Beijing Underground: Cracks on a great rock wall (With photos) Hardcover – August 22, 2024

A true story. "Rock Music Finally Cracks China's Cultural Wall", read the New York Times headlines on February 26th, 1985. The year is 1984, and David James Hoffman, an aspiring young musician, escapes the craziness of Venice Beach, California and its hippie culture to confront a completely different reality on the other side of the world. David finds himself in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, and soon discovers how very different, yet similar, these two worlds are.David writes his autobiography of the Beijing Underground, a band of young musicians from around the world brought together in China by destiny to be the first to tour and record rock music in China. Together, they experience firsthand communist China as the band, in uncharted territory, navigates through China's cultural taboos and wonders as it opens its doors to the world. David tells his story of the band Beijing Underground and their crazy ups and downs that paved the way for rock music in Beijing, forever changing them and inspiring a new generation of Chinese musicians that impact China's rock culture for years to come.This edition incudes over one hundred original color photos. Read more