姓名: CerberusShoal 英文名:- 性别:- 国籍:- 出生地:- 语言:- 生日:- 星座:- 身高:- 体重:-
小简介
美国后摇滚新人王 来自美国波特兰市的Cerberus Shoal,成立于1994年至今已至少发行了七张正式专辑,还没加上一堆合辑或side project,算是个多产的乐团。乐团成员也不少,变动也频繁,懒得一一详细列出,有兴趣的人自行到网络上去查询。最近几年的独立乐界后摇滚占尽了风头,而Cerberus Shoal算是其中特别有趣的乐团,乐团成员多,每个人都有自己善长的乐器,所以音乐元素得以丰富许多,而且他们也喜于尝试各种不同乐风,短短几年发行的几张专辑,风格都有很大的转变,每一张都听不出是同一个乐团的作品。 早期的And Farewell To Hightide,基本上是标准的美国后摇滚(注),还有点嘻皮年代的长篇迷幻,表现出乐手的演奏功力。辽阔的大草原,灰暗的天空,公路电影般的独白,很容易另人想到一个名字很长的后摇滚乐团GodSpeed You Black Emperor! Cerberus Shoal并不甘愿只是开车横越美国,他们离开了沙漠、大草原,收起宽广的视野,回到家闭起双眼,转往内心深处去思考,探索心灵。合成乐器、电子声响、人声取样,渐渐加入他们的音乐中。 Homb和Crash My Moon Yacht营造出的黑暗冷凝的气氛,有时是另人头皮发麻惊悚场景,有时是神秘的仪式氛围和诗歌吟唱,我突然忘了自己,神游异国去了。 Cerberus Shoal的音乐上的转变,从专辑封面的颜色越来越深,就可以看得出来,尤其Homb这张翻开来是一个骨头外露、皮肤缝着粗绳线的瘦弱天使有,诡异程度不输一些哥德乐团,还有人说要把这个图画在手上呢。 实验之余,Cerberus Shoal在也还没忘了自己是个后摇团,偶尔的大爆炸也不能少,摇滚三宝吉他、贝斯、鼓的搭配穿插各段落中。常在我开始很进入Cerberus Shoal所制造的气氛时,鼓手会跑出来把情绪拉起来,就像大家喝了点酒,开始微醺想谈心的时候,突然有人跳出来带团康…爵士鼓还舍不得丢…我一直想跟他们这样说。 Mr. Boy Dog歌太长还分成2片CD,Cerberus Shoal又从深沉的黑暗世界里跳出来,搬出更多的乐器家伙,连Free-jazz、噪音、前卫解构、民族风、无病呻吟…都玩遍了。每张专辑都能给人不同的感受和期望落差,Cerberus Shoal的音乐深度和多样性无庸置疑,照他们的发片速度,明年Cerberus Shoal的下一张专辑我还能认得出来吗? 注:美国标准后摇滚就是:乐手都是练家子,喜欢长篇演奏,不爱用电子乐器,吉他音色朴素为主,最忌花俏绚丽,鼓手专心算拍子强调 hi-hat变化,最后会把所有乐器搞到高潮大爆炸然后再调一下效果器的旋钮做结尾,这些热血硬汉根本不懂阴郁。
Starting with their punk rock roots upon their 1994 formation, Cerberus Shoal relocated from Maine to Boston when the first line up of Caleb Mulkerin (guitar), Chriss Sutherland (bass/ vocals), Tom Rogers (drums) and Josh Ogden (guitar) was established. After a handful of shows at ABC No Rio, a self-titled EP and a full blown US tour all before the end of 1995, a couple line up changes would progress the Cerberus Shoal sound to a poppier, mellower appeal. With Kristen Hedges replacing Ogden on guitar and vocals, and the addition of David Mulder on keyboards, the two EP Lighthouse in Athens Parts One and Two and And Farewell to Hightide... were released in 1996 on Tree Records; both of these featuring Cerberus Shoals stylistic changes. After Hedges departed later on that year, the single Breathing Machine came out in 1997 following another two song EP Elements of Structure/ Permanence, clocking in at 50 minutes total. With Mulder leaving the band before another tour of the United States, Cerberus Shoal quickly borrowed Thomas Kovaceic (guitar/ vocals) and Tim Harbeson (keyboards/ trumpet) from the band Tarpigh before recruiting them full time. Homb was released in 1999 and Crash My Moon Yacht followed in mid-2000.