There’s metal, and then there’s the metal I like … which tends to be the original 70′s bands I grew up listening to or more melodic styles, definitely not death or black metal. So when I heard Swedish death metal band Opeth were coming to Beijing, initially I didn’t pay much attention to it. But [...]
Tags: Kaiser Kuo, Metal, Opeth, sweden, tango
There’s been a lot of noise around Beijing recently with an infamous artist writing a piece about how Beijing has lost it among others. There’s also been a lot of bickering in the press and the discussion forums about traffic, increased cost of life, pollution and what not! What’s happening to the city? The first [...]
Tags: Beijing 人, david moser, jeremy goldkorn, Kaiser Kuo
Seriously, as the title says, where were you? Heck, did you even hear about it? That’s what I found myself wondering as i was standing in the middle of a pretty darn empty Tango on sunday night watching some pretty darn good musicians play for a good cause. Was it the rain? nope, Sunday night [...]
Tags: Chunqiu, Ember Swift, exit a, Kaiser Kuo, longjin, longshendao
I’m a huge fan of the Sinica Podcast series hosted by Kaiser Kuo and Jeremy Goldkorn. The topics are pretty well picked and more often than not relevant in regards to the China we live in. Last week, the guys tackled the music industry, or a small subsection of it, with the help of Michael [...]
Tags: Archie Hamilton, Kaiser Kuo, michael pettis
I’m a big fan of cover bands and would rather listen to good cover than a shitty original. Sure, Beijing has its share with The Beijing Beatles ( apparently 2 different bands), Purple Smog or Muse among others. Still, the reigning kings of the Cover Band scene, years later, are still Dirty Deeds with Kaiser [...]
Tags: Kaiser Kuo, Rush Covers, rush hour
ChunQiu was never your traditional Metal band, they’ve always done things differently in trying to bring elements of Chinese Folk into Rock music, most specifically the metal variety. That’s one of the reasons their songs are quite pleasant when done acoustically. I could be wrong but i think that’s what Yang Meng, who founded the [...]
Tags: Chunqiu, Kaiser Kuo, yang meng
Last week, the one and only Kaiser Kuo along with a few friends decided to put on a Rush tribute at Gulou 121 under the name “Rush Hour”. That has kickstarted a whole Rush craving whereby I’ve spent the past week or so listening to 2112 all the time. I made it there friday night [...]
Tags: Gulou 121, Kaiser Kuo, rush
What once started as my personal ramblings has morphed into the number one collective resource about underground live music in Beijing and China. All bands, all music, all Rock n Roll, all the time with a little side of eclectic topics.. best of all, it's still as BIASED as ever
