{"id":2425,"date":"2006-09-01T15:47:29","date_gmt":"2006-09-01T07:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danwei.webfactional.com\/?p=2425"},"modified":"2006-09-01T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2006-09-01T07:47:29","slug":"danwei_music_chinese_american","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/danwei-tv\/danwei_music_chinese_american.php","title":{"rendered":"Danwei Music: Cantonese hardcore band Say Bok Gwai"},"content":{"rendered":"

This episode of Danwei Music TV is about Say Bok Gwai (\u6b7b\u767d\u9b3c – Damn White Devil), San Francisco’s first Chinese American hardcore band to sing in Cantonese.<\/p>\n

Say Bok Gwai’s original compositions are rooted in American punk\/thrash\/ hardcore music. The subject matter of their lyrics ranges from Chinese American identity to grappling with traditional Chinese values. Their music is not for the timid or easily offended.<\/p>\n

Frontman Alex Yeung is a long time San Franciscan musician who has worked in both the local rock and experimental music scenes. Alex serves as the songwriter and guitarist for Say Bok Gwai. Drummer Andre Custodio has been an integral part of the Bay Area experimental music scene for over 10 years. Say Bok Gwai has released their eponymous debut CD on Monkey King Records.<\/p>\n

Say Bok Gwai toured to Hong Kong last year. Alex speaks about their experiences there in this video.<\/p>\n

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This episode of Danwei Music was shot and edited by Anna Sophie Loewenberg, with music by Say Bok Gwai and the intro tune by Beijing band Reflector. You can also watch the show on Danwei.tv, where there are links to other formats and a downloadable Quicktime file.<\/p>\n

Links:<\/em><\/p>\n

\u2022 Say Bok Gwai homepage<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Say Bok Gwai Myspace page<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2022 Monkey King Records<\/a><\/p>\n

Sexy Beijing is now on its own website: check the latest episodes at www.sexybeijing.tv<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This episode of Danwei Music TV is about Say Bok Gwai (\u6b7b\u767d\u9b3c – Damn White Devil), San Francisco’s first Chinese American hardcore band to sing in Cantonese. Say Bok Gwai’s original compositions are rooted in American punk\/thrash\/ hardcore music. The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[410],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-danwei-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2425\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}