Taiwanese rock

Early listeners to Western rock music in Taiwan were university intellectuals who were often bilingual.

[1] The pioneer of Taiwanese rock was Xue Yue, also known as Simon Hsueh (1954-1990), who debuted as part of the campus folk movement prior to the end of martial law in Taiwan.

[2] In 2000, the group was invited to perform at the Fuji Rock Festival in Japan, which inspired Lim.

The band had previously played at the Formoz Festival, then an intercollegiate event held by the Northern Taiwan Rock Association; Lim created a new company, the Taiwan Rock Association, and broadened the reach of the festival.

[4] Taiwanese rock, like other genres in Taiwan, was influenced by the Modern Folk Song Movement of the mid-1970s that emerged partially in response to American cultural imperialism.