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tour
Yo,
China tour dates have been announced! Weibo has EXPLODED with people getting excited about it…to me, having been in this band for 13 years and having to deal with some shit the past few weeks that continues to test my dedication and comitment to this band, there is no better reward then to read ALL the messages that people in China have put up about our tour! It’s so amazing to see so many people who care so much about this band and who can’t WAIT to see us! It feels great…我們內地巡演的日程已經宣佈了！最高興就是一宣佈，微薄完全爆炸了！你們內地支持者的愛，支持，熱情十分厲害。。。十分感動。感動我因為我是99年開始這個樂隊 – 十三年之內已經經過十分討厭的東西 （幾個禮拜前又經過）但是我還沒放棄 – 也是，永遠不會放棄。但是見到你們所有的留言 – 我心裡有個安心 – 知道我還堅持這個樂隊是完全正確的。謝謝大家。。。
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO SUPPORTS US THERE!!!
Now – please understand, we all have full-time jobs. It’s hard to find a LONG period of time to do a long tour. This is already one of the longer tours we can do…we’re playing as many places as we can – we wish we could go to EVERY SINGLE city in China – but that means we would need to tour for a month…and we just don’t have that much time because of our jobs (I’ve got a wife and daughter to take care of). I wish one day we could do King Ly Chee full-time – but that’s not going to happen in my lifetime…現在要說清楚 – 希望大家可以明白我們的情況。。。我們不是全職玩兒這個樂隊，我們白天有工作 – 所以我們只能找到一個禮拜的時間做個全國的巡演。所以當然一個禮拜裡我們怎麼可能去任何地方? 我們都希望一天能全職做這個樂隊 – 但是很明顯，永遠都不能做（我有個老婆和bb)。。。所以希望大家可以瞭解我們的情況然後還是做車，做火車，過來參加我們的巡演！
For our Guangzhou friends – we have been DYING to go back to Guangzhou…we won’t on this tour – but we are in discussion to come back on April 30 for the Guangzhou 430 music festival!!! Please wait for our good news soon…對我們廣州的兄弟姐妹來說 – 我們十分期待再有機會去廣州演出。。。在這個巡演我們不能來廣州。但是我們現在已經是個430音樂節的安排人有聯絡 – 希望那天終於能見到你們！
Thank you for your love, passion and support for this band…no matter what, we will always be here. 最後再說 – 謝謝大家的支持。。。無論如何，這個樂隊永遠都會存在。
Peace,
Riz
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CNHC brother: Unregenerate Blood
Yo…
So a US hardcore band called Backtrack has come through Asia this past week or so. We didn’t do the HK show because we weren’t sure where we could organize a show for a band that people in HK don’t know…so we had to pass. However, after watching their LIVE videos from their shows around Asia, I don’t really know what to think of them. They seem like nice guys, but they don’t put on a very exciting show. I watched some video of them from their show in Beijing and I think all the Beijing bands that opened up for them were much more exciting and fun to watch…one band in particular was GREAT – our brothers Unregenerate Blood…watch their ENTIRE live show below…SO good – fills me up with IMMENSE pride watching this video and witnessing the rise of CNHC…最近有個美國硬核樂隊叫Backtrack有來過亞洲做個巡演。我們本來是負責香港站但是我找不到一個適合他們的場地（當時HA不清楚他們會不會再找到地方）。這個樂隊肯定沒有什麼本地人聽過所以我已經怕太少人會來參加這個演出 – 所以我決定了不做。然後我最近看到他們亞洲演出的視頻 – 說真話，他們的現場好像十分無聊。他們的人肯定是很好 – 但是我看他們的表演完全不激動。反而，我看開場樂隊的表演覺得更棒！比如說，他們去北京演出的時候，還是我們CNHC兄弟樂隊Return the Truth和不復之血比他們投入和強很多！十分PROUD!!!! 你看我們兄弟樂隊的表演 – 不復之血！十分好看！
We can’t WAIT to be on tour in China again to see how hardcore has risen in all these cities throughout China! 看這個視頻之後更加期待做內地巡演！
Anyway…
We also are SUPER happy to announce that our albums are in HK stores now!!! These are the stores that you can go support us at 我們新專輯現已在香港的CD鋪發售！ 希望大家會有興趣支持一隊十三年沒停過的本地樂隊 – 特別是一隊非主流音樂的樂隊。。。希望大家可以讓這些CD鋪知道原來香港有個地下音樂市場 – 不只是主流音樂 – 這樣以後這些CD鋪會留意本地樂隊一發出專輯然後幫我們賣。。。 多謝大家的支持!:
HMV
Hong Kong Records
CD Warehouse
Zoo Records
White Noise
852 Skateshop
Star Crossed Tattoo
Records RendezvousSo we’re happy that they’re now out on the streets and we’re hoping that all of you who are true supporters of the band will go out and pick the album up! Let these stores know that there is a market for HK bands in Hong Kong and that they should stock MORE HK music in their shops!!!
ONLINE SHOPPING 你們現已可以上網買我們的新專輯（我們剛剛才發現!)! You can buy our album online already! (We had no idea!)…go to this link:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/time-will-prove-2cd/1030339586-0-0-0-en/info.htmlPeace,
Riz
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唐英年
唐英年 = 垃圾。
你看下面的圖片 – 這是唐英年家裡的最底層。。。你看在這層他有什麼東西。我們普通香港夢想裡都不可能發到。這樣得人能代表到我們普通市民嗎？對不起 – 我沒有basement. 他跟有錢人肯定有共鳴 – 因為有錢人都需要擔心他們的“日式bath”有事。我們其他人要擔心菜有貴了 – 他從來有沒有這樣的擔心呢？This is a floor plan of CE hopeful Henry Tang’s basement…this is the person who is going to represent HK people? How many HK people have basements? Which percent of HK people will he represent? The same percentage that contains HK’s wealthiest, property developers, etc.
他想做到我們的特首。This is the guy who is going to become our next CE…
Peace,
Riz
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we will be…
Yo…
So it’s been a busy week here at Camp King Ly Chee. We had some annoying news last week (annoying – not sad or upsetting – annoying) and have thrown some doubt on a bunch of upcoming King Ly Chee events as well as the fact that we just released a fucking album that we spent our own money on. 這一個禮拜我們荔枝王十分忙。。。上個禮拜突然有個十分討厭的事情發生，所以我們突然要忙解決這件事還有需要突然找辦法履行我們的義務還有找辦法繼續支持我們剛自己發出的唱片（自己丟錢出來印碟等等) – 我們已經確定了玩幾場演出（香港，新加坡，馬來西亞）但是突然不知道我們能不能玩兒。
Either way, someone out-of-the-blue has come through to help us out and pump some MAD excitement into the band! Not only is this person coming in and helping us meet all our obligations (being a responsible human being is something that we should ALL strive for – if you’re old enough to think, I think you’re old enough to understand what responsibility means), but he is even going to be helping us do a China tour to continue to promote the new album! 但是 – 忙處理這件的事情的時候突然有個朋友出來說他能幫手。。。他來幫我們 – 我還不相信。。。我們大家突然十分高興 – 因為他的幫助所以我們突然什麼演出不需要取消，還有因為他的幫助我們能做個內地巡演！對啊 – 內地的支持者我們又來了！這次的目的就是繼續支持我們新專輯！記住這個日子:
Mar 30 到 Apr 8!!! 我們又來了！！！
Once the tour dates are set, and the tour poster is ready…we’ll make the announcement. We wish this dude could just JOIN our fucking band! Hahahahahaha…but he’s just helping. 我們一確定巡演的日程（和巡演的海報）我們馬上會宣佈！
China – get fucking ready! Mar 30 to Apr 8 – we’re back…
如果他直接進入我們的樂隊會最理想的！哈哈哈。。。但是不可能。
Peace,
Riz
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where we are
So jealous of those bands who found brothers (or sisters) that stick with the band for over 15 years regardless of hardships or bullshit, both personal or public, and go through all the adventures of being in a band together as a team and celebrate all the achievements or failures together…they are the ones that can rely on each other when times are tough, and be there for each other when they’ve come out of darkness and into the light. Through a strong understanding of what COMMITMENT and DEDICATION means. What is a “band”? A group of individuals who create something together – does that mean at the first sight of trouble you give-up? Fuck no! NO PAIN NO FUCKING GAIN! The sacrifices we make everyday, the struggles we go through everyday is what makes the music and lyrics even MORE meaningful.
Even if i’m the only one left in KLC at 15 or 20 or 25 years – you can always count on me to be here. KING LY CHEE IS MY FUCKING LIFE. Don’t doubt that for a fucking second.
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apple daily
Yesterday Joe and I did a great interview with Apple Daily – yes, THAT Apple Daily, the one notorious for causing tons of problems in Hong Kong with their brash and often outright inaccurate reporting. Were we worried about what kind of interview was going to happen? Of course we were! It’s Apple Daily man! But once we met the reporter, I know that I was totally relieved. He is someone that is incredibly passionate about our band and wanted to know the background to this band and what we’re about. To me, I took it as a wonderful way to introduce hardcore to more people in Hong Kong. I do think that people who are interested in hardcore are probably NOT readers of Apple Daily – but still, it’s nice to even give the most typical local HK person a chance to read about a whole DIFFERENT type of mentality that does exist in Hong Kong. We are not guys that need nice cars, or tons of money, or live in big mansions, we don’t care about any of that shit – we’re very simple people that just need to be able to pay our bills and be able to continue doing what we love.
Thank you to Ah Bun for that wonderful conversation…I thought it would’ve been over in 30 minutes…but we ended up talking for almost 2 and a half hours.
Can’t wait to see how the interview came out…
Peace,
RizPS: Gotta say – I love Joe. It’s so funny how similar (and different) the both of us are…last week in an interview he said “even though I only joined the band 2 years ago, I feel like I’ve been in this band for a LONG time!” HAHAHAHAHAHA…that’s so true. Good dude – an honor to be in a band with such a stand-up guy.
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lawmakers pay-rise issue
Ok…
Thoughts about this bullshit pay-rise from the lawmakers in Hong Kong – keeping in mind that some people work hard representing the views of their voters, and some do not – there is a SIMPLE solution that most businesses use anyway: PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY! There should be an assessment done over a period of time based on 關於最近社會的事件， 我有幾個意見。問題是 – 我們的立法院的議員覺得他們的薪水需要加 – 但是不是加一點點，是加到每個月的薪水是差不多十四萬！那 – 我們大家都知道有些議員是十分努力代表他們的選民，但是事實是很多議員完全不負責任。我有個十分簡單的解決方法 – 很多公司已經用這個東西 – 是叫PERFORMANCE-BASED PAY – 就是你的薪水高不高是看你怎麼工作，比如說看:
1. attendance 出席
2. how pro-active the lawmaker is 你怎麼主動
3. how many bills they table 你有提到幾個立法
4. how involved they are in discussions 你怎麼主動參加不同的討論
All of this is WHY they were voted into the legislature in the first place! So I think this discussion about how ALL lawmakers should be given the same pay is STUPID and RIDICULOUS. If I was a lawmaker that is incredibly active but someone like Timothy Fok Tsun-ting who doesn’t show up at meetings or comes late, and gets paid the same amount as me – I’d be PISSED. 這樣都是議員已經應該做得。但是事實是有的議員完全不跟這樣的規則 – 他們有遲到或者不出現，他們十年裡從來沒有提過什麼立法 – 這樣的人怎麼樣deserve加薪水呢？No way. 所以不可能是每個議員的薪水是一摸一樣 – 這樣，很主動的會覺得“我做那麼多東西但是我的薪水是跟那個什麼不做的一樣？哪我也做少一點了!”
But our government doesn’t know how to make any decisions and is not bold enough to lead the pack so I don’t think anything logical is going to happen.
Peace,
Riz
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interview and photos
Yesterday an interview I did yesterday for an online webzine came out so here it is! Head over to our PRESS section to enjoy reading it…it’s the first one called “AWEH” – good interview I think plus the layout comes with free music and our Time Will Prove MV which is an awesome way to package everything together. 昨天AWEH網站雜誌上載了我上個禮拜跟他們做得採訪。你們可以去我們的PRESS頁看看。
In our PRESS section I’ve also put up the Time Out interview that came out a few weeks ago…enjoy that as well! 上個月本地香港Time Out雜誌也跟我做了個採訪 – 這也可以在PRESS頁那邊看到。
Photos from our album release show are up too – our friend from Guangzhou named Ted Liu took them and they look SO FUCKING GOOD!!! They’re all up on our facebook page unfortunately so people in China use your awesome PROXY shit to check it out
我們CD發佈會的照片現已可以看看！我們從廣州來的好友Ted拍的照片十分好看！可惜 – 我們只放了在我們的FB頁 – 內地的兄弟姐妹現在就是proxy的時候 hahahahaha…LINK: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150580613909866.404028.109969519865&type=1
One of the worst bands on the planet – EMMURE – has released a new music video. And the first words of the song is “i want to watch you suck his dick…I know you love it bitch”. WHAT THE FUCK? Stupid horrible band – with stupid horrible lyrics. I can’t believe there’s a band on the planet that has taken “breakdowns” and made them a WHOLE SONG. 這個地球上其中最垃圾的樂隊 EMMURE 剛發了一個新MV. 特傻逼的 – 首歌的一句是”i want to watch you suck his dick…I know you love it bitch”. 白癡樂隊，白癡歌詞。我猜不到有個樂隊拿了breakdown的意思然後拿了做了全首歌 – 全首歌是個breakdown?!?!? 太無聊。希望這個樂隊可以盡快CHOKE.
Alright…
I’m out,
Riz
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monday morning
Yo…
6am Monday morning – much like most of you, it’s back to the daily grind. Luckily it is a job that I do enjoy…working with children is a great thing and so I don’t mind dragging myself out of bed and getting to work with 20 amazing kids as they continue to grow in so many amazing ways.
This weekend was pretty cool – Friday was sick as a dog, was able to get on stage SOMEHOW and rocked through about 6 songs with KLC. That was an outSTANDING show!!! Anti-flag were great and humble…
Then the next day I stayed home and tried to recover as much as possible…I tried not to get too close to Sofia, but that’s impossible. She’s so darn cute right now it’s crazy…Joe and I moved the last 2 cabinets back to Evocation’s room so that was good. After that we had time to so we went to support a local band called The Hungry Ghosts who had an EP release show that night. I went there especially to watch the HK band called Modern Children – they ARE SO GOOD!!! If you haven’t checked them out then do it NOW – not hardcore or metal – they’re just good music. Watching them as a huge “feel good” factor because the musicians are always laughing and smiling as they perform. I loved that the musicians kept switching instrument after each song! Hahahaha…hilarious…their bells sound awesome, their moody emo moment sound incredible…and then they have this “get up and dance” song which was beautiful! Good band:
https://www.facebook.com/ModernChildrenAlright – time to get to work…Joe will be figuring out distribution of our new record so that they’ll be in stores by the end of this week.
Peace,
Riz
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anti-flag
Oh my god…Anti-Flag was un-fucking-believable. I don’t even know what to say…I don’t think I had any real thoughts prior to getting to the show. The show was on Friday night, but on Thursday night I suddenly got the flu and a horrible sore throat. I went to work in the morning but left early because I was so sick. I was dizzy driving back home and stopped at the doctor’s first. She looked at my throat and looked at my records and said “You ALWAYS get sore throats. You sure you don’t smoke?” hahahaha – I was like no I do not smoke and have never smoked. She gave me some medicine and I was home by 11:30am and slept until 8pm!!! The show started at 8pm by the way…
I finally dragged myself off the couch but I decided that if I was going to play this show then I’m going to use this opportunity to sweat everything out – so I wore:
1. t-shirt
2. long sleeve shirt
3. flannel long sleeve
4. hooded sweaterI wore ALL these things on stage!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHA…but it was awesome – as soon as we got on stage I just felt great. The reason I felt great though was because of the audience – everyone in the audience was just completely ready to go fucking NUTS. It was amazing…there were only 270 people at the show, but THIS show was more fun to play then our album release show which had over 400 people. So again, the point we’ve mentioned many times before, it doesn’t matter HOW many people are at the show, it matters what kind of people are at the show. Last night’s show was full of people who were there to have a good time and go crazy…right away I forgot I was even sick and screamed my ass off. And also – we DID NOT PLAY REFUSE!!! YESSSSSS!!! THANK FUCKING GOD!!!!!
While we were playing all the Anti-Flag guys came by the stage and watched us play…we have played with some HUGE punk rock bands (Bouncing Souls and NOFX) and none of these band members have stood and watched us play. Not only that, but when we got off stage Anti-Flag came by and introduced themselves to us. I couldn’t believe it – such a HUGE punk rock band and they were coming by to introduce themselves to us…unbelievable. I have always loved Anti-Flag but after this, I am a supporter for LIFE. What a great band…great bunch of guys…and they’re humble as fuck – that’s all that matters!
Great band…all I want to do today is listen to their records all day long! Their new album’s coming out in March and you fucking BET that I’ll be ordering this thing online!
Peace,
Riz
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