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Taiwanese Band Mayday Talks 20-Year Career
臺灣樂團五月天談論二十年生涯。
7/31/2017 by Tamar Herman
Twenty years in, Taiwanese band Mayday is a phenomenon on par with the rock
acts of bygone eras.
Multiple generations of music listeners have bonded with the five men: lead
vocalist and primary songwriter Ashin (Chen Shin Hung), band leader and
guitarist Monster (Wen Shang Yi), bassist Masa (Tsai Shen Yen), guitarist
Stone (Shi Chin Hang) and drummer Guan You (Liu Yen Ming). Five former high
school friends, they became emblematic of Taiwan's youth culture in their
early days and have a career propelled on intense concert experiences and
inspirational rock music that blurs the lines of alternative and pop.
Though their fame is limited in scope primarily to the East Asian music
market, Mayday is one of the world's best-selling bands: According to
Alibaba's Ali Music Group, their latest album, last July's History of
Tomorrow, saw more than 200 million digital sales in Taiwan and China alone,
proving that time is doing nothing to minimize the band's success. (For
reference, 2016's top-selling album in the U.S, Drake's Views, racked up
4.14 million equivalent album units that year, according to Nielsen Music.)
The same album took home the best Mandarin album of the year award at this
year's Golden Melody Awards in June, the most prestigious music awards
ceremony in the Chinese-speaking world.
While they're on the cusp of middle age, the band members have a boyish charm
to them that attracts both new and old listeners to their music two decades
in. Sitting on a ledge with his feet dangling behind him, Masa, the youngest
member at 40, radiated enthusiasm as he took in the view of the lower
Manhattan skyline. In the States to prep for the upcoming U.S. stops of their
Life tour, and to see U2's Joshua Tree tour, Ashin, Masa and Monster spoke to
Billboard about their extensive career.
- 五月天在早期為臺灣青少年文化的象徵，後來致力於演唱會演出與音樂創作，
他們的音樂模糊了另類搖滾與流行音樂的界線。
儘管音樂市場僅限在東亞，五月天是世界上暢銷的樂團之一：據阿里巴巴集團的阿里
音樂（Ali Music Group）統計，他們的最新專輯，去年7月發行的《自傳》，單在臺
灣和中國，便有超過2億的數位銷售。
《自傳》獲得今年金曲獎的最佳國語專輯。
步入中年之際，團員有著男孩般的魅力，二十年來吸引著舊有與新進聽眾聆聽他們的
音樂。最年輕的成員瑪莎，在欣賞曼哈頓下城的天際線時，散發著熱情。阿信、瑪莎
、怪獸到美是為了即將到來的《人生無限公司》美國巡迴場次作事前準備，並觀賞
Ｕ２演唱會。
With the casual air of friends who have spent far too much time together