Mansun

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风格: #前卫摇滚　#英伦摇滚
地区: United Kingdom 英国

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Mansun是一支已经解散的英伦摇滚乐队，他们的团名取自The Verve的同名EP（当时叫Verve）里的一首美丽脱俗的歌曲“a man called sun”。虽然名气比不上Radiohead和Suede，或许是因为他们也只不过出了三张专辑，成军时间也只不过短短的六七年，但他们绝对是BRIT-POP末期最异军突起的一团。Mansun有个俊俏的主唱Paul Draper，Paul的声音也如同Radiohead、Suede一样妖魅，吉他手Dominic Chad弹奏起来也是非常辛辣。Paul受70年代Prog-Rock影响很深，以致于Mansun的专辑都是一气喝成，且听他们的处女大碟《Attack of the Grey Lantern》，每一首歌都是彼此连贯，一刻都令人无法喘息，这也是Mansun专辑的一个主要特点。第二张专辑《Six》更将Mansun的风格推向了极致，深邃、妖媚、歌剧式的编曲，绝对是每一个喜欢Britpop的人必听的专辑。乐队在制作第三张专辑《Little Kix》的时候与唱片公司在制作人人选上发生了矛盾，加之乐队成员对未来也有着不同的见解，最终导致了乐队的解散。

Mansun能让我们想起很多艺人——Suede、Manic Street Preachers、Tears for Fears、David Bowie、ABC、Blur和Prince，但Mansun也不是在完全模仿他们。他们是对90年代indie rock的一种融合，吉他和鼓机紧紧跟随着旋律的发展，颠覆性歌曲结构，使得Mansun的音乐宏大而又灰暗，相当吸引听觉。

Arriving in the aftermath of Brit-pop, Mansun was one of the first British guitar-bands to depart from the prevailing styles of the mid-90s, leaving both light, Beatlesque pop and studied trad-rock behind. Mansun had more in common with early 90s bands like Suede and the Manic Street Preachers, groups that stood defiantly outside of the pop spotlight, yet managed to cultivate a devoted fanbase. By combining a dark, grandiose vision with the driving intensity of hard-rock and the stylish swagger of New Romanticism, Mansun didnt sound a thing like their contemporaries. While their first singles earned a devoted audience, the British music press didnt focus heavily on the group, so it came as a surprise when their debut album, Attack of the Grey Lantern, debuted at number one in early 1997, knocking the long-awaited Blur comeback off the top of the charts. But by that time, Mansun had been hailed as one of the best new bands of the year, and the record was praised throughout the UK music press, making the group one of the most respected and popular new British groups of 1997.

Led by guitarist/vocalist Paul Draper, Mansun formed in Chester, England in the mid-90s. Draper met Stove King (bass) at Wrexham Art College, discovering that the pair shared a fondness for New Wave acts like Duran Duran and ABC, as well as Prince, Pink Floyd and David Bowie. The pair, who worked at a photo laboratory together, met Dominic Chad (lead guitar) at a local pub he was managing. Forming under the name Grey Lantern, the trio began playing, supported by a series of drummers. After being told by an acquaintence that Grey Lantern was the worst name he had ever heard, the group changed their name to Mansun, which was a truncation of a Verve B-side, A Man Called Sun.

Early in 1996, the group released the limited-edition single Take It Easy Chicken on their own Sci Fi Hi Fi label, and it entered the play list for Radio 1. Shortly afterward, Andy Rathbone became their permanent drummer. Initially, the UK music weeklies tagged Mansun as one of the crowd of post-Oasis, lad-rock bands, primarily because of Chads heavy drinking and alcohol-fueled antics. Over the course of the year, the guitarist sobered up and the band released a series of singles, each more ambitious than the one before. By the end of the year, they had earned their first Melody Maker cover. In February of 1997, Mansun released their debut album Attack of the Grey Lantern on Parlophone Records. It unexpectedly entered the charts at number one, earning enthusiastic reviews in the process. Six appeared two years later; it didnt fare as well as their first album, but Mansun wowed college audiences with the title track. The bands third effort, Little Kix, did even worse, barely receiving recognition in the States when it appeared in summer 2000. Although work began on a fourth album in spring 2002, Mansun split up in May 2003. The results of the new material appeared on the two-disc collection Kleptomania in 2004.

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