china乐队
China是瑞士的一支流行金属乐队，成立于1985年。是由鼓手John Dommen,组建的.乐队于80年代后期和90年代初期,在国际上取得了巨大的成功(流金黄金岁月啊).他们的专辑曾进入了Billboard Top 10,在瑞士本土,英国,德国和日本,也都取得了相当不错的成绩.
China的音乐被Thin Lizzy, Europe 和Scorpions 这样的乐队所影响,早期成员包括吉他手Claudio Matteo和Freddy Laurence, 鼓手John Dommen主唱Vocalist “Math Shiverow和贝司手Marc Lynn.1988年,辛勤和幸运换来了他们和德国Phonogram唱片公司的一纸签约.不久,他们发行了第一张同名专辑”China”.在电视媒体的强力宣传和广大FANS的极力推崇下,China备受鼓舞,在89年又发行了他们的第二张专辑 Sign In the Sky.这张专辑的主唱已经换为Patrick Mason,同时,BASS也被Brian Kofmehl所取代.
China此时已经受到了相当的关注,不仅仅因为他们出色的hard rock旋律,还有他们的新主唱.此后,他们开始了大规模的90个城市的Sign In The Sky巡演,并发行了一张现场专辑Live,过后,主唱的位置被来自美国的Eric St. Michaels所取代,接着,又发行了他们的第三张专辑Go All The Way.92年,Eric回美国,成为一个自由艺人.93年5月,China和Marc Storace(瑞士经典老团Krokus的前主唱)一同,进行瑞士的Radio “DRS 3”现场演出.这次现场日后被录制为专辑,并以Alive的名字发售(他们的第二张现场专辑).这张专辑被china的fans称为” a must have for real fans”(真正的Fans所必须拥有的).此后,乐队一直没有什么动静,95年,乐队才发行了他们的第四张专辑, Natural Groove,这张专辑加入了更多的新元,走的是Modern Rock路线,但是已经跟原来那种流金曲风相去甚远了,随后,乐队因外界音乐风格的巨大转变和自身的多种原因,宣布解散.
2000年,借着80年代重金属回潮的趋势,和对曾经光辉岁月的怀念,China乐队宣布重组,并展开了China-Revisited的巡演,吉他手Claudio和Freddy,BASS手Brian和Giovanni(这家伙是谁?前文没看见过-_-!)邀请了乐队的三位主唱Strübi (1st CD,就是Math Shiverow), Eric St. Michaels (3rd CD) 和 Mark Storace (alive CD)一同进行了这次巡演(-_-!一张CD换一个主唱).巡演的每一场,都给广大Fans一个” a heart pumping”,仿佛回到了曾经的流金黄金岁月.
现在,吉他手Claudio Matteo在"DJ Claudio"混的很成功(资料说他是个职业的DJer-_-!),目前在AlpenRock House - ZH Kloten;Mad Max – Basel;Schützenhouse - Wangen a/Aare;Backstage - St.Gallen;Albani – Winterthur;Bronx - Buchs SG;Top 10 - Singen D等多家俱乐部工作.乐队其他人没什么资料了,没找到.有兴趣的去他们的网站www.6degrees.ch/china去看,德文的好像是,看不懂......
附:china专辑,单曲的成绩(瑞士排行榜)
Singles
Title 发行时间 名次 周数
In The Middle Of The Night 18.03.1990 11 10
All I Do Is Wait 19.03.1995 43 3
Evasion (Diam's feat. China) 04.04.2004 45 8
Albums
China 24.01.1988 6 10
Sign In The Sky 04.02.1990 2 18
Live17.03.1991 39 1
Go All The Way 09.06.1991 10 15
Natural Groove 09.04.1995 24 7
China
Shop 1) Intro
2) Shout It Out
3) Back To you
4) The Fight Is On
5) Wild Jealousy
6) Rock City
7) Hot Lovin' Night
8) Living On The Stage
9) I Need Your Love
10) One Shot To The Heart
11) Staying Alive
12) Don't Look Back
All Songs by China, except 1) by Fabian Emmenegger; 3) by Fernando von Arb 1988 Phonogram GmbH, Hamburg
Math Shiverow - Vocals
Freddy Laurence - Guitar
John Dommen - Drums
Claudio Matteo - Guitars
Marc Lynn - Bass
Produced by Dirk Steffens
Sign In The Sky
Shop 1) The Great Wall
2) Daed Lights
3) Animal Victim
4) In The Middle Of The Night
5) Won't Give It Up
6) Sign In The Sky
7) Don't Ever Say Goodbye
8) Broken Dream
9) Second Chance
10) Bitter Cold
11) Take Your Time
12) Harder Than Hell
13) So Long
All Songs written by China and Stephan Galfas. "The Great Wall" composed by Claudio C. Cueni
1990 Phonogram GmbH, Köln
Patrick Mason - Vocals
Freddy Laurence - Guitar
Claudio Matteo - Guitar
Brian Kofmehl - Bass
John Dommen - Drums
Produced by Stephan Galfas for
T.E. Saveage, Inc.
Sign In The Sky (Single)
1) Sign In The Sky
2) Don't Ever Say Goodbye
3) Shout It Out (Studio Version) MP3 [186KB]
In The Middle Of The Night (Single)
1) In The Middle Of The Night
2) Dead Lights
3) Animal Victim
4) Shout It Out (Live) MP3 [186KB]
Go All The Way
Shop 1) Pictures Of You
2) Medicine Man (Intro)
3) Medicine Man
4) Slow Dancing In Hell
5) She Did A Real Good Job
6) So Damn Easy
7) Lost Gardens
8) Shake Your Cages
9) Go All The Way
10) Don't Let In The Night
11) In Love Again
12) Face To The Wind
13) In Trouble With Angels
14) Life Keeps Moving On
15) You've Got Me
All Songs by China, Stephan Galfas,
James Palace
1991 Phonogram GmbH, Köln
Eric St. Michaels - Vocals
Freddy Laurence - Guitar
Claudio Matteo - Guitar
Brian Kofmehl - Bass
John Dommen - Drums
Produced by Stephan Galfas for
T.E. Saveage, Inc.
Slow Dancing (Single)
1) Slow Dancing (Remix)
2) Shake Your Cages (Remix)
3) Life Keeps Moving On MP3 [177KB]
Live
Shop 1) Rock City
2) Sign In The Sky
3) So Long
4) In The Middle Of The Night
5) Shout It Out
6) Proud Mary
All Songs by China, except 6) by
John Fogerty
1991 Phonogram GmbH, Köln
Produced by Stephan Galfas for
T.E. Saveage, Inc.
Recorded at the "Marlboro Music
Rock-in Final" in Locarno,
Switzerland
So Far
Shop 1) The Fight Is On
2) In The Middle Of The Night
3) Hot Lovin' Night
4) So Long (Live)
5) Second Chance
6) Medicine Man
7) Living On The Stage
8) Rock City
9) Sign In The Sky
10) Animal Victim
11) Wild Jealousy
12) Proud Mary (Live)
13) Slow Dancing (Remix)
14) Somebody (Demo)
15) Rag Blues (Demo)
16) All Through The Night (Demo)
1992 Phonogram GmbH, Köln
Natural Groove
Shop 1) Natural Groove
2) Bend The Trend
3) All I Do Is Wait
4) Soul To Satisfy
5) 2 Of Everything
6) Lay Down On Me
7) Blame It On Jack
8) Feel It Coming
9) Fact Vs. Fiction
10) Sweet Slow Shuttle
11) Desert Dessert
12) Black Days
1), 3) by Matteo, McCowan
2), 7) by Matteo, Laurence, McCowan
4), 5), 6), 8), 9), 10) by Matteo,
Laurence, Kofmehl, McCowan
11) by Matteo, Laurence, St. Michaels
1995 EMI Records (Schweiz) AG
Douglas McCowan - Lead
Vocals & Percussion
Claudio Matteo - Guitar & Vocals
Freddy Laurence - Guitar & Synthesizer
Brian Kofmehl - Electric &
Fretless Bass
Johnny Giorgi - Drums
Produced by China &
Thomas Kemper
All I Do Is Wait (Single)
1) All I Do Is Wait
2) Facts Vs. Fiction
3) Bend The Trend
MP3 [205KB]
Soul To Satisfy (Single)
1) Soul To Satisfy
2) Desert Dessert
3) Lay Down For Me
MP3 [165KB]
Alive (mit Marc Storace)
Shop 1) Intro
Mussorgsky "London Symphony Orchester"
2) Rock City
Matteo, Laurence, Dommen, Maué
3) Dead Lights
Matteo, Laurence, Mason, Galfas
4) American Woman
Bachmann, Cummings, Kale, Peterson
5) Sign In The Sky
Laurence, Galfas, Mason
6) There's Only One Way
Hagar
7) You've Got Me Going
Matteo, Laurence, Storace
8) Staying Alive
Matteo, Laurence, Shiverow
9) Lost Garden
Matteo, Laurence, St. Michaels
10) So Long
Matteo, Laurence, Mason
11) Hold On
Vergeat, Storace
12) In The Middle Of The Night
Kofmehl, Laurence, Matteo, Galfas, Mason
13) Bedside Radio
Von Rohr, Von Arb, Naegeli
14) Rock'n Roll
Page, Plant, Jones, Bonham
15) Highway Star
Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice
16) All Through The Night
Matteo, Laurence, Dommen