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Right now, they're in LA working on their 2nd album!
Introduction
Tension is made up of five talented guys who were noticed by Asian singer David Tao and propelled into pop stardom. Jimmy Hung, who is 26 years old, is the son of HK movie star Sammo Hung. Bryan Fang is a 23-year old 3rd generation Chinese American from Rowland Heights in Los Angeles. John Baik, the youngest member of Tension, is a 21-year old Korean who was born in Argentina. Raymond Hu, who is 23, immigrated to the United States from Taiwan when he was 15. And last but not least, Andy Lee, who is 24 years old, also immigrated to the US when he was 2 months old.
History
John, Brian, and Andy, who were all friends, were harmonizing for David Tao while he was performing at this pub in Rowland Heights that belonged to Andy’s uncle. Raymond was there in the audience, and somehow they all got to know each other. Later, Jimmy was at the pub looking for some friends, and he got to know them as well. So the whole group became friends and discovered that they could sing together. A year later, David came back to the pub and realized that these boys had mad talent, and worked with them to produce their first album, “Smart??" for two years, training them in singing, dancing, and speaking Chinese.
Random Stuff
One of Ray's friends did the rap in "I'll Be With You".
Andy and John both went to Wilson HS, while Brian went to Diamond Bar HS.
In late July or early August, they released a VCD with interviews and all their music videos, including “I Believe?from the movie Atlantis, sung with David Tao.
Their album was released on May 10, 2001, and their album sales were at #2 during the first week. During the first month, over 100,000 copies were sold.
Ray is the main spokesperson of the group in Taiwan, since he was 15 when we moved to the US. Of all of them, Brian has the worst Chinese. John’s Chinese isn’t that hot either, but he does know Korean.
Even though he was born in Taiwan, Ray celebrated his birthday there for the first time this year.
John gets homesick the most. He took his pillow and comforter with him from LA to Taiwan so he wouldn’t miss home too much. John is really close to his sister, and writes emails to her everyday.
According to Tension, the member most popular with the girls is John. According to David Tao, because John sings bass, “when he opens his mouth, all the girls fall for him.?
Ray’s ideal girlfriend would be easy to talk to. Jimmy’s ideal girlfriend wouldn’t be too pretty, so he would be more secure.
When asked who he would go out with right this minute, John answered “Eugene from SES.?
In high school, John played tennis and Andy played volleyball. Jimmy played volleyball, basketball, and did track.
Jimmy and Ray, and especially Ray, like Nike shoes and each have at least 20 pairs.
Brian likes the ‘beef jerky?in Taiwan, because its sweeter than American beef jerky. Ray likes ‘oyster jian?you know, that stuff with oysters and eggs?
Andy’s aunt told him that he had to lose weight to go into showbiz, so he lost 15 pounds. Now, he has the smallest appetite of all the guys.
The guys in Tension all live in one apartment. John and Brian, who both shower in the morning, share a room. Raymond and Andy share a room because they snore or talk in their sleep. And since Jimmy doesn’t shower in the morning or make noises when he sleeps, he gets his own room.
If John could be any animal, he would be a tortoise.
When Brian feels homesick, he does his laundry and listens to the shaking sounds of the washing machine to make him feel better.
All of the members are single right now.