In 1205, Xin abandoned the disease and climbed the Jingkou Beigu Pavilion, facing the ancient rivers and mountains, and wrote "Dance Hall Song Stage, the wind is always blown away by the rain and the wind." ”
Personnel have metabolism, and exchanges have become ancient and modern. The former Jingo iron horse was replaced by light and shadow. But a generation has a generation of flow, and when the tide of youth gradually withdraws from the shores of life, it will still re-pour into our vision at some specific and unforgettable moments.
Recently, the large-scale variety show "Brother With Thorns and Thorns" was launched, and 33 artists with an average age of 40 years old appeared, including many familiar faces: Yan Chengxu, Zhang Zhilin, Zhao Wenzhuo, Chen Xiaochun, Huang Guanzhong... No matter what night or night, these stars that have contracted the memory of the times shine again.
But in a series of familiar lists, Zhang Qi is almost one of the least known members.
In the first round of stage display, the director divided Huang Guanzhong, Chen Hui, Zhang Qi and Ricky into the same group.
In introducing them, the host defined the group as a "Chinese Rock Chronicle" group.
"What they hooked up was a glorious period of Chinese rock."
Although there was little previous call, after the second period, Zhang Qi became the biggest dark horse of the show, and he won the popularity king with his cold and melancholy artist temperament, with a low, hoarse, metallic voice, and a charming stage performance.
Netizens commented that they had single-handedly driven the popularity of rock music.
After the three episodes of the show, many viewers began to ask who Zhang Qi was and whether there was any detailed information about Zhang Qi, and at this time, Zhang Qi had not even opened weibo super talk and Douyin accounts.
The last time Zhang Qi was out of the circle was on the stage of the 2021 Beijing Satellite TV Spring Festival Gala, where he and Xiao Zhan sang "To All Those Who Know My Name":
"Once again I drowned in applause
You are so excited in front of you
In the dark
It was as if the world had stopped spinning
You my heart
You can hug each other without having to use your hands..."
As the lead singer of The Black Panther, the most landmark band in the history of Chinese rock, Zhang Qi has the honor of being the lead singer of this band for 8 years; unfortunately, he missed the golden age of Chinese rock development.
Luck is sometimes a metaphysics, but luck is not, and its brilliance and withering seem to have its own trajectory.
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the tide of China's reform and opening up was surging, but Chinese did not completely get rid of the shackles in ideology and concepts. Depression, bitterness, and wandering have made countless young people unable to find an outlet for emotional catharsis.
Rock bands such as Black Panther, Tang Dynasty, Overload, Breath, and Reincarnation, which were born in this period, became the spokesmen for young people's cutting-edge ideas and personality pursuits.
In 1988, Dou Wei joined the Band Black Panther and became the band's second lead singer. Composed and sung by himself, "Landless Self-Tolerance" and "Don't Break My Heart" became the band's classic tracks, making Black Panther the most sold rock band in the world.
In December 1994, Dou Wei, Zhang Chu, He Yong and Tang Dynasty band went to Hong Kong to participate in the "Chinese Rock and Roll Forces" concert.
Zhang Peiren, the planner of the concert, recalled afterwards:
This three-and-a-half-hour concert was almost entirely in an incredible state. The Hung Hom Stadium's traditionally strict rules could not stop the tens of thousands of spectators determined to stand up, dancing and roaring with their hands and throats, jumping and jumping with their feet, and even the media and security guards who have always been accustomed to performances were caught up in the excitement of the crowd, and few concerts in Hong Kong have been as crazy as this.
The concert at the Hung Hom Stadium in Hong Kong became the highlight of Chinese rock and roll and the most insurmountable peak.
The scene of the "Chinese Rock and Roll Forces" concert
But sometimes, the way of heaven is uncertain.
"At that time in the late '90s, Chinese rock was really close to death. Because you don't have money, really, you make a hundred bucks, or even dozens of bucks, for a show. ”
When rock and roll came to the end of the road, He Yong once ridiculed: Zhang Chu died, He Yong went crazy, and Dou Wei became an immortal.
The years flow like water, and time turns to the first decade after the millennium.
In 2013, at the age of 32, Zhang Qi joined Black Panther and became the band's 10th lead singer.
At that time, the Black Panthers had been in existence for 26 years. The thousands of glories that once were once swept away by the great waves.
But his arrival was still pinned on some high hopes by Black Panther.
The official Weibo of the Black Panther Band introduced him as follows: "Confident but not impetuous, flamboyant but not stubborn." Filled with youthful power in him, his voice will sing New Rock. ”
As a post-80s generation, he can become the "chosen son", not only because of his outstanding voice, but also because of his strong creative ability.
Previously, Zhang Qi's life was called "a huge bug". A young rock 'n' roll boy who does not follow the rules, he has walked ups and downs, but also freely.
In 1987, several young people in the Beijing Daxing Welfare Factory fell in love with electronic music. Excited, Ding Wu pulled Li Tong together to form a band, which was later named "Black Panther Band".
Zhang Qi was only 6 years old that year, and he would not have expected that the fate of the clouds and rain would make them have a magical intersection many years later.
Zhang Qi was born in An ordinary working class in Beijing, as the only child of the first generation, he was full of personality, and until he was young, he began to have the rebellion of adolescence, when rock songs such as "Nothing" and "Landless Self-Tolerance" first strongly impacted his eardrums, the shock of the mountain roaring tsunami in his heart could not help but make his blood boil.
At that time, his grades were not outstanding, because he had a strong interest in trumpets, so under hard training, he was admitted to the Silver Sail Art Troupe.
Zhang Qi was a child
At that time, Zhang Qi's specialty was not only trumpet, but also dance.
Due to his handsome appearance and excellent dance skills, 12-year-old Zhang Qi was selected to study at the Beijing Dance Academy. Because of his imitation of Michael Jackson, he became a prominent figure on campus.
If you keep jumping like this, you may jump out of some famous places. But at this time, when his love sinus first opened, he fell in love with a girl. He thought that the boy who could play the guitar was very handsome, and he must be more popular with the girls, so he began to learn guitar with the music producer and singer Yang Jiasong.
After entering, he realized that his "true love" was a guitar, and he practiced for seven or eight hours a day, and the matter of chasing girls was thrown out of the clouds...
Soon, during a dance, he was injured, and the butterfly effect caused by the wound was that from time to time, so that the high-intensity training could not continue, which forced him to terminate his dance career.
Zhang Qi
So the 15-year-old began to compose songs and went to bars to sing them.
As a fledgling, he worked very hard, earning 30 yuan in one night, which made him overjoyed.
Since he can't sing English songs or sing pop, he doesn't get much compared to the high pay of 100 yuan a night.
But it was enough for him to feel a joy of creation, and a sense of accomplishment that he could support himself with his feet on the earth.
In 1997, Zhang Qi, who was less than 17 years old, and three other boys also formed a band, "Non", and continued to sing in the bar.
One afternoon, I was talking about a script at a bar and a producer, and behind me there were several bands taking turns rehearsing on the stage. Suddenly, a moving piece of music completely attracted my attention, and there was a kind of sadness and majesty in the music, and I felt that it was simply the sound I had been looking for. When the rehearsal was over, I couldn't wait to ask them the name of the song they had just played, and they told me that it was called "Seeking".
Years later, when director Lu Chuan talked about his searching for a suitable soundtrack for his debut film "Looking for a Gun", he still couldn't stop the joy in his heart when he heard the music of Zhang Qi's band at a loss.
"The band is like a mirror of myself, allowing me to see myself full of blood and passion." Therefore, in that unbearable summer, the spark of passion and inspiration finally achieved a classic soundtrack in the movie.
In 2002, "Finding the Gun" was released. In the film, the music that subtly captures the protagonist's emotional changes slowly moves the story forward, complementing the ups and downs of the characters' inner world.
With the film, Lu Chuan won dozens of awards such as the "University Student Film Festival" for best debut director, but almost no one paid attention to the "non" band that scored for it.
At that time, the dawn of the new century ushered in a more beautiful spring, but the development of rock and roll was getting weaker and weaker.
Because the band's life is getting worse and worse, in order to support his musical dreams, Zhang Qi, who is known as having the temperament of "Kimura Takuya", occasionally makes a cameo in film and television dramas.
Zhang Qi was young
In 2001, in "Never Give Up" starring Jiang Shan and Li Youbin, Zhang Qi played a singer.
The following year, Zhang Qi signed a record label and recorded the single "Turn Around and Go", but there was still no splash.
A few years later, the rise of Internet singers, Zhang Qi also published his works on the Internet, but later felt that the quality of Internet songs was uneven, contrary to his original intention of making music, so he chose to quit.
In 2007, he participated in the Happy Male Vocal Competition, but stopped in the top 10 in Xi'an. The top three fast men in that session were Chen Chusheng, Su Xing, and Wei Chen.
Zhang Qi participated in "Happy Male Voice"
They were once all vegetarians and became famous overnight.
Zhang Qi, however, due to his poor performance, could only return to the bar to continue singing.
That year, he was 26 years old, the light of youth was dimming, and the future that belonged to him was still far away.
Soon, an unexpected opportunity became a turning point in his life.
One day, the Black Panthers needed a staff audition to make an album, and Zhang Qi also went with the idea of trying it. After the audition ended, Zhang Qi's mood was difficult to calm down for a long time. He did not expect that he would one day have a meeting with his young idol band about ideals.
After returning, he could not hold back the excitement in his heart, and sent a message to Li Tong nervously: "Do you think I can become the lead singer of Black Panther?" ”
Later, whenever he recalled this incident, Zhang Qi still felt incredible: "This sounds ridiculous, but it has used half my courage." ”
But at that time, the Black Panther Band did not plan to replace the lead singer Zhang Kepeng, so Li Tong directly denied it.
One day 6 years later, Zhang Qi suddenly received a WeChat message from Li Tong: "Zhang Qi, we are recording an album now, would you like to come over and try it?" ”
It turned out that when the Black Panthers recorded their sixth album, they had major differences with the lead singer of the band, and it was difficult to reach an agreement, and finally chose to "break up peacefully".
Next, The Panthers urgently needed a strong singer to carry the banner of the band's lead singer, and they thought of Zhang Qi, who had tried the sound and left a good impression on them.
When the door of ideals opened to him, although Zhang Qi was ecstatic at that time, the shadow of years of failure still lingered, and finally, under Li Tong's repeated invitations and the encouragement of his agent, he took over the "olive branch" thrown by the black panther.
Since then, Zhang Qi, who thinks that there is no legend to speak of, feels that he has finally had the most legendary day in his lackluster life, that is, to join the Black Panther Band.
He said: Joining Black Panther was the biggest turning point in his life, and he finally found that fearless self.
But as the youngest lead singer of the Black Panther Band, Zhang Qi was officially announced by the Black Panther Band, and there was a lot of scolding at the bottom.
After all, since its establishment in 1987, the Black Panther Band has replaced many famous lead singers from Ding Wu to Dou Wei, from Luan Shu to Qin Yong. And the unknown Zhang Qi did not have a glittering qualification enough to be proud.
But Li Tong gave him a "reassuring pill": "The brothers are simple, just a word, since you have chosen you, you must do it." ”
In the midst of countless voices of doubt and insults, he remained silent, did not say a word, and immersed himself in creation and repeated rehearsals day after day.
The lead singer is the soul of a band, and his height represents the height that the band can reach.
He didn't want the Black Panther's former glory to break the sand here.
Finally one day, Li Tong smiled and said to him: "Finally feel the presence of the lead singer." ”
That year, the Black Panther band, featuring Zhang Qi, released their sixth album, Who We Are.
This is an answer sheet they handed over after 9 years of dormancy.
There are three ultimate questions in philosophy: Who am I? Where am I from? Where am I going?
And they named the album "Who Are We", as if answering the most simple proposition of a band that has witnessed the history of Chinese rock and roll about life: in the coordinates of time, in the long river of history, who are we? How will we spend this life?
Previously, because of years of silence, many people thought that Black Panther had disbanded, and as a result, they returned with a deafening album, which is exactly as they declared: "We have all grown up, but we can still love music like a child, and music keeps us from dust." ”
With the release of the new album, fans have gradually accepted Zhang Qi, which makes them refreshing. His lyrics for the album's songs "Tides" and "It's My Time" also won widespread praise.
The album won the 9th China Golden Disc Pop Award at the time.
In 2017, Black Panther released a new album "True Colors" to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the band's founding, and Zhang Qi took care of almost all the lyrics.
Among them, a song "Lonely Soul" can be said to be the most authentic portrayal of Zhang Qi and the Black Panther Band at that time:
It's like a burning fire
Gone
Leave a dim plume of smoke
Diffuse
Drown the colorful night
Sneak away
The time when the fingers are closed
Only the reflection of me was left
…………
Burn out all my fanaticism
Companionship is doomed to the end
Lonely souls hold me
Tillich said that language coined the word "loneliness" to express the pain felt by a person; the word "loneliness" to express the glory felt by a person.
But this glory is more like a kind of self-consolation and self-motivation for him, in the secular value system, an increasingly marginalized art form, the light reflected is more like the evening sun, only for hanging.
In this huge arena of the world, he had no weapons, except music. It is his spear and his trumpet.
Without the blessing of capital and traffic, as an excellent rock lead singer, he has been unable to enter the public vision for many years, and even before that, the vast majority of fans mentioned the lead singer of the Black Panther Band, and the first thing that came to mind was Dou Wei.
"The mountains rise, the scenery stops." Dou Wei did not stop him, and most importantly, the times changed.
Rock is a derivative of the times, it belongs to anger, it belongs to wandering, it belongs to the shout of shaking arms, it belongs to strong self-assertion, it belongs to sober and independent reflection and criticism.
But now, the direction of aesthetics and values belongs to sweetness, to lying flat, to pink bubbles, to the withering of life force that has been dissolved, to the chase of sharp words, and to the carnival of entertainment to death.
The river is gushing, and the mud and sand are falling.
When the soil is gone, the crops born of Yus lose their roots and support.
But he is always holding out, his own position.
When "business and power marry, 'artists' burrow into the honeymoon cave house converted into a velvet prison, and enjoy the worship of the public with pride", when more and more music and art are committed to capital operation, integrated into the tide of high commercialization, and scrambling to make their own absurd voices, their rock and roll is still simple and profound expression in a sincere way.
When idealism becomes an "anachronistic" vocabulary, they are still sacrificing to it a passion that cannot be extinguished.
This enthusiasm is a symbol and totem of the times. It once existed in bands that were infused with a strong rock spirit, and became a testament to idealism.
On June 30, 1993, Beyond's lead singer Wong Ka-koo died. Later, Under the leadership of Huang Guanzhong, Beyond tried a rich exploration of more possibilities, but in the end failed to enter the door of the millennium.
Huang Jiaju died
On December 25, 1999, the third son held a concert called "Good Time" and announced his temporary dissolution.
Six years later, Beyond, one of the hall-of-fame bands in the Chinese-speaking area, officially disintegrated, and the three members of the band have since gone their separate ways.
Beyond's glorious years passed with the wind, and along with it, there was a golden time of rock and roll in China that could not be repeated in the 90s.
After the millennium, many rock bands in the mainland have mostly disappeared, but there are still some old bands that are still sticking to it: the Pain Band, the Overload Band, the Tang Dynasty Band, the Face Band...
Tang Dynasty band
So far, Black Panther has been in the army for 34 years and is still active in the music scene, so the Black Panther Band can be called one of the most appealing and representative bands in the inland rock circle, and is called the "living fossil" of Chinese rock.
As someone commented on it: "As long as the Panther is there, Chinese rock is there." ”
Although there are talented people in Jiangshan, I hope that this banner of Chinese rock music will always be hunted and fluttered.
Someone once jokingly asked Zhao Mingyi and Li Tong, the elders of Black Panther, when will Black Panther have the 11th lead singer?
Zhao Mingyi made it clear at that time: "We will not change the lead singer in 15 years!" ”
In fact, after Zhang Qi joined the Band Black Panther, he signed a 15-year contract, which is the longest contract ever for Black Panther.
To a large extent, this represents the high recognition of Zhang Qi by the entire band of Black Panther.
This recognition, for him, is a heavy medal of life.
"Needless to say, for more than 20 years, a person has experienced 5 years, 10 years, still insisting on doing a thing with highs and lows, always persevering, the only reason is love." 」
This year, Zhang Qi is 40 years old. This is no longer a suitable age for singing rock and roll.
But he was still singing.
Off the stage, there sat the audience, and also sat his wife.
They had been in love for 20 years, and she had been a loyal fan of him for 20 years.
His body had been covered with thorns, and she patiently trimmed him into the way he would later look.
As the lead singer of the most individual rock band, he once said in an interview that he didn't care about anyone's emotions.
But when the host asks, what about the wife?
Always unruly, he hurriedly said: "His daughter-in-law is going to be used to it, and he will only get used to her alone." ”
Zhang Qi and his wife
Someone said, "A man is a teenager until he dies." ”
Not really.
The greasy are not among them; the shrewd servants are not among them; the decaying ones are not among them; they belong to those who, even if they have been soaked in the muddy waters of reality, and have been crushed under the wind and frost sword of time, are still soft and clean or pure and warm, and trembling and burning souls.
It took him a full 25 years to be solemnly confirmed for the first time, surrounded by praise on a large scale. But that doesn't mean his time is here.
It was just a routine exercise of his acting career, bouncing up the road by chance.
As the lights dimmed, he still had to return to the track he had been, in addition to every warm or thin applause, after being watched by everyone or returning to silence, and then starting again...
Prosperity is like a dream, fireworks as usual. Text/Wattle Green.