The Punk China
Searching for Punks Chinese
SMZB
Tuesday, September 22, 2009By Punk and Chinese is an oxymoron, a hand full control of itself which excels in the Chinese and other subjects of his majesty with their spears and their nails.
The first time I heard of this movement was the late 90s, years when I really wanted to know China. Mian Mian was, the ecstasy, raves on the Great Wall, Shanghai was that he woke from its long coma during the Cultural Revolution after it had ceased to be a French concession and internationally. At the time it was more like a fringe movement led by intellectuals, artists I'm sure Mian Mian and Beijing East Village were built at a time to another.
As a student I often heard spoken of these concerts in the hutongs 5 blocks from the main street, where few westerners ventured unless you had a friend (s) in the middle. The music at the time scared me, I m'autosuffisait with the British pop group and young Americans who played in Bermuda. Since my meeting with · Playground · I wanted to make a comeback this past hesitant and Shanghai from scratch, I set myself a goal to attend a concert punk Chinese.
Shanghai is the largest city of western Asia and everyone loves him for it, the punk should be easy to find ... Pubs, Clubs, Lady bar, KTV, Shopping Malls, Theaters, Xin Tiandi, Mag Lev and even the Asian Santa Claus, my mission began badly. Smartshanghai.com I finally had to get the first elements, China Live Bar, the old factory, a little too clean for our friends.
Then came the China live bar, an old abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Shanghai, even the taxi that displays 3 out of 5 as a service does not know this place.
Kunming is read on the 721, the end of the end of the street must cross the river and go to the other side of the street in an area rapidly changing industry. The taxi does not really seem to know and places me in the middle of the street. This part of the street has no street lighting, only small shops and neon hair salons clarify a bit the floor. After passing along a disused gymnasium, a small armored door with the logo of the China bar faces me.
The first time I heard of this movement was the late 90s, years when I really wanted to know China. Mian Mian was, the ecstasy, raves on the Great Wall, Shanghai was that he woke from its long coma during the Cultural Revolution after it had ceased to be a French concession and internationally. At the time it was more like a fringe movement led by intellectuals, artists I'm sure Mian Mian and Beijing East Village were built at a time to another.
As a student I often heard spoken of these concerts in the hutongs 5 blocks from the main street, where few westerners ventured unless you had a friend (s) in the middle. The music at the time scared me, I m'autosuffisait with the British pop group and young Americans who played in Bermuda. Since my meeting with · Playground · I wanted to make a comeback this past hesitant and Shanghai from scratch, I set myself a goal to attend a concert punk Chinese.
Shanghai is the largest city of western Asia and everyone loves him for it, the punk should be easy to find ... Pubs, Clubs, Lady bar, KTV, Shopping Malls, Theaters, Xin Tiandi, Mag Lev and even the Asian Santa Claus, my mission began badly. Smartshanghai.com I finally had to get the first elements, China Live Bar, the old factory, a little too clean for our friends.
Then came the China live bar, an old abandoned warehouse on the outskirts of Shanghai, even the taxi that displays 3 out of 5 as a service does not know this place.
Kunming is read on the 721, the end of the end of the street must cross the river and go to the other side of the street in an area rapidly changing industry. The taxi does not really seem to know and places me in the middle of the street. This part of the street has no street lighting, only small shops and neon hair salons clarify a bit the floor. After passing along a disused gymnasium, a small armored door with the logo of the China bar faces me.
A little Chinese boy with curly hair, round glasses and with crutches wonder an entrance fee (20yuans). Here concerts PunkYes, but not tonight, tonight it Pop Rock Concerts Punk are planned this weekend. What a disappointment, apr1es going through the city down, I lose all hope.
Hello Panlong, Gilles, good I arrived by bus after 5:30 am tomorrow, my search for punks was unsuccessful. Stop, there SMDZ playing Friday night at VOX in Wuhan, back up! Wuhan is the underground scene of Punk how could I have forgotten. Regardless, I will arrive a day late in Beijing taking a plane with a last minute prices, it is worth to stay a day longer to Wuhan.
The Vox is the spot of the whole local scene Wuhan has seen emerge lot of bands that are now famous in China. All the walls are covered with posters of groups that have passed and still covered with graffiti tags and up to the toilet. The space is divided into a fake English pub version Chinese and a ramshackle back room where bands play. The place is well known here and we came across a lot of foreigners come to slum with the local groups of foreign students and especially my musical traveler who made the trip.
It is curious asses, I expected to see punks UK version with docks, nails and a perfecto, here is a rather punk spicy, sour but not violent in style. Groups before the arrival of SMDZ to slide on a sort of springboard local rock. There's one that caught my attention, the style is not punk at all but rather a mixture of rock with touches of jazz punk. The band is wearing the Tshirt Breton Jean Paul Gaulthier and vibrates the whole crowd of Vox. I join this funky pogo where shoulders collide with a big smile. I think I typed Russians, Americans, Correena, of Nepal, the French and Chinese. It's so non-violent than girls joined at the party without fear of making them round while the men grow in all directions to a meter of them, everyone can find their space fun.
The sound of a flute sound, an interlude? Bizarre! Not that the introduction dde SMZB is one of the few groups that has toured Europe with Land Of Women. Tonight is the decade of the group and the original group who reunited for the occasion with the battery a woman, and what a woman! SMZB inflames all, the crowd is angry, everyone is jostling, rubs, bomb the torso and distributes elbows and shoulders. The game has become one that avoids the last minute for someone else to pick on.
The meeting is totally entranced, ¨ ¨ Song For You, ¨ Tiananmen ° any directory to the past, Russian and Correena acclaimed music go on stage and throw themselves into the crowd. Yes, I too want to do but Correena nearly made a glide on the floor, only four people have only just caught up. I will stay good and continue pogoter with my friends in the crowd.SMZB VoxWuhan ConcertSMZB Ten Years Celebration
I resort with contusions and bruises on his shoulders but a great satisfaction to have discovered this world, tomorrow towards Beijing Eve in front of the Forbidden City.
SMZB No Friend No Life
