EXCELENT STREET PUNK MADE IN CHINA

"You have never heard of any real Chinese street punk music? Well, come on to Demerit live! There are not only pure street punk sound but also independent thinking and passions! Their nearly 100 Beijing live shows in the last 2 years have proved it perfectly! Formed in the summer of 2004, Tsingtao, China, the early Demerit--Li Yang (vocal/guitar),Xue Yang(bass) and Zhang Wei(drum) --stayed in a small rehearsal room and did not play any live shows. Later, Zhang Wei dropped out, Zhe Shuangsheng (drum) and Zhang Ning (Guitar) joined in. Zhang Ning took the guitar ,Li Yang could concentrate on singing then. One month after birth they played their debut on the stage of First Tsingtao Beach Music Festival, then the band played live in Jining and was planning to move to Beijing. Again the drummer had to leave, the band were bogged down. But what the adversity brought them are higher passion and stronger belief. Frequent changes of drummers gained their experience and varied their style.In April,2005, the drummer super muscle man Zack(US) joined, which made Demerits music really a bomb. Their mature music arranging, ideas and tacit agreements led the band to a bigger progress. In this period, the band performed nearly 100 lives, including their own concert in Tsingtao, the Second China Outdoor Punk Festival, the art activity of the 35th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Canada, the third Zhengzhou SIAS Rock Music Festival, their own concert Fight Your Apathy in What bar, and the first rock concert in south Beijing. They also began to be interviewed by Chinese and foreign press. In the beginning of 2006, the band recorded their first demo CD. As Zack was leaving Beijing, this record was named Never Say Die, which suggested that the band wouldnt give up, this record also brought them quite some confidence. Then Zhen Song-who s been Li Yangs old friend-replaced Zack. Then the band was again busy doing rehearsal. In only two weeks they got all composed songs ready and never delayed one show. The new line-up appeared in the Beijing show of the Sweden hardcore punk band Insurgent Kids tour in 13 Club, took part in 2006 MIDI Music Festival, which is Chinas biggest rock music festival. In MIDI, in the ground of 10,000 people, when the intro was rising, when the band was burning up, the crowd couldnt hold their passions and excitement back, the whole ground was bursting with passions. Demerits movingly incendiary performance made itself stand on the stage much more truly, moreover, on the top of Chinese street punk wave. They are not only giving you excitement and passion but also trying their best to get beyond themselves in every live show. They need you to think everything around you over, to see yourself clear, without saying empty slogans. That is real punk live, a beginning of a new era of Chinese punk music. They put their understanding of music, world, life into very every song. They present the world in their mind completely. They are singing contemporary youths confusions, anxieties and expectances. In this material world, this commercial era, they persist with their belief and way of life. Just as a rock n roll senior said: In a material world, the most difficult thing is doing music. But none of those could hold Demerit back, because they are so pure and introspective. On the same stage, Demerit is going far more. As they said: Anger may look cool, but never as real as love. Every soul has his understanding of the world, what we need is to experience it and practice it sincerely, not anything else. Any words would be unnecessary! Chinese real street punk! Demerit! The true Chinese street punks!!! punks everywhere who would like to come and play in China and give us a chance to play in your country ."



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