Ba'o VN: Phong tra`o nha.c tre? o+? Tha`nh pho^' Ho^` Chi' Minh

[AnHai Doan <anhai@cs.washington.edu>]

Ba'o VN service tu+` VNSA 21/04/97
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Phong tra`o nha.c tre? o+? Tha`nh pho^' Ho^` Chi' Minh : Nhu+~ng no^'t sol
tru+o+?ng

Trung Nghi~a

Ba'o Lao ddo^.ng Chu? nha^.t nga`y 6 tha'ng 4 na(m 1997

Ga^`n 25 na(m tro^i qua ke^? tu+` khi phong tra`o nha.c tre? ta.i Sa`i
Go`n ba('t dda^`u xua^'t hie^.n (o+? dda^`u tha^.p nie^n 70), do`ng nha.c
cu?a tuo^?i tre? na`y tuy co`n ga(.p nhie^`u ddi.nh kie^'n trong qua'
tri`nh pha't trie^?n nhu+ng cho dde^'n nay dda~ ga(.t ha'i ddu+o+.c
nhie^`u tha`nh qua?  dda'ng ca?m tho^ng va` khi'ch le^..  "Nhu+~ng no^'t
sol tru+o+?ng" cu?a phong tra`o nha.c tre? o+? Sa`i Go`n hie^.n nay co'
the^? ke^? dde^'n Da Va`ng, Dden Tra('ng, Atomega, Rock Alpha... 

Nho'm "Da va`ng" tha`nh la^.p ca'ch dda^y na(m na(m (1992) ta.i Festival
Pop - rock TPHCM la^`n 1."Thu? li~nh" Nguye^~n Dda.t be^` ngoa`i ra^'t
gio^'ng John Lennon la` ca si~ chi'nh kie^m Lead guitar, Le^ Quang cho+i
bass, Le^ Nha~ dda'nh tro^'ng... la` ca'c gu+o+ng ma(.t ky` cu+.u quye^'t
ta^m "mo+?" nhu+~ng hu+o+'ng ddi mo+'i cho nie^`m ddam me^ cho+i rock cu?a
"Da va`ng". Trong la^`n die^~n ga^`n dda^y nha^'t (cuo^'i tha'ng 3.97 ta.i
sa^n kha^'u Ky` Hoa`), "Da va`ng" tha^.t su+. chinh phu.c ca'c fan bo+?i
su+. tie^'n bo^. cu?a mi`nh ve^` lo+`i ha't (bo+'t "ga`o the't"  ho+n va`
ky~ thua^.t ho+n) trong khi ca'c ca khu'c rock Vie^.t ho'a tu+. sa'ng ta'c
cu?a ho. va^n co' su+'c ha^'p da^~n dda(.c bie^.t :  Bi' a^?n ti`nh ye^u,
Vo`ng tay ba.n be`... Ne^'u kho^ng co' "Da va`ng", phong tra`o nha.c tre?
o+?  TPHCM se~ thie^'u va('ng ddi mo^.t nho'm metal rock nhie^`u ti`m to`i
va` chi.u kho' kha('c phu.c nhu+~ng khie^'m khuye^'t. 

Tu+o+ng ddo^'i kha'c vo+'i "Da va`ng", ban nha.c "Dden Tra('ng"  cu?a
ca(.p Ngo.c Le^~ - Phu+o+ng Tha?o la.i chinh phu.c kha'n gia? ba(`ng phong
ca'c pop country. Phong ca'ch na`y ta.o ne^n hie^.u qua? bo+?i su+. pho^'i
ho+.p nhua^`n nhuye^~n giu+~a tie^'ng guitar cu?a Ngo.c Le^~ va` dda`n
mandoline cu?a ca si~ Phu+o+ng Tha?o. Ca'c ca khu'c cu?a Dden Tra('ng nhu+
Xe dda.p o+i, Con ga'i, Cafe' mo^.t mi`nh... ddu+o+.c gio+'i tre? Sa`i
Go`n dda(.c bie^.t u+a thi'ch. Album dda^`u tay cu?a Dden Tra('ng (Cafe'
mo^.t mi`nh, 1996) pha't ha`nh 24.000 ba?n chu+'ng minh nho'm "Dden
Tra('ng" dda~ ddu+'ng vu+~ng trong lo`ng ba.n tre? ye^u a^m nha.c hie^.n
nay. 

Sau gia?i dda(.c bie^.t ta.i Festival Pop - rock 1992 va` album dda^`u
tie^n Ti`nh ye^u va` tuo^?i tre? (1995), tho+`i gian qua, nho'm "Ba con
me`o" kha' ba^.n bi.u vo+'i ca'c show ta.i ca'c vu~ tru+o+`ng trong TP.
Nha^n ddo+.t Be^'n Tha`nh Andio va` Vide'o thu+.c hie^.n album nha.c tre?
Sa`i Go`n, nho'm nha.c na`y mo+'i xua^'t hie^.n la.i tre^n sa^u kha^'u Ky`
Hoa` 26.3. Nhu+~ng fan tu+`ng ye^u me^'n ba co^ ga'i Phu+o+ng Uye^n
(guitar - ha't chi'nh), Ca^?m Tu' (bass), Ngo.c Die^.p (keyboard) va`
"chu' chuo^.t" Huy`nh Nhie^n (tro^'ng) trong la^`n ta'i ngo^. "nghie^m
chi?nh" na`y co' the^? tha^'y "Ba con me`o" va^~n te? trung va` so^i
ddo^.ng. Ba?n li~nh va` kinh nghie^.m bie^?u die^~n ddie^u luye^.n ho+n,
vie^.c pho^'i ca'c ca khu'c theo kie^?u techno rock ga^y hie^.u qua? cao
khi "Ba con me`o" ha't ba`i tu+. sa'ng ta'c (Tro^'ng co+m, Vui- tre?-
khoe?-dde.p) hoa(.c nhu+~ng ca khu'c quo^'c te^' ddang ddu+o+.c ha^m mo^.
Don't speak (nho'm No Doubt), Zombie (nho'm Cranberrief), nha^'t la` Lemon
Tree (Fool's Garden). Mo^.t khi do^'c ddam me^ nhie^`u ho+n va`o pop-rock,
"Ba con me`o" se~ tha^.t su+. la` mo^.t no^'t sol tru+o+?ng co' the^? 
dda.i die^.n cho phong tra`o nha.c tre? TP vo+'i be` ba.n trong va` ngoa`i
nu+o+'c. 

Tha'ng 5.1996, ha~ng Vafaco pha't ha`nh album Dda^'t me. cu?a nho'm
"Atomega". Dda^y co' the^? no'i la` album dda^`u tie^n cu?a nu+o+'c ta o+?
the^? loa.i nha.c heavy metal rock vo^'n ra^'t ke'n cho.n ngu+o+`i cho+i
la^n ngu+o+`i thu+o+?ng thu+'c, kho^ng chi? o+?  Vie^.t Nam ma` co`n ca?
cha^u lu.c da va`ng no'i chung. Tuy nhie^n cuo^.c ha`nh tri`nh ga('n bo'
vo+'i ddi?nh cao cu?a su+. bu`ng no^?  trong nha.c rock o+?  "Atomega"
luo^n dda^`y a('p lo`ng say me^ va` hu+o+'ng ve^` ca'i dde.p.  Ca'c ca
khu'c rock do Quang Tha('ng (tru+o+?ng nho'm - lead guitar) sa'ng ta'c va`
ha't nhu+ (Tra'i tim sa('t, Bu.i ho^`ng, Dda^'t me....) la` nhu+~ng tha`nh
co^ng ra^'t dda'ng ddu+o+.c ghi nha^.n. Nhu+~ng tha`nh vie^n co`n la.i
cu?a "Atomega" cho+i nha.c kha' "cu+'ng" nhu+ Ngo.c Tua^'n (bass), Bu+?u
Minh (guitar), Hoa`ng Vu~ (keyboard) va` Ddu+'c Huy (tro^'ng). 

Nho'm Rock Alpha tha`nh la^.p va`o nhu+~ng na(m 80 cho dde^'n nay va^n ghi
da^'u a^'n vo+'i the^? loa.i soft rock, slow rock ra^'t de^~ ta.o thie^.n
ca?m ddo^'i vo+'i ngu+o+`i nghe.  Tru+o+?ng nho'm Quo^'c Anh tho+`i gian
qua thu+o+`ng kho^ng co' di.p chiu cu`ng "Rock Alpha" nu+a vi` anh la`
Vie^.t kie^`u Canada. Song ha(?n nhie^`u ngu+o+`i co`n nho' ca'c ca khu'c
do Quo^'c Anh sa'ng ta'c ddu+o+.c "Rock Alpha" la^'y la`m "ba`i ruo^.t"
cu?a nho'm nhu+ Nie^`m tin, Giu+~ la.i dde^m nay...  Hie^.n nay Hoa`ng
Trie^`u (ca si~ - lead guitar) ddang "ga'nh va'c" nho'm cu`ng Duy Ha?i
(bass), quang Vinh (tro^'ng)... Ho.  co' "dda^'t tru." la` sa^n kha^'u
Tro^'ng Ddo^`ng va` co' le~ ti'nh to+'i nay, ddo+.t die^n o+?  chu+o+ng
tri`nh "pop-rock" do NVH Thanh nie^n TP to^? chu+'c va`o tha'ng 2. 1994
la` mo^.t ky? nie^.m "da`i ho+i", tu+ng bu+`ng nha^'t cu?a "Rock Alpha". 

Nhi`n chung nhu+~ng nho'm nha'c tre? chuye^n nghie^.p hie^.n nay o+? Sa`i
Go`n ne^u tre^n dde^`u dda~ tra?i qua mo^.t tho+`i gian da`i "thu+? lu+?a" 
va` so^'ng trong kho^ng khi' nha.c tre? nhie^`u na(m lie^`n. Ha^`u he^'t
dda~ dda.t dde^'n mo^.t tri`nh ddo^.  ky~ thua^.t nha^'t ddi.nh.  Pha^`n
co`n la.i la` kha? na(ng tu+ duy trong sa'ng ta'c cu?a ho.  ddang nga`y
ca`ng theo xu hu+o+'ng Vie^.t hoa' va` vie^.c the^?  hie^.n ne't rie^ng
cu?a tu+`ng nho'm hie^.n nay dda~ co' nhu+~ng bu+o+'c tie^'n dda'ng ke^? 
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