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Rock as the Chinese Rock Cui's shouts awakened the numb ears. The
words "rock music" lodged deep in people's hearts overnight. Before long, young
people all over China were banging out Cui tunes on beat-up guitars in campus
dormitories and coffeehouses.
The pulsating 1980s witnessed Cui's smash-hit album "Rock'n'Roll on the New Long March", and other big-name bands like Tang Dynasty, Cobra, and the Panthers were established, with more rockers swarming into the camp.
1990 Modern Music Concert On February 17-18, 1990, a modern music concert, known as the first Chinese rock music festival, was held in Beijing's Capital Stadium. Six major rock bands -- Tang Dynasty, Breathe, Cobra, the Baby Brothers, 1989, and ADO participated. This concert is often regarded as the Chinese Woodstock. "Five hundred meters from the stadium, many youngsters are standing on the rainy and snowy streets, waiting for returned tickets scalped for as much as 50 yuan (US$6.20 today)," was the headline in entertainment sections of some newspapers. The average monthly wage then was only about three to four hundred yuan. The concert was a milestone, ushering in a thriving era for Chinese rock music. Beijing, as a base for new music forms, witnessed the first collective debut of Chinese rock talents.
China Fire China Fire, the first influential Chinese rock music album, was released in 1992. The album was a compilation of the best contemporary artists and producers in Chinese rock circles. Even in an age when hip-hop music prevails, people are still amazed by the
album's high artistic and commercial standards.
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