Round Eye with support from Squarms

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The experimental, sometimes-sax-wielding, freak punk outfit have accrued a loud and controversial name for themselves since forming in 2012. The Shanghai based group has as of late been a crucial force in bridging a wide gap between the eastern and western hemispheres of DIY punk rock. Along with blazing a trail all over the globe theyve played host to visiting western punks and some legends as well sharing stages with acts such as Zero Boys, Descendents, MDC, Verbal Abuse, Mike Watt + The Missingmen, D.O.A., Ceremony, Iceage, and eastern notables such as P.K.14, SMZB, and Hang on the Box. During a mainland tour of China with UK punk legends The Boys, they were forced to literally move the tour underground after being banned by the Ministry of Culture for lewd artwork on a tour poster. VICE magazine documented one of their bunker gigs in Beijing in glorious baijiu filled detail.

They've won numerous awards and have released several acclaimed music videos: Suntan starring famed Chinese actress Wang Lin (Xue Yi), best known for her role in the Chinese soap opera Romance in the Rain and appearances in Academy Award winning Ang Lee films such as Lust / Caution), the politically and critically charged nightmare Billy and Sifter which was entirely filmed in Pyongyang North Korea making it the very first punk video ever filmed in the DPRK.

Theyve played numerous festivals around the world and honed their unconventional blend of 50s R&B, Free Jazz and Punk with a critically acclaimed EP Full Circle on Ripping Records which featured Greg Ginn (Black Flag), LP Round Eye which featured Steve Mackay (Iggy Pop & the Stooges, Violent Femmes) & Lo-fi legend R. Stevie Moore, LP Monstervision, on Joey Shithead of DOAs Vancouver-based Sudden Death Records produced by Yang Haisong of PK14 and featured horror movie host icon Joe Bob Briggs as narrator and LP Culture Shock Treatment produced by Mike Watt (Minutemen), mixed by Bill Stevenson (Black Flag / Descendents / ALL) and released by Vincent Fiorello (Less Than Jake)s Paper and Plastick Records.

They have drawn comparisons to the Stooges, Captain Beefheart, Dr. Feelgood and The Fall but have more often fallen into a category all their own.

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13th August 2025,
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