Peng Lei has many identities, cartoonist, director, band lead singer and guitarist. In 2019, New Pants participated in "Summer of the Band" and won the championship, which can be said to have made Peng Lei attract the attention of people from all walks of life overnight. Later, many people began to learn that Peng Lei had been a director, had made movies, and he had won awards as a director. He's really one"Treasure Boy"。
I watched the summer of the band, and I saw Peng Lei jumping around on the stage, jumping very high, and the performance was particularly passionate. After the performance, he will also give his flying kiss to the audience from time to time. He's really a prince on stage. In the end, the new pants were voted champions by the audience out of 31 rock bands, including young rock bands and some rock veterans. The last song they sang in Lexia was "Our Times", which Peng Lei said was dedicated to those who were not in their youth. So, when is the era of new pants?
If it starts when adolescent interests are born, then their era should be said to have begun in the 90s. In 1992, when Peng Lei and Pang Kuan were at the Beijing Arts and Crafts School, they were deeply attracted by rock music. Then they began rehearsals. At the time they only had an acoustic guitar, so they figured it out"Retrofits"acoustic guitar and tape recorder, so there is a distorted guitar sound. This was the beginning of the new pants band.
In the 90s of the 20th century, more styles of rock bands appeared in Beijing, including new pants. In 1996, Shen Lihui watched the performance of the new pants at the scene, and then signed a contract with them. They also released the band's first album**.
At that time, Peng Lei and Pang Kuan both had their own jobs in addition to band performances, but Peng Lei's work only lasted about a year. In 1999, New Pants performed in Hong Kong. In 2000, they released their second ** "Disco Girl". Peng Lei made the MV "I Love You" presented with clay animation, and the sales of this ** were much higher than the first one.
In 2003, the band New Pants released their third **. Because it was noisy at the time"SARS", the company they signed up with Modern Sky is also about to end. During those years, two of the band's members left the band one after another. Later, Hayato, the current drummer, added new pants through introduction. In 2009, bassist Zhao Meng joined the new pants. The new pants we saw in Lexia are the four people now.
New Pants released in 2006** "Dragon and Tiger Man Dan" was very popular at that time, and this ** also won an award. After 2007, the new pants began to perform abroad, first in Australia. In 2008, New Pants went to the UK to perform. In 2011, New Pants went to the Coachella Festival in the United States, where they performed with big-name stars from all over the world. As one of the teachers in Lexia said, there is pride in performing there.
Peng Lei is actually still a film director, and many people like to watch his first movie "Monster of the North Sea" after it was screened. The second movie "Panda Milk Candy" and the third "Savages Have Love", these two films are actually not as well received as the first one, and few people even watch them. It wasn't until the fourth film "Band" that Peng Lei's directorial career took a turn for the better, and Peng Lei won the Asian Newcomer Award for Best Director at the Shanghai Film Festival for this film. This is Peng Lei, as a director, proving himself through the movie.
Actually, when I watched the band in the summer, I didn't like new pants that much. What really made me like the band New Pants was their performance with Zhou Shen on the stage of "Singer". The song they performed was "Byebye Disco". When Peng Lei jumped up on the stage, I was really attracted to them. He really looks like a superstar on stage, sparkling.
The new pants that shine today, are supported by something from the past. For example, they choose what they like and stick to it, for example, they have experienced an environment with poor creative conditions, such as their performances at home and abroad, whether they are coaxed or held. For example, they have the confidence in themselves that a person who does rock music should have.
Children of ordinary families do not have so-called success for no reason. Those who can withstand setbacks and losses will have a brighter future. It is not easy to take what you love as a career and make achievements in its field, especially in the fields of art, literature, etc., but it is also a lucky thing. But first, we have to see ourselves and see if we are suitable for this path.
I hope that one day, we can all find something we like, and then say to it when we realize our ideals: life is hot because of you.