TheTaiwanese rock isrock music fromTaiwan. Taiwanese rock has been influenced by British, American, andJapanese rock over the latter half of the 20th century. As a genre, it is nurtured by regular festivals, notably the annualSpring Scream,Hohaiyan andFormoz festivals.
Early listeners to Western rock music in Taiwan were university intellectuals who were often bilingual.[1] The pioneer of Taiwanese rock wasXue Yue, also known as Simon Hsueh (1954-1990), who debuted as part of the campus folk movement prior to the end ofmartial law in Taiwan. Xue, a part-time drummer in the American Military Club, released his first albumThe Stage of Rock and Roll in 1984; collaborating with famous contemporary poets such asChen Ko-hua andHsia Yu for the lyrics of his later albums. Xue died in 1990, shortly after the release of his fifth album.[1]
In 1995,Freddy Lim founded the bandChthoniC with a group of friends.[2] In 2000, the group was invited to perform at theFuji Rock Festival in Japan, which inspired Lim. The band had previously played at the Formoz Festival, then an intercollegiate event held by the Northern Taiwan Rock Association; Lim created a new company, the Taiwan Rock Association, and broadened the reach of the festival.[3] It continued until 2008 and then was reestablished in 2013.[4]
Taiwanese rock, like other genres in Taiwan, was influenced by the Modern Folk Song Movement of the mid-1970s that emerged partially in response to American cultural imperialism.[5]
Major Taiwanese rock acts include:
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