Converse LoveNoise China Tour
Published 30 months ago
Dazed Digital have sent two brave correspondents to blog about life on the road with two Beijing rock bands; PK-14 and Queen Sea Big Shark, touring six cities.
Over the next few weeks all eyes will be on China for the Olympics, but funnily enough there are some who just don't really care what plays out at the Bird's Nest Stadium.
The Beijing rock scene has never had it easy, struggling simultaneously to resist government censorship and to make its voice heard over the manufactured pop that dominates the musical landscape in China. There is a small audience for Chinese rock bands, but it's not enough to support them financially. Even a member of a fairly established band with a staunch following might be going to work at IBM by day and playing gigs by night. In that sense, this genre of music is quite untainted by the industry and the musicians are playing for the love of it without much hope of fame or fortune.
The Converse Love Noise tour aims to give Chinese rock a bigger platform and will try to distract attention from the Olympics by taking two Beijing bands, PK-14 and Queen Sea Big Shark
on a specially-designed tour bus through six cities, beginning and
ending in Beijing. Along the way, the bus will pick up local bands, and
documenting the ups and downs of the entire tour and the climactic
event in Beijing will be two brave Dazed Digital correspondents.
THE BANDS
THE DAZED CREW
Sarah Fakray: Blogger
Ellis Scott: Photographer
THE BANDS
THE DAZED CREW
Sarah Fakray: Blogger
Ellis Scott: Photographer
It's raining men in Wuhan, where one of the oldest punks in China refuses to give up his bagpipes.
