Interview with Dirty Fingers : China's got punk talents
Hello Alex. Having Chinese bands is pretty uncommon for us here at Distrolution, and Chinese PUNK bands even more !!! What is it to be a punk band in China ?
Hello there! I got to tell you ... it is really fun! I don’t see Dirty Fingers as a classic stereotype of a punk band, but speaking more in terms of the underground scene in China is pretty fun. It is a massive country full of wonders and possibilities.From our side of the Great Wall, China seems to be sometimes frightening but also very exciting. How has the Chinese punk scene evolved during the last 10 years ?
I don’t think I’m qualified enough to talk about the evolution of the punk in China in general. I mean, I listen to old records of bands and so on, but I’m not someone who studies the scene. I just play with musicians. For an inside observer, I know that bands such as SMZB, Demerit, Loudspeakers, Brain Failure, Gun Bleed, A Top Floor Circus, Misandao (not sure about the name or spelling), Gouride and PK14 paved the road of the so called “punk” in China around 10 years ago. When I say China, I’m excluding the Cantonese scene (Guangdong Province) because they a have more attachment with Hongkongeise scene than the rest of the country, so things operates independently there. Listening to old people here speaking about the past and now, it's clear that the scene is more organized and established now with labels, proper venues, managers and cyclical audience. Most importantly, the scene keeps renovating itself with kids making bands and promoting their stuff in a more DIY way. I see this more as a result of the economical growth that the country faced in the past 10 years as well. [caption id="attachment_6531" align="alignnone" width="618"]
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