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1、 New band rocks When the Taiwan band Relax One (轻松玩) was formed in 1998, they wanted to release their own albums. And now they have. When the four group members came to the mainland to promote their first album “I Want Relax One“ (我要轻松玩), they told Teens how they made their dream come true. Guitaris
2、t Xiaomao (小毛) set up his own music studio when he was only 17 after he graduated from Danjiang High School. This is the same high school from which other stars graduated, including Jay Chou and Monster (怪兽) from Mayday. “It doesn”t mean you are a loser simply because you don”t like school,“ Xiaomao
3、 believed. He had a good time hanging around with music lovers. Then he met drummer A-kui (阿贵), who was rather rebellious at that time. Both A-kui”s parents are high school teachers. Born in such a family meant few choices for him - going to a good university and finding a decent (风光的) job seemed to
4、 be his future. A-kui was already on that road, being a top student in one of the top high schools in Taiwan. “But I didn”t want to be planned,“ said A-kui. He took up drumming. The reason that he didn”t choose guitar or bass (贝斯) was simply that they were too costly. “To learn to play drums, all yo
5、u need is a pair of drumsticks (鼓槌),“ A-kui said with a smile. “My family didn”t want me to do music so I didn”t have the money to buy a guitar.“ Xiaorenguo (小人国) was A-kui”s fellow student in Alethia University (真理大学), majoring in information management. Being infected by A-kui”s enthusiasm for mus
6、ic, he began playing bass (贝司). They formed a band. Parents” objections (反对), financial pressure and changing of band members - nothing stopped their dream. And then lead vocalist (主唱) Summer, who now writes all the songs, joined in 1998. Summer loved singing when she was a kid. After graduating fro
7、m Fu Jen University (辅仁大学), she began her exploration of music. Her voice and talent for writing songs were acknowledged (得到成认) before she joined the band. She had written songs for other singers, such as China Dolls (中国娃娃). Some producers even tried to persuade her to develop a career on her own. B
8、ut Summer insisted on staying with the band. “We are like a family,“ Summer explained. Questions from Teens” readers Chen Ji, Anhui: How did you get the name Relax-ONE?Xiaomao: “Relax“ is the name of my studio and shows our attitude to life. “One“ means No 1 and four-in-one. It shows our determinati
9、on to stay together as one and to be the best.Li Zhengjun, Sichuan: What kind of music style do you play?Summer: We started with rock ”n” roll, but now we”ve got our own rock style. We”ll come to the mainland more often and I hope you”ll see our performance live soon. HELP hang around 闲荡，徘徊 rebellious adj. 抵抗的，叛逆的 take up: 以某事作为爱好 costly adj. 昂贵的 major in: 主修
