These are in the series with Can Lan¡¦s Forever review, they are also about December 29th live.
*Source: http://viciousparks.myetang.com/special/report4.htm

This is Seiko¡¦s.

 Just the day before, Seiko was still yelling, BeiJing this poor, desolate cultural dessert, can¡¦t even buy a legal copy of X¡¦s CDs, yet on the night of the 29th, was suddenly glad that she lives in Beijing. Come to think of it, Uncle Yo (I think she¡¦s referring to Yoshiki), instead of packaging some old ladies in Japan, why don¡¦t you come and package our Silver Ash instead. Ah, so there is a future for the People¡¦s Republic of China!
 Absolute Gorgeous! (here used as a noun, referring to Ling) Xiao Bei (Ling) in black leather skirt, pink hair and those beautiful legs. It is said that the cloth is made by you, other¡¦s costumes are also designed by you, this is too awesome. Please don¡¦t be made that I can¡¦t hear the lyrics, with the poor equipment in New Wave, you have to hold the microphone with wires twirling around and around, yet you fulfilled our need for a visual experience. It is regrettable that we can¡¦t enjoy your music. But, do you realize how mesmerizing is your facial expression? (screams!) Xiao Bei, with his Bei Jing ascent, beautiful on stage and a great conservationist off stage, amazing!
The Cool/cold one! So tall, Hong, who wouldn¡¦t even give a small smile despite my yelling at the top of my voice (is he thinking that I¡¦m still not loud enough?). Other than screaming for your name, I don¡¦t even dare to get close to him. Taking the risk of bleeding internally due to all the squeezing, I held on to the fence by the stage like my life depended on it, I was mesmerized by you to the point where I almost swallowed the glow stick. I hung around the guy who got your pick the whole night, and was finally able to touch your black Yamaha pick twice, I felt so blessed!! I will frame and hang your signature on my wall (laughs). Heard that you rode in a taxi, Seiko has the urge to go and have a chat with the taxi driver. Believe me, your bass is just amazing, even I, who know nothing about music, could feel its vibration, cool.
The shocking/amazing one! Lucy, who I had mistakenly called Nancy (sweat drop). I got your name wrong, really wanted to say ¡§Sorry¡¨. But come to think of it, it was the host, who was denser than a monk, who introduced you incorrectly. With your blond hair, standing in front of me silently playing your guitar, occasionally flashed that beautiful smile. It is so amazingly beautiful, it seemed that the northern wind outside stopped all of a sudden and all was silent (faints). Worthy of being the main guitarist, even when the crappy system broke down, you still had the full confidence to continue performing, so determined.
The beautiful one! Nancy, who I had been calling Lucy (big sweat), acting both as the guitarist and the pianist, don¡¦t just stand on the side and never walk this way, other than your blue hair, can¡¦t even see your face clearly. How could you be so benevolent, comforting the little kid that cried because she had lost her pen, she¡¦s so touched that till this day she still tells us how gracious Nancy was. So envious, next time I will cry also, I will cry until the sky breaks and the ground splits. I believe a person as kind as you would not pretend to take no notice right? (sweat) So gracious.
The clean/clear one! Zhen don¡¦t just hide behind your drums. We always see your black hair, but couldn¡¦t see your face. How did you feel when you heard fans wish you could become as great as Uncle Yo? A friend who was in a band told me once, ¡§to train a drummer, takes at least six years.¡¨ We know you have been working hard, no matter what, keep on working hard, Seiko, who like that guy also likes Uncle Yo, will stand behind you to the end, ( we always scheme to steal your drum sticks, so don¡¦t like it be stolen ^Q^), keep at it.
Actually, did we crazy immature kids pick on you guys? The feathers on Xiao Bei¡¦s cloth was in a mess from all the touching, someone even try to get his hair; Hong¡¦s waistband was unhooked by someone from behind, and his natural face was also seem by some noise girls (heard Hong¡¦s natural face is also very pretty); Lucy was called the wrong name, had to write his name on papers and explain to people that ¡§I am this¡¨. Nancy had to comfort a little kid( that ¡§kid¡¨ I know you are very high right now ^_^), at the same time getting away from fan¡¦s blockade and entrapments; Zhen, not only he himself was trapped in the rest room, even his sister was involved, she was questioned about this and that by us fans. Hahah, please forgive us, who told you to be so great, that we can¡¦t help but love you. Even though the host was so annoying, but, ask us how deeply we love you, we would still answer, can you hear? The moon represents my heart!
You can kill me and I wouldn¡¦t believe that China¡¦s very first visual band would be so awesome. It is just too shocking! But pioneers always has shortcomings, even though the Silver Ash in our eyes are not perfect, not to the point of satisfying our every wish, but I believe you, through continuously searching and developing, will move towards success step by step! (Hurry with the albums, do more lives, come on!)
 
 

Finally, its Hinatsu¡¦s

Silver Ash¡XHope

December 29th, 2000 Bei Jing New Wave skate arena
18:30 I, totally clueless about roads, finally found the place where Silver Ash will be performing after 2 hours of asking for directions. The weather is cold, I pulled tighter on the cloth, it is very cold.
Yoshiko, Seiko, Hoshi, Little star all came, where¡¦s Can Lan¡¦s forever? We agreed before hand already.
18:50 Can Lan finally showed up, we bought the tickets and hurried into the area.
Silver Ash was the second up, we broke thought the crowd and made it to the front role. There¡¦s already a band up warming the arena up, but we just screamed ¡§Silver Ahs¡¨. Truth be told, we felt we have done wrong to that band.
19:30 It has finally started, the first band is ¡§Stuffiness¡¨. Silver Ash was constantly on my mind, so I didn¡¦t hear what their songs (sweat).
20:10 that annoying host finally mentioned Silver Ash, we then began to scream Silver Ash with all our might.
5 minutes later, Silver Ash finally took the stage.
Bassist Hong was the first to walk on stage, he wore a black leather long coat, black high boot, the leather coat bears the shoulders, very much like Toshiya¡¦s in [Cage]; Hong dyed his hair orange, soft and light, dazzling yet retains his handsomeness. Hong used a six strong bass, dark green (probably, the lighting is too flashy, can¡¦t really see ^_^). As soon as Hong walked on stage, I screamed: ¡§Hong~~~~¡¨. Hong turned around, smiled. Hong¡¦s smile was so bright and cute, yet so warm (waaa, fainted).
Who came next I can¡¦t remember, because I was staring at Hong~~(sorry)
Today, Silver Ash¡¦s style is black, all five¡¦s clothing are made of soft black leather.
Ling dyed his hair pink, skin tight leather cloth, coquettish short skirt, sexy suspender boots, draws out his delicate body. He wore a pair of black leather gloves, displaying those slender fingers, it looks like green crystal on his ring (hahah, just an illusion).
Lucy has blonde hair, walked on stage with his head bowed, very shy looking, so I didn¡¦t see clearly his clothing.
Nancy had blue hair, wearing half long leather coat, tight black leather pants. Don¡¦t know why, like Lucy he also bowed his head (shy? Kawaii~~).
Zhen he¡K.. truly sorry, can¡¦t see anything else clearly other than his black hair. (Don¡¦t hit me, I didn¡¦t wear glasses, Zhen sat the furthest from the stage).

The annoying host then asked more stupid question like ¡§do you like them?¡¨ ¡§what¡¦s their name?¡¨, off stage, someone already started to curse (sweat) [I don¡¦t curse, so I will not repeat here]
The dumb host finally booed off stage, Silver Ash finally started to perform.
The first song was << Shu Yuan>> (estranged), Ling¡¦s voice was clear yet distant, clean and full of force. All of a sudden there was a little problem, Lucy¡¦s guitar suddenly lost sound, after several failed attempts to fix the problem, Ling stopped. On site worker rushed on stage, helping Lucy to fix the sound (actually I really thank Lucy¡¦s guitar, else I couldn¡¦t see ¡K¡K hehehehe~~).
During this time, Silver Ash was very calm, Ling ran to Zhen¡¦s side, helping him to play drums; Hong began a bass solo (Hong I just love you so much~~), playing along to the beat of Ling and Zhen¡¦s drum, fitting perfectly; Nancy helped Lucy to tune the sound, there¡¦s a sense of closeness among the members~~ (envy) Ling apologizes from time to time, being very considerate to the fans!
After Lucy¡¦s guitar was fixed, being very professional about their performance, Silver Ash played << Shu Yuan>> again. Still with such light vocal, gives the listener a sense of being inside a forest. Ling, with one hand on mic, the other on the mic stand, singing those beautiful lyrics while curving his back slightly. To my amazement, Ling¡¦s sound was amazingly good, still could singing so well while curving his back. Hong kept his eyes closed, totally submersed in the music. Lucy and Nancy¡¦s guitars were excellent, and Zhen¡¦s drums was very good as well.
The second song was <> (the passing moon), Ling¡¦s voice turned a bit heavy, the clear feeling from before was still there, the murmur now became a light humming, seems like he wanted to melt everything into the water.
During the middle of the song, Ling suddenly stopped, there¡¦s only the echo of the music instruments. Ling lowered his head, used his hands to cover his eyes. Ling¡K. Cried, I can clearly see a kind of dazzling crystal reflecting light, was it¡K. Tears? I can understand, in China this closed minded country, they worked very hard for the little success they have right now. Was he moved?
After the passing of the light interlude, Ling¡¦s voice exploded, the other four played even harder.
The third one was <> (to look), a faster tempo song. Hahah, during this song, Ling hugged Lucy and Hong ohh~~~ and he also pulled on Nancy who has been lowering his head while playing rhyme guitar from the side, Hong, Lucy and Nancy also jammed together.
The last one was <>(wind string instrument), Nancy hung his guitar on his back, and played keyboard. The distant piano sound, the floating barely audible sound of the strings, the whole felt like << Akuro no oka>>, Ling¡¦s vocal had so many variations during the song, I couldn¡¦t hear clearly the lyrics, but I felt, like it was describing a type of hopelessness.
As he was singing, Ling suddenly knelt down on the stage, slowly, slowly and finally he laid flat on the stage.
It has ended, the live that¡¦s like a dream ended. Ling stood up and waved goodbye.
Silver Ash waked off stage, I screamed: ¡§Hong~~ don¡¦t leave~~¡¨ Hong turned around, still that shy yet bright smile.
We rushed over and blocked their way asking for signatures. There are so awesome, yet so easy to get close to, just hope we didn¡¦t bring them any troubles.

They are our hope; they are the hope of us visual rock fans. They did what we couldn¡¦t do, they still have a lot of undiscovered potentials, we believe, they will be China¡¦s brightest band!
 
Dream, will end. But Silver Ash will not --- at least I think this way.

Silver Ash, take care, we will always support you.

Written by Hinatsu
Y2k Dec. 29