Huang Jiaju is the soul of Beyond, and his crying voice is the band’s registered trademark. His Beyond is a myth, breaking the past "tradition" that male singers only have female fans. There are so many boys who started singing "The Earth", "The Great Wall", "Broad Sea and Sky" when they still had acne on their faces, and used Beyond songs to chase girls. "Forgive me for being uninhibited and uninhibited and loving freedom in this life, but I am also afraid that one day I will fall." No one thought that the lyrics of "Broader Sea and Sky" would become a cruel reality. After ending its long-term cooperation with Xinyibao, Beyond went to Japan for development. "Our hometown cannot let go of our ideals." This passage in "Paradise" later became the best annotation for them. In 1993, they released the album "Happiness and Fury". Ten years after Beyond formed the band, they finally said loudly that what they loved was "Happiness and Fury" and rock music. That year, they also actively prepared to hold a large-scale tenth anniversary concert at the end of the year. However, on June 24, while Beyond was recording a game show on Fuji TV in Tokyo, Wong Ka Kui accidentally fell headfirst from a 2.7-meter high platform because the floor was too slippery. Six days later, at 4:15 pm on June 30, 31-year-old Wong Ka Kui collapsed forever. That day, that year, became the dividing line between the band Beyond’s 22 years. After he left, three were in front of the stage and one was a shadow. Will a band that has lost its soul continue? People are suspicious. For a long time, the three remaining Beyond sons felt like "we can't start before everyone is here." Huang Guanzhong recalled: "When we met again, we just couldn't make music. There was no way. As soon as I arrived at the recording studio and saw Ka Kui's position and his guitar, I remembered that he used to sit there every day, playing guitar and singing." It wasn't until the Creators' Concert at the end of November that year that they performed for the first time as a trio. When listening to other singers singing Beyond's past works, I wonder how they feel. As for their own performance, Wong Ka-keung's singing surprised everyone present, and Wong Guanzhong's singing of "Mad Man's Villa" also inherited Ka-kui's wildness. The guitar sound is shrill and shocking, and the momentum is overwhelming. Such a high-energy performance makes people think that Beyond is reborn. After a year's rest, Beyond released "Back Seat on the Second Floor" in 1994. There is a song called "We Don’t Wanna Make It Without You" (We Don’t Want to Play Without You), and this sentence is repeated in a loop throughout. The sad tone of the album continues Ka-kui's past style, and Wong Ka-keung, who replaced his brother as the lead vocalist, is also imitating his singing voice intentionally or unintentionally. In a recent interview, Wong Ka-keung recalled: "We had to do it hard to keep him in our music. We would imitate him in terms of sound and music type. We did this because we didn't want to be without his voice." However, The popular style led by Wong Ka Kui cannot be completely copied by several other people. After the two albums "Paradise" and "Sound", when "Beyond is Wonderful" and "Please Let Go", the trio of Beyond gradually let go of their past image and began to pay attention to the development of electronic music and pursue alternative styles. The route of the orchestra. Lyricist Liu Zhuohui, who has collaborated with Beyond for a long time, said: "The music of the three people is more self-contained, more like a Western band. Instead of just selling one or two songs, they sell the sound of a band." In the following years, Beyond successively Released several EP records. The later Beyond was rock and roll and uncompromising, reminding people of the angry youth they looked like when they first started out in the early 1980s, but the popularity of the songs can no longer be compared with that of their heyday. The trio of Beyond are in an awkward position. They are burdened by the halo left by Wong Ka Kui. They not only want to retain their past glory, but also want to have more experiments in music. Wong Ka-keung said: "If Ka Kui was still with us, there would never be so much pressure, because his role in the band is like a chef in the kitchen, and we are the chefs responsible for the cooking process. There is no family Beyond is like U2 without Bono.
"At the end of 1999, the results of the concerts they held were not very satisfactory. In November, Beyond released the "GoodTime" album and finally announced its temporary disbandment and independent development. After the three separated, Huang Guanzhong set up his own music studio and signed with Universal Music, and successively released "PaulWong", "Black and White", "Same Root" and other albums, and also formed the "Khan" band with drummer Gong Shuoliang, guitarist Dino and LMF's bassist Jimmy, and is committed to supporting new generation bands such as LMF; Yip Sai Wing After signing with EOL Records, the company failed to fulfill the contract, so in August 2001, he released his first album "Beautiful Time Machine" with a song called "Scam"; Wong Ka-keung was the latest to make a film, in 2002 He just released his first solo album "BeRightBack". These albums are unfamiliar names in the eyes of most fans. They may remember Huang Guanzhong's celebrity girlfriend Zhu Yin, maybe Yip Sai Wing's fiancée who died mysteriously, or maybe Wong Jiaqiang's debut in 19. They won the Overage Newcomer Award in 2016. What they will never forget is the Beyond who sang "Glory Days", "Broad Sky" and "Really Love You". In other words, it was the Beyond who lived and died for ten years. In 2003, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Wong Ka Kui's death and the 20th anniversary of the founding of Beyond, the three sons of Beyond reunited to release a new EP album "Together" and held concert tours in various places. Wong Ka Kui is still alive behind them. Shadow. When the three perform on the same stage, there will often be an empty microphone in the middle. During the 20th anniversary tour, Ka Kui will be recreated with lasers every time. "Yip Sai Wing said. Although he is not here, his spirit is still there. Huang Guanzhong said: "There is really a big difference between having Jiaju and not having Jiaju." "Perhaps the person who can't let go of him the most is his brother Huang Jiaqiang. He said: "As for his leaving, you said that I have completely let go, but I definitely haven't. Of course, I won't think about him all the time, but every day When I talk about or think about it, I feel very uncomfortable. I especially dare not listen to his songs. "After two years, Huang Jiaqiang released his second solo album "Picasso's Horse" last year. "Picasso is the painter I admire most, and the 'horse' represents my second brother Jia Kui." "This man has passed away, but the living are still commemorating him. "There is no feast that never ends." Beyond, which has been established for 22 years, will eventually disband. This year, Beyond has opened in Hong Kong, China, Atlantic City, the United States, and Toronto, Canada. After holding a farewell concert, they started a farewell tour in the Mainland. After performing in Beijing, Harbin, Shenyang, Tianjin, Changsha, Zhengzhou, Chongqing and other stations, they will come to Shanghai on September 3, and will also go to Wuhan and Suzhou. , Hangzhou, Kunming and other places. Many of the cities they visit for the first time will also be the last cities they visit as "Beyond". Although they do not rule out the possibility of performing on the same stage with their respective bands in the future, they will tour this fall. After that, the name "Beyond" will end. .