Crystal Butterfly

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Crystal Butterfly (Shui Jing Die 水晶蝶乐队), Shanghai Rock

Biography

Called "Space Rock" by their record company, main influences are Brit-rock like U2 and The Cure, with a splash of Old Shanghai jazz and an urban surrealist sensibility.

Formed in June 1998 with three of the four remaining members from Lunar Eclipse (月蚀乐队) (formed 1994; other prior members went on to form The Honeys 甜蜜的孩子 in 1997).

Original members singer/bass/rhythm guitar Li Pang 李乓 (aka 乓乓, real name Li Jianfeng 李剑俸), guitar Wang Wenwei 汪文伟, and drummer Chen Song 陈松. Poached Vicky’s Area’s bass Guo Shengsheng 郭生生 for about 4-6 months in 1999, but then let him go. In 1999 or 2000, they started borrowing Qiqi 琦琦 from Chan, and in 2003 he joined the band officially, although he also later joined Blue Garden. The band added another member, an expatriate name Jon, in 2006.

November 1998, won three awards including best band at the MTV Band Call competition at the Hard Rock Cafe on Nanjing Lu.

2000, November 18, signed with Beijing’s New Bees Music (北京新峰唱片公司)

2002, March 6, move to Beijing to record album; return roughly a year later. The album's release was delayed for several years due to conflicts with the label.

2005, May, Magical Mystery Tour 神秘旅行 (Dumb English title compliments of New Bees, don’t blame the band) finally released with a small party for friends only at the old Tanghui.

The band recorded material for a second album, entitled Forest of Illusions, named after one the band's first songs 梦幻森林. However, the band's contract with New Bees ended in December 2005, the company is trying to sell the material to a third party, and the recordings will probably never come out. The band's rights to re-record the tracks are under discussion.

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