Biography

Blending the hauntingly versatile traditional Chinese violin (ErHu) with modern American Rock & Roll – meet The Hsu-Nami!

An international renowned progressive rock band from the United States. The Hsu-Nami, named after the frontman Jack Hsu, became known as the first “Progressive Erhu Rock” band in the world. The Hsu-Nami integrates an amplified ”erhu”, a two-string spike fiddle used in Chinese classical and folk music, into an instrumental progressive rock sound. Their music is marked by virtuosic erhu melodies and shredding licks, in place of vocals, as intertwined by heavy guitar riffs, tasteful guitar solos, funky rhythms, and metal-driven rock drumming. Part of the new-fusion rock movement, the Hsu-nami redefines the 1960s and 1970s fusion rock sound.

Blazing the stages of the New York city area with their fiery brand of progressive rock, The Hsu-nami has been building a name and gaining fans since its inception in 2005 with an explosive live show and exceptional musicianship. Behind two independent releases, “Entering the Mandala” (2007), and “The Four Noble Truths” (2008), The Hsu-Nami has put together an impressive series of significant performances, (Most recently touring the whole country of Taiwan starting from the famous Spring Scream festival in Kenting to Kaoshung, Taichung & Taipei in April of 2011) They also headlining festivals in New York NY, Philadelphia PA, Boston MA, St Louis MO, Seattle WA Vancouver B.C and Toronto ON, as well as playing New York’s Citi Field (cap. 42, 000) and Times Square. They have also shared the stage with major acts, both domestic and international: Yellowcard (USA), Nightmare of You (USA), Bowling for Soup (USA), Chthonic (Taiwan), Van Fan (Taiwan), Dazzle Vision (Japan) and High and Mighty Color (Japan).

Hsu-Nami’s music was featured in the 2008 Summer Olympic in Beijing. The track “Rising of the sun” was the theme music representing the Chinese Basketball team entrance theme.

Hsu-Nami樂團，將二胡融入搖滾音樂，充分顯現出中國文化與美國文化的交流互動。證明了要生存於搖滾世界，標奇立異乃是必然。要捕捉聽眾的貪新忘舊、見異思遷、獵奇心理，就要獨樹一幟。

The Hsu-nami是2005年秋成軍的一支以二胡為主角的前衛融合搖滾樂團。在紐約的樂團中佔有一席之地的Hsu- nami擁有出色的音樂才能，在2005年一場充滿爆發力的現場演出後，起迅速累積粉絲。 “Entering the Mandala”(2007) 及 “The Four Noble Truths” (2009),在兩張獨立發行的專輯之後，展開了一系列令人印象深刻的演出。2011年四月，在台灣各地巡迴演出，從墾丁春天吶喊，到高雄，台中及台北。Hsu-Nami樂團也襲捲了紐約、賓州、波士頓、密蘇里州、華盛頓、西雅圖、多倫多、紐約大都會球場及時代廣場等地。並與國內外之名樂團進行演出，如Yellowcard (美國), Nightmare of You (美國), Bowling for Soup (美國), 范逸臣(Taiwan), 閃靈(Taiwan), 拷秋勤 (Taiwan), Go Chic (Taiwan), Tizzy Bac (Taiwan), 刺猬★Hedgehog (中國) Dazzle Vision (日本)及High and Mighty Color (日本)等樂團。

The Hsu-nami的作品“Rising of the Sun“在2008年北京奧運會中作為中國籃球隊的入場音樂。

成員均為美國人的Hsu-Nami樂團 團長是來來自台灣的許正杰(Jack Hsu). 而此團名「Hsu-Nami」，則是字頭取團長許正杰姓氏的英文拼音「Hsu」，加上Nami組成團名，英文發音「海嘯」(Tsunami)一樣。

基地在紐約的Hsu-Nami，不是只有熱情搖滾，團員們也都關心社會大事，他們曾多次在紐約舉行義演，利用世界首都高能見度的地緣優勢，為亞洲發聲。當2009年莫拉克侵襲台灣時，他們與來自台灣的「拷秋勤」一起在紐約表演募款。當2011年日本地震，他們也與女子樂團「Go-Chic」上台呼喊捐獻。

樂團有許正杰(Jack Hsu)二胡手，布蘭特(Brent Bergholm)主音吉他手、德瑞爾(Derril Sellers)貝斯手、約翰(John Manna)鼓手 、達娜(Dana Goldberg)鍵盤手。

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