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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

Rockin’ around Inside a dimly lit backstage room at the Yugong Yishan livehouse, four Chinese musicians are seated around a large table. One is noticeably older than his three other bandmates, sporting a flat cap with motley tattoos on both arms under a faded open shirt. He is SMZB frontman Wu Wei, 34, who together with five other musicians forms one of China’s first punk bands. SMZB, an acronym of “sheng ming zhi bing” (“Bread of Life”), marked their 15th anniversary with a live show played to hundreds of fans at Yugong Yishan on Saturday, October 13.  Lauded as pioneers of Chinese punk in their hometown of Wuhan, Hubei Province, SMZB offer a timeless outlet to fans burdened by modern sources of stress. 

Rockin’ around

Inside a dimly lit backstage room at the Yugong Yishan livehouse, four Chinese musicians are seated around a large table. One is noticeably older than his three other bandmates, sporting a flat cap with motley tattoos on both arms under a faded open shirt. 

He is SMZB frontman Wu Wei, 34, who together with five other musicians forms one of China’s first punk bands. SMZB, an acronym of “sheng ming zhi bing” (“Bread of Life”), marked their 15th anniversary with a live show played to hundreds of fans at Yugong Yishan on Saturday, October 13.  

Lauded as pioneers of Chinese punk in their hometown of Wuhan, Hubei Province, SMZB offer a timeless outlet to fans burdened by modern sources of stress. 

On The Scene: Yugong Yishan 16-06-2012 Now this is how you release an album…I haven’t left a show this satisfied in a while. An hour and forty-five minutes of pure gold from the Hedgehog crew left Yugong Yishan literally steaming with excitement and good vibes. And boy do I have the goods to show here…but first, let’s take a look at the warm up performances from Space Bitch and Pacalolo.

On The Scene: Yugong Yishan 16-06-2012

Now this is how you release an album…I haven’t left a show this satisfied in a while. An hour and forty-five minutes of pure gold from the Hedgehog crew left Yugong Yishan literally steaming with excitement and good vibes. And boy do I have the goods to show here…but first, let’s take a look at the warm up performances from Space Bitch and Pacalolo.

Tattoos of the Beijing Punk: Demerit Live at Yugong Yishan Bold. Jarring. Colourful. Edgy enough to pierce your flesh - be it the pores on your bicep or your eardrums – punk rock and tattoos have much in common. Nowhere in the world have the two bled into each more murkily than China, where such art forms are now free flowing after years of clinching taboo. They both converge on Qingdao-born, Beijing based Spike (Li Yang), who has a sleeve of ink running up and down his arm. Those tattoos are easily visible as he darts across the stage while fronting his punk troupe Demerit, which will showcase that edgy ethos at Yugong Yishan on December 17.

Tattoos of the Beijing Punk: Demerit Live at Yugong Yishan

Bold. Jarring. Colourful. Edgy enough to pierce your flesh - be it the pores on your bicep or your eardrums – punk rock and tattoos have much in common. Nowhere in the world have the two bled into each more murkily than China, where such art forms are now free flowing after years of clinching taboo. They both converge on Qingdao-born, Beijing based Spike (Li Yang), who has a sleeve of ink running up and down his arm. Those tattoos are easily visible as he darts across the stage while fronting his punk troupe Demerit, which will showcase that edgy ethos at Yugong Yishan on December 17.