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Reflector is:

Tian Jianhua – Bass/Vocals

Li Peng – Guitar/Vocals

Ye Jingying – Drums/Background Vocals

Established in: 1997

Musical Influences: Green Day, NOFX, Lagwagon

First Gig: 1997, Nianhua Bar, Dong Sishi Tiao – Beijing



In 1997, three kids from Wudaokou – Guo Feng, Ye Jingying and Tian Jianhua, who had been friends since grade school got their hands on a Guns n’ Roses record. The boys immediately decided to form a band, which we now known as Reflector. They pretty much did nothing but “practice”, and by ’98 they were performing in a series of gigs at Scream! Club, where they started doing some DIY shows, made it into foreign media highlights the likes of Sky News, CNN and Newsweek (and even had a brief stint with an Italian exchange student in another Chinese early punk-era band, Rockstar). Reflector recorded eight songs on the Wuliao Contingent four-band double-disc compilation in ’99 (Scream! Records), and began to build a colorful repertoire of experience in various bars all over Beijing. In 2000, Scream Club was featured in the soundtrack to the film Warm Summer Day. Scream! Records later went on to record a video of Scream Club (which only took one day to tape by the way), following the guys on a frolic through the Beijing hutongs dressed as peasant girls. Needless to say, this video never made it to MTV, VH1 or even Channel V, but you can find it if you look hard enough.


In 2001, attracting media attention as the first Chinese punk band to tour America, Reflector performed at Washington State University and performed in seven cities on the west coast – the highlight of which as a opening gig with Anti-Flag in Sacramento. Upon returning to China, Li Peng (former Premier) joined Reflector. Sadly, Guo then left the band in early 2002, and it took the band another 5 months to record their first EP Reflector, which was released by Japanese record label People’s Records in July of 2002.



Reflector continues to play gigs all over Beijing and China, and has played over 300 shows, including the Live Vocals festival, organized by Cui Jian (August 2003) and the 2003 Midi Music Festival (October 2003). Reflector signed with the Beijing promotion company Newbees Music in February to December 2003.

Reflector official site:www.reflectorband.com