JEROEN Groenewegen spent six hours at Amsterdam airport convincing uniformed Dutch immigration police to release a band iust off the afternoon flight from Beijing. A mix-up about the purchase of air tickets meant that...JEROEN Groenewegen spent six hours at Amsterdam airport convincing uniformed Dutch immigration police to release a band iust off the afternoon flight from Beijing. A mix-up about the purchase of air tickets meant that Muma didn't have time to get their visas right. The military police eventually let them go, after an awful lot of convincing. It was so rock and roll, the way Groenewegen recalls it. "Musicians are not known for their talents for applying for visas or arranging airline tickets.展开更多
The rock music in contemporary China is a filed for the folk, official, elite and other multi-element ideology competition. Wang Feng is a winner walking on the ideological balance beam. After deconstructing Cui Jian...The rock music in contemporary China is a filed for the folk, official, elite and other multi-element ideology competition. Wang Feng is a winner walking on the ideological balance beam. After deconstructing Cui Jian's grand narrative mode and strong critical feature, his works have been endowed with heavy critical color and reflection value by a grassroots band named "Xuriyanggang". Besides, Wang Feng's works have eliminated the distinction between the official and folk feature, elegance and worldly feature, as well as elite and mass. To a large extent, they have defined the rock music in contemporary China, and pushed the Chinese rock to the mainstream market. Consequently, the Chinese rock has been gradually developed into multiple and compound culture modes.展开更多
文摘JEROEN Groenewegen spent six hours at Amsterdam airport convincing uniformed Dutch immigration police to release a band iust off the afternoon flight from Beijing. A mix-up about the purchase of air tickets meant that Muma didn't have time to get their visas right. The military police eventually let them go, after an awful lot of convincing. It was so rock and roll, the way Groenewegen recalls it. "Musicians are not known for their talents for applying for visas or arranging airline tickets.
文摘The rock music in contemporary China is a filed for the folk, official, elite and other multi-element ideology competition. Wang Feng is a winner walking on the ideological balance beam. After deconstructing Cui Jian's grand narrative mode and strong critical feature, his works have been endowed with heavy critical color and reflection value by a grassroots band named "Xuriyanggang". Besides, Wang Feng's works have eliminated the distinction between the official and folk feature, elegance and worldly feature, as well as elite and mass. To a large extent, they have defined the rock music in contemporary China, and pushed the Chinese rock to the mainstream market. Consequently, the Chinese rock has been gradually developed into multiple and compound culture modes.