Kicking Down the Door

14 發光的城市 A R O U N D T O W N FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 • TAIPEI TIMES BY MarcUS AUreLIUS MUSIC PERFORMANCE noTES: WHAT: RoughHausen EP release party with Go Chic, BB Bomb (BB彈) STOP and DJ Spykee WHERE: VU Live House (地下絲絨), B1, 77, Wuchang St Sec 2, Taipei City (台北市武昌街二段77號B1) COMPILED BY daVid CHEN WHEN: Tomorrow from 8pm to 4am ADMISSION: NT$500 at the door or NT$450 advance by sending an e-mail to [email protected], [email protected] or ne secret marriage led to [email protected]. All tickets include a copy of RoughHausen’s another for Hong Kong EP Someone’s Gotta Pay heartthrob Andy Lau (劉德華). ON THE WEB: www.roughhausen.com OAfter the news broke last Saturday of his under-the-radar Las Vegas wedding to long- rumored sweetheart Carol Choo (朱麗倩) in June, Lau admitted to having signed a nuptial agreement/ F��s�� Any Lau, no� Leon Lee: Hong Kong’s� marriage contract (結婚證書) with celebrity bacelo� s�cene �s� thinn�ng ou� fas��. Kicking down Taiwanese actress Yu Ke-hsin (喻可 PHOTO: TAIPEI TIMES 欣) back in the 1980s. Tao (陶 ) has been twittering his The agreement, however, is thoughts about Taiwan’s fickle not legally binding as the marriage pop charts, which got him in a the door was neither officially registered little hot water. The 39-year-old nor was it celebrated publicly. But singer-songwriter’s sixth album, that hasn’t stopped Yu’s mother, David Tao 69 (六九樂章), hit No. feature on a song on the RoughHausen should be put in jail for crimes against art. referred to as “Mama Yu” in the 1 on Five Music’s charts for the EP [Someone’s Gotta Pay],” said lead I wear that as a badge of honor now.” Chinese-language press, from final week of last month, but only singer Ariel Zheng (鄭思齊). “I got to RoughHausen shows since then have reminiscing about those glory No. 3 on G-Music’s. because work with him and really appreciate been known for sonic experimentation days in public this week. She said This seemed a little fishy to the equipment what he does. I showed the demo of and fans going berserk. At this weekend’s Lau and her daughter signed the Tao, who offered his Twitter here was world-class our work together to the other girls show, Stoddard predicts, “If you take agreement on New Year’s Eve in followers some market analysis but very cheap.” But by in Go Chic, as at that time we were yourself seriously, I’m going to spank you. 1985, when the pair were head and “speculation”: Five Music’s 2003 Stoddard had gone from desperately looking for someone sharp If you know how to party, I’m going to over heels in love. While her charts are based on sales in nine “golden boy to butt boy” and was enough to mix our album. Not many spank you even harder.” daughter still has the document, stores across the island, while disgusted when a higher-up told people are doing the kind of music we Mama Yu says it merely serves as G-Music’s charts are based on him it wasn’t the music that mattered, it are doing, and Jeff really gets us. You Some l�ke �� oug. PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROUGHHAUSEN a memento of a past romance. sales in 31 stores, which include was only the packaging of the product. just don’t get that kind of The revelations are just major chains Rose Records (玫 Getting his By this time, Stoddard had enough talent around here.” another headache for Lau, who 瑰唱片) and Tachung Records (大 »start as a self-proclaimed “guitarwhore” experience under his studded belt to Performing live, which is currently being branded as a 眾唱片). With more stores, Tao for Front Line Assembly and believe he could make it on his own as a RoughHausen, along with Go “liar” by the Hong Kong media. said, G-Music is more susceptible “drugwhore” for Ministry, Jeff Stoddard producer and focus on his one-time side Chic, BB Bomb (BB彈) and He faced reporters at Hong Kong to chart-rigging or “buying the “came into the game through punk rock, project RoughHausen, which had released DJ Spykee Fat will be doing airport earlier this week, asking charts” (買榜), where companies but needed more.” Defenestrated, a “hardcore dusty rock tomorrow night at VU Live for “forgiveness” and apologizing inflate sales by purchasing More soon came his way when techno” record. House (地下絲絨), has not for concealing his marriage to records by their own artists. he began frequenting Skinny Puppy’s Since then RoughHausen has come always translated well for Chu. Lau vehemently denied “I’m not saying there are Vancouver recording studio, Subconscious, out with three more full albums and a few Taiwanese audiences. having any children, a rumor that people rigging this chart, or that in the mid-1990s. “I learned more singles and remixes, making Stoddard an “The first show we ever has dogged him for years. the chart is unfair, but I just think programming and engineering tricks in the in-demand producer and mixer in heavy had, it was amazing how Perhaps the media fuss over we need to use a little common time that I was there than I had in all of industrial grindcore circles in the US and quiet 600 people could be,” Lau has scared actor/singer Leon sense,” he tweeted. “This way we my years combined,” Stoddard said. “I saw Europe. “MySpace has been a huge source Stoddard said. “And at the Lee (黎明) and supermodel Gaile see the whole picture, which is a 20 people on one side of the glass playing of income for me,” Stoddard said. end of the show, I threw up Lai (樂基兒) into divulging the little suspicious ...” music and one on the other. It looked like But it’s not just foreign artists that the devil’s horns and people details of their own marriage. Fans of A-mei (張惠妹), whose there were more jobs on the other side.” Stoddard works with. At the present mistook it for giving them the The Apple Daily in Hong Kong latest album A-mit (阿密特) was Stoddard rambled through Europe for he’s mixing and co-producing Go Chic’s finger. I got hate e-mails for reported that the couple got No. 1 ��on G-Music’s charts, were a few years and finally landed in Taiwan first full-length album, with an eye for six months after that. And married last year, also in Las not amused. On an Internet to surf and remix singles for Sony BMG a release by the end of the year. “Jeff someone called the Art Police Vegas. The 28-year-old Lai broke discussion board of A-mei and in 2001. Stoddard said: “Taiwan was great contacted me one day and asked me to wrote on their Web site that I the news at a public appearance Tao’s record label, Gold Typhoon in Hong Kong, telling the paper: (金牌大風), posters accused Tao of “Yes, we have already gotten being a “sore loser,” reports the married. I admit it. But the people Liberty Times. close to us already know.” This prompted a response MUSIC Comedian Chu Ko Liang (豬哥 from Tao, this time through Gold 亮) enjoyed a running start with Typhoon: “I didn’t direct my music so my guitar gets featured a lot,” he his comeback show on Formosa comments at an artist or album in Sco! said laughing. TV (FTV, 民視), Chu Ko Hui particular,” he said. “I just wanted CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13 “And I don’t feel like I’m not getting to She (豬哥會社), which started at to discuss one thing — my blow. I don’t feel like I’m playing a lounge the end of July. But the highly concern for the health of the [pop “That’s part of the guitar tradition that is gig behind some dreaded singer where I anticipated variety program has music] environment and to let so great about the blues, and B.B. King is don’t get to play. Cleary inspires me. Great already begun to lose some of consumers better understand the bending the strings,” he said. “And Albert singers inspire me. And it’s just like playing its luster. The Liberty Times truth of all parts of the business. King bent the strings so much, like a whole with Joe Lavano, the great horn player. (the Taipei Times’ sister paper) Please don’t misunderstand.” major third up. And so I’ve always loved Cleary inspires me with his singing and his reports that some fans are less And to conclude, some lighter those guys. So I thought, ‘If I’m going to piano playing,” he said. than thrilled with Chu Ko Liang’s fare. Singer Jolin Tsai (蔡依林), play some blues I better work on it.’” Bassist Shannon Powell and drummer co-host, Rene Hou (侯怡君), who who seems to change diets as Piety Street is one of the rare times Roland Guerin will perform with the has been criticized on Internet often as her wardrobe, has finally Scofield has used vocals on an album Piety Street Band on Tuesday, replacing discussion boards as just “another settled on the “right” nutritionist, (another is his superb tribute to Ray George Porter Jr and Ricky Fataar from pretty face.” Meanwhile, the according to the Apple Daily. Charles, That’s What I Say).

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