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Phantse iiveki ezintathu sele zidlulile oko kwabhubha kabuhlungu uTaylor Hawkins, kodwa iindaba kusenzima ukuziqhuba. Ukubukela ividiyo yentsebenzo yakhe yokugqibela kunye noFoo Fighters kwiintsuku nje ezintlanu ngaphambi kokufa kwakhe ngo-Matshi 25 kuphela kudibanisa i-dissonance cognitive. Umdlali wegubu oneminyaka engama-50 ubudala ukhangeleka ebhityile, ebhityile kwaye emncinci ngeminyaka eli-10 kwiminyaka yakhe yokwenyani. Ungumntu onobudlelwane, kazibuthe kwaye unothando oluthandekayo kwinkokeli yeqela lakhe kunye nomhlobo osenyongweni, uDave Grohl. Uyinkanyezi yerock kwincopho yamandla akhe. Kubonakala ngathi awunakoyiswa. Kodwa kuphela kwimbonakalo.
Phakathi kokugqibela kweebhendi ze-rock ezithandwayo ezidumileyo, i-Foo Fighters iye yahlala yonke indawo ixesha elide kangangokuba kulula ukuyithatha ngokulula. Kodwa indlela abasabela ngayo ekufeni kukaHawkins kwezi veki zidlulileyo bubungqina bokufikelela kwabo. Nangona ungazicingeli ukuba ungumlandeli, mhlawumbi uyazi ubuncinane iingoma zabo zerediyo eziloyisayo: "Everlong," "Iqhawe lam," "Ongcono Kuwe," "Amaxesha Anje." “Funda ukubhabha. "Xa ndandibhala malunga neengoma ezingcono kakhulu zeFoo Fighters kunyaka ophelileyo, ndiye ndaqaphela ukuba ukuzibandakanya kwam nabo kwakungeyona nto eqhelekileyo kunokuba ndandicinga. NjengoTom Petty kunye ne-Heartbreakers yenzela isizukulwana sangaphambili, i-Foo Fighters ikhethekileyo kuhlobo lweengoma ze-rock ezikhangayo ngokubanzi abantu abazifaka kubomi babo rhoqo ngaphandle kokuqaphela, njengokungathi nge-osmosis yenkcubeko. Akunyanzelekanga ukuba usebenze ukuze uthande umculo wabo. Uyenzile nje.
Ngelixa baqulunqwa nguGrohl ngo-1994 njengeprojekthi yomntu omnye emva kwenye intlekele eyaziwayo ebandakanya elinye ilungu leqela, i-Foo Fighters yavela ngokuhamba kwexesha kwiqela elipheleleyo elenza into engaphezu kwesithuthi esilula kwinkokeli yabo edumileyo. Kwaye uHawkins unento eninzi yokwenza ngayo. Umdlali weDrummer kwiqela elasekwa ngoyena mdlali uthandwayo kwisizukulwana sakhe, u-Hawkins wakhawuleza waseka i-dynamic kunye noGrohl owayengumntakwethu omncinci kunye neqabane.
Kuya kuba yinto elula ukubiza u-Hawkins i-co-frontman ye-Foo Fighters, kodwa ngokucacileyo wayeyindoda yesibini eshushu kwiqela, ngakumbi kunelinye ilungu langaphambili le-Nirvana kwi-Foo Fighters, uPat Smear. Oku kwakwaziswa eqongeni ngalo lonke ixesha u-Hawkins wayephuma emva kwekiti yegubu ukuze acule ingoma kaKumkanikazi ethi "Somebody To Love," ephelekwa ngumthambo welizwi owenziwe ngoFreddie Mercury. Kwaye kwavela kudliwano-ndlebe, apho u-Hawkins wayedla ngokuba nguye yedwa u-Foo owayehleli ecaleni kukaGrohl njengeentloko zeqela.
UHawkins, ngandlela ithile, la Isazisi seqela leFoo Fighters, umntu owenze eli linge likhethekileyo lazivelela njengeqela lenene. Kodwa ngaphezu koko, u-Hawkins uzuze isabelo sakhe sokukhanya. Ukuba une-blonde entle esakwazi ukudlala igubu engena-shirtless ukuya kwiminyaka ephakathi, uyibeke apho uluntu inokuyibona kwaye iyixabise. Nantoni na enganeno inokuba kukungasebenzi kakuhle kwe-rock 'n' roll.
Konke oku kuphakamisa umbuzo okhohlisayo kunye nongathandekiyo onokuthi uGrohl kunye namaqabane akhe baphendule kuphela. Ngokuqinisekileyo akukho ngxamiseko yokusabela kuyo. Intlungu yindlela ende nenzima, kwaye kuya kufuneka ihanjwe ngaphambi kokuba sicinge ngalo mbuzo. Ingathatha inyanga. Ngunyaka omnye lowo. Okanye iminyaka eyi-10. Kodwa ekugqibeleni, le mibuzo ilandelayo iya kufuna ukuqwalaselwa: Ngaba iFoo Fighters ingaqhubeka njengeqela ngaphandle kukaTaylor Hawkins?
Njengomntu ochitha ixesha elininzi lobomi bakhe bobugcisa (kwaye nenxalenye elungileyo yobomi bam obungeyongcali) ecinga ngamaqela e-rock, ndiyavuma ukuba lo mbuzo ubusengqondweni yam mva nje. Kodwa kwakubonakala kungafanelekanga ukuthetha ngayo ngokukhawuleza emva kokufa kukaHawkins. Abanye basenokuthi ayifanelekanga nangoku. Ukufa ngokubanzi ngoyena mbandela ukhathazayo wonke umntu kuthi baseleyo phakathi kwabaphilayo. Andahlukanga kulo mba. Ukucinga ngokusweleka kukaTaylor Hawkins emncinci kangaka kwenza isisu sam sijije.
Kwimeko yeqela, indlela efanelekileyo yokufikelela kwilahleko yelungu ihla komnye umbuzo okhohlisayo kunye nongathandekiyo: Ngaba kukuhlonipha ngakumbi ukuhlukana okanye ukuqhubeka? Ngaba luxabiso olungcono lokuqonda ukuba lo mntu wayebaluleke kangakanani ngokuyisonga? Okanye ngaba kuliwonga elifaneleke ngakumbi ukuqhubeka nokugcina inkumbulo yalo mntu iphila kumabala emidlalo namabala emidlalo ehlabathini lonke? Ayithethi nto ukulinganisa ubunzima bobuqu bokudlala kwiqela ngaphandle komhlobo wakho osenyongweni okanye ukushiya eyona nto ichaza ubomi bakho bomculo amashumi eminyaka. Akukho nanye yale nto ilula, kwaye ndivakalelwa ngabo basondeleyo ku-Hawkins njengoko bezama ukuqhubela phambili ngaphandle kwakhe.
UGrohl kunye noHawkins badityaniswe zizinto zabo ezingathandekiyo ngembali yamatye, ke ngokuqinisekileyo babesazi ngamabhanti amadala aphulukene namagubu abo adumileyo kunye nendlela asabela ngayo la maqela. Le mizekelo, ngokuqinisekileyo, ayinikezeli indlela ehambelanayo eya phambili. Ngo-1978, uKeith Moon we-Who wasweleka eneminyaka ekhohlakeleyo ye-32 kwaye watshintshwa ngokukhawuleza nguKenney Jones kwaye, kamva, uZak Starkey. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, uJohn Bonham waseLed Zeppelin wafa, naye eneminyaka engama-32 ubudala. Kodwa ngokungafaniyo noBani, iZeppelin yavalwa ngokukhawuleza. URobert Plant, oyena mhlobo usenyongweni kaBonham kwiqela, wayezimisele ngokungaqhubeki ngaphandle kwakhe. Kwi-podcast yakhe kunyaka ophelileyo, uPlant wavuma ukuba wayesaphupha ngokuthandana noBonham, ngaphezulu kweminyaka engamashumi amane emva kokusweleka kwakhe.
Imizekelo yamva nje ibonelela ngeemodeli eziphikisana ngokulinganayo. Xa uNeil Peart wasweleka ngo-2020, yamgqiba ngokufanelekileyo iRush, iCanadian power trio ayijoyinayo kwaye wayikhulisa iminyaka engama-46 ngaphambili. Kodwa xa uCharlie Watts esweleka ngo-2021, iRolling Stones yakhawuleza yazibophelela ekukhenketheni nomdlali omtsha wegubu uSteve Jordan, owayesele ebhengezwe njengothatha indawo yeWatts egulayo ngaphambi kokuba abulawe ngumhlaza. UMick noKeith baqinisekisa ukuba bayabulisa iiWatts rhoqo ebusuku ngevidiyo edlalwayo ngaphambi kokuba bafike eqongeni. Kwaye ke umboniso waqhubeka ngaphandle kwakhe.
Engengomncinane njengeNyanga kunye neBonham okanye ebekwe njengePeart kunye neWatts, uHawkins wayezinzile kwinkulumbuso yakhe. Xa ooFoos badlala umboniso wabo wokugqibela kunye noHawkins eChile, babonakala bezezona ndlalifa zicacileyo kwilifa leStones lokukhenketha rhoqo ezona ndawo zinkulu zehlabathi ukuya kwiminyaka yakho endala njengoonozakuzaku bebala lemidlalo kunye neitapile. Kwakubonakala ngathi, ukuba akunakwenzeka, ukuba uHawkins wayenenye iminyaka engama-20 okanye engama-30 ye-rock stardom phambi kwakhe. Kwindoda eyayikwangumyeni, utata, umnakwabo kunye nomhlobo, ukulahlekelwa ngumsebenzi akufanele kubalwe phakathi kwezona ndleko zininzi zokuhla ekufeni. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba uTaylor Hawkins wayekuthanda kangakanani ukuba ngumdlali we-rock, nangona kunjalo bubugxwayiba obunzulu.
Ngokuphathelele abantu awabashiya ngasemva, ndiye ndaziva ndibuhlungu ngenxa yovelwano kule veki emva kokuphinda ndiphinde ndijonge umboniso ka-2011. Foo Fighters: ngasemva naphambili. Lo mboniso bhanya-bhanya usebenza njengesikhumbuzo sokuba uninzi lwee-'90s, iqela lalingumnyango ojikelezayo wamalungu akhawuleza ukujoyina kunye nokuhamba. Oku kuquka u-Hawkins owandulela umculi we-drummer uWilliam Goldsmith, owathi wayeka ngo-1997 emva kokuba uGrohl ephinde wayiphinda yonke ingoma yakhe yesigubhu sesibini sikaFoo Fighters (kwaye ngokoluvo lwam olungcono) i-albhamu, Umbala kunye nokumila. UGrohl wabelana ngemisebenzi yexesha kunye noHawkins kwicwecwe elilandelayo, ngo-1999 Akukho nto yokulahlekelwa, kodwa emva koko, wanikezela isitulo sombethi-gubu kuHawkins, ingqina leechops zakhe ezingenakuphikiswa kunye nomculo wakhe.
Kodwa olona phawu luqinisekileyo lwendawo ye-Hawkins kwiqela lafika ngo-2001, xa wayegqithise i-heroin eLondon waza wawela kwi-coma iiveki ezimbini. Kwifilimu, uGrohl uthetha ngokuhlala ecaleni kwebhedi ye-Hawkins ngelo xesha. Inkumbulo imenza afuthaniseleke. Kwaye ke ubona isiqabu ukuhlamba phezu kwakhe xa ekhumbula mzuzu Hawkins ekugqibeleni wavuka. Umphefumlo wakhe awuzange umbaleke emva koko.
Lo mboniso ngoku awubonakali, njengoko iqela likaGrohl lihlala likwi-limbo ye-surreal apho ngandlela thile, ngaxeshanye, lirhoxisa ukhenketho kwaye liphumelele iiGrammys. I-Foo Fighters iseyi-technology band, kodwa ngoku bavakalelwa njengomzimba ngaphandle komphefumlo. Ukubukela i-Grohl idiliza ingcamango yokulahlekelwa yi-Hawkins kwi-2001 yenza ingcamango yokuqhubeka njenge-Foo Fighters ngoku ibonakala ingenakwenzeka. Nangona nayiphi na imeko apho iFoo Fighters ingadlali amashumi amawaka abantu kwindawo ethile emhlabeni nayo ibonakala ingenakwenzeka. Mhlawumbi uDave wayekwazi ukucula nokudlala amagubu ngelo xesha? Mhlawumbi iqela elijikelezayo labahlobo bakaHawkins - uChad Smith, uStewart Copeland, uStephen Perkins - banokuvala okwethutyana isithuba?
Njengabalandeli, asenzi zigqibo. Ngenxa yoko, sinethamsanqa. Akukho zikhetho zilungileyo ngexesha elinje. Kwihlabathi elingenabulungisa ngokunzulu apho abantu ababalulekileyo kunye nabathandekayo babhubha kwakudala ngaphambi kwexesha labo, yonke into iyakwazi ukuziva ingalunganga.
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