The Believers

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The Believers

The Believers (信徒, xìntú), Beijing Street Punk

Lineup

HU NING - VOCAL

JIANG ZHI - GUITAR

LIU KE - BASS

GUAN ZHENG - DRUM

History

The band formed at the late August, 2003. One week after that, they started off their first performance at RAVE CLUB (which is near Chaoyang park).

The first E.P.which named was finished at Beijing Goober Recording Studio, and was sold firstly at MIDI Music Festival on Oct. 1st. 150 copies were sold out in 3 days.

At the end of October, 2003, the band underwent a big line up change. After that, the was released on the X-MUSIC magazine, in Feb. 2004, which made a really big resound in China punks. At that time, the group is at a growth stage, going on mature stage.

In early April. 2004, The believers was selected to perform in MIDI music festival. In the mid of April, their virgin album was recorded. Due to the postpone of the MIDI music festival, the first release ceremony was hold at LuShang Cafe.

In mid-May, the group signed to Leizhentiandi International Culture(Beijing) Ltd. Co. Following that the official websites became available. At the end of May, the group signed with the well-known Rock Co. Scream-Records. Because some political reason, till now the copies should only be sold underground.