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  • 9 years and still here breathing Hong Kong...it's in our hearts and pumps through our veins. We are a Hong Kong band and proud to be from this city. Then why do we always talk about problems here? Because we want our beautiful home to be the best it can be...nothing wrong with that.

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  • Woah! Has it been since May since we last updated this thing!??!?

    Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 9:09PM / Members only

    Yo what's up everyone!

    Since we're one of the few heavy bands on this thing - I'd thought I'd come by and give you guys (at least those that are actually into less commercial tunes) an update on your favorite Chinese hardcore band...King Ly Chee :-)

    Summer has been a blast...we played in Laguna, Philippines which was SICK as hell. Great scene out there and the kids ate us up! It was amazing...for the time being we couldn't imagine ever playing in HK again - especially if an HK show has to follow up a show like in the Philippines! Any of you into rock should definitely head out there ASAP to check out the music, musicians, bands, and overall healthy environment for GOOD music. You won't hear any of that local Canto-pop garbage out there! Even when you're in a taxi driving around Manila the radio stations all blast great rock music, and if it is pop-rock they are ALL at Soler's calibre (Soler should easily be EVERY local HK pop musician's standard. If they can't sound or perform as good as them, they should not even be allowed to record an album or be handed a contract). Imagine that? Every pop-rock band in the Philippines is at least as good as Soler.

    Now that we're back in HK, we're preparing for a December tour of China. We're going up for 10 days playing about 8 shows. The tour starts in Wuhan on Dec 20 and will end Dec 27...it's going to be a great time! We'll be playing with Chinese legendary punk, hardcore and metal bands...it's going to be a cold time, but unlike HK, at least there's a HUGE community of people that are into this type of music. In HK, being "lonely" doesn't even begin to describe the distance we feel from any sort of local music-related happenings. So to be able to go to places like China, Philippines, Malaysia, etc., and be surrounded by magazines, reporters, radio, and an audience who ALL listen to this type of music - it's just amazing and we're insanely grateful.

    Okay - hopefully it won't be another 5 months before I update this thing...actually, true KLC fans already know that I update www.kinglychee.com daily so you should already know about everything that I've typed here...

    Adios...

    Riz

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  • China's earthquake / Burma's flooding...

    Wednesday, May 14, 2008 6:38AM / Members only

    I hope everyone can take some time out these next few days to think about all the people who are suffering in these two countries...not some people either - but hundreds of thousands of people. they say that in China 100,000 are unaccounted for, they say that an entire school fell down on TOP of children that were inside (some 900 of them). 36 hours later and those children are still not out of the building. there are tons of horror stories coming out of china. i have friends and supporters of king ly chee who have emailed me and MSN'ed me from the area who have told me that they're too scared to go back to their homes and had to sleep out on the streets. they said it's fucking freezing outside...death toll is 12,000 but will definitely go up...

    While you're thinking about China, please don't forget about Burma where over 20,000 people have died. It's been almost 2 weeks since that tragedy and food, water and supplies has still not gotten up to over 1.2 million people!!! They say that Burma's own rulers are taking too long to get the supplies to their people...there are still areas who have NOT been visited by the army and so they're on their second week without food and water...

    Please take some time to read about your world...there's all sorts of ways that you can hear about these disasters...

    Riz

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  • Riz on NOFX Backstage Pass (airs on FUSE TV in the West)

    Sunday, May 11, 2008 11:49PM / Members only

    Yo,

    Check it out...I didn't even realize I was on this thing! NOFX filmed all their tours last year and KLC played on the Asian leg of the tour. They didn't mention King Ly Chee ever though :-( Oh well...we're just a small band I guess. It was nice that they put me in there though and were very kind about me!

    Check it out at this link:

    Video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=bzTyeBif1eY


    Definitely brings back some awesome memories of those 2 weeks we spent with NOFX! :-)

    Peace,
    Riz

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  • OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We are opening for SICK OF IT ALL MAY 25 in KL/Malaysia!!! PLEASE READ!!!

    Wednesday, Apr 23, 2008 9:29PM / Members only

    OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: We are opening for SICK OF IT ALL MAY 25 in KL/Malaysia!!! PLEASE READ!!!

    APRIL 24, 2008: OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: OPENING FOR SICK OF IT ALL!!!

    Oh my god...here comes the news that I've been telling you about...the most unbelievable thing that is going to happen to King Ly Chee. I NEVER NEVER imagined that this would happen to us. I never in my life imagined that I would ever get this opportunity...here is the news:

    KING LY CHEE IS OPENING FOR THE LEGENDARY-THE GREATEST HARDCORE BAND IN THE WORLD: SICK OF IT ALL!!!

    This is a dream come true for me...I was 13 years old (I'm 31 now) when I was skateboarding with my friend and they told me to check out this band called Sick of it All. They told me it was a band that played "hardcore" music...I didn't know what it was or what it meant. But I listened to it - and I heard the words of the album "Blood, sweat and no tears" - songs like "Injustice system", "friends like you", and of course my favorite Sick of it All song: "My Life" with the simplest lyrics that when I was 13 years old was the only thing I wanted say to the whole world "All my life people tell me what to say...this is my life live it my own way"...These lyrics still mean the world to me today when colleagues ask me why I'm wasting my time with King Ly Chee, when friends and old acquaintances ask me why I waste so much money on my band when I don't get any money back, when my colleagues/girlfriend/friends see me working my ass off for King Ly Chee/hardcore and Start From Scratch and don't understand my passion for something that they don't there'll ever be any rewards from, when band members quit, when it feels like the whole world gives up on King Ly Chee something that I have put my entire LIFE into...any time I feel like giving up or not dealing with this shit anymore - I listen to Sick of it All - it brings me back to the very first day when I heard Sick of it All and when I was first introduced to hardcore. A little Pakistani skater kid who spoke English better then he spoke his own mother-language, but was growing up in a city (Hong Kong) that spoke another language (Cantonese) that he couldn't speak, and went to a school full of rich white kids from USA, UK, etc., and feeling so different from all these people. That's all I was...a confused little kid that didn't know what he was - am I Pakistani? Am I a "Hong Kong person"? Am I Chinese? What am I?

    I listened to Sick of it All and I learned many things:

    1. The world is too xxxxed up to worry about yourself. So what if you don't understand yourself? There are people in the world who don't have food, there are people in the world who have been kidnapped from their home and forced into sexual slavery, there are people in the world who deal with the most disgusting of racists actions, there are places in the world where children are growing up without entire families, there are places in the world where 8 year old children are raising their younger brothers and sisters because their parents died to AIDS or were killed...

    2. That it doesn't matter if you're different...you still have the strength to change the world. It doesn't matter if you're different and you SHOULDN'T TRY to change yourself because you're different so you can fit in.

    3. That I can do anything I want to do with my life. All I have to do is try and NEVER NEVER NEVER give up...persist through EVERYTHING.

    I owe this band for everything that I am and especially for all the beliefs and morals I have about hardcore. Everything that I hold dear about hardcore: it's humility, it's DIY spirit, it's never give up attitude, it's fighting for the weak, it's MESSAGE BASED lyrics, respecting other people and especially respecting people who think differently even within this hardcore/punk scene...I learned it all from this band...

    They saved my life as a teenager...I am who I am because of Sick of it All and the world they introduced me to through their music and lyrics...

    They are my heroes...and I am finally not only going to meet them, but be on the same stage with this band. I CANNOT BELIEVE IT...

    This is the big announcement that I wanted to make...PLEASE HELP US CELEBRATE THIS GREAT THING TO HAPPEN TO US...

    Thank you for reading...now go and do something with your lives - we all have the power to take control of our destinies...

    Riz


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  • GIVING AWAY A FREE EPIPHONE GUITAR AT THE COMEBACK KID SHOW!!! 免費贏取EPIPHONE 結他

    Tuesday, Apr 15, 2008 7:17PM / Members only

    You read that right!!! We have arranged with Gibson Guitars to give away a free Epiphone Les Paul Studio guitar at the show! All you have to do is attend the show and you will be automatically joined into a lucky draw. The winner gets to walk away with the guitar!!!

    表演當日會有幸運抽獎﹐ 幸運兒會免費獨得Epiphone結他一支! 到時見!!!

    See you at the show!!!

    Here are pics of the guitar that we're giving away!!!

    PEACE,
    Riz

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  • Official artistViolent Jokes
    posted on Tuesday, Sep 16, 2008 10:50PM  [Report]
    hey riz, is there any way to get in contact with G? my girlfriend is vegetarian and was interested to talk to G about joining some veggie organizations and supporting PETA, perhaps.
    if you have any contact, please write me.

    cheers

    Cla
  • Official artistRyan Hui
    posted on Friday, Aug 29, 2008 1:54AM  [Report]
    Hey Riz! I brought you back a CD sampler of some Hardcore/metal bands from London. Gotta skate soon yo!
  • Holli
    posted on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 8:33AM  [Report]
    hmmm, wonder if you'd consider adding me as a friend?
  • lalabululu
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 19, 2008 6:23PM  [Report]
    I very Likes youMusic !!!!!
  • Losers_by_defau
    posted on Tuesday, Aug 12, 2008 8:32AM  [Report]
    hey is there any place i can get your cd since i live in the states i cant just go to a store and get your cd so help :D please
    -jet
  • Official artist24 Herbs
    posted on Thursday, Aug 7, 2008 1:39PM  [Report]
    hey thanks for the nice words riz !! see you soon !
  • Official artistHKGFM
    posted on Monday, Jul 28, 2008 3:12AM  [Report]
    Hi guys! Wanted to talk to you guys in regards to our radio station can you guys send me an email leslie.ho@hkgfm.net
    Speak soon!
  • Official artistWarren Stuart a.k.a. "wZa"
    posted on Thursday, Jul 10, 2008 12:23AM  [Report]
    Yo WHAT UP Homie!
    Raining like fuck! Missed skating with you yesterday, lets do this on the weekend, pray it does not RAIN.
    So how you been, Sun?
  • Official artistSasha Waseem
    posted on Friday, May 16, 2008 3:58PM  [Report]
    hey dear thnx for dropping in..well great to see and know abt u. sure if ther is anything reagrding u then i will inform. so lets keep in touch . take care.. SASHA
    www.hotpartytv.com
  • evocation
    posted on Saturday, May 10, 2008 7:48PM  [Report]
    http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=17379507124&ref=share

    Evocation "Take Your Soul" Release party

    Bands:
    Evocation
    Hermetic Silence
    Orthon
    思碣
    Weepin' Rose

    Time: 14th June at 7:00pm
    Venue: Warehouse Teenage Club (蒲窩) at Aberdeen
    Ticket: HKD$75 (Walk-in)
    Hotline: 2573 3136

    Evocation
    http://www.myspace.com/evocationhk

    Hermetic Silence
    http://www.myspace.com/hermeticsilence

    Orthon
    http://www.myspace.com/orthon

    Weepin' Rose
    http://www.myspace.com/weepinrose

    Hope to see you on the show!
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