Wet Wet Wet idakhazikitsidwa mu 1982 ku Clydebank (England). Mbiri ya kulengedwa kwa gululi idayamba ndi kukonda nyimbo kwa abwenzi anayi: Marty Pellow (mayimbidwe), Graham Clarke (gitala la bass, mawu), Neil Mitchell (makibodi) ndi Tommy Cunningham (ng'oma).
Nthawi ina Graham Clark ndi Tommy Cunningham anakumana pa basi ya sukulu. Anasonkhanitsidwa pamodzi ndi chilakolako cha nyimbo, pambuyo pake adaganiza zopanga gulu. Mnzawo wapamtima Neil Mitchell adalimbikitsidwa ndi momwe amachitira anzawo.
Analonjeza kuti adzagula makiyi a gululo akapeza ndalama zokwanira kuti achite zimenezo. Kuti amalize quartet, Graham Clark adayitana Marty Pellow ngati woyimba.
Kodi zonse zinayamba bwanji?
Gululi litatenga masitepe ake oyamba, Graham Duffin adathandizira oimba panthawi yojambulira komanso kuchita zisudzo. Anyamatawo adasankha kutchula gululo ndi mzere wa nyimbo ya gulu la Scritti Politti Getting Having and Holding. Ndipo kotero dzina la Wet Wet Wet linabadwa.
Ntchito yeniyeni ya gululo, malinga ndi oimba, inayamba mu 1984. Ziwonetsero zoyamba za omvera ambiri, zojambula zoyamba za demos mu studio zidachitika. Mu 1985, Wat Wat Wat adagwirizana ndi Phonogram Records. Kenako imodzi mwamawonekedwe a zolemba za gululo idatuluka.
Kupambana koyamba kwa gulu la Vet Vet Vet
Willie Mitchell ankagwira ntchito ndi anyamata, panthawiyo anali katswiri wopanga. Mu 1987, pamene nyimbo yoyamba ya Wishing I Was Lucky inatulutsidwa, gululo linafika pa 10 pamwamba pa nambala 6.
Iyi inali mphindi yofunika kwambiri - chifukwa cha osakwatiwa, gululo linapambana kwambiri. Kupambana kunali kutangoyamba kumene, ndipo chifukwa chachiwiri cha Sweet Little Mystery, gululi lidalowa pamndandanda wamizere isanu yoyambirira ya tchati.
Otsatira gululi akhala akudikirira mwachidwi chimbale choyamba cha gululi. Mu Seputembala 1987, chimbale cha LP Popped in Souled Out chinatulutsidwa pansi pa chizindikiro cha Mercury. Albumyi idafika pachimake pa nambala 2 pama chart aku UK.
Izi sizosadabwitsa, chifukwa panthawiyo gululo linatulutsa nyimbo zina ziwiri za Angel Eyes (Kunyumba ndi Kutali) ndi Temptation. Mu Januwale 1988, gululi lidatenga malo oyamba a tchati.
Kulimbana ndi Van Morrison
Pamodzi ndi kupambana kwakukulu kwa gululi, mavuto oyambirira akuyembekezeranso. Gululi linali ndi vuto lalikulu pambuyo poti woimba wotchuka waku Ireland Van Morrison adasumira gululo.
Chifukwa cha mkanganowu chinali kuphwanya ufulu wa Van Morrison chifukwa chogwiritsa ntchito mawu ake mu Sweet Little Mystery single. Komabe, oimba a Vet Vet Vet adakwanitsa kuthetsa vutoli mwamtendere, ndipo panalibe mlandu wa khothi.
Oimba mu 1988 adatulutsa nyimbo zakale zomwe zidalembedwa mu theka lachiwiri la 1980s. Iwo adawaona kuti ndi oyenera ndipo adawaphatikiza ndi zinthu zatsopano mu chimbale chachiwiri, The Memphis Sessions.
Nthawi yomweyo, gululi lidapitilirabe ku UK ndi Sgt imodzi. Pepper Anawadziwa Atate Anga. Inali chabe chikuto cha The Beatles With A little Help From My Friends. Gulu la Scottish quartet Wet Wet Wet linakhala gulu loyamba la Britain ndi mafano azaka za m'ma 1980.
Mu 1989, gululo linatulutsa chimbale Back Back the River. Nyimbo yatsopano ya Album Holding Back the River inapatsa gululo kupambana kwina. Kujambulitsa uku kunali kusintha kwa gulu kuchokera ku pop soul kupita ku nyimbo za pop.
Komabe, kuwonjezera pa nyimbo zolimba monga Sweet Surrender ndi Holding Back the River, panali zolemba zomwe sanalandire chidwi chachikulu kuchokera kwa omvera: Khalani ndi Me Heartache, Broke Away ndi Hold Back the River. Ponseponse, albumyi idalandiridwa bwino chifukwa cha makonzedwe apamwamba.
Nthawi yolenga ya gulu la Wet Wet Wet mu 1990s
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m’ma 1990, gululi linapita kukacheza ku Britain ndipo kenako padziko lonse lapansi. Paulendo umodzi, gululo lidachita "monga poyambira" konsati ya Elton wotchuka.
Chimbale chachinayi cha gululi, High on the Happy Side, chidatulutsidwa mu 1992. Chifukwa cha Goodnight Girl, yomwe idakhala yotchuka, gululi linapulumutsidwa. Nyimbo zam'mbuyomu zachimbalezi sizinaphule kanthu ngakhale kuti zidagulitsidwa kwambiri.
Nyimbo yapadera yotchedwa Cloak & Dagger idatulutsidwa pambuyo pake, koma gululo lidatulutsa pansi pa pseudonym Maggie Pie & The Impostors. Chitsanzo cha Maggie Pie chinali Marty Pellow, ndi The Impostors - gulu lonse.
Mu 1999, Marty Pellow adakakamizika kusiya gululi chifukwa chakumwa mowa komanso kumwa mankhwala osokoneza bongo. Pambuyo pake gululo linatha. Anatha kuchira, ndipo adabwerera ku siteji mu 2001, koma monga wojambula yekha.
Nthawi okhwima a timu - pambuyo 2004
Mu Marichi 2004, gululi linaukitsidwa kuti ligwire ntchito pa chimbale chatsopano. All I Want (2004) imodzi idatulutsidwa, kenako adakonza ulendo wopambana waku UK.
Mu Marichi 2012, adalengezedwa kuti gululi lidzachita chiwonetsero chawo choyamba m'zaka zisanu ku Glasgow Green pa Julayi 20 kukondwerera zaka 25 zakutulutsidwa kwa Popped mu Souled Out.
Mu 2017, Marty Pellow adasiya gululi kuti ayambe ntchito yake payekha. Gululo lidasinthidwa ndi woimba nyimbo Kevin Simm.
