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Part V: The Nineties

China, and yaogun, opens up

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1990

1995

1992

1994

February: 90 Modern Music Concert features six bands over two days at Beijing’s Capital Stadium; Cui Jian’s Solution released.

March: Cui Jian’s Rock and Roll on the Long March tour cancelled after four cities.

1993

1997

1991

1994

Nirvana’s Nevermind and Guns n’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion I & II released.

Meanwhile...

January: Then-former leader Deng Xiaoping’s ‘Southern Tour’ which prioritized economic reform.

Liang Heping

1996

Album Releases:

Cui Jian’s Power of the Powerless, Tang Dynasty’s Epic, Underbaby’s Awaken

Mayi cangying

Radiohead’s Ok Computer released. David Bowie, Carlos Santana, Brian Johnson turn 50

1998

1999

Midi School of Music opens; first Beijing Jazz Festival; China Avant Garde tour of Germany.

Album Releases:
Cui Jian: Balls Under the Red Flag Magic Stone Three Prominents: Dou Wei: Dark Dreams,

He Yong: Garbage Dump

Zhang Chu: Lonely People are Shameful

Cui Jian’s first US tour; Roxette performs in Beijing.

Album Releases:
V/A China Fire II
Overload Overload

July 1:
Hong Kong returns to China

Scream Records founded and releases Wuliao Contingent compilation and Thin Man’s Thin Man I. Hang on the Box on the cover of Newsweek.

Album Releases:
V/A: China Fire I

Tang Dynasty: A Dream Return to Tang Dynasty

Black Panther Black Panther

Bjork performs in Beijing; Cui Jian performs at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival; Cobra tours the US

Six bands perform in Shenzhen;
Asian Games held in Beijing

xinhuanet

factsanddetails.com

Tang Dynasty bassist Zhang Ju dies in motorcycle accident.

Hao Fang’s Radiant Nirvana released

Three Prominents plus Tang Dynasty perform in Hong Kong

1995

1997

Kurt Cobain found dead in his home; second Woodstock Festival; Green Day’s Dookie (sells 8 million copies).

(What’s the Story) Morning Glory by Oasis and Smashing Pumpkins’ Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness released. Green Day wins a Grammy for Dookie.

1993

Elvis gets a US postal stamp; Pearl Jam’s Ten and Stone Temple Pilots’ Core are 8th and 10th best-selling albums of the year. The soundtrack to Judgement Night unites rockers and rappers.

1999

Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura declares “Rolling Stone Day”; Limp Bizkit’s Significant Other is the year’s sixth-best selling album in the USA; Santana’s Supernatural is seventh.

crunchgear.com

wearegeniuses.com

usps.com

Tony Nelson

Goodbye Zhang Ju, tribute to Tang Dynasty bassist released;

Modern Sky Records founded and releases Sober’s Hao Ji le!?.

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