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Overload (超载乐队 chaozai) is a Chinese rock band,[1] and considered the firstspeed andthrash metal band on theChinese heavy metal scene.
Gao Qi (高旗), the former guitarist and songwriter of the bandThe Breathing (呼吸乐队), set up his own band Overload with guitarist Han Hongbin (韩鸿宾), Li Yanliang (李延亮), bassist Wang Xueke (王学科) and drummer Zhao Muyang (赵牧阳), all well accomplished and well-known heavy rock musicians in China at that time. The band made their band debut onHalloween 1991.
The songs Gao Qi wrote combine western rock and Chinese literature and his performance burst the enthusiasm of both audience and players. The band built up a thrash metal style which had attracted a large number of fans in a short time.
The first single "The shadow of ancestor," was recorded on the albumRock Beijing a compilation album of Chinese rock in 1993. Meanwhile, Gao Qi's knowledge in Chinese rock and modern Western music give him chance to be engaged as amusic producer andsongwriter in the filmLong hair in the wind and as a freelancer for foreign music atBeijing Music Broadcasting.
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