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Brain Failure ( ; pinyin: Nǎozhuó) (1997–present) is a Chinese
punk rock Punk rock (also known as simply punk) is a rock music genre that emerged in the mid-1970s. Rooted in 1950s rock and roll and 1960s garage rock, punk bands rejected the corporate nature of mainstream 1970s rock music. They typically produced sh ...
band based in
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,
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. The band's songs are performed in Mandarin and English. Their main references are
The Clash The Clash were an English Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1976. Billed as "The Only Band That Matters", they are considered one of the most influential acts in the original wave of British punk rock, with their music fusing elements ...
and Rancid.


Members

*Xiao Rong ( ) -
Vocal The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound producti ...
s,
Electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external electric Guitar amplifier, sound amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar. It uses one or more pickup (music technology), pickups ...
*Wang Jian - Vocal, Electric guitar, Chorus *Gao Yufeng - Electric
bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...
*Xu Lin -
Drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...
s


Discography

*''
Local Life (single) Local may refer to: Geography and transportation * Local (train), a train serving local traffic demand * Local, Missouri, a community in the United States Arts, entertainment, and media * ''Local'' (comics), a limited series comic book by Bria ...
(demo version)'' (2013; released online only) *'' Give You A Gift (single)'' (2013; released online only) *'' Dare to be Tous Les Jours (album)'' (2012; released in China only) *'' Nous Avons De La Chance (EP)'' (2011; released online only) *''
Downtown Production (album) ''Downtown'' is a term primarily used in American and Canadian English to refer to a city's sometimes commercial, cultural and often the historical, political, and geographic heart. It is often synonymous with its central business district (CBD ...
'' (2009; released in China only) *'' A Box in The Broken Ball (EP)'' (2008) *'' Coming Down to Beijing (album)'', 2007 a reselected issue of Turn on the Distortion released in China) *'' Beijing to Boston'' (Split with
Big D And The Kids Table Big D and the Kids Table is a ska punk band formed in October 1995 in Boston, Massachusetts, when its members converged in college. Their first release was on their own Fork in Hand Records label, but have since teamed with Springman Records a ...
, 2006) *'' American Dreamer'' (2005) *'' That's What I Know'' - track 11 (Compilation Give'em the Boot by Hell-Cat records world wild under Epitaph) (2004) *'' Turn On The Distortion'' (2002) Remastered by Mel "Herbie" Kent *'' Wuliao Contingent (Split album)'' (1999) * '' Wuliaojundui - Christmas in Scream!'' (1998; various artists)


References


External links


BF's Unupdated web pageBrain Failure official site (Chinese)


See also

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Chinese rock Chinese rock ( zh, s=中国摇滚 , p=Zhōngguó yáogǔn; also zh, s=wikt:中国, 中国wikt:摇滚音乐, 摇滚音乐 , t=中國搖滾音樂 , p=Zhōngguó yáogǔn yīnyuè, lit. "Chinese rock and roll music") is a wide variety of rock a ...
Musical groups established in 1997 Chinese punk rock groups Musical groups from Beijing 1997 establishments in China {{China-band-stub