It wasn't until the music started and Choi-jian sang "I used to ask endlessly/When will you come with me......" that the audience suddenly became quiet. At the end of the song, in the midst of warm cheers and applause, China's first rock star was born.

Following Cui Jian, bands such as Black Panther, Tang Dynasty, and Breath were born, and a series of mythological ...... were performed

The germination of Shi-Jia-Zhuang rock music was also in the late 80s, and Xing Di, the lead singer of the early local rock band "Horizon", once recalled: "The first time Shi-Jia-Zhuang people knew rock music can be traced back to the mid-80s. It was about eighty-four or eighty-five years, and in the original first house, we saw the performances of the American "Sunrise Band" and "Miserable Friday Band", and we realized that the original song could also be sung like this. ”

The rock circle of Beijing has had a profound impact on Shijiazhuang. The 1993 Cui Jianshi-Jia-Zhuang concert and the Tang Dynasty's visit to Shi undoubtedly injected a strong catalyst, at this time, the young people of Shi-Jia-Zhuang came into contact with and accepted this new form of music, and gradually became enthusiastic about it, and bands such as "Horizon" and "Weightless" appeared. However, due to the relative occlusion of information, most bands at this time mainly sang covers.

In the mid-nineties of the last plane, Chinese rock entered a golden age, and Chinese rock at this time was no longer empty. Cui Jian, known as the godfather of Chinese rock, no longer stands on the stage alone, and a group of excellent rock bands and their singers stand side by side with him in a pioneer attitude.

Du Xinghe has made statistics that from 1994 to 1997, there were no less than 50 albums about rock in the mainland. Dou Wei, Zang Tianshuo, Wang Yong, Wang Lei, Zheng Jun, Zero Point, etc., all grew up to be representatives of a generation of rock music.

And this period is too. It is also the classic era of Shijia-Zhuang rock, many like-minded young people gather in habitats such as "Holiday Piano Shop", bid farewell to blind imitation covers, a large number of original bands appear, metal, punk, rap and other styles are increasingly diversified, and a series of performances have also kicked off.

Bands such as "Plasticine" and "Edible Corpse-Body" were formed at that time. On August 13, 2000, the first Shijiazhuang underground music festival was successfully held, with 24 bands participating, reaching the peak of Shijiazhuang underground music.

Soon, though. A few years after entering the year 2000. Chinese rock as a whole has entered a trough. The musicians who continued to explore in the rock circle, including Cui Jian, did not expect the cold snap that followed.

The public is no longer as blind and fanatical as when they first met rock and roll, and some people have begun to face shouts and criticism with rational vision.

Although there are still newcomers singing red under the banner of rock and roll. But it's because of their pop, not rock. Quite a few rock bands began to go underground.

Different forms of rock 'n' roll activities have been going on all the time. But the direction of Chinese rock is becoming more and more blurred, and of course this ambiguity is also full of infinite possibilities.

However, as far as Du Xinghe feels, the prospect of pure rock in the previous plane is not optimistic. After all. The essence of rock and roll, freedom, is contrary to the system.

In this plane, rock and roll is also in a trend of dying in silence if it does not explode in silence, and Du Xinghe is helpless in this regard.

The media and the public in this plane, even though they have the right to express free speech, must still be extinguished if they really touch the line of fire.

No matter how time and space change, some of the laws on the land of Shenzhou, which have been centralized for thousands of years, are eternal and unchanging.

Thinking of these, Du Xinghe couldn't help but think of a Beijing-style rock song that he regarded as a classic.

Zi Yue Band - "Obedient"

……

I have a lot of words from my heart~

In fact, I should have told my dad about it a long time ago~

But I haven't opened that mouth every time~

Dad always gives me a piece of candy first~

……

Then he looked at me with a smile~

Dad said that he should do what Dad said~

It is an absolute guarantee, an absolute insurance, an absolute accuracy~

I pricked up my ears to listen to my father~

……

Yes~~

Obedient~~

Yes~~

……

Ahem!

It's a road no matter how difficult it is~

Your father and I have survived in zigzag~

The sweet, sour, bitter, salty, fragrant and smelly ~ that I have tasted

It's more than you little devil eats~

So say the child~

If you are content, you should always be happy~

Don't frown and pretend to think deeply~

It's so delicious, good to drink, and so good to wear like now~

It was you who worked hard to earn it~ Do you know?

You're good!

……

……

I'm really uncomfortable~

I'm going to have to tell you about it right now~

But it's not half of the words in my mouth~

You just gave it to me and gave me a big mouth~

……

Then he stared at me blankly~

said that what the rabbit cub wanted to do~

I said, "It's the piece of candy my dad gave me~."

It's not sweet at all"~

……

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In 1994, the band was named by the lead singer Akino and formed in Beijing, because it has a peculiar "Beijing flavor", unique orchestration and novel interpretation methods, which has attracted widespread attention from people in the music industry. Their unique personality has also had an impact on the avant-garde art world and art critics beyond all previous traditional forms of rock bands.

In the last plane, the Ziyue Band was called by music critics: 'cross talk rap rock with a bizarre Beijing flavor', 'modern music with a paper-cut style', and 'Chinese dramatic art rock'.

Maybe when it comes to the name "Zi Yue", everyone doesn't know who this band is, but if you say an advertising song they created, it is estimated that everyone knows it. "No Gifts for the New Year This Year", the brain platinum advertising song that bombarded all the people, was written by this band.

There is also the post-80s TV series "Struggle", which was very popular in the last plane, and the ending song "Relativity" is also from this band.

The first time Du Xinghe listened to this band's songs came from a movie about rock music "Bei-Beijing Music and Road".

This rock movie, produced by Media Asia in 2001, directed by Hong Kong female director Zhang Wanting, and starring Shu Qi, Wu Yanzu, and Geng Le, has received mixed reviews from the outside world, but Luo Dayou is the music director, which makes the music quality in this movie very high.

Most of the original music in the movie comes from the band.

At that time, Du Xinghe was really shocked when he heard the rock songs in the movie.

At that time, his understanding of domestic rock was still limited to Cui Jian's dignified toughness and the free and majestic Tang Dynasty, and the music of the Ziyue Band was completely different from the previous rock music.

Listening to Ziyue's music for the first time was a completely subversive experience for Du Xinghe, because Ziyue's music completely destroyed the impression that rock music had always given him, either passionate or heavy and far-reaching, and he could only be at a loss for this unique band.

Later, after tasting it carefully, he discovered the unique charm of this band, their plain and quaint soundtracks, simple and playful lyrics, are refreshing, it turns out that rock music can also do this.

Their fresh and smooth, simple and graceful arrangements are different from the tempering of ordinary rock bands in terms of rhythm intensity and melody weight, but they pay great attention to the creation of musical atmosphere, giving people a refreshing feeling in the plain and unpretentious and smooth flow, but in this simplicity, they jump out of a deeper and more tense musical personality, and the more rational and humanistic music can feedback the sensitive characteristics of the music itself, which can be seen in the skills of the band.

Among the various rock bands that pay attention to the musicians' personalities and create zào with different styles of musical passion, Zi Yue's musical technique of painting is so outstanding.

Ziyue's guitarist Wen Lin is a good guitarist who is obsessed with blues, and his light and colorful guitar playing, coupled with Akino's drunken and relaxed bass, as well as Lu Xun's steady but not fierce drums and Zhang Yueda's clumsy percussion, constitute the characteristics of Ziyue's band's strict sù three-dimensional, light and dripping human culture rock music.

Later, Ziyue added a keyboardist Zhou Fei, who wanted to continue to work the musical atmosphere and integrity, coupled with the participation of many folk music instruments, so that they increasingly got rid of the Western rock music model, and went deeper and more distant on the road of bizarre music with a distinct Beijing cultural significance.

There is another point that has to be said, that is, the lead singer Akino is modern but not obscure, playful but not funny, a little bitter in the witty, and there are some faint and sad singing and lyrics behind the ridicule, he is still talking about the people and things around us, those who are closely related to us, and share weal and woe.

We are already familiar with these people and things, but they are ignored by us, we can perceive them, but we deliberately want to forget them, Akino dignified to take them lightly, and then indifferently play them in a complex way, seemingly adrift, but in fact gloomy.

There is no despair, no criticism, but there is an indifferent longness and the eternity of pleasure, and the greater space and contemplation in the music are given to the listener to the maximum.

Du Xinghe later watched Zi Yue's live performance, Zi Yue's scene is indescribable, their music interpretation level in place and the ability to grasp the atmosphere of the scene, outstanding music and Qiu Ye's humorous and brisk performance style, so that the scene is always full of applause and laughter, appreciation and admiration.

Lao Cui said: "The scene is the soul of rock and roll." ”

Zi Yue's ability to control and complete live music is top-notch.

Their scene is different from the rigor and density revealed in the album in order to ensure the effect, but it is more light and full, a dry musician's perfect performance and Akino's straightforward and rich singing, coupled with his relaxed and cheerful explanations and jokes from time to time, make it impossible not to be infected and integrated into it. (To be continued......)