URandy Jackson, umphathi weqela leZebra.Ifoto: Kaitlyn Flannagan yoMqwalaseli Xa uRandy Jackson wayetyelele uMqwalaseli ngenye imini, yayingengomsunguli-womculo-umbhali-wecirari-gitar kuphela weqela lomculo wentsimbi u-Zebra owangena, kwaba ngathi ngo-1983 uqobo wabonakala.
I-Zebra ayizange ibe nerekhodi kwaye eyona nto basondeleyo kuyo nge-albhamu yabo yokuqala, eya kuma-50s kwi-Hot 100. Kodwa ngandlela-thile, unokwenza ityala elinamandla lokuba iZebra yenye yezona zintlanu zibaluleke kakhulu. izibophelelo kwicala lobomi bam. Nasi isizathu.
Ngo-1983, xa irekhodi labo laliqala ukuphuma, uZebra wenza ukhenketho noLoverboy. Ngandlel 'ithile, ezo ngoma zintlanu, kubandakanya eyona ngoma yabo ibalaseleyo, Ndixelele Into Oyifunayo, zagqitywa kumdlalo kamabonakude obizwa ngokuba yiRock n Roll Tonight- imidlalo yeqonga eboniswa kwi-LA kunye nabaphulaphuli ababukhoma abaziswe ngokukodwa kumdlalo. Umhlobo wam osenyongweni, uJohn Packel, owayedlala igubu kwibhendi yam yasesikolweni u-Rox, ngandlela thile wayeneteyiphu yevidiyo yaloo msebenzi. Sayibukela loo nto de yacuthwa ngokoqobo. UJohn wacinga ukuba angakuvuyela ukurhweba ngobuhle bakhe bobukhwenkwe ukuze abenakho ukubetha isigubhu njengoGuy Gelso kwaye ndibukele ndisoyika njengoko uFeliks Hanemann edlala isikali esisehlayo kwii-bass zakhe ngelixa edlala isikali esinyukayo kula mabhendi e-foot-pedal synthesizer asetyenzisiweyo kwiminyaka yama-80. Isifundise okuninzi njengeeBeatles okanye iThe Who malunga nokuma, indlela yokujonga, kunye nokugungqa.
Ngaphandle kwemizamo yam yokwenza ukuba uRandy Jackson atyale izigqibo ezingalunganga kunye nabaphathi beenkampani ezimbi abaye baphazamisa umsebenzi wakhe othembisayo, intuthuzelo yakhe epheleleyo apho akhoyo kwitempile yeliwa yabonakala kwimpendulo yakhe yonke. Ndibuze uJackson ukuba uziva njani ukuba ngumfana onomzuzu omkhulu ngokwenene kwakusekuqaleni kweminyaka yama-80s ukudibana nabantu abanjengam abasondela kwiminyaka engama-50 ubudala, kodwa abasayijonga iZebra njengempembelelo ebalulekileyo ebomini babo.
Ewe, ndithetha ukuba ndiziva ngathi ndisikelelekile ukuba ndinayo, uyazi, ubude bexesha lomculo kunye nenyaniso yokuba abantu bayayixabisa, uyazi, ngakumbi ngeli xesha. Sekuyiminyaka engama-30 ukususela oko kwaphuma irekhodi lokuqala. Ndikholelwe, andiyithathi kancinci kwaye sesona sizathu sokuba sikwazi ukudlala kwezi ntsuku, uyazi. Abalandeli basaphuma kwaye uyazi ukuba ithetha lukhulu kum. Kuthetha ukuba umculo ubachukumisile kwinqanaba elithile ngathi ubuthetha ngoMcCartney ngeeBeatles. Yindlela abandichukumisa ngayo. Yayiyilo qela lokuqala endakha ndalibona ukuba liBeatles xa ndandineminyaka eli-9 ubudala, ke ndinokuyazi. Ngayo yonke le nkqubo ndiye ndafumanisa ukuba umculo uninzi lwabantu olunamathela kuwo okanye onamathela kuwo ngumculo ababewuphulaphule kwiminyaka yabo yokufikisa, uyazi, nakwiminyaka yama-20s, nangona bezokuxabisa umculo omninzi. Kamva ebomini, kodwa kufana nesiseko sokuba ndicinga ngabantu abaninzi kwaye inento yokwenza nobudala kunayo nantoni na eyenye. Kodwa ndiyavuya ukuba ndingayinxalenye yento ebambelele ixesha elide.
Oko kuya kwiintsomi zebhendi yemvelaphi. I-Zebra yenziwa eNew Orleans njengebhola ekhatywayo ye-esile. Esi sithathu sinamabhongo siza kulwa neLed Zeppelin kunye namanye amaqela acela umngeni. Bafudukela eLong Island ukuze badutyulwe ngcono kwaye baqala ukuzimela kwiingoma zabo kwaye abantu abahamba ngeeklabhu bathi andiyiboni ingoma enye kaZeppelin oyidlalileyo ebizwa ngokuba 'Ngubani osemva komnyango?' Ibhekisa kwenye yeengoma zantlandlolo zikaRandy Jackson kwi-albhamu yokuqala yeZebra eye yaphantse yabetha.
(Njengoko kusenzeka, ndithatha nje abantwana bam ndaya eHaiti kunye nebhendi eyayibhukishe ngobuchule iRoyal Caribbean yayinguLed Zepagain, ababelunge kakhulu kwinto efana nesandi kunalo naliphi na ibhendi elinelungelo lokuba. , Ndikhwaze i-Out On the Tiles kumdlalo wangoLwesithathu, kwaye ngolwe-Sihlanu, bayigubungela ngokugqibeleleyo, kunye no-No Quarter, Kashmir, Nobody's Fault But Mine kunye nezinye izinto ezixabisekileyo ze-Zeppelin. I-buffet yenqanawa umfana waseRobert Plant undixelele ukuba uyithanda kangakanani iZebra.)
URandy Jackson uxelele uMqwalaseli, Xa sasinyuka zazininzi iiklabhu ezaziza kuthi, uyazi, musa ukwenza nayiphi na eyokuqala, sifuna izembozo kuphela. Ke singaya phambili kwaye sidlale ezokuqala, kodwa asizukuzibhengeza. Yayiyindlela elungileyo yokubona ukuba iingoma zihamba njani, kwaye sisalathiso esihle sokuba ingoma iyasebenza okanye ayisebenzi. 
Ngaphambi kokuba kubekho u-Lorde okanye u-Jessie J, indoda ene-A & R ene-golden-eared uJason Flom watyikitya iZebra njengomntu oneminyaka eli-19 ubudala kwiAtlantic Records. Yayikukutyikitya kokuqala kobomi bakhe.Ifoto: J. Ralph woBukele
Ndixelele uJackson indlela endizichaze ngayo ngenxa yokuba ndihleli apho nomhlobo wam uJohn kwaye amaqela ethu azakugubungela ingoma yeZebra njengoko benditshilo ngaphambili, eyayingaphaya komculo wethu, izaliswe zezi arpeggios zikhawulezayo kwaye ubuncinci zimbini iibhulorho.
UJackson uthe, Yile ndlela ufunda ngayo. Kwaye uzama ukuyifaka kumculo wakho. Ndicinga ukuba iiBeatles ngumzekelo obalaseleyo walonto. Uyazi ukuba ujonga iiBeatles, ikhathalogu yabo yokuqala kunye noko bakugubungeleyo. Ndiyathetha ukuba ulwazi lwabo lomculo lwalungakholeleki kwaye yiyo loo nto ndicinga ukuba babekwazi ukubhala zonke iingoma ngexesha elifutshane. Babenama-ammo nje. Xa saqala amaqela amaninzi athi, Hayi asizenzi ii-cover. Ndathi, Kulungile kufanelekile, kuba onke amabhendi amakhulu, awona mabhanti makhulu awakhe abakho onke enza izigqubuthelo kwaye kubalulekile. Yindlela ofunda ngayo.
I-Zebra ibonakalise eLong Island kanye kanye xa iRamones kunye noDebbie Harry kunye nomabonakude besenza i-CBGB kunye neMax's Kansas City iindawo ezipholileyo emhlabeni. Ndazibuza ukuba ingaba iZebra kunye nabo babephila ngexesha likaDade oGqwethekileyo kunye neRat Race Choir bayive na loo mpepho yase-East Village idlula.
Babedla ngokufumana amaphepha-ndaba amaninzi kuzwelonke ngokuba seManhattan nazo zonke izinto ezitshangatshangiswayo, kodwa bekukho indawo enkulu elulwalwa eqhubeka kuyo yonke iNew Jersey naseLong Island. Singene esixekweni amatyeli aliqela sadlala kwaye besifumanisa ukuba la mabhendi ebengenzi uhlobo lwemali esiyenzayo ngaphandle. Ngoku akukho mntu wayenengxelo erekhodiweyo ngelo xesha kwaye besele sizise idemo kwiAtlantic, kodwa bayala kwaye bathi, 'Owu kuhle ukuba ubungaphuma kwiminyaka eli-10 eyadlulayo. Ngu 1978, kwaye bayimamela kwaye bayigqitha. Kwakunobani oMva koMnyango kunye nazo zonke iingoma ozivileyo kwirekhodi lokuqala ngokusisiseko njengedemo. Batsho ukuba ibingomhla, ke besenza imali enkulu. Mna nomfazi wam sathenga indlu eLouisiana. Ndithe, Kulungile oku kuzakulunga. Siza kuyenza ngoluhlobo uyazi, ube liqela leklabhu. Kwaye into elandelayo uyazi ukuba bayabuyela kwaye siyasayina.
Kukho ibali elihlekisayo lokuvuselelwa kweqela emehlweni eAtlantic- konke okumnandi kuba ileyibhile yayisekhaya kumagorha abo, uLed Zeppelin- kwaye iphulaphule ixesha apho unomathotholo walapha wahlelwa ngabalandeli bomculo walapha, hayi ukucofa kuvavanywa ziikhompyuter kunye ikhutshiwe kubo bonke ubuntu. UJackson uxelela ingxelo yokutyikitywa kweqela elinoJason Flom, oqale eAtlantic njengeIntengiso yomhlabaxa wayeneminyaka eyi-18 kwaye ekugqibeleni waba nguSihlalo kunye ne-CEO yeAtlantic Records, ehamba kwisikhululo samatye saseLong Island iWBAB ukuba axhome iiposta kwaye axelelwe ukuba kufuneka ajonge eli qela likhulu lendawo.
Libali elimnandi, kodwa ayisiyiyo indlela uFlom awukhumbula ngayo. Kwaye ingxelo yakhe ibhetele nangakumbi.
UJason Flom ungumnini onokuba sisibini seendlebe esiphumeleleyo kwishishini lonke lokurekhoda. INew Yorker iqaphele ubungangamsha bayo ekuhambiseni izilo, ibhekisa ekukhuliseni kwayo, phakathi kwabanye abaninzi, Lorde, Kid Rock, Katy Perry, Matchbox 20, Jewel, Hootie kunye neBlowfish (Flom ikhankanya u-Tim Sommer waBabukeli woko ukufumanisa ), Umphefumlo oHlanganisiweyo, uVanessa Williams kunye noSugar Ray. UZebra waba ngumqondiso wakhe wokuqala. Uyalikhumbula ibali lokuxhoma iiposta ngokwahlukileyo kwaye uxelele uMbonisi… kulungile, masivumele uJason Flom abalise ibali. Mde kwaye ineenkcukacha kodwa kufanelekile.
Indlela eyehla ngayo kukuba ndandingumrhwebi oqeqeshiweyo wasentsimini ngelo xesha, ke ndandixhoma iiposta kwiivenkile ezirekhodiweyo, kwaye ndifuna ukuqonda ukuba ndingawufumana njani umsebenzi ngokwenza i-A & R. Kwakukho imagazini yorhwebo ngelo xesha ebizwa ngokuba yiAlbum Network. Kwaye iAlbum Network yayiyeyona Bhayibhile inomathotholo yerock, ke kwiphepha elingaphandle baya kukubonisa ezona zinto zine zishushu zishushu, iirekhodi ezine ezingabona bakhweli bakhulu kwiitshathi kule veki; ngasemva, babenalo uluhlu lokudlala olushicilelweyo kuzo zonke izikhululo zamatye ezili-190 elizweni, kwaye uluhlu ngalunye lokudlala wawunalo uyazi, nokuba yeyiphi, zingaphi iirekhodi ezazidlala ngokujikeleza-iirekhodi ezingama-30, 40 kwindawo encinci, emva koko igama isikhululo, igama lomlawuli wenkqubo kunye nenombolo yefowuni.
Ke umbono wam ibikukuba ndizakufunda olu luhlu ndinethemba lokufumana ibhendi ebidlalwa engakhange ityikitywe, kwaye ukuba ndiyenzile ndiza kubiza isikhululo ndizame ukufumana umphathi wenkqubo, umphathi womculo emnxebeni , nto leyo eyayingeyondlwan 'iyanetha kuba babengandazi ukuba ndingubani, kwaye enyanisweni ndandingengomntu. Kwaye ke isiqingatha sexesha, ndiza kubiza malunga nayiphi na ibhendi, kunene, ii-Pie-Eaters, okanye nantoni na, kwaye baya kuthi, 'Hayi, sele besayinwe kwi-RCA,' kwaye ndiza kuba njalo, ' Owu, uxolo ndiya kudlala ngexesha lakho. '
Ke, iWBAB yayidlala iqela elibizwa ngokuba yiLines. Ndabiza kwaye ndafumana uBob Buchman emnxebeni, owayengumlawuli wenkqubo kwaye kufanele ukuba akhwaze kwinqaku lakho. Andikaze ndithethe naye ngaphambili — ndandineminyaka eli-19 ubudala kwaye ndandingazange ndathetha namntu ngaphambili — ndathi ke, ‘Bob, yintoni le ikunye neli qela le-The Lines?’ Kwaye wathi, ‘Akuyonto inomdla kuyo. Ndiyidlala njengenceba komnye umntu kwaye akukho mfuneko yokuba umoshe ixesha lakho kuloo nto. 'Ke bendinokuthi,' Ewe, ukuba ubunguye ngubani oza kutyikitya? ' kuba andinakusayina mntu. Andinakukwazi ukusayina igama lam ngelo xesha, kodwa, awuyi ndawo ebomini ngokungaceli, ke ndibuze. Kwaye uthi, 'Makhe ndikubalisele ngeZebra.' Ke ndiye, 'Yintoni iZebra?' Kwaye athi, 'Yeyona # 1 iqela elifunwa kakhulu kwisikhululo sikanomathotholo.' Ndathi, 'Uthetha ukuba uthanda uninzi ucele ibhendi yasekhaya? Ndiyayifumana, intle. ’Kwaye uyahamba,‘ Makhe ndikuxelele into. Sigcina umkhondo wekota nganye ukuba zingaphi izicelo esizifumanayo kwibhendi nganye. I-6.8% yazo zonke izicelo kwisikhululo ibizezamaZebra. ’Kwaye ke enye into engu-5 yayilandelayo, ezintathu ezalandelayo yayinguZeppelin, AC / DC, no-Ozzy; Andikhumbuli ngolandelelwano, kwaye bendifana, 'Ingcwele, le yiyo. Le ikhefu lam elikhulu. Ndingabafumana njani aba bafana? ’Uthi,‘ Bambelela, ndiza kubafumana kwenye ifowuni. Uye wabiza uRandy owayeseNew Orleans, kwaye kwinto endandiqonda ukuba bayekile kumbono wokufumana irekhodi. Babengayi ndawo ngokukhawuleza. Bebesenza oku kangangeminyaka esithoba. Bebedluliselwe ngumntu wonke, kwaye bebehlobo lokurhoxa kwesi sigwebo.
Ke ngengomso ndifumana iphakheji yeFedEx, eyayiyinto yokuqala endakha ndayifumana. Yayiyinto enomdla, kwaye yayine-albhamu kuyo, kodwa andinandawo yokumamela i-albhamu kuba yonke into endandinayo yayiyidesika kunye nefowuni. Ndaya kwenye yeeofisi zomfo we-A & R, ndaza ndathi, ‘Sele uza kuva into enkulu elandelayo.’ Uyahamba, ‘Ngokwenene! Yintoni leyo? 'Ndiyahamba,' Zebra. 'Uyahamba,' Wow. Ngaba umamele? Injani? Ndiyaya, 'Hayi, khange ndiyimamele nangoku, ndiyakuxelela ukuba le yinto enkulu elandelayo.' Undijongile ehlekisayo emva koko wayimamela, kwaye undixelela izizathu ezintlanu ezahlukeneyo zokuba kutheni kungalunganga kwaye ayizukusebenza. Ndixhelekile, kuba bendicinga eli ikhefu lam elikhulu kwaye bendonwabile kakhulu ukuba ndingakwazi nokuzimamela ngokwam nangayiphi na into endiyifunayo.
Ke ndibuyele edesikeni ndiyokubiza uRandy ndimxelele ukuba umfo uthe ayilunganga, kuba bendicinga ukuba lomfo kufuneka ayazi into ayenzayo kuba une-ofisi kwaye uyazi ukuba ufana nomfana we-A & R. Iyahlekisa. Ke ndathi kunobhala ohleli phambi kwam ogama linguMary Conroy, ‘Mary, this does not make sense.’ I'm halfway through dialing Randy and was like, ‘The guy is selling out every club. Ungoyena # 1 uceliwe kakhulu kwisikhululo kwaye ndimfowunela ndimxelela ukuba izinto zakhe azilunganga. Uyahamba, 'Hayi, ayenzi ngqondo nakum.' Nditsalele umnxeba uRandy ndathi , 'Randy, mamela, lo mfo akathethi kakuhle ngesi sizathu, eso sizathu, esinye isizathu, kodwa ndiza kuyinika [uMongameli weAtlantic Records] uDoug Morris kwaye ndibone ukuba uthini. Ndide ndazi noDoug Morris ngaphandle kokuba bendisazi ukuba ngumntu ekufuneka ndimthintele xa ndiphakamile, ndihambahamba ndiphethe yonke imipu yam kunye netape enamacala amabini nezinto ezinjalo. Kodwa ndicinge ukuba yintoni le isihogo, ndiza kuyithatha.
Ke ndenza ikhasethi ngayo ndaza ndayisongela ephepheni ndaza ndayibeka phezu kwedesika kanobhala kaDoug, apho kwakukho imfumba enkulu yeekhasethi ezazingenakulindeleka ukuba zize kuphulaphulwa. Ngokufanelekileyo inqwaba efanayo ikhona kwii-ofisi zabantu abaninzi ze-A & R macala onke kwishishini, ubuncinci kubo bonke umongameli weAtlantic Records. Ke ndiyibeke phezu kwedesika yakhe kwaye njengoko isiphelo siza kuba kwiintsuku ezimbalwa kamva, uthathe ezimbalwa zeekhasethi edesikeni yakhe ukumamela xa egodukayo ngemoto yakhe. Kwaye kwakhona, i-serendipity, synchronicity, yibize ngale nto uyifunayo, kwenzeka ukuba aphile eLong Island. Ke, njengokuba endixelela ibali wayelimamele emotweni yakhe, ingoma ethi 'Ngubani osemva kocango,' wayikhupha kuba wagqiba kwelokuba akayithandi. Kwaye le ngoma yayidlala kunomathotholo, kuba kwenzeka ukuba isikhululo silungiselelwe i-WBAB, eyayisisikhululo esishushu eLong Island ngaloo mihla. Ke, njengoko unokuthelekelela, wenza into entle ephindwe kabini, kwaye lo mfo uphela ecula - kuvakala kufanelekile ukuba kuyinyani, kodwa kuyabonakala ukuba ekupheleni kwengoma u-DJ uthi, ' eyona ngoma iceliweyo kwimbali yeWBAB, Zebra, Ngubani osemva komnyango. '
Ke ungena kwaye andixelele le yingqondi, kwaye bendithanda, 'Uh,' ungathini, ndoda? Andazi ukuba yintoni le ndiyitshoyo, ngokungathi ndithathiwe ngokupheleleyo. Kwaye uthi, ‘Ndifuna ukudibana nalomfo.’ Ke ndabhabha uRandy ndinyuka ndisuka eNew Orleans, saba nentlanganiso noDoug, kwaye oko kwaqala inkqubo. Emva koko yema. Ngesinye isikhathi, uDoug wayebonakala elahlekelwa ngumdla kwaye isivumelwano asizange senziwe kwaye andinakukwazi ukuyenza, kwaye andingazi into endiyenzayo nantoni na, ngoko kwakunzima kakhulu. Ke ndiye ndaya kuqinisekisa uJack Douglas ukuba aze kubona iqela. Andazi ukuba uRandy ukuxelele loo nxalenye yebali; iyahlekisa.
UJack wayengoyena mvelisi ushushu emhlabeni. Usandula ukuphumelela iGrammy kaJohn Lennon ethi ‘Double Fantasy,’ kunjalo, kwaye wayengumvelisi wam endimthandayo kuba iirekhodi zokuqala zeAerosmith zaziyirekhodi endizithandayo. UZebra wayemthanda ngenxa yento kaJohn Lennon kwaye ndandimthanda ngenxa yeAerosmith, kwaye wayesandula ukuphumelela iGrammy. Ke ngandlela thile okanye enye ndaye ndamqinisekisa ukuba eze kubona band kunye nam. Ndimfunqule ngemoto eqeshisayo. Siye saya kubona iZebra eLong Island kwaye wavuma ukuvelisa irekhodi, kulapho ke ndafumana umyalezo ovela kuDoug esithi, 'Masiyivale le nto.' Kuba ndandifana nengqondo, kutheni esihogo evelise ibhendi engaziwayo ngeloxesha? Kodwa wenza. Ewe, kwenzeka njalo. 
Isifuba sikaRandy Jackson kunye nemane.Ifoto: Wikipedia / Robert Geiger
Andikwazi ukuyimela xa iqela endilithandayo lingenakulingana nawo onke amabhanti endiwathandayo. Ndandiqhubeka ndicinezela uJackson ndifuna ingcaciso. Ukumamela iteyiphu yam yolu dliwanondlebe, ngequbuliso ndiyazi ukuba umgca wam wokubuza kufuneka ucaphukise njani. Kodwa kufuneka ndiyazi. Ndixelele uRandy Jackson malunga nendlela uVan McClain, umdlali wekatala weShooting Star, enye i-80s band endiyithandayo engakhange iyenze kakuhle, inawo onke la mabali ngendlela inkampani erekhodayo eyaphuthaphutha ngayo kumgca weyadi ezi-2. Konakele phi, Randy? Kwenzeka njani ukuba uZebra angabi Rush? Kodwa ngekhe umgungqise lo mfo-uyabuthanda ubomi bakhe kwaye unombulelo ngokudlala umculo kunye nokudlala nabazukulwana bakhe.
Ekugqibeleni, ndicinga ukuba ixesha linento yokwenza nayo kunayo nayiphi na enye into. Andigxeki iAtlantic ngokwenene. Ndiyathetha ukuba ndingathi banokusinyusa ngakumbi. Inye into endothuswe yiyo xa kuphuma irekhodi lokuqala, besithengise iikopi ezingama-75,000 kwiiveki ezimbalwa singakhange sinyuselwe, kwaye ke yayiyeyona albhamu yathengiswa ngokukhawuleza kwimbali yeAtlantic Record, kwaye isekhona nanamhlanje, uyazi. Akukho mntu wayevile ngomntu kwiqela. Kwaye ndothuswa kukuba kanye emva koko khange babeke naluphi na unyuselo kuloo nto, kwaye iinyanga ezimbalwa ukuthengisa kuthe tyaba. Kwirekhodi lesibini, ndiyakhumbula xa sasiphuma endleleni ndandichebe iinwele zam. Sibe nohlobo lokujonga okwahlukileyo iividiyo kwaye bekukho abantu abathi, Kulungile kwenzeke ntoni kumculi wakho wokuqala? Ndacoca kakhulu ukuba uyazi. Ungasoloko ujonga ngasemva kwaye uthi bekufanele ukuba siyenzile le okanye leya. Sinokhetho lokutyelela kunye noSammy Hagar kutyelelo lwakhe lokugqibela e-US okanye ukuya eYurophu kunye nokukhenketha kwaye sakhetha ukuhlala noSammy. Kwaye nangona yayilukhenketho olukhulu, bekufanele ukuba siye eYurophu ngelo xesha. Ke, ukuba kuye kwafuneka ndijonge emva ndibeke nasiphi na isityholo kuyo nayiphi na into enokuba ziziganeko.
Kwaye kwabakho enye imiss kufutshane. Emva kwentengiso edanisayo yerekhodi labo lokugqibela, uZebra wenze isigqibo sokuvelisa irekhodi labo lesithathu ngokwabo. Phantse oko kuhlala kuyimpazamo kodwa ngakumbi ngeli xesha. UJackson undixelele ukuba yonke imibuzo evela kumaphepha-ndaba ibijike ngesiquphe Ucinga ntoni ngale ntwana ka-Bon Jovi? I-phenom yaseJersey yayine-pop-metal hit kunye ne-Runaway. NgokukaJackson, uBruce Fairbairn wayeqhakamshelane neAtlantic wathi ufuna ukuvelisa irekhodi lesithathu leZebra. Wayelazi iqela ngo-Loverboy, owayekhenketha kunye noZebra xa berekhoda le vidiyo ibuchaphazele ubomi bam bobu rock. I-Fairbairn yayiqhube i-Loverboy's self-titered 1980 kwaye u1981 walandelelanisa iitshathi. UJackson uxelele iAtlantic ukuba ibhendi ithathe isigqibo sokuvelisa isithathu seZebra ngokwabo ukuze uFairbairn avelise enye irekhodi endaweni yoko-uBon Jovi's Slippery When Wet.
NgoMgqibelo, nge-14 kaJanuwari, uZebra uzakudlala icwecwe lakhe lokuqala kuyo yonke le nto — ifaneleke kangakanani le? -Mulcahy’s eWantagh. Mna noJohn Packel sizakuba lapho, noJason Flom naye uza kundixelela ukuba ungo-100% !!! - nawe ke uyawulawula.
