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88BALAZ
88顆芭樂籽
PS：Balaz is Pronunciation of Chinese, his meaning is: 88 guava seeds Wade（春天吶喊創辦人）
When I first saw 88 Balaz play in Taichung so many years ago, the
only thing I really remembered was Ah Chang rushing off stage in the
middle of a song and climb to the top of a nearby tree. I also
remember all the happy faces in the audience. 88 Balaz Seeds made
them smile…made them laugh. That's what I remembered. I didn't
remember the music. That was more than ten years ago. Every Spring
Scream since then, I have made it my priority to see the 88 Balaz
show. It was always good. It was always funny. And the audience
always loved it. It was shows like theirs that kept me inspired to
do Spring Scream every year. But I still never remembered the music.
Just the good times and happy faces. It wasn't til this year when I
was listening to the Spring Scream band demos, that I came to a
shocking realization. I was listening to the 88 Balaz demo song and
it totally rocked. There were no costumes, no stage antics, just
their music pouring out of the headphone, filling my head with a
crazy mixture of rock, blues, jazz, and punk, while still remaining
simple and mysterious. I had to double check to make sure I was
listening to the right track. Sure enough it was 88 Balaz. It makes
sense to me now. They have always rocked. It was just now that I was
appreciating the full meal deal. Their combo of intensity and witty
positivism is what shined through those distant memories. Now it is
their music that shines and makes you want move closer. They have
matured into a professional act while maintaining their purity of
spirit, humor and wit. With so many years of performing and life
experience behind them, they are only more of what they started out
being. Having honed their musical skills and the technical abilities
of delivering them, they are poised and ready to present themselves
to the musical world at large as ambassadors of Taiwan rock.
1996年，在高中社團練團室裡，八十八顆芭樂籽成軍了。
2001年，歷經數次團員變化的八十八顆芭樂籽受到夾子電動大樂隊主唱的鼓舞，決定報名首屆海洋大賞。
2001年海洋音樂祭海洋大賞決賽當天，包括陳綺貞、脫拉庫、夾子電動大樂隊在內的10個參賽團體輪番上去演唱，八十八顆芭樂籽是第二個上場。三首歌唱完，認為自己絕對不會得獎的團員們，全都放下樂器跑去玩水。一群人玩到忘我之時，卻聽見遙遠的主舞台呼喚:八十八顆芭樂籽！
原來，首屆海洋大賞的評審們(伍佰、徐崇憲、黃韻玲、徐千秀、朱健輝、劉天健、翁嘉銘、葉雲平、馬世芳)，決定將大獎頒給這個初生之犢，團員們連忙以光速衝上彩虹橋，跑回台上抱走第一屆海洋大賞。
只是，他們並未像後來的得獎者一樣名利雙收、聲名大噪。團員改組使得八十八顆芭樂籽的音樂道路面臨曲折，這樣一個令人印象深刻的樂團，曾讓樂評「中坡不孝生」曾在破報上大聲質問，「阿強(八十八顆芭樂籽主唱)!為什麼你不會紅？」
沒踏上明星之路，並未影響八十八顆芭樂籽的信心；得獎之後，他們深耕地下音樂圈，成團十二年以來，他們唱了十一年春天吶喊、五年野台開唱，近千場的校園和Live
House、音樂祭演出；建立獨一無二的舞台風格，八十八顆芭樂籽，打著藍調龐克之名，行搖滾混仗之實，讓濁水溪公社的小柯忍不住在2006年野台開唱當眾宣布，將台灣最爛樂團寶座讓給八十八顆芭樂籽！
經過數次的團員更換，八十八顆芭樂籽現由主唱阿強、一定要翻跟斗彈吉他才有fu的吉他手陳顥、參加社運比唸書還認真的鼓手安仔、以及唯一的女團員，外號必須消音才能播出的冠伶老師組成。這個樂團最令人津津樂道的，就是多年來依然堅持的地下精神；理念對了沒有錢也願意唱的Rocker氣魄，還有讓人一見難忘的舞台風格。
他們反對沒讀什麼書卻自命清高的假文青、反對做作又軟趴趴的假搖滾樂、反對裝憂鬱的玩團迷思、反對聽多了會不舉的芭樂歌、他們在舞臺上狂野、即興、舞台下堅持自我；八十八顆芭樂籽，不是一個玩音樂的搖滾樂團；而是一群玩樂團的搖滾瘋子！
【成員】
主唱/木吉他：阿強/樂團主唱、海洋祭小舞台主持人
合音/吉他手：陳顥/兼任表兒樂團吉他手
合音/貝斯手：冠伶/製作助理，曾任牙套樂團貝斯手
幼齒/套鼓手：安仔/學生，兼任宇宙人樂團鼓手
【經歷】
2001＼海洋音樂祭首屆海洋大賞得主
1998-2008＼春天吶喊音樂祭連續十一年演出
1998-2000、2002、2006＼野台開唱音樂祭演出
2008＼新聞局原創音樂大獎CF演出
全台校園演唱、live house、大小音樂祭演出將近千場。
【作品】
合輯
2001/07 《少年ㄞ國》合輯，收錄單曲「時鐘裡的人」
2002/07 《熱浪搖滾1》合輯，收錄單曲「參絞刑」
專輯
2000＼自製專輯：「曹豹的野望」
2001＼自製EP「花的耳朵tnt live」
2006＼自製EP「男人終於扒了一層皮」
2007＼自製EP「555場熱身賽」
2008＼正式專輯「肆拾肆隻石獅子」 |
