The Flowers (Chinese band)
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The Flowers, also known as Hua Er Yue Dui (Simplified Chinese: 花儿乐队), is a popular boy band based in Mainland China. The band consists of four people: lead vocalist Da Zhangwei (大张伟), guitarist Shi Xingning (石醒宁), bassist Guo Yang (郭阳), and drummer Wang Wenbo (王文博). They debuted in 1998 and have released five albums, the most recent one released September 29, 2007. During their early career, the Flowers were a pop punk band where bands were breaking out in Beijing's underground music scene. They were also involved in a plagiarizing scandal when it was discovered that they had copied at least 12 of their songs from foreign and overseas artists. Although frontman Da Zhangwei did not admit the songs were plagiarized, he admitted there were some flaws in the songs. Contrary to his belief, Da Zhangwei claims he listens to hundreds of songs everyday and when he writes the songs, some melodies come naturally, without manifesting their origins.
Background
Da Zhangwei was born August 31, 1983 in Beijing. His inspirations are Green Day, Ramones, and Nirvana. He likes art and dislikes basketball.
Shi Xingning was the last to join the band, in 2001.
Guo Yang was born June 1, 1978 in Beijing, and like Da Zhangwei, also likes Green Day and Nirvana. He dislikes chatting and being waken by a phone.
Wang Wenbo was born October 22, 1982 in Beijing. His inspirations are Green Day, The Cure, and Nirvana. He likes sleeping and listening to music and dislikes being messy and making mistakes during performances.