Yaksa
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Yaksa, 夜叉 (Ye Cha)
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Lineup
Vocal: Hu song
Guitar: Huang tao
Guitar: Wang you jin
Bass: Gao yu feng
Drum: Ma lin
DJ/sample: Wang le (DIRTY-Y)
History
Formed under the name Nevermind in Si Chuan in 1995 by Hu Song (Vocals), Wang Yue (Bass), Li Yu Chuan (Guitar) and Liao Xiang (Drums), the band changed their name into Yaksa and moved to Beijing in March 1997. At the end of 1998, the following lineup was fixed: Hu Song on vocals, Jiang Jie on guitars, Wang Yue on bass and Chi Gong Wei on the drums.
Yaksa became more and more involved in the underground scene of Beijing until at the end of 1999, it stood out as the representative hardcore band of Beijing.
In March 2000, Yaksa signed a contract with Scream Records.
From April 30th until May 1st, Yaksa performed at the 2001 Midi Music Festival.
Later in May, one of Yaksa's songs was recorded and included in the Japanese compilation CD Beijing Scream.
After Xiao Yang (guitars) of the band Black September joined (in addition to a new bass player), Wang Yue switches the bass guitar with the DJ desk.
On October 28th, Yaksa joined the "NO-MASTER" party in Hebei. (further information unknown, who knows more?)
On October 31st, Yaksa performed during another party at the "Open Core Paradise"(translation correct?).
Together with the band Ruins, Yaksa performs at Shanghai's U-Like bar on November 11th.
Finally Yaksa's first album Freedom was released by Scream Records in December. At that time the lineup had been: Hu Song on vocals, Jiang Jie on guitar, Xiao Yang on guitar, a bassist, Chi Gong Wei on drums and Wang Yue as DJ and Sampler.
On January 7th, 2001, Yaksa performed with Twisted Machine during Yaksa's cd release party.
On March 24th, Yaksa performed in Guangdong province's Basketball Gymnasium (translation correct?) during the 美国第五届原創揺滾演唱会 festival.
In May, the same month as the 2001 Midi Music Festival, Jiang Jie left the band and Li Yu Chuan replaced him.
In December, Yaksa performed in the Lucky Bar for a great Christmas party.
On May 2nd, 2002, Yaksa performed during the Midi Music Festival 2002, winning not only more attention from the audience, but also won confidence in themselves.
On June 22nd, they performed together with the bands Tomahawk and Cankered Corpse at the Big Wild Goose Pagoda in Xi'an.
On September 20th, they joined the Tookoo's 2nd anniversary celebration concert.
On October 31st, they joined the Halloween party at the CD Cafe.
In December, the band's store opened in Beijing's city district "Wu Dao Kou" (五道口).
On December 25th, Yaksa joined the "Happy Night" concert event at the Get Lucky Bar in Beijing.
In the first half of 2003, Xiao Yang left the band.
On June 14th, Yaksa lead the release party of their second album Fa! Fa! Fa!, the Chinese verbalization of the English lyrics "Fuck! Fuck! Fuck!". The explicit mentioning of the word "Fuck" is censored in China, so many Chinese bands used similar sounding words and tones on CD covers or in the booklet, but sang the original lyrics anyway on stage.
On October 1st, Yaksa performed during the Midi Music Festival 2003 on the first day of the festival. Huang Tao (guitar) supported the band.
For the Halloween festival, Yaksa again joined the event at the Get Lucky Bar on October 31st.
Both Li Yu Chuan and the bassist (name missing) left the band suddenly. They were replaced by Huangtao on guitar 王友金 (from the band Si Yao Wan) and Wang Zhi Qin on bass.
November 29th, Yaksa performed during Xi'ans Wei Yang Lake Resort Concert together with CMCB, AK 47, Overload and various local acts.
On March 27th, 2004, Yaksa performed live in Jilin's Nagaharu city.
On April 8th, they join the "In memory of Kurt Cobain" concert at the Get Lucky Bar.
October 4th, they joined the Midi Music Festival 2004 in the Beijing International Sculpture park, playing as the last act on the last day.
On December 3rd, they performed during the Zippo Hot Tour 2004 band contest, that included bands from all over China.
On December 28th, they played live in Guangzhou's SOLO Bar.
December 31st they joined the New Year's Eve party at the New Get Lucky Bar.
April 16th, 2005, the band held their 10-year-anniversary party at the 13 Club in Beijing.
In June, one of Yaksa's songs was included in Tong Su Ge Qu's issue 295.
Also in June, Wang Zhi Qin left the band and Gao Yu Feng (bass) joined.
In July the compilation "Who is Cui Jian?" was recorded for which Yaksa contributed one song.
In October 4th, Yaksa performed at the Midi Music Festival 2005 on the last day.
On January 1st, 2006, Yaksa performed in the 13 Club.
On April 8th, they joined the "In memory of Kurt Cobain" concert at the New Get Lucky Bar.
On May 1st, they joined the Midi Music Festival 2006 in Beijing.
On July 15th, they held the release party of their new EP Keep on Fighting. During the concerts 200 limited records with signatures and two additional songs were sold.
"To keep on amplifying the voice of YAKSA as well as the voice of CHINA METALCORE, we have recently released an EP 'KEEP ON FIGHTING' in July 2006." taken from their MySpace site.
Discography
- Keep on Fighting (EP) - 2006
- Fa Fa Fa - 2003
- Freedom - 2000
Discography/Compilations
- Scream! Scream! Scream! The Greatest Hits Vol. 1 (VA) - 2001
- Underfloor Music (VA) - 2002
- Midi Music Festival 2004 DVD (VA) - 2005
- Who is Cui Jian (VA) - 2005
- Midi Music Festival 2005 (VA) - 2005/2006
Magazine Appearances
- X-Music Magazine no. 239 - 2003
- Tong Su Ge Qu Vol 295
Appearances in Podcasts
Further information
