Cherry Boom () was an all-female Taiwanese alternative rock band formed by four students of
Fu-Jen Catholic University, a university also previously attended by Taiwanese pop singer
Jolin Tsai and pop band
F.I.R.
F.I.R. () is a Taiwanese pop rock band formed in 2004. The band consists of Lydia (lead vocals), Ian Chen (keyboards), and Real Huang (guitar, vocals). Producer Ian Chen formed his own band then recruited the other two members to form F.I.R. The ...
vocalist
Faye Zhan. In 2006, Cherry Boom released their debut album ''My Dear Prince''. Later in 2007, they released their second album, ''Goody-Goody''. The band disbanded after the release of their third album.
Members
* Zha Jiawen (查家雯) or Lena Cha, stage name Zhazha (查查),
vocalist
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* Liao Yijia (廖宜佳), stage name Gua (瓜),
guitar
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ist
* Xu Ruoqian (許若倩), stage name Xiaoqian (小倩),
bass
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player
* Feng Kangtian (馮康恬), stage name Datian (大恬),
drum
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mer
* Eva Abou Samra & Nancy Asmar – Back up singers (大恬)
Post Cherry Boom
After Cherry Boom disbanded, Lena Cha started her solo project Astro Bunny (原子邦妮) with bassist/producer Jay Cheng (程杰). Astro Bunny performed their first concert on 13 June 2012, at the Riverside Cafe (河岸留言) in Taipei and released their debut five-track EP "What If There’s No Tomorrow" the same month. In an interview with the ''
Taipei Times
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'', Cha said, "We named the group 'bunny' because I love bunnies and I forced him to like them too," Cha laughed. "I picked the word "astro" because I'm an anime and computer game geek".
Discography
Albums
References
Taiwanese rock music groups
Fu Jen Catholic University alumni
All-female bands
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