Fire Ex. () is a punk rock band from

Kaohsiung Kaohsiung City (Mandarin Chinese: ; Wade–Giles: ''Kao¹-hsiung²;'' Pinyin: ''Gāoxióng'') is a special municipality located in southern Taiwan. It ranges from the coastal urban center to the rural Yushan Range with an area of . Kaohsi ...

, Taiwan, founded in 2000, which sings in both

Taiwanese Hokkien Taiwanese Hokkien () (; Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-uân-uē''), also known as Taigi/Taigu (; Pe̍h-ōe-jī/Tâi-lô: ''Tâi-gí / Tâi-gú''), Taiwanese, Taiwanese Minnan, Hoklo and Holo, is a variety of the Hokkien language spoken natively by about 70% ...

and

Mandarin Chinese Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language of ...

. The group consists of Sam (vocals), Orio (guitar), Pipi (bass), and KG (drums). The band is known for their social activism supporting

Taiwanese independence The Taiwan independence movement is a political movement which advocates the formal declaration of an independent and sovereign Taiwanese state, as opposed to Chinese unification or the status quo in Cross-Strait relations. Currently, Tai ...

and

same-sex marriage Same-sex marriage, also known as gay marriage, is the marriage of two people of the same Legal sex and gender, sex or gender. marriage between same-sex couples is legally performed and recognized in 33 countries, with the most recent being ...

. During the

Sunflower Student Movement The Sunflower Student Movement is associated with a protest movement driven by a coalition of students and civic groups that came to a head between March 18 and April 10, 2014, in the Legislative Yuan and, later, also the Executive Yuan of T ...

in 2014, student activists occupying the

Legislative Yuan The Legislative Yuan is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of China (Taiwan) located in Taipei. The Legislative Yuan is composed of 113 members, who are directly elected for 4-year terms by people of the Taiwan Area through a parallel v ...

frequently played their song "Goodnight, Taiwan" and asked them to write a new song for the movement. This led to the writing of "Island's Sunrise" (島嶼天光; ), which became the unofficial anthem of the movement. The band will play at

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in 2020.

Awards

* Winner of the Song of the Year Award at the 26th Golden Melody Awards in 2015 for "Island's Sunrise" * Nomianted for the Best Band Award at the 25th Golden Melody Awards in 2014 for ''Goodbye! You!th'' * Nominated for the Album of the Year Award at the 28th Golden Melody Awards in 2017 for ''Reborn'' * Nominated for the Best Band Award at the 29th Golden Melody Awards in 2018 for ''Begin the Second Half'' * Nominated for the Song of the Year Award at the 29th Golden Melody Awards in 2018 for "Southbound Night Bus" * Nominated for the Producer of the Year (Single) at the 29th Golden Melody Awards in 2018 for "Southbound Night Bus"

Discography

* ''Let's Go!'' (2007) * ''A Man On The Sea'' (2009) * ''Goodbye! You!th'' (2013) * ''REBORN'' (2016) * ''Stand Up Like A Taiwanese'' (2019) * ''Unsung heroes'' (2020)

References

External links

* Musicians from Kaohsiung Musical groups established in 2000 Taiwanese Hokkien-language bands Taiwanese punk rock groups 2000 establishments in Taiwan {{rock-band-stub