"If this is ethnic music, I think I really fucking dig it!" Anonymous Drunk at our first show
Why 'A Black China'?
Well Jamal came up with it, when this was a two piece... him and the Chinese guy! Okay, Johnny's not really Chinese, he was born in Taiwan and is descended from the aboriginal Taiwanese. So watch your mouth!
It's poppier than I thought it would be from the name.
Yeah, we agree. Though we can be very noisy and improvisational live, our recordings are pretty sing-along-able. Such...
"If this is ethnic music, I think I really fucking dig it!" Anonymous Drunk at our first show
Why 'A Black China'?
Well Jamal came up with it, when this was a two piece... him and the Chinese guy! Okay, Johnny's not really Chinese, he was born in Taiwan and is descended from the aboriginal Taiwanese. So watch your mouth!
It's poppier than I thought it would be from the name.
Yeah, we agree. Though we can be very noisy and improvisational live, our recordings are pretty sing-along-able. Such is life.
Who are the white guys?
They are your friends... and don't worry, they keep it real as real really gets.
Here's the roster:
Jamal sings and plays baritone guitar with occasional duties on bass and keys and other guitar type instruments.
Johnny sings and plays electric guitar, keys, bass and sometimes drums.
Matt hits his drums while singing and plays some keyboards as well.
Jesse plays bass and guitar and sings some too.
A Black China represents African American, Indigenous Taiwanese, Italian American, Irish American, German, Swiss, Anglo, and French blood. We send shouts out to Manhattan, Kingston, Brooklyn, Queens, Long Island, Bronxville, Holyoke, New Paltz, Tempe, Evanston, Rosendale and Amsterdam.Our music is informed by Bad Brains and Burt Bacharach... Hubert Sumlin and Phillip Glass.
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