Styx ndi gulu laku America la pop-rock lomwe limadziwika kwambiri pamabwalo opapatiza. Kutchuka kwa gululi kudafika pachimake m'ma 1970 ndi 1980 m'zaka zapitazi.
Kulengedwa kwa gulu la Styx
Gulu loimba nyimbo poyamba anaonekera mu 1965 ku Chicago, koma kenako amatchedwa mosiyana. Gulu la Trade Winds linkadziwika ku yunivesite yonse ya Chicago, ndipo atsikanawo ankakonda kwambiri oimba okongola.
Ntchito yaikulu ya gululi inali kusewera m’mabala am’deralo ndi m’makalabu ausiku. Gululo linapanganso ndalama ndi machitidwe awo, ndipo panthawiyo chinali chiyambi chabwino.
Gululi linali ndi oyimba atatu, kuphatikiza:
- Chuck Panozzo - gitala
- John Panozzo - percussion
- Dennis DeYoung ndi woyimba, woyimba keyboard komanso wa accordionist.
Pambuyo posintha dzina la gululo kukhala TW4, mndandandawo udawonjezeredwanso ndi oimba ena awiri:
- John Kurulewski - gitala
- James Young - mawu, keyboards
Ojambulawo adaganiza zosintha dzina la gululo, ndipo njira yokhayo yomwe sinapangitse gag reflex inali gulu la Styx, malinga ndi DeYoung.
Kupambana kumapita patsogolo
Gululi linayamba kugwirizanitsa ndi label ya Wooden Nickel Records ndipo inayamba kugwira ntchito mwakhama pa Albums. Kuyambira 1972 mpaka 1974 Oyimba atulutsa ma Albums 4, kuphatikiza:
- Styx;
- Styx II;
- Njoka Ikuuka;
- Munthu Wozizwitsa.
Mgwirizano ndi chizindikiro chodziwika bwino chinathandiza gululo kukwera pamwamba pa Olympus. Zaka ziwiri pambuyo pa kutulutsidwa kwa album yoyamba, dziko lonse lapansi linkadziwa kale za gulu la Styx.
Mu 1974, nyimbo ya Lady idatenga malo a 6 pagulu la nyimbo zomwe zidagunda.
Malonda a album ya Styx anawonjezeka, ndipo pamene oimba anamva kuti ma discs theka la miliyoni amagulitsidwa ngati makeke otentha, chisangalalo chawo sichinathe malire. Kuphatikiza pa kupambana kwachuma, gululo linkayembekezera kukula kwa ntchito.
Band contract ndi A&M Records
Kampani yodziwika bwino ya A&M Records idafuna kugwirizana ndi gululi. Mgwirizano ndi kampaniyi unapangitsa gulu kupanga nyimbo zatsopano zotchuka.
Mu 1975, gululi lidatulutsa chimbale cha Equinox, chomwe chidapitilira kupita ku platinamu.
Ngakhale kutchuka komanso ndalama zambiri, John Kurulewski adaganiza zosiya gululo. M'malo mwake munali woyimba gitala wachinyamata komanso wolemba nyimbo, Tommy Shaw.
Woimba wazaka 23 adalowa nawo gulu mwachangu ndikulemba nyimbo zinayi za album ya Crystal Ball.
Chisomo cha kutchuka kwa gululi komanso kugwa kwa gulu la Styx
Ntchito ya oimbayo inali yopambana nthawi zonse, koma sankayembekezera kuti adzakhala otchuka komanso odziwika bwanji mu 1977. Album yawo yatsopano The Grand Illusion inaposa zonse zomwe opanga ndi otsutsa amayembekezera. Nyimbo zotchuka kwambiri zinali:
- Bwerani Pamwamba;
- Kudzipusitsa;
- Abiti America.
Chimbalecho chinatsimikiziridwa katatu ndi platinamu, ndipo oimba anali kukonza maakaunti akubanki kuti apeze ndalama zododometsa.
Mu 1979, Styx adatchedwa gulu lodziwika kwambiri. Nyimbo zawo zinali pamwamba pa matchati kwa milungu ingapo, panalibe American mmodzi yemwe sankadziwa ngakhale nyimbo imodzi ya gululo.
Koma kupambana konse kumafika kumapeto. Gululo linayamba "kuvunda kuchokera mkati" - panali mikangano yambiri. Posakhalitsa oimbawo anaganiza zolengeza za kutha.
Dennis DeYoung ndi Tommy Shaw adapita okha ndikuyamba kulemba nyimbo zawo.
Kugwirizananso kwa mzere
Pambuyo pa zaka 10, gulu linagwirizananso, koma Tommy Shaw anali wotanganidwa ndi ntchito payekha ndipo anakana kuitana anzake. M'malo mwake, Glen Bertnick adatengedwa kupita kugulu.
Pamodzi, gululo linatulutsa chimbale cha The Edge of the Centure. Sanakhale platinamu, koma adalandira udindo wa golide, ndipo nyimbo ya DeYoung ya Show me the way inatenga malo achitatu pama chart.
Gululo linapita ku America, linamaliza ulendowu, koma posakhalitsa gulu la Styx linatha.
Mu 1995, oimba adasonkhananso kukumbukira masiku abwino akale ndipo adaganiza zotulutsa chimbale chawo chomaliza, Styx Greatest Hits.
Panthawiyi gululi linali litataya kale oyimba mmodzi. John Panozzo anafa chifukwa cha kumwerekera ndi kuledzera. Todd Suckerman anatenga malo ake.
Atamaliza bwino ulendowu, gululo linabwerera ku studio zojambulira zaka ziwiri zokha. Koma ulemerero wakale sunalinso pakati pa oimba akale.
Dennis adasiya gululo chifukwa cha zovuta zaumoyo, Chuck adachoka chifukwa chosagwirizana ndi anzawo. A nkhope yatsopano anaonekera mu timu kachiwiri - Lawrence Govan, ndi Bertnick anaganiza kubwerera ku gitala bass.
M'tsogolomu, gululo silinayembekezere nthawi zabwino kwambiri. De Young adasumira anzake chifukwa cha umwini wa nyimbo zake, ndipo milanduyi inatha mpaka 2001.
Gulu Styx lero
Mu 2003, gulu la Styx linatulutsa ma Album atatu atsopano, koma sanalandire yankho lomwe likuyembekezeka.
Mu 2005, oimba adakondweretsa anthu ndi nyimbo zawo zakale, zomwe adazilembanso m'makonzedwe atsopano. Mabaibulo odziwika bwino, akukumbukiridwabe, koma gulu la Styx linalephera kukwera pamwamba pa malo a 46 a ma chart.
Mu 2006, gululi linajambula nyimbo zomwezo komanso gulu la oimba. Pa izi, mwina, kutchuka kwa gululo kunatha.
Mu 2017, oimba otsala mu gululo adatulutsa chimbale cha The Mission, koma sichinali chodziwika bwino, ndipo ndi anthu okhawo omwe anali okhumudwa m'ma 1980s omwe adagula.
Mpaka pano, gululi lazimiririka ku dziko la nyimbo, ndipo mamembala ake akugwira ntchito zina.
