Monster or Wen Shang-yi (; born 28 November 1976, in
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County (Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, where ...
,
Taiwan
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), is one of the two
guitarists
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and leader of the
Taiwan
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ese rock band,
Mayday
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It is used to signal a life-threatening emergency primarily by aviators and mariners, but in some countries local organiza ...
.
Monster became interested in music and the guitar while studying at the
where he also met three other Mayday members
Ashin
Chen Hsin-hung (); Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Chhîn Sìn-fên, nicknamed Ashin (;Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: A-sìn), born 6 December 1975, is a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, author, and the vocalist of the Taiwanese band Mayday. Ashin majored in art in college, whe ...
, Stone and Masa. He later became vice-president of the guitar society in high school and president of the Rock and Roll society at
National Taiwan University
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The university was founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as the seventh of the Imperial Universities. It was named Taihoku Imperial University and served d ...
during his university days.
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An accomplished guitarist, he has also dabbled in album production, producing albums for
Fish Leong
Fish Leong (born Leong Chui Peng on 16 June 1978) is a Malaysian singer and songwriter. Having sold more than 20 million records to date, she has achieved popularity and success in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia.
...
,
Della Ding
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Early life and education
Ding Dang was born on ...
,
Alien Huang
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He was a member of Japanese TV Asahi's disbanded boy band ...
,
Energy
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,
Victor Wong,
Jia Jia,
Maggie Chiang
Maggie Chiang Mei-chi () is a Taiwanese singer and songwriter. She is dubbed a "therapeutic singer" (療傷系歌手) by the Chinese-language media for her heartfelt delivery of ballad
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,
Fahrenheit
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,
Jing Chang, Xiao Bing Chih and others. He also composed songs for many singers such as
Jam Hsiao
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,
Richie Jen and
Stefanie Sun
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.
Monster was given his own Signature Model
Les Paul
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from
Gibson
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in 2014. He was added to the Gibson signature artist club as the second guitarist from
Asia
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. Monster's admired guitarist is Matsumoto Takahiro, who are the leader and guitarist of the famous Japanese band B'z.
References
1976 births
Living people
Taiwanese people of Hakka descent
Taiwanese guitarists
People from Hsinchu
Taiwanese Mandopop singers
Taiwanese rock musicians
National Taiwan University alumni
Hakka musicians
Taiwanese idols
21st-century Taiwanese male singers
21st-century guitarists
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