CLUAS Writers: profile of Mark Godfrey
Beijing based business reporter who spends weekends listening to what China’s
rock stars are up to and writing about it for CLUAS. It’s a long way from county
Mayo. Bands here vary from promising to poor to pure rubbish. But being a rocker
in China is an act of defiance. So I admire anyone who straps on a guitar and
barks into a mike on a cramped stage for a gang of pogo-ing Chinese who dare not
tell their parents what they’re up to. Good Chinese kids never play rock n roll.
But Second Hand Rose, Thin Man and - the godfather of them all - Cui Jian, went
against the grain, got booed and banned off Official stages, yet stuck around
and play good music. 'Hao!' to them!
Joined CLUAS: January 2002
Favourite Authors:
Christopher Hitchens, Martin Amis.
Favourite Bands:
Bruce Springsteen,
Pearl Jam,
New Order,
Whipping Boy.
Favourite Films:
Heat,
Apocalypse Now, anything by
Almodovar. Some of
Mark's articles published on CLUAS:
Bejing Beat Column
Feature articles...
Album reviews...
Gig reviews...
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