New York, NY (Top40 Charts) China's biggest and boldest rock band Second Hand Rose will be performing at Palo Alto's Albert &
Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall on July 10th as part of launch their "Crossing Boundaries" World Tour. Presented by Bay Area Chinese
Music Association (BACMA), the concert will showcase the band's combining traditional Chinese folk's self-mockery with modern Western rock's rebellion flawlessly, illustrating the band's philosophy of "crossing-all-sorts-of-boundaries." The show marks the band's West coast debut and second US tour, following last year's "Useless Rock USA" tour that opened at New York
Modern Sky
Music Festival in Central Park.
WHEN: Saturday, July 10th
Doors open at 8:30pm
WHERE: Albert &
Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
Oshman Family Jewish Community Center
3921 Fabian Way. Palo Alto, CA
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1600184276896056/
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/16238157767
"Crossing Boundaries" will bring the band to five cities in three countries and two continents. In addition to California, they will be performing show at New York's
Santos Party House presented by New Island Entertainment, Harbourfront Center's "Party on the Block" Festival in Toronto, Boston's The Red Room @ Cafe 939, finally ending at one of Europe's biggest music events, Paleo Festival Nyon in Switzerland.
"Crossing Boundaries" World Tour Dates:
7/10 San Francisco - Albert &
Janet Schultz Cultural Arts Hall
7/12 Toronto - Harbourfront Center "Party on the Block" Festival
7/15
Boston - The Red Room @ Cafe 939
7/18 NYC - Santo's Party House
7/21 Zurich - "Paleo Festival Nyon 2015"
"...when the Tom Waits-like opening to 'Picking A Flower' gave way to its folksy chorus, with Liang Long's distinctively Chinese croon, I found myself singing along with everyone else; I knew the melody even though I'd heard it just once before. When the song morphed into a
Pink Floyd psychedelic space riff, only to devolve into Peking opera instrumentals and, finally, to nineties-style hard rock, the appeal of this bonkers mixture became clear: it's a tour of the sounds that constitute an urban, internet-savvy, millennial Chinese youth." - The New Yorker describes SHR's last year's show in Webster Hall, New York City.
Being one of the biggest rock bands in Beijing, Second Hand Rose (二手玫瑰) brings a distinct mix of heavy rock 'n' roll and traditional Chinese instrumentation to the scene. Named for the signature rose singer Liang Long wears behind his ear and the notion that rock in China is a second-hand endeavor, Second Hand Rose revels in taboos (innuendo-laced lyrics, gender-bending costumes) and tweaking the establishment. Liang was drawn to Two Taking Turns because it's a folksy and somewhat vulgar tradition—much like rock music. And by combining the two, the band creates a truly Chinese expression of rock 'n' roll, embracing all of the contradictions of being an artist in modern China.
