Foreigners in Foreign Lands, Part II: Exotic Occidentals

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Foreigners in Foreign Lands, Part II: Exotic Occidentals

Author: Jon Campbell

Publication in: Foreign Devil column of PopMatters

Published on: 28 August 2006

url: http://popmatters.com/music/columns/campbell/060828.shtml

Article about foreign bands coming to China, in particular taking the Midi Music Festival as an example.

Abstract

So you've got a band. You get gigs. You tour. No major deal, probably, but you've got some records out there. You here about This Thing Called China. You've heard they've got bands over there. You've heard that bands from towns just like yours have gone over there, played some gigs, put together a tour. You're not thinking 1.3 billion record sales, but you're thinking, "Hey, why not take a couple weeks and hit the road?"