小簡介 空中加油站樂隊的靈魂人物格雷厄姆，1950年6月11日出生于英國的諾丁漢。早在童年時代，格雷厄姆就對詩歌、書籍和音樂感興趣。11歲的時候，他開始嘗試寫作詩歌和歌詞。母親去世之后，格雷厄姆自學了吉它和架子鼓。 1963年，格雷厄姆被披頭士樂隊深深觸動。在觀看了年頭士的表演之后，他明白了自己到底想要干什么。1965年，格雷厄姆加入了一個名叫布魯斯聯盟的樂隊，在這個樂隊里，他演奏架子鼓。 1967年，格雷厄姆與他上學時的女友琳達結婚。次年，他們的兒子西蒙出生了。不久，格雷厄姆便舉妻攜子移居澳大利亞的梅爾鮑恩，格雷厄姆創建了一個樂隊，并開始在一些咖啡館、民間音樂俱樂部進行演唱。1972年3月他的女兒出生。 1975年，作為耶酥基督的信徒，格雷厄姆加入了一個名為“耶酥基督超級明星”的樂隊。在那里，他第1天就遇到了魯塞爾•希庫克，即后來空中加油站的第2號人物。此后，格雷厄姆與魯塞爾熱心于歌曲創作。當“耶酥基督超級明星樂隊”宣布它將于18個月之后解散時，格雷厄姆與魯塞爾已在澳大利亞推出了一首大獲成功的單曲《愛與瘀傷》。這首單曲是以“空中加油站樂隊”的名義發行的。這說來頗具傳奇色彩：一天，格雷厄姆做了1個夢，夢中他看到了燈光的照射下有1個巨形的公告牌，上面寫著“Air Supply”兩個大字，于是格雷厄姆便以“空中加油站”來命名他們的樂隊。 1976年，在澳大利亞作巡演的羅德•斯特沃特加入了“空中加油站”。隨后，樂隊赴美進行巡回演出，但沒有取得突破性的成功。1978年，回到澳大利亞后，他們錄制了格雷厄姆的兩首歌曲《在愛中迷失》和《失落的愛》。《在愛中迷失》在澳大利亞電臺一播出便迅速走紅。這使他們決定重新返回美國，并發誓要成為世界級的一流樂隊。 1979年的一個偶然的機會，格力夫戴維斯聽到了《在愛中迷失》這首歌。于是，他促成空中加油站與阿里斯塔唱片公司簽約。簽樂后錄制的第1首單曲一推出就升到了排行榜第3的位置，接下來的6首歌曲也分別進入排行榜前5位。格雷厄姆的另外一首《你所愛的那個人》則榮登榜首寶座。 1980年起，空中加油站樂隊開始在世界各地做巡回演出。 1981年，格雷厄姆遇到了朱迪•沃伯。兩人開始了長達兩年的書信往來，直到1983年他們再次相遇，此后就再也沒有分離過。1986年，朱迪年滿21歲，兩人結了婚。 隨著每年的巡演，“空中加油站”先后推出了諸如《塵世》等專輯。格雷厄姆重新制作的歌曲《杳無音信》、《空中加油站樂隊的存在》也相繼問世。 1997年8月，《愛之書》出版發行，這是在格雷厄姆和朱迪的新家——尤他州海拔7000米高山之巔的工作室里完成的，它很快就成為樂隊最熱門的專輯之一。空中加油站樂隊至今仍是世界上最受歡迎的樂隊之一，他們的新專輯被數百萬的歌迷翹首企盼。從美國的阿拉斯加到中國的北京，空中加油站的歌迷無處不在。 With their heavily orchestrated, sweet ballads, the Australian soft rock group Air Supply became a staple of early-'80s radio, scoring a string of seven straight Top Five singles. Air Supply, for most intents and purposes, was the duo of vocalists Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell; other members came through the group over the years, yet they only functioned as backing musicians and added little to the group's sound. Hitchcock and Russell met while performing in a Sydney, Australia, production of Jesus Christ Superstar in 1976. The two singers formed a partnership and with the addition of four supporting musicians -- keyboardist Frank Esler-Smith, guitarist David Moyse, bassist David Green, and drummer Ralph Cooper -- Air Supply was born. For several years, the group gained no attention outside of Australia, earning one significant hit single, "Love and Other Bruises." Their first international exposure came in the late '70s, when Rod Stewart had them as his opening act on a North American tour. Air Supply signed a record contract with Arista in 1980, releasing their first album by the end of the year. Lost in Love, their debut, was a major success in the U.S., selling over two million copies and spawning the hit singles "Lost in Love," "All Out of Love," and "Every Woman in the World." The following year they released their second album, The One That You Love. The title track became their only number one hit and it also featured two other Top Ten hits, "Here I Am (Just When I Thought I Was Over You)" and "Sweet Dreams." With their third album, 1982's Now and Forever, their popularity dipped slightly -- it only had one Top Ten hit, "Even the Nights Are Better," and the other two singles, "Young Love" and "Two Less Lonely People in the World," scraped the bottom of the Top 40. Air Supply released a Greatest Hits collection in 1983, featuring a new single, "Making Love Out of Nothing at All." The single spent two weeks at number two while the album peaked at number seven and eventually sold over four million copies. Two years later, they released Air Supply, their fourth album. It featured the number 19 single "Just As I Am," but it was clear that their audience was shrinking -- the album was their first not to go platinum. Hearts in Motion (1986) was even less successful, peaking at number 84 and spending only nine weeks on the charts. After its disappointing performance, Air Supply broke up. Hitchcock and Russell reunited in 1991, releasing Earth Is..., but the album failed to make the charts as did 1993's Vanishing Race and 1995's News From Nowhere. The new millennium marked the band's first studio album in four years, and a summer tour in support of Yours Truly. 更多>>