Monster (musician)

Monster, born Wen Shang-Yu (Chinese: 溫尚翊; pinyin: Wēn Shàngyì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Un Siōng-e̍k) on 28 November 1976, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, is one of the two guitarists and leader of the Taiwanese rock band, Mayday.

Monster became interested in music and the guitar while studying sociology at The Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan (師大附中) where he also met three other Mayday members Ashin, Stone and Masa. He later became vice-president of the guitar society in high school and president of the Rock and Roll society in university.[1]

An accomplished guitarist, he has also dabbled in album production, producing albums for Fish Leong, Champion and Ding Dang.

References

  1. ^ http://ent.people.com.cn/GB/80644/5682622.html (Chinese)
Mayday
Ashin • Monster • Stone • Masa • Guan You/Ming
Studio albums
Mayday's First Album (1999) • Viva Love (2000) • People Life, Ocean Wild (2001) • Time Machine (2003) • God's Children Are All Dancing (2004) • Born to Love (2006) • Poetry of the Day After (2008)
Compilation album
Just My Pride Best Of Album (2005)
Live albums and DVDs
The 168th Performance (1999) • A Hundred Thousand Youths Standing Up (2000) • Where Are You Going? (2001) • City of the Sky (2004) • Final Home - When We Are All Together (2005) • Leaving the Surface of the Earth (2007) • In the Sky of 100000 You & Mayday (2009) • D.N.A. Live! (2009) • D.N.A World Tour In Live DVD (2010)
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