Rocking China: Music scenes in Beijing and beyond

by Andrew David Field

Overview

Rocking China traces the rise and spread of indie rock scenes from the rock capital of Beijing to Shanghai and many other cities in China. Through interviews with key players in these scenes over a period of twenty years, Andrew Field explores the meanings of rock music in Chinese society as well as the many challenges and obstacles to the development of indie rock scenes in China. Highlights include a journey by rail into the heartlands of China with the hardcore rock band SUBS and legendary "rock godfather" Cui Jian. Along the journey to document the live rock music scenes of Beijing, he discovered an emerging world of musicians, bands, clubs, festivals, promoters, record shop and record label owners that were pushing the envelope of indie music for China and the world. This book takes the reader deep into the world of independent rock music that has been flourishing in urban China since the 2000s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789888769957
Publisher:	Earnshaw Books Ltd
Publication date:	05/23/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	8 MB

About the Author

Andrew Field is a professor of Chinese history who specializes in the history of music and dance scenes in urban China. He resides in Shanghai and in Kunshan where he teaches at Duke Kunshan University.