1979

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1979

Background Information
Name (English)	1979
Origin	Beijing
Genre	Punk
Years active	2004 - present
Members
Vocals: Shen Yue (沈岳) Guitars: Guo Feng (郭峰) Bass: Tian Jianhua (田建华) Drums: Ye Jingying (叶景滢)

History

1979 was a year to be remembered, not because of events like "Chinese/American Friendship", 30th Anniversary of Peoples Republic of China, the worldwide eradication of small pox or the Russians invading Afghanistan, etc. No no no, the real main reason that makes that year so important is: all 1979 band members were born in that year, one year later they became one year old, two years later they became two years old ... 24 years later when they became 24 years old they found the band 1979 in February 2004, thank you everyone for listening!!!

1979年是重要并且值得纪念的一年，当然不是因为什莫“中美建交”啦，什莫“建国三十周年”啦，什莫“全世界范围之内消灭了天花”啦，什莫“苏联入侵阿富汗”啦，等等...等等...咳咳，主要是因为：1979乐队的全体成员在这一年里诞生啦:），并且在1年以后变成了1岁，2年以后变成2岁，3年以后.....24年以后变成了24岁，并于2004年2月底组成了1979乐队,谢谢大家！！！

Our story begins in the 80s during our childhood. At that time we had no chance to get to know rock music such as punk or metal. The songs that entered our ears everyday and that we were humming were all those popular Canton-pop songs from Hong Kong and college folk songs from Taiwan. As time passed, all those sounds that we heard when we were children left an indelible mark on our hearts, and they are still unforgettable to this day.

故事要从80年代，也就是我的小时候说起。那时我还没有能够接触到像朋克或是金属这类的摇滚音乐。每天耳朵里听到的，嘴里哼出来的，都是那些来自台湾的校园民谣和那些来自香港的流行歌曲。久而久之，那些小时候经常听到的歌，在心里留下了不可磨灭的印象，直到现在还都无法忘记。喜欢上摇滚乐以后，便把那些曾经喜欢过的歌全都放到了一边。可好歌毕竟是好歌呀，曾经在心里有过位置的东西，是不会变地。于是就有了这莫一个想法：如果上天可以给我一个机会，让我能把那些曾经喜欢过的歌，以摇滚乐的形式表现出来，那该有多好呀。让我没有想到的是，叶景滢和田建华早就有了这样的想法，但是由于一些特殊的原因没能把这个想法完成。鉴于大家都喜欢那些老歌，而且喜欢的老歌又是那末的相似，就有了做一个翻唱老歌的乐队的想法。于是叫来郭峰把这个想法和他一说，嗨，没想到这哥们儿也狂喜欢那些老歌，而且早就和叶景滢说过要做一个翻唱乐队。哈，我们的乐队就这样成立了，牛逼！！！！

After we started to like rock music, we took all the songs that we used to like put them aside. But good songs are ultimately good songs, so the ones that had a place in our hearts couldn’t go away. Then we had this idea: if the heavens could give us an opportunity to let us turn the songs that we used to like into rock and roll songs, then that would be even better.

The one thing that I didn’t realize was that Ye Jingying and Tian Jianhua already had this idea, but for some particular reason they couldn’t accomplish their goals. Since everyone liked the old songs, and everyone liked the songs that were similar to those songs, then we should just have a band that did remixes of the old songs. So I called Guo Feng and told him my idea, and I said “Hai, I didn’t think that these people would be crazy about the old songs, and back when Ye Jingying wanted to do a cover band. Ha, that’s how we formed our band, awesome!

奥，对了，顺便说一句。虽然我们是以翻唱老歌的名义组建的这个乐队，但还是会努力的创作属于我们自己的音乐地。

现在这个乐队还有一位成员，大家在演出的时候也许见不到她，那就是我们的网管兼御用键盘手“糖衣娃娃”娜娜鱼小姐，现在虽然她正蛰伏于地下，但相信大家是会在某个时候和她正式见面的，句终！！

Oh yeah, one more thing. Even though we formed to because we wanted to make a cover band, we still want to work really hard to create our own music. Now this group has a new member, and everyone probably hasn’t seen her while we performed. She is our webmaster and keyboardist “Icing baby” Miss Yu Nana. Now even though she is currently backstage, I still think everyone should get to meet her some time!! That's all!

First time practice: 2004-02-23 in a small room at Guo Feng's home

First time gig: 2004-03-12 at Old Get Lucky Bar

第一次排练：2004年2月23号-郭峰家小屋

第一次演出：2004年3月12号-老豪运

taken from rocklive.cn

May 29th, 2004, they performed at the Old Get Lucky bar.^[1]