Cov keeb kwm ntawm Squeeze band hnub rov qab rau Chris Difford cov lus tshaj tawm hauv lub khw muag suab paj nruag txog kev nrhiav neeg ua haujlwm tshiab. Nws txaus siab rau tus hluas guitarist Glenn Tilbrook.
Ib me ntsis tom qab xyoo 1974, Jules Holland (keyboardist) thiab Paul Gunn (drums player) tau ntxiv rau hauv kab ntawv. Cov txiv neej hu lawv tus kheej Squeeze tom qab Velvet's "Underground" album.
Maj mam lawv tau txais lub npe nrov hauv London ua si hauv cov pub dawb yooj yim. Cov txiv neej siv motifs los ntawm punk thiab glam tiam sis nyob rau hauv lawv cov suab paj nruag, lawv ua tiav ua ke kos duab pob zeb nrog classic pop music. Feem ntau, cov suab paj nruag yog mos, reminiscent ntawm John Lennon thiab Paul McCartney.
Ob xyoos tom qab, xyoo 1976, Harry Caculli tau koom nrog pab pawg ntaus bass thaj tsam, tsis yog Paul Gunn, Gilson Lavis (tus thawj coj ntawm Chuck Berry) ua.
Unwind musicians Squeeze
Cov txiv neej kaw ob peb zaj nkauj rau RCA Records. Tab sis kev ua haujlwm nws tus kheej tsis tau coj cov txiaj ntsig xav tau thiab cov nkauj raug tsis lees paub, tsis tau tso tawm rau pawg neeg. Tom qab ntawd Squeeze tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog daim ntawv lo tshiab BTM, uas yog Michaels Copland.
Lub tuam txhab cov ntaub ntawv tau poob rau xyoo 1977. Copland tau npaj nrog Velvet tus tswv cuab John Cale los pab ua kom tiav cov nkauj rau cov kws ntaus nkauj. Thiab nyob rau hauv tib lub xyoo, qhov debut khiav hu ua "Packet of Three" los ntawm Deptford Fun City Records studio raug tso tawm. John Cale tau kos npe rau qhov kev pom zoo rau Squeeze nrog A&M Cov Ntaub Ntawv, uas yav dhau los ua haujlwm nrog Sex Pistols.
Cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag muaj kev ua tiav zoo "Tag Kuv Kuv Yog Koj Li". Qhov no tau ua raws li kev tso tawm ntawm qhov debut album "Squezze". Cale hloov lub suab paj nruag me ntsis, ua rau nws nthuav thiab txawv ntawm cov suab paj nruag pub.
Squeeze qhov kev vam meej thaum ntxov
Ntiaj teb koob meej tuaj rau pab neeg nrog rau lub thib ob disc "Txias rau miv", thiab cov tom ntej "6 Squeeze Songs Crammed rau hauv ib tug kaum-Inch Record". Tom qab ntawd, Harry Caculli raug tshem tawm ntawm pab pawg, nws tau hloov los ntawm John Bentley.
Xyoo 1980, cov txiv neej tso lawv cov nkauj tom ntej, Argybargy. Cov haujlwm tau txais kev tshuaj xyuas zoo; thuam thiab mloog tau txaus siab. Hits los ntawm nws yog "Lwm Nail Hauv Kuv Lub Siab", thiab "Pulling Mussels". Cov lem no tau ua si hauv Asmeskas cov koom haum thiab cov xov tooj cua nrov.
Txawm li cas los xij, Holland qhov kev ua si style sawv tawm ntawm lub suab tag nrho. Xyoo 1980, nws tawm hauv pab pawg, tsim nws tus kheej qhov project "Millionaires". Squezze ntiav Paul Carrack hloov.
Cov pab pawg tau txais cov neeg tsim khoom tshiab - Elvis Costello thiab Roger Behirian, nrog kev pab los ntawm cov album "East Side Story" raug tso tawm. Nws tau txais kev tshuaj xyuas zoo heev, tab sis tsis muaj cov lus teb ua lag luam txaus. Carrack tawm ntawm txoj kab hauv xyoo 1981 thiab tau hloov los ntawm Don Snow.
Lub cev qhuav dej thiab kev txhawb siab ntawm pab pawg
Tam sim no cov neeg ntaus suab paj nruag tau tas li tsis khoom sau cov nkauj tshiab, ncig xyuas thiab concerts. Tom qab ib pliag, cov txiv neej pib khiav tawm ntawm chav, uas tau pom nyob rau hauv lawv cov hauj lwm "Sweets From a Stranger". Hauv Asmeskas, nws coj 32 kab.
Xyoo 1982, Squeeze ua si hauv New York, tab sis cov txiv neej lawv tus kheej tsis hnov cov suab nrov los ntawm kev hais kwv txhiaj. Thiab thaum kawg, tom qab ob peb lub hlis, pawg neeg tawg. Nyob rau hauv no hais txog, lub triumphant compilation "Singles - 45's thiab nyob rau hauv" yog tso tawm, uas nyob rau hauv England coj ib tug zoo kawg li 3rd kab ntawm daim ntawv, thiab mus platinum nyob rau hauv lub xeev.
Txawm hais tias pawg neeg tuag, Difford thiab Tilbrook txuas ntxiv tsim kev sib koom tes. Lawv txoj haujlwm tau tshwm sim hauv albums ntawm Helen Shapiro, Paul Young, Jules Holland thiab Bill Bremner. Cov kws ntaus nkauj kuj tau tsim tag nrho cov kev npaj rau lub suab paj nruag "Labeled With Love", uas tau tshwm sim hauv tebchaws Askiv hauv xyoo 1983.
Cov pab pawg tau rov qab los ua haujlwm ua ke hauv xyoo 1984 nrog cov nkauj tshiab, Difford & Tilbrook. Lub album qhia tib yam style, tab sis cov txiv neej loj hlob lawv cov plaub hau ntev thiab hnav khaub ncaws raincoats. Cov pab pawg tau sib sau ua ke hauv xyoo 1985 nrog tus neeg ntaus ntses bass thaj tsam tshiab Keith Wilkinson.
Kev sib hloov hauv pab pawg
Ib xyoos tom qab, lub disc "Cosi Fan Tutti Frutti" raug tso tawm, uas tau ua tiav zoo ntawm cov neeg thuam thiab cov neeg mloog. Txawm li cas los xij, nws tsis tau muag zoo li nws yuav tsum. Ib tus keyboardist ntxiv tau ntxiv rau pab pawg - Andy Metcalfe, uas yav dhau los ua si hauv Cov Neeg Iyiv.
Nrog nws, cov txiv neej tau sau ib qho nrov heev "Babylon thiab On". Txoj kev taug qab tau nce siab ntawm tus lej 14 hauv UK. Zaj nkauj "Hourglass" tau nce mus rau tus lej 15 hauv Asmeskas. Squeeze pib nws ncig ntiaj teb ncig saib, thiab tom qab ntawd Metcalfe txiav txim siab tawm hauv pab pawg.
Cov ntaub ntawv "Frank", tso tawm xyoo 1989, yuav luag tsis ua haujlwm hauv UK thiab hauv Asmeskas. Cov pab pawg mus ncig xyuas kev txhawb nqa ntawm lub disc, thiab thaum lub sij hawm nws lub studio A&M tso tseg kev koom tes nrog cov kws ntaus nkauj.
Tom qab rov qab los ntawm kev ncig xyuas, Holland tawm Squeeze thiab pib mus nrhiav nws tus kheej txoj haujlwm, ua ke nrog kev ua haujlwm hauv TV. Tau ntau xyoo tom ntej, nws tau ua tiav qhov kev kawm suab paj nruag zoo.
Pab pawg hauv 90s
Xyoo 1990, ib qho album nrog cov kaw lus nyob hu ua "A Round and a Bout" tau tso tawm raws li IRS Cov Ntaub Ntawv, thiab ib xyoos tom qab cov suab paj nruag tau kos npe rau daim ntawv cog lus nrog Reprise Records. Nrog lawv, pab pawg tsim cov disc tshiab "Ua si", qhov twg Steve Neve, Matt Irving thiab Bruce Hornsby ua si ua keyboardists.
Difford thiab Tilbrook nyob rau hauv 1992 ua ke muab concerts raws li acoustic suab. Qhov no tsis cuam tshuam nrog cov haujlwm ntawm "Squeeze". Steve Neave khov kho nyob rau hauv pab neeg, es tsis txhob Gilson Lewis ua si Pete Thomas.
Ib xyoos tom qab, cov kws ntaus nkauj tau rov pib dua lawv txoj kev koom tes nrog A&M, qhov chaw lawv kaw lawv cov disc tom ntej, Qee Qhov Chaw Zoo. Nws muaj kev vam meej txaus hauv nws haiv neeg UK, tab sis hauv Asmeskas nws tsis tau txais qhov xav tau.
Pete Thomas tau hloov los ntawm Andy Newmark thiab Keith Wilkinson rov qab los ua bass thaj tsam. Nrog rau cov kab no hauv xyoo 1995, pab pawg tsim cov ntaub ntawv tshiab "Ridiculous".
Ib xyoos tom qab, ob qhov kev sau zoo ib yam raug tso tawm rau ntawm ntug dej hiav txwv sib txawv: "Piccadilly Collection" hauv Asmeskas thiab "Nyob Zoo" hauv Askiv.
Nyob rau hauv 1997, A&M tso tawm ib phau ntawm albums nrog rewritten 6 discs ntawm pab pawg neeg nyob rau hauv lub suab tshiab. Lwm qhov muab tso ua ke yuav raug tso tawm hauv xyoo 1998, tab sis vim yog kaw ntawm daim ntawv lo txhua yam raug muab tso tseg. Xyoo 1998, Squeeze tau kaw cov nkauj "Domino" ua ke hauv Quixotic Records tshiab.
Cov txiv neej thaum kawg txiav txim siab tso tseg lawv cov kev sib koom ua ke muaj tswv yim hauv xyoo 1999, tau sib sau ua ke hauv 2007 nkaus xwb rau kev ncig tebchaws Asmeskas thiab UK.
