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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!?.
Napster goes live