Mbiri ya gulu ili la Kansas, lomwe limapereka mawonekedwe apadera ophatikizira phokoso lokongola la nyimbo zamtundu wa anthu ndi zachikale, ndizosangalatsa kwambiri.
Zolinga zake zidapangidwanso ndi zida zosiyanasiyana zoimbira, pogwiritsa ntchito zida monga art rock ndi hard rock.
Lero ndi gulu lodziwika bwino komanso loyambirira lochokera ku USA, lokhazikitsidwa ndi mabwenzi akusukulu ochokera ku mzinda wa Topeka (likulu la Kansas) m'ma 1970 azaka zapitazi.
Odziwika kwambiri pagulu la Kansas
Kerry Livgren (gitala, kiyibodi) anabwera nyimbo oyambirira, zokonda zake woyamba anali classical ndi jazi. Gitala lamagetsi loyamba la woimba ndi chilengedwe chake.
Iye anayamba kulemba mawu, ankaimba ndi anzake kusukulu pamodzi. Pambuyo pake, adakhala membala wa gulu lodziwika bwino la Kansas.
Drummer Phil Ehart ubwana wake m'mayiko osiyanasiyana, monga bambo ake anali usilikali, ndi banja nthawi zonse anasamukira kwawo.
Kumayambiriro kwambiri, mnyamatayo anapeza luso loimba ng'oma. Atafika mumzinda wa Topeka, anayambitsa gulu limene pambuyo pake linalandira dzina lodziwika padziko lonse lapansi.
Dave Hope (bass) Kusukulu ya sekondale, mnyamatayo ankakonda mpira, iye bwinobwino ankasewera chitetezo chapakati mu timu ya mpira sukulu. Woyimba bassist wanzeru anali m'modzi mwa omwe adakonza gulu la Kansas.
Woyimba violini Robbie Steinhardt anabadwira ku Kansas. Anayamba kupita ku maphunziro a violin ali ndi zaka 8, adalandira maphunziro apamwamba. Banja lawo litasamukira ku Ulaya, Robbie nthawi zambiri ankaimba m'magulu oimba.
M'gululo, adakhala ngati wowunikira, akukakamiza kukhudzidwa ndi njira yachilendo yoyimba chida chapamwamba.
Wolemba mawu Steve Walsh (makiyidi) adabadwira ku Missouri. Pamene mnyamatayo anali ndi zaka 15, banja lake linasamukira ku Kansas. Pa msinkhu uwu, anali ndi chidwi ndi rock ndi roll. Steve wachichepere ankaimba bwino, koma ankakonda kwambiri zida za kiyibodi.
Kutsatira kutsatsa kwa nyuzipepala, adabwera kugululo, komwe adakhala ngati woimba ndikusewera ma keyboards.
Woimba gitala Rich Williams anabadwira ku Topeka, Kansas. Dzina lenileni la woimba ndi Richard John Williams. Ali mwana, mnyamatayo anachita ngozi - panthawi yamoto, diso lake linawonongeka.
Kwa nthawi ndithu, ankagwiritsa ntchito njira yopangira opaleshoni, yomwe kenako anaisintha n’kukhala bandeji. Poyamba ankaimba kiyibodi ndi gitala.
Chiyambi cha njira yolenga ya gulu la Kansas
Kupangidwa kwa gululi kudasintha zambiri, ndipo mu 1972, gulu logwirizana la mamembala asanu ndi limodzi, gulu la Kansas lidayamba kupanga mawonekedwe awoawo.
Anyamatawo anaphatikiza zinthu zamitundu yosiyanasiyana ya nyimbo (art rock, heavy blues, young hard rock). Zinawayendera bwino.
Kulemba pamanja kwa machitidwe a nyimbo ndi munthu payekha, zomwe zinali zosatheka kusokoneza ndi woimba wina aliyense.
Ma Albamu agululi, omwe adatulutsidwa m'ma 1970s, anali otchuka kwambiri ndi mafani a rock rock ndi hard rock "mafani".
Zofunikira kwambiri komanso zamphamvu pamawu ndi magwiridwe antchito zidatengedwa ngati ma discs monga: "Oyiwalika Overture", "Mwina Kubwerera", komanso nyimbo yayikulu komanso yolingalira "Song of America".
Kenako gululo linali pamwamba pa kuzindikira chifukwa cha ukoma wawo popereka zizindikiro za nyimbo kwa omvera. Komabe, studio yojambulira, yomwe anyamatawo adasaina nawo mgwirizano, sizinagwirizane ndi chilichonse.
Malingana ndi mgwirizano womwe unatsirizidwa, album ya golide kapena imodzi mwa 40 yapamwamba inali kuyembekezera. Sizinali zotheka kulembera kuyitanitsa, ndipo sanafune, kotero oimba amakonzekera tchuthi chawo ku Kansas kwawo.
Pafupifupi ndege isanakwane, Kerry Livgren adabweretsa nyimbo yatsopano yomwe idalimbikitsa anyamatawo kotero kuti adabweza matikiti awo ndikuyamba kujambula nyimbo yomwe adayiyembekezera kwa nthawi yayitali.
Inali nyimbo ya Carry On My Wayward Son, yomwe idatenga malo a 11 pama chart, chimbale cha Leftoverture chinali pa 5th.
Nyimboyi idapulumutsadi gululi, kubweretsa kupambana pazamalonda pomwe silinalingaliridwanso. Ma Albums, nsonga zamatchati, mafani, ma disc agolide ndi platinamu adatsata.
Chodabwitsa n'chakuti, 1979 ndi kutulutsidwa kwa Album ya Monolith inali chiyambi cha chiwonongeko cha kulimba mu gululo.
Mavuto opanga gulu la Kansas
Kusintha kwachitika mtsogolo mwa gulu lodabwitsa. Zonse zidayamba ndi kufewetsa kwakukulu kwa nyimbo zomwe Kansas idatchuka nazo.
Steve Walsh adasiya gululo. Kutayika kwa woimba wamphamvu kunathandizira kwambiri kutulutsa mapulogalamu ofooka kwambiri.
Zaka zinayi pambuyo pake, gulu lodziwika bwino lodziwika bwino linasiya kukhalapo. Aliyense anapita njira yake. Kerry Livgren adalowa m'chipembedzo, ndikutulutsa chimbale chake choyamba. Kenako Dave Hope ananyamuka.
Kutsitsimuka kwa gulu la Kansas kukondweretsa mafani
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1980, gulu la gululo, litakonzedwanso, linayambiranso ntchito yake yoimba. Iwo anayamba kujambula, kuyendera, kubwezeretsa kutchuka kwawo kwakale, zisudzo zapadera ndi oimba a symphony zidawonekera.
Mu 2018, gulu la Kansas lidakondwerera zaka 40 za chimbale chawo cha "Point of Knowledge Return" paulendo wokumbukira chaka, pomwe nyimbo zonse zomwe zidaphatikizidwa mu chimbalecho zidayimbidwa komanso nyimbo zatsopano zagululi zidawonetsedwa.
