I-Dexys Midnight Runners Artistfacts

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  • 1978-1987, 2003- Kevin RowlandAmazwi1978–87, 2003- UJim PatersonTrombone1978–82, 1985, 2005- Pete WilliamsIBass1978–80, 2003- ULucy MorganIvayolin2003- Kevin 'Al' ArcherIsiginci1978-81 Mick TalbotKeyboards1980, 2003–13


  • Umdlali wangaphambili weDexys uKevin Rowland ekuqaleni wayekwiqela lepunk elibizwa ngokuba yiThe Killjoys kunye noKevin 'Al' Archer. U-Rowland wayenombono wokwenza iqela elikhulu lomphefumlo kunye necandelo lobhedu kwaye waseka i-Dexy's Midnight Runners kwi-1978 e-Birmingham, eNgilani kunye no-Archer, ukugaya i-trombonist 'Big' uJim Paterson, i-saxophonist Geoff 'JB' Blythe, i-alto saxophonist uSteve 'Babyface' I-Spooner, i-keyboardist uPete Saunders, umpetha webhesi uPete Williams kunye nomdlali wegubu uBobby 'Jnr' Ward.


  • Bathathe igama labo kwi-Dexedrine – ipilisi yepep ethandwa zii-'60 mods. 'Iimbaleki ezinzulwini zobusuku' zibhekiselele kumandla anikwe yiDexedrine, eyenza ukuba iipoli zokuvota zidanise ubusuku bonke.


  • YayinguBernie Rhodes, umphathi weClash, owakhokela iDexys kwangethuba, ngokulungiselela umsebenzi wokurekhoda kunye ne-EMI. Iqela lomculo laxabene neRhodes emva kokuba liphazamise ukuveliswa kwengoma yalo yokuqala, ethi, 'Dance Stance,' emtyhola ngokudaka isandi.
  • Nangona impumelelo yokuqala yabo Ukukhangela Abavukeli boMphefumlo Omncinci icwecwe, onke amalungu Dexys, bar Sullivan kunye Archer wayelishiyile iqela ngasekupheleni 1980. Uninzi lwamalungu angaphambili baseka band entsha The Bureau.


  • Icwecwe lesibini likaDexys Kakhulu-Rye-Ay irekhodwe ngoluhlu olutsha, ibonise ukuthanda kukaRowland ngelo xesha kumculo we-Celtic onempembelelo yomculo we-rock. Yaba yimpumelelo enkulu eyavelisa ingoma enye ethi 'Yiza Eileen,' eyabetha u-'Billie Jean' kaMichael Jackson ukuba aphume kwindawo ephezulu e-US. Kwakhona yayiyeyona ithengiswa kakhulu kwi-1982 e-UK.
  • U-Al Archer, edinwe ediniwe lucwangciso lokukhenketha lukaDexys, wayelishiyile iqela ekuqaleni kuka-1981 waza wenza iThe Blue Ox Babes. Ethetha no Q kwiphephancwadi ngo-1993, uRowland ozisolayo wamncoma u-Archer ngokuba noxanduva lwe Kakhulu-Rye-Ay isandi. 'Emva Ukukhangela Abavukeli boMphefumlo Omncinci , xa wayehamba sobabini sasilinge ngemitya,' wachaza. 'Ndandingakufumani oko ndandikufuna; wayifumana ndayiba.'
  • Kwakukho enye icwecwe lecwecwe lesithathu, Ungandimiseli Phantsi , kunye nokurekhoda kweRowland kunye neseti entsha yeemvumi. Nangona kunjalo ayiphumelelanga ukuphindaphinda impumelelo yangaphambili kwaye iDexys Midnight Runners yachithwa ngo-1987. URowland ulandele indlela eyedwa iminyaka elishumi elinesithandathu, erekhoda iialbham. Umhambi kwaye Buhle wam . Ngentlakohlaza ka-2003 wabhengeza ukuzalwa okutsha kweqela elithandathu, kunye negama elifinyeziweyo kwi-Dexys nje.
  • Abalandeli kuye kwafuneka balinde kude kube ngu-2012 ngaphambi kokuba uDexys akhuphe icwecwe labo lesine, Ngenye imini ndiza kukhwela . URowland usixelele ukuba isizathu sokulibaziseka ixesha elide kukuba abazange bazive belungile de kube ngoko. 'Ndandilazi ilifa lama-albhamu amathathu okuqala,' wachaza. 'Ndivakalelwa kukuba ikhona into esiyiphumezileyo apho, kwaye ayizange ixatyiswe ngokwenene ngelo xesha. Kodwa ngeminyaka yoo-1990, abantu baphinda baphinda bayijonga loo nto. Saqala ukufumana izaziso ezintle ngokwenene kwaye abantu babeza beza kum esitratweni, bethetha Ungandimiseli Phantsi .'

    Wongeza wathi: 'Ndicinga ukuba ndingazi kakuhle ukuba kufuneka senze into eyona nto ilungileyo njengaleyo.'
  • EMelika, iDexys Midnight Runners icingelwa njengeyona nto imangalisayo, 'Yiza Eileen' ibe yeyona mpumelelo yabo yetshathi. Nangona kunjalo e-UK baphumelele iingoma ezilithoba eziphezulu ze-40, kubandakanywa neyesibini #1, 'Geno.'
  • U-Kevin Rowland usixelele indlela i-Dexys esondela ngayo ekubhaleni ingoma yabo: 'Into esiqhele ukuyenza kukuqala ngokulandelelana kwe-chord kunye nesigqi esihle,' wachaza. 'Masifumane isingqisho esilungileyo ngenene, isingqi segubu, kwaye sifumane ulandelelwano lwechodi olulunge ngokwenene. Siza kudibanisa ezo zinto zimbini zisebenzayo, emva koko siqalise ukucula iingoma phezulu. Emva koko siyamamela size sibone ukuba yintoni na esinayo.'

    'Ndihlala ndibhala amazwi ngokwahlukeneyo,' uRowland wongezelela. 'Ndiza kuhamba ndiyokuzibhala malunga nale nto ndiyiva emgceni. Kukho into enokuthi indikhuthaze, ivuselele imvakalelo ethile kum kwaye ndiza kuhamba ndibhale ingoma. Okanye rhoqo, njengoko ndenze ngengoma endiyibhale mva nje, ndimane ndifunda incwadi yam yeengoma. Ndinencwadi yeengoma ezinamazwi ambalwa, kwaye ndiya kucinga, 'Owu, oku kufanele kungene.' Senza njalo ke.'

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