kumunyengerera Boy George kuti abwerere kumene kunali mtsogoleri.
Mu 2011 gululi lidaimba m'malo ambiri akuluakulu kuphatikiza Sydney ndi Dubai. Ndipo mu 2011, gulu la Culture Club lidachita masewera 11 ku UK.
Oyimba adajambulitsa chimbale cha Tribes, chomwe adakonda okonda gululo. Akuchitabe mpaka lero. Repertoire imaphatikizapo nyimbo zatsopano komanso zomveka zoyesedwa nthawi.
Ngakhale njira zovuta kulenga, gulu anakwanitsa kulemba 6 situdiyo Albums, 23 singles, ambiri amene anagunda matchati.
Ma studio ojambulira atulutsa magulu 6, omwe ali ndi nyimbo zabwino kwambiri za Culture Club.
Oimba ali ndi mphoto zambiri zomwe amalandila ku UK. Mafani amakonda gululo chifukwa cha nyimbo zowona mtima, woyimba payekha komanso mayankho kuchokera kwa woyimba aliyense.
