Mbiri ya gulu la Squeeze idayamba pomwe Chris Difford adalengeza m'sitolo yanyimbo zokhudzana ndi kulemba gulu latsopano. Zinachita chidwi ndi gitala wamng'ono Glenn Tilbrook.
Pambuyo pake mu 1974, Jules Holland (woyimba makiyibodi) ndi Paul Gunn (wosewera ng'oma) adawonjezedwa pamzerewu. Anyamatawo adadzitcha okha Squeeze pambuyo pa album ya Velvet "Underground".
Pang'onopang'ono adadziwika ku London akusewera m'ma pubs osavuta. Anyamatawa adagwiritsa ntchito zojambula za punk ndi glam mu nyimbo zawo, adaphatikiza bwino nyimbo za rock ndi nyimbo zapamwamba za pop. Kawirikawiri, nyimbozo zinali zofewa, zomwe zimakumbukira John Lennon ndi Paul McCartney.
Patatha zaka ziwiri, mu 1976, Harry Caculli adalowa nawo gulu loimba gitala, m'malo mwa Paul Gunn, Gilson Lavis (woyang'anira wakale wa Chuck Berry).
Tsegulani oimba Finyani
Anyamatawo adalemba nyimbo zingapo za RCA Records. Koma ntchito yokhayo sinabweretse zotsatira zomwe ankafuna ndipo nyimbozo zinakanidwa, sizinatulutsidwe kwa anthu ambiri. Kenako Squeeze adasaina mgwirizano ndi kampani yatsopano yotchedwa BTM, ya Michaels Copland.
Kampani yojambulira idasokonekera mu 1977. Copland adakonza ndi membala wa Velvet John Cale kuti athandizire kumaliza nyimbo ya oimba. Ndipo m'chaka chomwecho, nyimbo yoyamba yotchedwa "Packet of Three" kuchokera ku studio ya Deptford Fun City Records inatulutsidwa. A John Cale asayina mgwirizano wa Squeeze ndi A&M Records, yemwe adagwirapo kale ntchito ndi Sex Pistols.
Oyimba ali ndi nyimbo yopambana "Nditengereni Ndine Wanu". Izi zinatsatiridwa ndi kutulutsidwa kwa chimbale choyambirira "Squezze". Cale anasintha kamvekedwe ka gululo pang'ono, ndikupangitsa kuti ikhale yosangalatsa komanso yosiyana ndi nyimbo za pub.
Finyani kupambana koyambirira
Kutchuka kwadziko lonse kunabwera ku gululo pamodzi ndi chimbale chachiwiri "Cool for Amphaka", ndi "Nyimbo 6 za Finyani Zophwanyidwa M'mbiri Yambiri Makumi". Pambuyo pake, Harry Caculli adachotsedwa m'gululi, ndipo adasinthidwa ndi John Bentley.
Mu 1980, anyamata anatulutsa Album yotsatira, Argybargy. Ntchitoyi idalandira ndemanga zabwino; otsutsa ndi omvetsera anasangalala. Zina mwa izo zinali "Msomali Wina Mumtima Mwanga", komanso "Kukoka Mussels". Nyimbozi zidaseweredwa m'makalabu aku US komanso mawayilesi otchuka.
Komabe, kalembedwe ka Holland kadali kosiyana kwambiri ndi mawu onse. Mu 1980, iye anasiya gulu, kupanga ntchito yake "Millionaires". Squezze adalemba ganyu Paul Carrack m'malo mwake.
Gululi lidapeza opanga atsopano - Elvis Costello ndi Roger Behirian, mothandizidwa ndi chimbale "East Side Story" chinatulutsidwa. Inalandira ndemanga zabwino kwambiri, koma inalibe yankho lokwanira lamalonda. Carrack adachoka pamzerewu mu 1981 ndipo adasinthidwa ndi Don Snow.
Kugwa ndi chitsitsimutso cha gulu
Tsopano oimba anali otanganidwa nthawi zonse kujambula nyimbo zatsopano, kuyendera ndi zoimbaimba. Patapita nthawi, anyamatawo anayamba kutha, zomwe zinadziwika mu ntchito yawo "Maswiti Ochokera kwa Mlendo". Ku America, adatenga mizere 32.
Mu 1982, Squeeze adasewera ku New York, koma anyamatawo sanamve phokoso la konsati. Ndipo pamapeto pake, patapita miyezi ingapo, gululo linatha. Pachifukwa ichi, gulu lopambana la "Singles - 45's and Under" limasulidwa, lomwe ku England linatenga mzere wodabwitsa wa 3 wa tchati, ndipo anapita ku platinamu ku States.
Ngakhale kuti gululo linatha, Difford ndi Tilbrook anapitiriza kupanga mgwirizano. Ntchito yawo idawonekera mu ma Albums a Helen Shapiro, Paul Young, Jules Holland ndi Bill Bremner. Oimba nawonso adapanga dongosolo lonse la nyimbo "Yolembedwa ndi Chikondi", yomwe idachitika ku England mu 1983.
Gululi linabwerera kukagwira ntchito limodzi mu 1984 ndi nyimbo yatsopano, Difford & Tilbrook. Albumyo inawonetsanso kalembedwe komweko, koma anyamatawo adakula tsitsi lawo ndikuvala malaya amvula. Gululi lidakumananso mu 1985 ndi wosewera watsopano wa bass Keith Wilkinson.
Kasinthasintha mu timu
Chaka chotsatira, chimbale "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti" chinatulutsidwa, chomwe chinali ndi kupambana kwabwino pakati pa otsutsa ndi omvera. Komabe, sichinagulitse bwino momwe chiyenera kukhalira. Wowonjezera keyboardist wawonjezedwa kugululi - Andy Metcalfe, yemwe adasewera kale ku Egypt.
Ndi iye, anyamatawo adalemba nyimbo yotchuka kwambiri "Babylon and On". Nyimboyi idafika pa nambala 14 ku UK. Nyimbo "Hourglass" idakwera mpaka nambala 15 ku US. Finyani akuyamba ulendo wake wapadziko lonse lapansi, ndipo zitatha izi Metcalfe aganiza zosiya gululo.
Mbiri "Frank", yotulutsidwa mu 1989, inali pafupifupi yolephera ku UK ndi ku US. Gululi limapita kukayendera diskiyo, ndipo panthawiyi situdiyo ya A&M imasiya mgwirizano ndi oimba.
Atabwerera kuchokera kukaona malo, Holland amachoka ku Squeeze ndikuyamba kuchita ntchito yake, ndikuyiphatikiza ndi ntchito pa TV. Kwa zaka zambiri zotsatila, adakhala ndi pulogalamu yodziwika bwino ya nyimbo.
Gulu mu 90s
Mu 1990, chimbale chokhala ndi zojambulidwa pompopompo chotchedwa "A Round and a Bout" chinatulutsidwa pamaziko a IRS Records, ndipo patatha chaka chimodzi gulu loimba linasaina pangano ndi Reprise Records. Ndi iwo, gulu amalenga latsopano chimbale "Play", kumene Steve Neve, Matt Irving ndi Bruce Hornsby ankaimba ngati keyboardists.
Difford ndi Tilbrook mu 1992 pamodzi adapereka makonsati kutengera phokoso lamayimbidwe. Izi sizinasokoneze ntchito za "Finyani". Steve Neave adakhazikika mu timuyi, m'malo mwa Gilson Lewis adasewera Pete Thomas.
Patatha chaka chimodzi, oimbawo ayambiranso mgwirizano wawo ndi A&M, pomwe amajambulitsa chimbale chawo chotsatira, Some Fantastic Place. Anachita bwino mokwanira ku UK kwawo, koma ku America sanalandire chisamaliro chomwe ankafuna.
Pete Thomas wasinthidwa ndi Andy Newmark ndipo Keith Wilkinson abwereranso kusewera bass. Ndi mzere uwu mu 1995, gulu limapanga mbiri yatsopano "Zopusa".
Chaka chotsatira, magulu awiri ofanana amamasulidwa m'mphepete mwa nyanja: "Piccadilly Collection" ku America ndi "Excess Moderation" ku England.
Mu 1997, A&M idatulutsa nyimbo zokhala ndi ma diski 6 olembedwanso m'mawu atsopano. Kuphatikizika kwina kukanatulutsidwa mu 1998, koma chifukwa cha kutsekedwa kwa zilembo zonse zidathetsedwa. Mu 1998, Squeeze adalemba chimbale "Domino" pamodzi mu studio yatsopano ya Quixotic Records.
Anyamata potsiriza anaganiza kusiya ntchito zawo olowa kulenga mu 1999, atasonkhana okha mu 2007 kwa ulendo America ndi UK.
