Nowhere Boys (Hong Kong band)
Nowhere Boys is a 5-piece pop rock band in Hong Kong formed in 2015. It is currently under record label Media Asia. Band members include vocalist/guitarist Van Chan, drummer Nate Wong, guitarist Kenneth Angus, keyboardist/ violinist Fisher Kan, and bassist Hansun Chan. Nowhere Boys classified their music as ‘Cinematic Rock’, most of their songs are inspired by movies.
Nowhere Boys | |
|---|---|
| Born | Hansun ：2月11日 Fisher ：2月27日 Ken：6月27日 Nate：8月20日 Van ：11月7日 |
| Origin |  Hong Kong |
| Genres | Indie rock, Cinematic rock |
| Years active | 2015– |
| Labels | Media Asia |
| Members | Van (vocal) Fisher (keyboard/violin) Kenneth (guitar) Hansun (bass) Nate (drum) |
Background
Members of Nowhere Boys are of different background. Before Nowhere Boys, Van was an architect; Nate, graduated from Berklee College of Music, was a full-time drummer. Kenneth was a guitar fixer, Fisher and Hansun taught piano/guitar.
In October 2014, Van met drummer Nate at a movie music event in Backstage Live Restaurant in Hong Kong. After jamming, they decided to form a band. Van thus found Kenneth, Fisher and Hansun whom he met earlier to form the band.
Career
In July 2015, they released their first self-financed Extended Play, Nowhere Boys. The EP was recorded in their homes with their own equipment. The 1,000 copies printed were gone in three months.[1] It also went top 10 in iTunes Music.[2] They signed with Frenzi Music in late 2015.
Nowhere Boys then successfully crowdfunded HKD$100,000 (~ US$12,800) via Musicbee for their second EP, Welcome To Our Hyperreality, which was released in April 2016.
Nowhere Boys recorded “普通華” with actor Neo Yau Hawk-Sau in August 2016. The song went number 7 in Hong Kong Commercial Radio chart.[3] They also created the theme song, Song of Battle, for E-Sports Festival 2016.
Name
The name of the band was from the British film Nowhere Boy (2009). In a scene, young John Lennon gets told off at school. “You’re going nowhere!” snarls a furious headmaster. The future Beatles founder replies: “Is ‘nowhere’ full of geniuses, sir? Because I probably do belong there.”[4]
Discography
| Album title | Song title | Related movies |
|---|---|---|
| Nowhere Boys | 狂想曲 (Rhapsody) | / |
| Ditto | The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up | Peter Pan |
| Ditto | 4, 3, 2.5 | / |
| Ditto | Castle In The Sky | Castle in the Sky |
| Ditto | 推石頭的人 | / |
| Ditto | Back In Time | The Butterfly Effect |
| Welcome To Our Hyperreality | 紅藥丸 . 藍藥丸 (feat. 黃靖) (Red Pill Blue Pill) (feat. Jing Wong) | The Matrix |
| Ditto | The Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up (Part 2) | Peter Pan |
| Ditto | 逃出阿卡拉 (Escape From Alcatraz) | Escape from Alcatraz |
| Ditto | Closer But Far | / |
| Ditto | 亂世超人 | / |
| Ditto | 麥克折射線 | Hu-Du-Men |
| / | 普通華 | Fat Choi Spirit, God of Gamblers II, A Moment of Romance, Full Throttle |
| / | Sound of Battle | / |
Charts
| Highest position in Hong Kong Charts | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Album | Song | 903 | RTHK | 997 | TVB | Remarks |
| 2015 | ||||||
| Nowhere Boys | 狂想曲 (Rhapsody) | - | - | - | - | feat. Heyo |
| 2016 | ||||||
| Nowhere Boys | 亂世超人 | - | - | - | - | |
| Welcome To Our Hyperreality | 逃出阿卡拉 (Escape From Alcatraz) | 9 | - | - | - | |
| / | 普通華 | 7 | × | × | × | feat. 游學修 |
| Welcome To Our Hyperreality | 麥克折射線 | 19 | 13 | 17 | - | |
| / | 大步走 | - | 12 | - | - | |
| / | 天外飛仙 | 2 | - | 2 | 9 | |
References
- "Nowhere Boys: meet HK's most unique live band". Scmp.com. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- "【專訪】Nowhere Boys玩「電影式搖滾曲」 用曲風征服觀眾". Hk01.com. 2 October 2016.
- "881903.com 商業電台 - 主頁". 881903.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-28.
- Hk, Esquire. "專業碟評｜Nowhere Boys Cinematic Rock眼球盛宴". Esquire Hk.