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 7 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.
