JJ72

621人收藏

风格: #独立摇滚　#英伦摇滚
地区: Ireland 爱尔兰

艺人介绍

小简介

很多人很好奇JJ72这个名字的来源。一说是JANIS JOPLIN去世时的体重，一说是"JAMES JOYCE 1972"。JAMES JOYCE是乐队主唱和乐队鼓手的校友，虽然三人就读时期不同，而1972则代表那年他们就读的学校最后一次夺得爱尔兰伦斯特省高级橄榄球赛杯的冠军。

乐队组团于1999年，由主唱兼吉他手Mark Greaney和鼓手Fergal Matthews组建，不久当时的贝司手离队，随后两人招募了新贝司手Hilary Woods。JJ72正式成型，并在爱尔兰小规模表演。2000年8月乐队发行了首张同名专辑，迅速获得了评论的好评，专辑在爱尔兰和英国两地的销量一共超过50万张，乐队也由此可以在欧洲，美国和日本进行巡演。

2002年的10月乐队发行第二张专辑I TO SKY，声势却未能超过其首张专辑的表现。其实我觉得第二张专辑要比首张专辑风格成熟，整体性也比较一致，更能体现JJ72的精神和风格，可听性也更高。但实际销售情况只能说一般。首张同名专辑在英国最高至榜单16位，而这张只是到20位。

03年贝司手宣布离开乐队，去“追逐个人其它爱好”。然后不久就诞下一子。乐队招募了新的贝司手SARAH FOX，并于05年开始新的巡演，在此期间乐队发行了两张单曲，一张SHE'S GONE和一张COMING HOME。后者只攀至英国单曲榜第52名。销量的不成功直接导致乐队第三张专辑流产，虽然有谣传说专辑名为On或者Heaven City Falls，专辑内容也已经完成，却迟迟无法出版。

06年6月22日，JJ72发布消息，正式宣告乐队解散，最主要的理由是与唱片公司的合约问题。果然是逃不出所谓的“七年之痒”？JJ72算是2000年后屈指可数的几个我感兴趣的乐队，主唱MARK声音辨识度高，又有才气，他跟鼓手FERGAL两人外型也不错，JJ72的作品也要比很多所谓的新晋乐队的水平高很多，无奈命运大神翻云覆雨，只能叹息。

当年发行处子作的时候乐队三个成员的年龄才20岁，算得上张爱说的“出名要趁早”，虽然陨落的也过快了，不过说不定哪天又重新东山再起，谁知道呢。

The Irish-based indie guitar trio JJ72 first crawled out of their Dublin nest in 1997, as lead singer Mark Greaney and drummer Fergal Matthews found each other in the city's Belvedere College mostly due to a mutual admiration for Joy Division, Nirvana, and what Matthews called Greaney's "cool jacket." After going through an assortment of bass players, the two of them locked onto a young actress by the name of Hilary Woods to fill out the band. With all the members in place, the newly formed trio finally had the opportunity to start sending out demo copies of the band's "Oxygen" to a number of radio stations and press outlets. Despite these slow first steps, DJs and music journalists quickly stopped wondering what the band's name meant (most common theories being a type of washing machine or even Janis Joplin's weight in stone) and even started to champion the band as one of the brightest hopes for indie guitar music in 2000. In February 2003, Woods left the group for other personal goals. A permanent replacement was not known at the time of the bassist's departure. Three years later, JJ72 officially called it quits in June 2006 after more than a decade together. A reason for the split was due to the band's strained relationship with their record company, and the lack of funding for a third JJ72 album.

JJ72

艺人介绍

热门评论

最新简评（共32条）