Hang on the Box

Hang on the Box
Origin	China
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Sister Benten
Members	Wang Yue Yilina Li Yan Fan Shenjing

Hang on the Box (known also as HOTB) is a punk band based in Beijing. They were China's first all-female punk band. The band usually sings about sex and relationship issues in a forward political manner. Their record label is Sister Benten Online, based in Japan. The band consists of the following line-up: Wang Yue on vocals, Yilina playing bass, Li Yan Fan playing guitar, and Shenjing on drums.

At Hang on the Box's first performance at Beijing's Scream Club in 1998, their songs did not have lyrics and only high-pitched screeching accompanied their power chords. They were featured on the cover the local edition of Newsweek six months later.

Their music could be described as cheerful and hilarious, deadly serious, and personally political. Most of the questionable content involved comes in the form of native Chinese speakers using English commonplace epithets.

Members

• Gia (王悦) - vocals (1998-)
• Axu (徐京晨) - guitar
• North (北北) - bass
• Desi-Fan (德思凡) - drums

Former members

• Yang Fan (扬帆) - original guitarist (1998-2003)
• Yilian (隐退) - original bassist (1998-)
• Shen Jing (沈静) - original drummer (1998-)
• tookoo - guitar
• Ubi (邓力源) - guitar (2010-2013)
• Niu Fang Fang (牛方方) - bass (2010-2015)
• Yang Yang (杨扬) - drummer (2010-2015)

Discography

• Yellow Banana (2001)
• Di Di Di (2003)
• For Every Punk Bitch and Arsehole (2003)
• Foxy Lady (2004)
• No More Nice Girls (2007)
• Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (2013)
• Oracles (2017)

See also

• Chinese rock
• Sister Benten Online

External links

• Home Page
• HOTB in the Rock in China wiki, complete discography & biography
• Sister Benten Records Online