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28:22 No mannn TT you know how high the copyright fee is for well-known foreign bands like this QQ

This a joke? china hates anything different

Russia is the largest country

9:08 this was such a curveball for me. One of the reasons why I love this channel

Okay I'm interested.

Super comprehensive and informative - thanks a lot

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Does Englands nose dive coincide with the rise of Stock Aitken Waterman? Seems plausible.

Awful. You've gone from sharing interesting music history to forcing your a physical brand on a pre-existing audience.

NO! Please - why did you decide to start showing your face. It's selfish. I guarantee many users will leave just as I am about to as soon as I leave this comment. Shame.

Forget emerging bands, if you are looking some fresh guitar rifts. even though they from the past HALLELUJAH CHICKEN RUN BAND..... Thank me later

Mean video brother

Do they know what weird rock in the Soviet Union in the 80s led to? A lot of similarities I reckon.

Amazing video as usual, I love when you highlight underground music from all over the world!

I am from China, and I really like to read your analysis every time, which is very accurate in stepping on the hidden problems existing in contemporary Chinese society. In China, the media and public figures are not allowed to talk about these issues, but it is you outsiders who speak out, really ironic.

Anyone know the piece of music at 9:50? I don't think its on his list

Holy shit why doesn't this exist in North America

Kinda feels like anti-Chinese Propaganda to me

Absolutely LOVE the chill insightful vibes of your videos, please keep it up!!!

The indie music scene in China is really getting more and more interesting now, and not only that, but the development of the Internet community has also had a very interesting impact on Chinese indie music and even experimental music. A new generation of Chinese youth is also starting to create their own music, and they are coming to our attention, hoping to join the global music exchange.

Man this was a really good! You're like the Lt. Archie Hicox of Russian rock.

There's also a video series on CZcams where a youtuber interviewed bands in the chinese underground scene and let them perform a song. It's called "The sound stage" on CZcams. (English subs are included for the songs) Many of the bands who appeared on the show also appeared on the sound stage. Including second hand rose performing "clingy" which is my favourite song from theirs and sound toy (one of my favourites of the season) performing "the most wonderful journey". It's also interesting to see what the respective bands were like when they were younger, and you can even be exposed to more bands that didn't appear in the big band. (Chinese football, Hiperson)

Here's to you; you decadent western instigator. Keep up the subversion.

My people are now buying your blue jeans and listening to your pop music

Fun fact: the UK tried to make a show like this back in 2007, which was called Mobile Act Unsigned with the winners getting a record deal, but it didn't work. Most of the bands were pretty bad, and the band that did win got dropped quickly afterwards when the album didn't sell

Thanks a bunch for this video, its a shame how fucking good but underrated the chinese scene is.

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Loved my years in Beijing. Amazing music scenes. Check out an old CZcams series THE SOUND STAGE with tons of performances and translated interview with bands. czcams.com/play/PLCA029C31D4AA597F.html&si=gbUZCRYlAeiCk0pm

Pretty awesome video! Really like the band with the Mongolian throat singing; they remind me of The Hu and Tengger Cavalry!

considering the language barrier, this is a extremely well-researched and produced video

Hearing post-punk guitar with traditional Chinese flute is something I didn't know I needed! Amazing video!

Why didn't you even mention MarsRadio? I know the sound is nothing special, but the frontman has such a cinsere energy, I love him.

i was so happy just to watch these bands performing their music live. not a dud among the bunch.

You mentioned the minority status of Anda Union, but it's probably worth noting that Vareihnaz also represent an ethnic minority group, namely the Zhuang people. Their languages are distantly related to Thai and Lao and they are officially the largest ethnic minority in China, but perhaps because of their perceived greater closeness to/degree of assimilation into the mainstream Chinese (Han) culture they are pretty obscure outside China. I believe the title and at least some of the lyrics to their last song shown here are from one of the Zhuang languages.

I can see a variety of live indie music most nights of the week here in Chongqing and while it's the biggest city in China it's not known as a cultural hub. The bands that have stuck around through the years do so with a ferocious passion for music. You can't stop rock n' roll and in fact they're raising up a new generation. It's a pretty great scene here. Thanks for a great video!

Awesome video. Some cool band names in there too. How annoying that a Chinese band can come up with a better name than a native English speaker like me!

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I nearly spit out my beverage when you mentioned Anda Union. They have come to the US, twice at least, and I was lucky enough to see them both times. This would have been several years pre-COVID. They were incredible, and put on a fantastic show -- in Appalachian Ohio, no less! They also performed under the name Anda Band.

This was yet another great video, Bandsplaining. China has a pretty cool music scene.

"The problem with today's music" isn't a million subgenres. It's that "pop" music is so formulaic that everything the last 20 years songs the same. A song from the 90s is totally different than a song from the 70s. And a song from the 60s is totally different than the 80s... But a song from 2004 isn't any different than a song from 2024...

Another solid video; well done, dude.

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10:50 reminds me of Yellowcard, lol.

Thank you for your work.

love supermarket so much

Hey there, 7:18 sounds like the days I grew up in<><>

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Is this sportswave?

i do a lot dub in my Dubstep stuff tbh no cap