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Ladybug

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Four charming and talented young women from Taiwan are here to bowl you over with a glorious sound. Vocals that range from soft murmurs to cussing rants, all backed by incredibly fuzzed and melodic guitars.

The four highly individualistic women of Ladybug - Mei Mei, Wan-Ting (Hope), Xiao-Bao and Ah-lli (Ellie) - have created a sound that is simply WONDERFUL.

All the girls were individually involved in other bands (one charmingly named Puker), when one day they looked at each other and in essence said, "Let's join up."

Ladybug's first show was aboard a moving truck as part of a political rally. The audience had to walk (and often run) behind the truck to keep up with the performance. "When the traffic light turn red," they recall, "some of them go dancing on the zebra-stripe crossing."

Ah, the English languange. The girls actually speak it quite well, far better than most of us speak Chinese. Their affinity for swear words is right up there with your local sailor's. But sometimes others don't see it that way. They remember with fondness the time after a show at home when a foreigner approached them and told them they'd be great if they'd only sing in English (they do).

The band continued to play the ever changing Taiwanese alternative scene at venues such as Scum. Last year,they were asked to participate in a large Youthfest. All this punctuated by being booked, unheard, by some venue in the country that had heard of the "vocal group's" popularity but hadn't heard the music. After fifteen minutes, the surprised and horrified pub manager pulled the plug. The Osmonds they are not.

The band has been the focus of much attention in their home country. MTV Asia included them in a "Women In Rock" piece, and they were the subject of an hour long documentary on Taiwanese television. But the girl's favorite story involves a male fan, apparently overcome with joy at tehir performance at the Screamfest festival, who jumped on stage, removed all of his clothes, and began to dance. And dance. Through several songs. (One of the girl's boyfriends at that point decided to step in.)

The songs speak to all the emotions and experiences of youth worldwide. "Fuck Off, Creep" is about an overzealous gentleman at a dance club who could not take "no" for an answer. "Classroom 501" is about the experience of smoking too much and not bathing for several days and then having none of your classmates wanting to sit near you. "Motorcycle" and "Cigarettes" is about the love of those classic symbols of rebellion.

My ears are still ringing after blasting 'Motorcycle' in my car! Ladybug's self-titled debut album IMO puts all American/European punk bands to shame. I've always been a fan of Asian music(X-Japan, etc.), and now Ladybug has found it's way into my top 10 collection. These four Taiwanese beauties(Ellie, Mei-Mei, Xiao-bao & Hope) have an unparelled 'p***ed-off' attitude that propels their driving guitar riffs and percussion deep inside your head, making you want to jump around and mosh! The lyrics shift back and forth from being sung and screamed, and are complmented by their extensive vocabulary of English explesives! YEAH!!! All hail the queens of Riot Punk music, Ladybug! Buy it today!

Ladybug is a 4 pieces punk rock group from TAIWAN, formed by 4 wonderful girl.Their first album is cute & powerful,wise & smart,fast & fantastic!!!

Buy it if you're a riot-grrl punk fan!

(sorry for my terrible English..first..)
I bought this CD in clearance box of Virgin Mega(Vancouver) during I had a little trip in Canada. at that time I bought about ten CDs in that clearance box but only regret now(terribly) is this CD. just don't buy it if you wanna listen to at least reasonable quality of rock music. or buy it if you're kind enough to help them or give those girls courage.
it's up to you....
but in my opinion I can say it [stinks]...
I have 500 CDs, but it ranks the scond bottom in my collection. the very bottom one? <Instant girl> - "post-coital"which is their first album(maybe and the last). the 3 women band from San Francisco or something...... just don't buy it either.....