Dire Straits 恐怖海峡
- 风格
- #布鲁斯摇滚
- 地区
- United Kingdom 英国
艺人介绍
小档案
中 文 名 Dire Straits
类 型 摇滚乐队
地 区 英国
流行时间 1976 年-1995年
乐队资料
Dire Straits，是一支英国摇滚乐队，于1976 年组建于伦敦西南部的代特福德，活跃于1977 至1995年期间。他们的成功主要应归于吉他演奏大师、乐队的核心人物 Mark Knopfler（生于1949 年8 月12 日）。Knopfler 29 岁时才开始音乐生涯，此前他曾做过新闻记者和教师。他吸收了许多音乐，在组建乐队之时，在歌曲创作和吉他演奏上已臻成熟。
Knopfler 与他的兄弟 David（吉他手）和 John Illsley（贝司手）联合以后，鼓手 Pick Withers 又加入到乐队中，他们开始在伦敦的酒吧中举办一些小型演出。最后他们花了 120 英镑录制了一盘样带，其中包括后来成为经典的歌曲“Sultans Of Swing”，这首歌在伦敦电台节目中播放后，各唱片公司蜂拥而至竞相与该乐队签约。
演艺经历
1978 年他们与 Phonogram 公司签约，录制了单曲“Sultans Of Swing”和一张同名唱片《Dire Straits》，此后 Dire Straits 很快就成为了一支成就巨大的摇滚乐队。
1979 年出版的专辑《Communique》畅销世界。这张唱片发行以后，David 离开乐队开始个人发展。
1980年第 3 张专辑《Making Movies》，来自 Bruce Springsteen 乐队的 Roy Bittan 参加录制。该专辑获得了金唱片，其中的《Romeo And Juliet》和《Skateaway》成为电台和 MTV 中的热门歌曲。 1980 年的巡回演出中，吉他手 Hal Lindes 和键盘手 Alan Clark 也加入到该乐队中。
与此同时，Knopfler 作为一位吉他演奏家所享有的声誉继续增长，他暂时离开乐队与 Bob Dylan 和 Steely Dan 进行一些合作。
1982 年出版了第 4 张专辑《Love Over Gold》，这张唱片由 Knopfler 自己制作。专辑中的长篇作品充满了实验色彩，单曲“Private Investigations”获得英国排行榜的第 2 名，专辑也成为英国榜上的冠军专辑，而且在美国成为金唱片。 1982 年，Knopfler 开始在 Dire Straits 之外探索新的音乐途径，为电影配乐并出现在Van Morrison 的专辑中。
Dire Straits 在 1983、1984 两年间的大部分时间处于偃旗息鼓状态，这期间，Knopfler 为 Bob Dylan 制作了专辑《Infidel》，为 Tiner Turner 的复出专辑创作了一首“Private Dancer”，给 Aztec Camers 制作唱片《Knife》。
1984 年春，Dire Straits 乐队出版了现场演出录制的唱片《Alchemy》。这年底，乐队进入录音棚录制他们的第 5 张专辑，并增加了一位新的成员，键盘手 Guy Fletcher。专辑《Brothers in Arms》于 1985 年夏天正式出版，它是乐队的一张突破性的专辑，具有讽刺意味的是，其中一首嘲弄音乐电视的单曲“Money For Nothing”竟然在 MTV 电视台的推波助澜下成了热门歌曲，在美国排行榜前 10 名傍留了 9 个星期并卖掉了 900 万张；在英国，这张专辑也是 80 年代销量最高的专辑。“Walk Of Life”和“So Far Away”使这张专辑在排行榜上一直停留到 1986 年。为推广这张专辑，乐队举行了近两百场的演出。
随后，Knopfler 为 Randy Newman 和 Joan Armatrading 制作专辑，参加了 Eric Clapton 的巡回演出，又与 Chet Atkins 合作了一张专辑《Neck And Neck》。 1989 年，他组建了乡村摇滚乐队 Motting Hillbillies，并于次年出版了专辑《Missing… Presumed Having a Good Time》。
在经过了一系列个人活动之后，Knopfler 于 1990 年重新组队 Dire Straits。
1991 年秋，新专辑《On Every Street》出版，不过这张专辑并不像人们预期的那样，在美国只成为白金唱片，连排行榜前 40 名都没有进去，甚至没有一首热门歌曲。同样，他们的巡回演出也是失望而归，他们在欧洲和美国巡回演出的门票有时根本卖不出去。这次巡演之后，出版了现场专辑《On The Night》，随后乐队又无限期放了长假。 Knopfler 在 1996 年出版了他的个人专辑《Golden Heart》，但并没有获得太多的喝彩。
也许，Dire Straits 及 Knopfler 出色的才华随着 80 年代的逝去而一去不复返了。从商业角度来看，Dire Straits 特别是 Knopfler 证明他们是自 70 年代以来最成功的摇滚组合之一，在全世界销售了近 2000 万张唱片。
Dire Straits的音乐风格受很多音乐风格的影响，包括 爵士，乡村音乐及蓝调，比较接近于摇滚这个大范畴内的beat music（节奏音乐）。 乐队的音乐极简化，与乐队成立时期是大热门的朋克摇滚相去甚远。他们的音乐是复古酒吧摇滚的产物，然而当时酒吧摇滚是积极向上，赞扬美好时期，乐队的音乐却是悲伤的。 尽管是这种奇怪的摇滚风格，Dire Straits 却成为世界上最成功的商业摇滚乐队之一。
Dire Straits were a British rock band formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (lead vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and backing vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and backing vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion). Dire Straits' sound drew from a variety of musical influences, including jazz, folk, and blues, and came closest to beat music within the context of rock and roll. Despite the prominence of punk rock during the band's early years, their stripped-down sound contrasted with punk, demonstrating a more "rootsy" influence that emerged from pub rock. Many of Dire Straits' compositions were melancholic.
Dire Straits' biggest selling album,1985's ‘Brothers in Arms’ has sold over 30 million copies, and was the first album to sell a million copies on the then new CD format. They also became one of the world's most commercially successful bands, with worldwide records sales of over 100 million. Dire Straits won four Grammy Awards, three Brit Awards—winning Best British Group twice, two MTV Video Music Awards, and various other music awards. The band's songs include "Money for Nothing", "Sultans of Swing", "So Far Away", "Walk of Life", "Brothers in Arms", "Private Investigations", "Romeo and Juliet", "Tunnel of Love", and "Telegraph Road".
According to the ‘Guinness Book of British Hit Albums’, Dire Straits have spent over 1,100 weeks on the UK albums chart, ranking fifth all-time.Their career spanned a combined total of 15 years. They originally split up in 1988, but reformed in 1991, and disbanded for good in 1995 when Mark Knopfler launched his solo career full-time. There were several changes in personnel over both periods, leaving Mark Knopfler and John Illsley as the only two original bandmates who remained throughout the band's career.
After disbanding Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler started his career as a solo artist, releasing his first solo album, Golden Heart, in March 1996 after nearly 20 years of collaborations.
Brothers in Arms was certified nine times platinum in the US in August 1996. During that year, the entire Dire Straits catalogue was remastered by Bob Ludwig and re-released on CD on Mercury Records, in most of the world outside the United States. The remasters were released in September 2000 in the United States, on Warner Bros.
Knopfler, John Illsley, Alan Clark and Guy Fletcher reunited for one last time on 19 June 1999, with Ed Bicknell on drums, playing five songs including a performance of Chuck Berry's "Nadine" for Illsley's wedding. In 2000, Ed Bicknell, who had managed Dire Straits, officially ended his professional relationship with Mark Knopfler and former Dire Straits members Illsley, Clark, and Fletcher.
In 2002, Mark Knopfler was joined by John Illsley, Guy Fletcher, Danny Cummings and Chris White for four charity concerts. Brendan Croker joined Knopfler during the first half, playing mainly material composed with The Notting Hillbillies. Illsley came on for a Dire Straits session, toward the end of which, at a Shepherd's Bush concert, Jimmy Nail came on to provide backing vocals for Knopfler's solo composition, "Why Aye Man".
The most recent compilation, The Best of Dire Straits & Mark Knopfler: Private Investigations, was released in November 2005 and reached the UK Top 20. Featuring material from the majority of Dire Straits' studio albums as well as Mark Knopfler's solo and soundtrack material, it was released in two editions, a single CD with grey cover and a double CD in blue cover. The only previously unreleased track on the album, "All the Roadrunning", is a duet with singer Emmylou Harris. The album was well received. Also in 2005 Brothers in Arms was re-released in a limited 20th anniversary edition, which was a success, winning a Grammy Award for Best Surround Sound Album at the 48th Grammy Awards ceremony.
Since the break-up of Dire Straits, Mark Knopfler has shown no interest in reforming the band and is quoted as saying "Oh, I don't know whether to start getting all that stuff back together again," and telling reporters that "I would only do that for a charity. I'm glad I've experienced it all – I had a lot of fun with it – but I like things the way they are." However, keyboardist Guy Fletcher has been associated with almost every piece of Knopfler's solo material to date, and Danny Cummings has frequently contributed, notably to three of Knopfler's most recent solo album releases All the Roadrunning (with Emmylou Harris), Kill to Get Crimson and Get Lucky.
In 2007, Knopfler said he did not miss the global fame that came his way at the height of the band's success, explaining that "It just got too big."In October 2008, John Illsley told the BBC that he wanted Knopfler to agree to reform Dire Straits for a comeback tour. Knopfler declined, saying that he was often reluctant to reform the group and insisted that he "isn't even a fan of Dire Straits' early hits." In the same interview, Illsley also suggested that Knopfler is enjoying his continued success as a solo artist, saying that "He's doing incredibly well as a solo artist, so hats off to him. He's having a perfectly good time doing what he's doing."Guy Fletcher stated on his website that Knopfler has no interest in reforming Dire Straits.
In December 2009, the band was commemorated with a Heritage Award from PRS for Music. A plaque was placed on a block of flats in Deptford, London, the location where Dire Straits played their first gig.
In 2011, Alan Clark, Chris White, and Phil Palmer, along with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' drummer Steve Ferrone, put together a band called "The Straits", to perform at a charity show at the Albert Hall.
热门评论
- @verb30：Sultans of Swing 每隔一阵子就得听一次，像毒瘾发作一样，这毒已经持续20多年了. 吉他弹得好的多如牛毛，但mark knopfler的吉他不是靠炫技，甚至可以说内敛到极致，但每段的solo，都如此的扣人心弦，让人再三回味不已
- @旅人：乐队里的Mark算是吉他之神么，最起码和Eric Clapton是一个级别的
- @The Wall：记得十几年前满大街找bon jovi演唱会的时候，唱片店老板很不屑地推荐了Dire Straits，当时一看唱片内页，几个穿秋裤的土鳖，长得一个比一个磕碜，随即说老板这是什么破玩意儿，玩呢！这么多年了，现在每次听brother in arms的时候，我都想说：马叔对不起！
- @微微：Dire Straits是一支英国摇滚乐队，于1976 年组建于伦敦西南部的代特福德，活跃于1977 至1995年期间。 他们的成功主要应归于吉他演奏大师、乐队的核心人物 Mark Knopfler（生于1949 年8 月12 日）。Knopfler 29 岁时才开始音乐生涯，此前他曾做过新闻记者和教师。他吸收了许多音乐，在组建乐队之时，在歌曲创作和吉他演奏上已臻成熟。 Knopfler 与他的兄弟 David（吉他手）和 John Illsley（贝司手）联合以后，鼓手 Pick Withers 又加入到乐队中，他们开始在伦敦的酒吧中举办一些小型演出。最后他们花了 120 英镑录制了一盘样带，其中包括后来成为经典的歌曲“Sultans Of Swing”，这首歌在伦敦电台节目中播放后，各唱片公司蜂拥而至竞相与该乐队签约。
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