Thin Man 1 is the 1999 debut album of second generation Beijing hard rock band Thin Man.[1] The album brought Chinese rock music out of a commercial trough at the end of the 90s, selling 100,000 copies in three months from its issue in August 1999.[2][3][4]
^Billboard Vol. 112, No. 34 19 Aug 2000 - Page 54 "But now the definition of "mainstream" is changing on the mainland as Chinese rock bands start to come into their own. The growing success and the increasing official acceptance of Beijing's rising star band, Thin Man, is instructive. Thin Man, currently signed with Beijing's state-owned Jingwen and hardcore trailblazer Scream Records, has been a maverick from the start. The four-man band, led by singer Dai Qin from Inner Mongolia, has followed a unique strategy in its pursuit of success in China. "
