By continuing you agree to eChinacities's Privacy Policy .
Sign up with Google
Sign up with Facebook
Q: What real bands are there in China?
You know, the kind where they play their own instruments and write their own music...
Anything worth listening to?
12 years 12 weeks ago in Arts & Entertainment - China
There are quite a few bands in China, sadly there are not many venues to see them.
Most of the Chinese bands of note are based out of Beijing, which has a better live music scene, but Shanghai has a small but growing scene.
There are also quite a few bands made of expats and expat/local mixes.
It depends on what kind of music you like.
My personal favorite Chinese band is called "Queen Sea Big Shark" - imagine if there was a band from China during the early 80's and you'll have a good idea of what they are like.
Here is a link to Rock In China - http://wiki.rockinchina.com/w/Main_Page - it has listings of Chinese and foreign bands and listings of shows, etc. A good resource to see who's who and what's what.
