He is a person, but also a band, born in an ordinary labor family, forged ahead for 27 years, only 3 years of glory, he passed away, only 31 years old, he is a music myth, but also the soul of beyond - Huang Jiaju.
In the music world, if it is divided into four categories, writing lyrics, composing, playing, singing, then Huang Jiaju is undoubtedly an all-round player, to know that Zhou Dong is only good at composing, Fang Wenshan to do lyrics, even Luo Dayou once praised Huang Jiaju's ability, can only be described by the two words of genius.
Today we will use rude words to briefly introduce Huang Jiaju's short but infinitely brilliant life!
Born hard
Huang Jiaju's life is not prominent, to be precise, it should be poor, born in an ordinary but old family, five brothers and sisters, he ranks fourth, and the fifth is Huang Jiaqiang, one of the late members of Beyond, why is it said that it is the later stage, because, at the beginning of the establishment of Beyond, far from being well known to people, Huang Jiaju, Ye Shirong, Luo Guanzhong, Huang Jiaqiang, these four people, beyond the development is not smooth, the band personnel in addition to Huang Jiaju and Ye Shirong, The rest of the personnel also underwent a lot of changes before they became the final lineup. And all of this has to start with a guitar he picked up from Huang Jiaju.
Dreams set sail
Huang Jiaju was born in 1962, the ordinary family of that era, even food and clothing is a problem, so you can imagine how difficult it is for people in that era to make music, Huang Jiaju was influenced by his eldest sister, and loved music from childhood, until he was 17 years old, that is, in 1978, the neighbor moved to leave an old guitar, which was picked up by Huang Jiaju, so he held the old guitar every day, loved it, and began to learn to play and learn to hum.
First encounter with zhiyin
Fortunately, Huang Jiaju's musical road is not lonely, in 1980, in a piano shop he met the drummer Ye Shirong, who loved music as much as he did, and what was more rare was that their ideals of music were consistent, to know that the mainstream music of that era was still based on the theme of love, but Huang Jiaju was more inclined to the interpretation of social reality, family affection and other more valuable or educational significance, which also laid the foundation for the future beyond music tone. So if you say that you understand Huang Jiaju the most in beyond, I think it is not Ye Shirong who belongs, what is more rare is that in music, in the economy, Ye Shirong also provided a lot of support for Huang Jiaju, because after the establishment of the band, even the house where the original band practiced was provided by Ye Shirong, using Yu Boya and Zhong Zi period to like them, I think it is most appropriate.
Form a band
Finally, in 1983, Wong Ka-koo and Ye Shi-wing, together with lead guitarist Deng Weiqian and bassist Li Rongchao, jointly formed a band, in order to express the rock and roll style that could surpass the mainstream at that time, and make unique and progressive music, Deng Weiqian suggested that the band be named "BEYOND", and thus beyond was officially established.
Forge ahead
As written in the book, the dream can not be smooth, 1983-1984 for Beyond to be both turbulent and full of opportunities, during this period because of the problem of musical philosophy, Deng Weiqian left to do his favorite classical slow shake music, at the end of 1983, Li Rongchao also chose to leave, in this short time, huang Jiaqiang and Wang Owen joined, the members of the team temporarily settled for a short period of time, but it was also in this difficult and turbulent time, beyond began to show their teaching, With his original work "Brain Supplement Attack", he won another competition held by Guitar Magazine.
Hope burns
The success of the competition is more like a shot in the arm, Huang Jiaju has a more bold idea, that is, to open a concert, let the band let more people know, let the band survive better, hope that music can become their career, after all, in that hungry era, this group of musical teenagers may be more like second-rate people who are not doing business in the eyes of most people, in order to prove themselves, they raise their own money, rely on their own connections, and finally in 1985, they opened the first Beyond "Forever Waiting" Concert, yes! 300-person concert! It was also during this period that Wang Owen left, and then Chen Shi'an joined, but like a meteor, he left shortly after joining, and finally ushered in the husband of our Purple Xia fairy "Zhu Yin" - Huang Guanzhong, so the beyond foursome was gathered. It was in this year that Wong was invited to the Asia Pacific Pop Music Festival, where the first fans gathered! So Huang Jiaju began to plan an album with his team members out of his own pocket! In this way, they work to earn money while working, and use the money they earn to supplement their careers and dreams.
Set sail
After continuous efforts, finally in 1986, Beyond published the first album "Goodbye Ideal", the musical style continued to think about the reality of the phenomenon in the past, the result was flat sales, far less than expected, although the sales were not ideal, but this album let a person see them, he is Chen Jiantian, is the discovery of the princess, the Black Panther Band, but also launched Zheng Jun and Tian Zhen, Xu Wei and other well-known music big names music Bole. So soon, in this year, Chen Jiantian's Kinn's company signed the beyond band, and Liu Zhiyuan also joined beyond during this period, which is undoubtedly a double happiness for beyond. Coming here, after three years of ups and downs, Huang Jiaju finally made music his own business.
Retaining initial intention
After signing with kinn's, soon in 1986, in the same year, released the "Arab Dancing Girls" this album, unfortunately the album sales are poor, and even ridiculed by peers, similarly, after signing a new yibao in 1988, the release of "Modern Dance" is also a platform for performance, this narrative music style of critical social phenomena is not accepted by the public at that time, career development is hindered to a certain extent, just like in the movie, the disaster is always not alone, Because of the long-term busy music business, his girlfriend and Huang Jiaju proposed to break up, and in this way, Huang Jiaju's first relationship ended. However, the frustration of the two albums did not change Huang Jiaju's original intention, the band's creation after continuous exploration, and finally the "Secret Police" album launched in September 1988 was accepted by the public, and even sold platinum sales, and it is in this album that the capacity can often be heard in KTV songs after Huang Jiaju's death nearly 30 years later: Like You, Goodbye Ideal, Earth and other popular songs. However, in this year, Liu Zhiyuan chose to leave because he studied abroad, leaving the beyond core foursome.
Such as the day in the sky
With the hot sale of the second expert, although in October 1988 because of language problems, beyond the Beijing Capital Gymnasium pre-cooling, but also did not stop the pace of Huang Jiaju, the following year with the release of the album "Beyond 4", really love you and a series of songs of the fire, let more people see beyond, know this stubborn, talented musical talent Huang Jiaju!
If the Huang Jiaju in 1999 was still the red of the fire, then since 1990, Huang Jiaju and Beyond should really be regarded as the popularity of the fire! This year, Beyond launched the fifth album "Destiny Party", for a time the face party and the glorious years resounded throughout the streets, so Huang Jiaju also began to diversify its development, happy ghosts to save happy ghosts, auspicious arch photos and other film and television dramas were launched, pushing the popularity of Huang Jiaju to a new height.
Pursue your dreams
Wong Ka-ju once lamented in an interview: "There is no music scene in Hong Kong, only the entertainment industry", because he clearly knows what he wants, so Wong Ka-ju did not get lost because of the prosperity of film and television, after completing 5 life contact concerts at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong in September 1991, he signed a contract with the Japanese amuse agency and began to enter the Japanese market, in order to better publicize attending various public occasions every day and participating in more variety shows, although the albums released during this period were mediocre in Sales in Japan, But the reputation is very high, including a song that we are familiar with, "Sea, Air and Sky", like a sense of life, but also like a brilliant stroke on their own life. The time was fixed on June 24, 1993, because of participating in a variety show, accidentally fell from a three-meter high platform, suffered a serious head injury, and experienced 144 hours of rescue, and finally the superstar left us, only 31 years old. What is left to the world is not only those popular and meaningful "voices", but also Huang Jiaju's independent and full personality, as well as his attitude to music.
After Huang Jiaju's death, Huang Jiaju's third girlfriend, Lin Chuqi, has not yet married! Although there are many voices of doubt from the outside world, but today, it is no longer important; as for the beyond band, although it has been maintained for several years under the continuous efforts of the remaining members of beyond, Wong Ka-kong, Ye ShiRong, and Huang Guanzhong, beyond is like a soulless child who has lost his beloved toy, like he is lost in the road, and finally announced his temporary dissolution at the farewell concert in 2000. Today, Huang Jiaju still leaves us with endless good memories, still a persistent musical teenager, holding his old guitar, walking on the road of music!
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