The bar is starting to get people up at this time, and half of the venue is filled one after another, but most of the people who come are dressed in avant-garde clothes and have strange hairstyles, and they should all be insiders, and there are few people who really spend money to listen to music for entertainment.

"Xiangdong, when did the rock industry start to decline? Is it because people don't like to listen to it anymore or is there some other reason?" I touched my glass with Xiangdong and continued to ask him.

Xiang Dong listened to my question, and for some reason seemed to fall into deep thought, but the cup was brought to his mouth but he didn't drink it, and he looked at the stage in a daze, and he didn't know what he was thinking. But I saw that the sparkle in his eyes was slowly dimming.

None of us spoke, but silently drank two more glasses before Xiang Dong continued to speak.

"Chang Ye, I really don't know what to say about this problem, if I put it aside for the first two years, I will definitely scold my mother, scold this world, scold those profiteers who commercialize rock and roll, scold those dealers who sell pirated copies, now, I really don't know who to scold. ”

Xiang Dong looked up at me, the philistine spirit in his eyes was gone, replaced by a rare sincerity.

"Chang Ye, the general environment is one thing, the key is that our circle is not united, these people are not angry, the three heroes of the Demon Rock are hot enough, and now everyone in the circle says that Zhang Chu is dead, He Yong is crazy, and Dou Wei is an immortal. Zhang Chu He Yong hasn't released a new song for many years, and how many people can understand Dou Wei's music now?"

"Hey, Chang Ye, I won't hide it from you, why did the three heroes of the Demon Rock change like this? It's because this circle is too chaotic, in the past, it was to drink too much, drink too much and make trouble, and go around to Huo Huo some young Guoer (Beijing vernacular calls young girls "Guo'er"). Now, there are more fans and needles, and if you don't touch these, you will have to be marginalized in this circle. I don't know why the East Fourth Archway can't catch fire? But we can't go there, can we?"

Xiang Dong talked for a long time in one breath, and suddenly stopped when he got here, shaking his head, while carrying a bottle of beer casually, and half of it was poured down with his neck tilted.

"Xiangdong, you said that drug use is very common in rock circles?" I suddenly had a strange feeling, the ancestor Chang Siting has always thought that walking against the wind is some kind of illusion, and his initial research is also related to the doctor Zhang in Lin'an, and after that incident, Dr. Zhang began to study various hallucinogens, if I remember correctly, drugs were originally used as hallucinogens, are these just some coincidences?

Maybe my words were too direct, Xiang Dong immediately became vigilant, glanced at Xiao Lei next to him, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Chang, how can it, I didn't say that, it's normal to have a few black sheep occasionally, isn't it?" Officer Lei, don't think about it, I just drank a little wine and talked nonsense." ”

Xiao Lei waved his hand, with an expression of indifference, and continued to peel his peanuts. Looking to the east, he continued: "Uncle Chang, our Chinese rock was originally imitated by the West, both in terms of musical form and creative method. Drug use is very common in Western rock bands, but in fact, it is not drugs, but more marijuana, and it seems that smoking marijuana is legal in the United States, so let's follow along. ”

"However, it is said that there are other things in marijuana, I can't remember the name, like what kind of chemicals, it is really a great help for music creation, I am poor, I can't afford it, someone told me that after smoking marijuana, people will enter a trance state, and then they will be very excited, it is estimated that it can also stimulate inspiration, many rock songs are created in this state. ”

"Is that the same with the Nirvana band in the United States?" I interrupted Xiang Dong's chatter and interjected him.

"Uncle Chang, you know a lot, that's right, they have been taking drugs, but then it seems that the heroin is over, and something will happen when it's over, the main creator committed suicide, and the band broke up. The domestic bands are similar, they are all petty fights at first, and then they can't control it when they become addicted. Ninety-five years, I always felt that it was the beginning of the decline of rock music. At this moment, Xiang Dong's voice suddenly became much quieter, and his body moved forward, which should be a normal psychological reaction of people, and this situation is generally in the most important place of the topic.

"Master Chang, have you ever heard of a Zhang Ju in the Tang Dynasty band?" Xiang Dongzheng said, suddenly stopped, and glanced to the side.

Only then did I notice that there was an extra woman in her thirties next to our table.

Short hair, tall, shape-shaped T-shirt with short cowhide jacket, high leather boots, tight leather pants, looks like he is about to appear on the stage, his face is not modified at all, although his facial features are very delicate, but he looks a little pale and haggard.

It's hard to guess the age of women, especially after they know more and more about putting on makeup, but I am somewhat sure that the woman in front of me should be thirty-two or thirteen years old. On the one hand, she does not apply powder at all, and on the other hand, her eyebrows are full of traces of time, which cannot be hidden.

"Dongzi, I'm poor here again, hurry up, start immediately. ”

The woman glared at Xiang Dong, but there was no trace of anger in her eyes, but a pretty color that people couldn't refuse.

Xiang Dong immediately stood up and smiled at us, "Master Chang, I'm sorry, it's time for us to perform, Sister Mei knows more about things in the circle than me, you can ask her." After speaking, he hurriedly asked the direction of the stage and ran away.

The woman named Sister Mei raised her eyebrows and asked, "Xiangdong's friend, reporter, which newspaper?"

Xiao Lei has become more and more mature over the years, and he glanced at me, but he didn't answer Sister Mei's question, but said, "Another half a box of wine, it's better to have some dishes to accompany the wine." ”

I knew that he was buying me time to make it up, so I stood up with a smile and raised the beer glass in my hand, "Miss Mei, do you have fresh brew, come to Siza, it's more flavorful than beer, my surname is Chang, not a reporter, but I am also engaged in writing work, and I am a neighbor to the east." ”

Sister Mei was happy and said: "It's the first time someone in the bar called me Miss Mei, but Uncle Chang, you are indeed called at your age, we have the best German fresh brew here, and I will call you." With that, he turned and walked to the back kitchen.

Miss Mei chatted with us for more than two hours that night, and watched different bands go on and off the stage like marquees.

Indeed, as Xiao Lei introduced before, she is an old rocker who formed a band in the early nineties, and her name is Mei Yujun. Although it is a traditional intellectual family, people have been rebellious since childhood, and at the age of eighteen or nineteen, they left school to join the band, and almost broke with their family for this matter.

Her voice is special, low and hoarse, she is a material for the lead singer, and what is even more rare is that she is extremely talented, can compose music and fill in lyrics, and is a rare creative talent. It's just that rock music has never been in the hall of elegance, and there are very few people who can really sing and release records, let alone a band supported by a female lead singer like her.

Although Mei Yujun's works are very appreciated by people in the circle, there are few opportunities for performances, and his popularity among the public is very low. After the turn of the millennium, the rock circle was even more declining, and it was very difficult for Mei Yujun's band to maintain, and the band members had no choice but to go out to work part-time, and it was difficult to guarantee the time for rehearsals together.

Mei Yujun passed thirty in a blink of an eye, and knew that it would be difficult for him to develop in the band for a long time, so he simply borrowed some money from everywhere, rented this basement here, and opened a small bar to support the band, which has been two or three years.

Fortunately, her experience over the years has made her very well-connected in the rock circle, and there are often big names in the circle who come to perform for performances, but she never wants a penny, and some important gatherings in the circle are also chosen here, and the business is still in the past.

Chatting with Mei Yujun, there will be a special sense of relaxation, she doesn't speak fast, but she is extremely smart, maybe it's the reason for long-term music creation, the intuition is very good, many times your previous sentence is not finished, she has already guessed what you want to say, and often can say very insightful and in-depth content.

Of course, I won't let go of such an opportunity, of course, the purpose of this trip is to understand the inside story of the rock circle, but the more I know, the more confused I become, whether it is Lu Panzi or Xiao Rao, at most it is a ticket, and it is too far from the real rock circle, I really can't imagine the connection.

Simply continued the topic of Xiangdong just now, and asked about the reasons for the decline of rock music, especially what happened in 95, and Zhang Ju of the Tang Dynasty band.

Talking about these, Mei Yujun also took a bottle of beer, but without using a glass, he poured two sips into the wine mouth.

In Mei Yujun's view, there are reasons for the decline of rock music, people in the circle have chaotic lives, bold and reckless, many times the focus is not on the music itself, there are too many negative news, plus a lot of music borrowed from Western rock music, and later it was almost as it was, which of course is difficult to be recognized by the mainstream music industry, and even chills many young people who love rock music.

The root cause is actually a problem of musical soil. From the trajectory of its birth and development, Western rock music has a specific cultural soil, but in China, the soil is completely different. Although many musicians are committed to integrating Chinese elements into rock music, it is a slow process, a process of self-improvement and development, rock music in China is only a dozen years old, too short, it needs more accumulation to develop, of course, maybe there will be real geniuses in it, greatly shortening the process.

(Life is not something that can be noble, a body that is not something that can be thick by love; life is not something that can be lowly can die, and a body that cannot be thin if it is light.) Therefore, the noble may not be born, the cheap may not die, the love may not be thick, and the light may not be thin. This seems to be the opposite, not the opposite, this is self-living and self-dying, self-thickening and self-thinning. It may be born with the noble, or it will die if it is cheap, or it will be thick with love, or it will be thin from the light. This seems to be smooth, not smooth, and this is also self-born and self-dead, self-thick and self-thin. --"Liezi")