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Another side item, but my wife found a recording of our all-time favorite Chinese band Wood Pushing Melon (木推瓜) on youtube. Technology is amazing. What's more I also found an account of its show. We used to catch them at this divy place at Wudaokou. It truly is the greatest Chinese band ever. It's too bad that the band dissolved after the arrest and after the lead-singer decided to go to Tibet in 2002. The last time I saw them, the police showed up and arrested them after they cursed the CCP and President Jiang. For listeners, the song "Do Suo Do" begins in a funky way, but keep listening; it makes an amazing transition. Anyway, the link to the song is above, and the article in both Chinese and google translate English below.

雷子：“木推瓜”们的一点回忆
http://ent.sina.com.cn 2004年06月26日23:07 网友来稿


　　《什么样的回答才能让你满意》是我看到的第一首尹丽川的诗。应该说当我读到这首诗的那一瞬间，就被这首诗的本质给迷住了。

　　关于尹丽川，我最初只听说她也是一位“美女作家”，而这是个很容易先入为主的概念，就像同样是尹丽川所参与的“下半身写作”一样。

　　再后来听说她想拍电影，而且还想在北京开个酒吧，酒吧的名字是“69”。

　　而后我听我的朋友说尹丽川是北京地下摇滚乐队“木推瓜”主唱宋雨喆的女友，当然我也不能确定朋友的话是否属实。只是“木推瓜”是我更熟悉的，他们是我最喜欢的几支北京地下乐队中的一支。

　　我看过几次他们的演出，印象深刻的是2001年某一夜在北京语言文化大学附近的“开心乐园”看的那次。那时“开心乐园”每个周末夜晚还有一些地下乐队的演出。

　　2002年的夏天我再去那里，发现已经没有了那样的演出。而“木推瓜”据说也在去年解散了，宋雨喆则孤身远赴西藏。

　　那次并不是“木推瓜”的专场，某种意义上，他们也不是那晚最出彩的乐队。那晚的另一支乐队“美好药店”搞了一个有些“惊世骇俗”的行为艺术表演：乐队主唱何国峰仅穿着三角内裤登上了舞台，他先是将一个像章的别针刺进了自己手臂上的皮肉之中。

　　而将像章别好之后，何国峰脱掉短裤当众小便。他小便了挺长时间，估计是为这次演出憋了很久。这时一个家伙拿着一个640ML装的燕京啤酒瓶子，蹲在那里接着乐队主唱的小便，然后开始喝，边喝边大声叫着：“好酒！好酒！”。

　　这之后全裸的何国峰更是跳下了舞台，将一块准备好的白布铺在地上，然后蹲在那块白布上开始当众大便。必须承认那时弥漫的味道有些让人不适，而一些淑女也做出花容失色状，不知道那时尹丽川是不是也站在那群淑女之间。

　　何国峰在大便完后，开始在那块白布上搅拌自己的排泄物，他显示了对自己的排泄物的支配力，他似乎是在作画。然后他抬头对着观众说这幅作品现在拍卖，有人喊：“我出五毛！”，“我出两毛！”，“我出一毛！”，“我出五分！”，“我出一分！” ……

　　我对那晚“开心乐园”的保安充满了同情，因为最后这幅艺术作品是被他们处理掉的。

　　其实那晚“木推瓜”乐队的主唱宋雨喆也搞了一段行为艺术的表演，只是与刚刚说的那个相比，在嗅觉和视觉上可能没有那么大的冲击力。

　　那晚宋雨喆演唱了他们的那几首“铁托”们耳熟能详的代表作。他又一次狰狞着脸唱了那首《哆嗦哆》，又一次在其中用他扭曲刺耳的声音将儿歌“娃哈哈”唱得撕心裂肺，花园在他的声音中又一次变成了屠宰场，而花园中的花朵则又一次狞笑着迎风绽放……

　　那晚他们也演出了那首《悲剧的诞生》，这个歌名无疑与尼采的那本同名著作有关。就当这首歌演出到一半，一个估计有200多斤的长发壮汉登上了舞台，开始用一条皮带抽打正赤膊演唱的宋雨喆，应该说抽打得特狠，而且抽了有二三十鞭那样。当宋雨喆转身，可以看到他后背上纵横交错的鞭痕，他的整个后背已经皮开肉绽鲜血淋漓，而宋雨喆此时的演唱也变成了凄厉的哀号。

　　不知那段时间尹丽川是不是宋雨喆的女友。如果是，估计她该在那晚演出结束后，在宋雨喆的后背涂满红药水……当然据说现在他们早已劳燕分飞。(雷子)

Google Translate:

雷子: "wood pushed melon" to the point memories
Http://ent.sina.com.cn at 23:07 on June 26, 2004 Netizen contributions

....Then I heard my friend said Yin Li-chuan is the Beijing underground rock group "wood pushed melon" frontman SONG Yu Zhe's girlfriend, of course, I can not determine what is true friends. Only "wood pushed melon" I was more familiar with, they are my favorite band several Beijing in a underground.

I have read several times their performance impressive is 2001 a night in Beijing Language and Culture University near the "Kiddie's" looking at that. At that time, "Kiddie's" every weekend night some underground band performances.

In 2002 the summer I go there, there was not that the performances. "Wood pushed melon," said the dissolution of the last year, SONG Yu Zhe, unaccompanied went to Tibet.

That is not the "wood pushed melon" special, a sense that they are not the most is the color of night band. Another night of the band "beautiful, pharmacy," some of which is a "horrified" acts performing arts: lead singer HE-wearing only underwear appeared on the triangular stage, he first will be a像章the pin刺进his arm on the flesh way.

While像章other good, HE Guo-feng took off his shorts and public urination. His urine has quite long time, estimates for the performance hold for a long time. Then a guy holding a 640 ML-equipment Yanjing beer bottles, then lead singer squatted where the urine, and then began to drink,边喝边loudly chanting: "good bottle of wine! Good bottle of wine!."

After nude This is the HE-jumped an arena will be ready for a piece of white cloth shop on the ground, then squatted That began publicly white stool. At that time, we must recognize some of the flavor of diffuse people sick, and some ladies were also made花容fade, do not know that time is also Yin Lichuan ladies from the group between.

HE peak in the stool after the end of the beginning That cloth, stirring in their droppings, he demonstrated their excretion power, it seems that he is in the paint. He then rise into the audience said the auction site works now, some people shouted: "I am a 50 fen!", "Me from the two hair!", "I developed a hair!", "Me from the fifth!", "I a one! "...

My night "Kiddie's" full of sympathy for the security, because the final of this artistic work is being disposed of them.

Actually night, "Wood pushed melon," the band's frontman SONG Yu Zhe also engaging in some act of performing arts, but with just said that compared to the smell and visual may not have such a big impact.

SONG Yu Zhe night that the songs that made them the first few "Tito" were familiar masterpiece. He again ferocious着脸singing the first "哆嗦pyridoxine", in which once again with his piercing voice will be distorted children's songs "Wahaha" sing撕心裂肺, Garden in his voice again in a the slaughterhouse, and the flower gardens are blooming again fleer the wind ...

They also perform a night that the first "The Birth of Tragedy", the name and Nietzsche's no doubt that the works of the same name. When this song on the half performances, an estimated 200多斤long hair Agency spokesman appeared on the stage, beginning with a belt strap is Taking personal charge sang the SONG Yu Zhe, it should be said that beating a special relentless, and the two pumping 30, as whip. When SONG Yu Zhe turned around, we can see that after he traces back crisscross whip, his back had been bruised and lacerated blood throughout the hill, and SONG Yu Zhe this concert has become a mournful and shrill cries.

I do not know that time is not SONG Yu Yin Lichuan Zhe's girlfriend. If so, the estimated she performed in the night, after the expiry SONG Yu Zhe the back painted red syrup now ... of course they said already劳燕分飞. (雷子)