Fanzui Xiangfa

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Fanzui Xiangfa is a hardcore band from Beijing.

Contents 1 History 1.1 2011 2 Further Information 2.1 Official pages 2.2 Articles & Interviews 2.3 References

History

Fanzui Xiangfa is a hardcore-punk band from Beijing, China. Formed in 2006, they came together with a common desire to do something in a scene where “do nothing” has become an ever present mantra. The members, all deeply involved in China’s music scene, are sick of the apathy and despair so present around them and instead believe in empowering people to take control of their own lives and to actively create the world they dream of. Fanzui Xiangfa relentlessly embodies the DIY ethic in an atmosphere of creative fun and a roar of hardcore-punk. - taken from Genji Records

2011

In September 2011, Pangbianr interviewed the band on their recent Europe Tour and asked whether the tour has changed the band, they replied:

I’ve been playing punk in China for about ten years, but recently, have been depressed because I think punk is dead—only the fake punks still exist in Beijing. The scene is bad: nobody listens to punk, so it can’t make money or make people interested in it. It’s really dead in China and it made me sad: I really wanted to give up. But in Europe, I saw so many people interested in rock and roll—in punk, in rockabilly, in so many other types of music. At one show in Berlin, in a squat called the Kobi Squat at night, I saw lots of punks at the bar, hundreds of them at one show—more than all of the punks in Beijing combined. It’s very developed.^[1]

Further Information

Official pages

• Facebook page
• Genji Records info page

Articles & Interviews

• Interview with Pangbianr, September 2011

References

1. ↑ Pete DeMola (Pangbianr) (2011-09-29). "采访：犯罪想法，北京朋克乐队 Fanzui Xiangfa Interview". Retrieved on 2011-09-30.

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