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Rock as the Chinese Rock Their songs range from love to culture and humanity, to society and politics. Their album "Glorious Days," dedicated to Nelson Mandela, opposes racial discrimination and calls for world peace. In 1993, the lead singer Wong Ka Kui fell off the stage in Japan (June 24), and died on June 30, starting Beyond's downturn With over 30 albums in Cantonese, Mandarin and Japanese, Beyond and their
songs have inspired and influenced a Panthers Formed in 1987, the Panthers were once the highest-selling rock band in China. It was the band's album "No Place to Hide" that really popularized rock music among Chinese youngsters. After the departure of its lead singer Dou Wei in 1992, the Panthers continued to make albums, but their influence began to fade. Tang Dynasty Tang Dynasty formed in 1988 and was named after the most glorious period -- the Tang Dynasty (618-907) in ancient Chinese history. It was the first heavy metal band in China, and its first record "Tang Dynasty" sold two million copies in Asia, demonstrating the commercial potential of Chinese rock music. Tang Dynasty is distinguished as being very Chinese, using Chinese bamboo flutes, gongs and the like in its orchestration, and composing lyrics with a unique old flavor. 'Solitary Poet' Zhang Chu Zhang Chu was born in 1968 in Xi'an, capital of Northwestern China's Shaanxi
Province. A university dropout and known as China's most solitary rocker with an
intense and deep feeling towards life and society, Zhang writes and composes
most of his sentimental and bleak songs. His care for social issues and reality
rather than personal feelings outshines other rockers of his time.
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