The Fray ndi gulu lodziwika bwino la rock ku United States, lomwe mamembala ake adachokera ku mzinda wa Denver. Gululi linakhazikitsidwa mu 2002. Oimba adatha kuchita bwino kwambiri munthawi yochepa. Ndipo tsopano mamiliyoni a mafani ochokera padziko lonse lapansi akuwadziwa.
Mbiri ya mapangidwe a gulu
Anthu a m’gululo pafupifupi onse ankakumana m’matchalitchi a mumzinda wa Denver, kumene ankathandiza kuchititsa mapemphero. Mamembala atatu a m’ndandanda wamakono amapita ku Sande sukulu mokhazikika pamodzi. Panopa pali mamembala anayi mgululi.
Mamembala Isaac Slade ndi Joe King ankadziwa Ben Wysotsky. Ben anali ndi zaka zingapo ndipo ankaimba ng’oma m’gulu lolambirira la tchalitchi. Nthawi zambiri atatuwa ankakumana ndi kugwira ntchito limodzi. Wophunzira wachinayi, David Welsh, ndi bwenzi lapamtima la Ben, anyamatawo anali mu gulu lomwelo la tchalitchi. Ndipo kotero kudziwana kwa anyamata onse kunachitika.
Pambuyo pake, Isaac ndi Joe adayitana Mike Ayers (gitala) ku duet yawo, Zach Johnson (ng'oma). Caleb (mchimwene wake wa Slade) nayenso adalowa nawo gululo ndipo anali kuyang'anira bass. Koma kukhalabe kwake m’gululi kunali kwakanthawi.
Atachoka womalizayo, ubale wa abalewo unakula, zomwe zimamveka mu nyimbo ya Over My Head. Kenako Zach Johnson anasiya gulu, pamene iye anaphunzira pa Art Academy mu dziko lina.
Chifukwa chiyani oimba adasankha dzina la The Fray?
Mamembala a gululo anapempha anthu ongodutsa mwachisawawa kuti alembe mayina aliwonse pamapepala. Kenako anatulutsa chinsalu chimodzi chokhala ndi mutuwo maso ali otseka. Pamodzi, kuchokera pazosankha zomwe adalandira, oimba adasankha The Fray.
Oimba adagonjetsa mafani awo oyambirira pamene adapereka ma concert kumudzi kwawo. M'chaka choyamba cha ntchito yawo, gululo linalemba Album ya Movement EP, yomwe ili ndi nyimbo 4. Ndipo mu 2002, anyamatawo adatulutsanso mini-album Chifukwa EP.
Nyimbo ya Over My Head inakhala yotchuka kwambiri pawailesi yakumaloko. Pachifukwa ichi, zolemba zodziwika bwino za Epic Records zinasaina mgwirizano ndi gululi m'nyengo yozizira ya chaka chino. Mu 2004, gulu m'dera analandira mutu wa "Best Young Musical Gulu".
Album yoyamba The Fray
Ndi Epic Records, gululi lidajambula chimbale chachitali, Momwe Mungapulumutsire Moyo. Inatuluka mu autumn 2005. Nyimbo zomwe zili mu chimbalecho zinali ndi zolemba za rock classic ndi alternative.
Oyimbawo adaphatikizanso nyimbo ya Over My Head mu chimbale, chomwe chimatanthawuza nyimbo yoyamba ya disc. Anakwanitsa kugonjetsa tchati cha Billboard Hot 100, komwe adalowa mu nyimbo 10 zapamwamba kwambiri. Pambuyo pake, adalandira udindo wa "platinamu", ndipo pa MySpace network adamvera nthawi zoposa 1 miliyoni. Padziko lonse lapansi, nyimboyi idalowa m'malo 25 apamwamba kwambiri m'maiko ambiri a Europe, Canada, Australia. Nyimboyi idakhala yachisanu kutsitsa kwambiri mu 2006.
Chotsatira Chotsatira Chotsatira Inu sichinali chotsika pakutchuka kwa ntchito yapitayi. Nyimboyi inalembedwa ndi mtsogoleri wa gululo, pomwe adayimba bwenzi lake, yemwe pambuyo pake adakhala mkazi wake.
Kutsutsa kwa chimbalecho kunali kosakanikirana. Magazini ya Allmusic inapatsa chimbale chochepa kwambiri ndipo adanena kuti gululo silinali loyambirira mokwanira. Ndipo nyimbo zachimbale sizimadzutsa malingaliro ndi malingaliro mwa omvera.
Magazini ya Stylus idapatsa chimbalecho chiwongola dzanja choyipa, ponena kuti gululo silingasangalatse omvera ambiri mtsogolomo. Otsutsa ambiri adatsatira magaziniyi, ndipo adapatsa albumyi nyenyezi zitatu zokha. Komabe, chimbalecho chinakhala champhamvu pakati pa omvetsera achikristu. Magazini ina Yachikristu inaipatsa chiŵerengero chapamwamba kwambiri, ponena kuti “osakwatira ali pafupifupi angwiro”.
Album yachiwiri ya Fray
Album yachiwiri idatulutsidwa mu 2009. Chimbalechi chidachita bwino kwambiri chifukwa cha nyimbo ya Munandipeza. Inakhala nyimbo yachitatu ya gululo kukhala ndi kutsitsa kopitilira 2 miliyoni ku America kokha. Nyimboyi idapangidwa ndi Aaron Johnson ndi Mike Flynn ndipo idalembedwa ndi Warren Huart.
Albumyi inayamba pomwepo pa nambala 1 pa Billboard Hot 200. Albumyi inagulitsa makope a 179 mu sabata yoyamba yotulutsidwa. Nyimbo zina m’gululi sizinali zotchuka kwambiri.
Ntchito yachitatu Zipsera ndi Nkhani
M’gulu limeneli, nyimbo za oimba zimaimbidwa mwaukali kwambiri. Pamene akukonzekera Album, anyamata anayenda dziko, anakumana ndi anthu, anaphunzira mavuto awo ndi chisangalalo. Gululo linasonyeza zimenezi m’mawu awo.
Anyamatawo anatha kulemba nyimbo 70, koma 12 okha mwa iwo anafika ku Album, limene linatulutsidwa mu 2012. Chimbale ichi chinayambitsa mkwiyo ndi chisangalalo pakati pa otsutsa, koma ambiri amayerekezera oimba ndi gulu la Coldplay.
Album yachinayi ya Fray ndi zochitika zamakono
Gululo lidatulutsa chimbale cha Helios mu 2013. Gulu mu ntchitoyi linaphatikiza mitundu yosiyanasiyana, koma limayang'ana kwambiri pamayendedwe a pop poyimba nyimbo. Mu 2016, oimba adatulutsa buku la Kupyolera M'zaka: The Best of the Fray, lomwe linaphatikizapo nyimbo zazikulu kwambiri za gululi, komanso nyimbo yatsopano ya Singing Low. Kumapeto kwa chaka, The Fray adapita kukayendera nyimboyi. Kuphatikiza uku ndi chimbale chomaliza pantchito za gululi mpaka pano.
