ADO (band)

ADO was a seminal Sino-foreign rock band in Beijing 1988-1992.

The band included the young Cui Jian, having in 1987 quit the Beijing Philharmonic. The band included two foreigners, bassist Kassai Balazs, a Hungarian student and Eddie Randriamampionona a Madagascan guitarist, and embassy worker. ADO became Cui Jian's backing band, and released his first complete album, Rock 'n' Roll on the New Long March, including the song Nothing to my Name, the first rock anthem in China, and Cui's most famous song.^[1]

References

^ Youth Culture in China: From Red Guards to Netizens - Page 107 Paul Clark - 2012 ... and others on guitar and drums, including two foreigners (a Hungarian bass player and a guitarist from Madagascar), the ... March 1989's concert in Beijing by ADO, Cui Jian's band, marked the height of the so-called Cui Jian current (chao).

[1] Youth Culture in China: From Red Guards to Netizens - Page 107 Paul Clark - 2012 ... and others on guitar and drums, including two foreigners (a Hungarian bass player and a guitarist from Madagascar), the ... March 1989's concert in Beijing by ADO, Cui Jian's band, marked the height of the so-called Cui Jian current (chao).

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