Our eighth event in The Underground’s 21st Anniversary Series! It felt amazing to be back at the Fringe Club, surrounded by great music and an eager crowd. Huge thanks to the four bands who rocked the stage with their original songs. The Red Garage deserves special mention for going all out with their Halloween costumes — and that gorilla bassist absolutely earned the “Best Band Member Costume” prize!
Shoutout to soundman Moses!
Big appreciation to 劉海亮 and Hazel-Rah for their reviews. Thanks also to Raven and Kiwi for running the door smoothly, and to Yan Yan for designing another fantastic poster. Last but not least, loud applause to Gdaudio and Shure for sponsoring the prizes!
我哋《The Underground》廿一週年系列演出已經嚟到第八場喇！可以再次返嚟Fringe Club開Show感覺真係好，幾時都有好嘅音樂同埋一班好熱情嘅觀眾。非常多謝呢一場表演嘅四隊band，佢哋喺台上唱爆自己嘅原創歌，氣氛好正！
我要特別表揚下 The Red Garage，佢地Halloween造型落足哂心機，個大猩猩bass手攞到「最佳band member造型」獎絕對係實至名歸！
仲要多謝音響師Moses，你叻晒！
多謝劉海亮同Hazel-Rah用心寫嘅review！
亦好多謝Raven同Kiwi喺門口接待客人，仲有多謝Yan Yan又設計咗咁靚嘅海報。最後梗係唔少得要俾熱烈掌聲多謝Gdaudio同Shure贊助我哋嘅獎品！
❤️ Chris B xx

🔥 Best Costume 最佳造型

💑 Best Couple Costume 最佳情侶造型

🎸 Best Band Member Costume 最搶鏡band友

Night Ships

What do you want from me
Pressure Cooker
Apocalypso
Straight to bed
Sound and light
I am everywhere
In my life
Cold Tea

Made up of well-known members of the local indie scene spanning at least 20 years – all of whom, I believe, have graced various Clockenflap stages in different bands – I had high expectations of this band before they even played.

I was not disappointed. The band entertained the audience with a great set of, for want of a better description from my limited vocabulary, indie rock. The opening couple of songs, with their guitar hooks, somehow reminded me of The Cure (i.e. clean riffs in the background), followed by tracks infused with different styles from different decades.

Night Ships is a band that is technically competent, with members who play with great rapport and are very comfortable on stage. If you enjoy rock music at its barest, without too many effects, pretense, or restraint, this band is surely for you.
– Hazel-Rah

HiBye

1. 黑被窩
2. ⁠壞了的文青
3. ⁠之所以這樣
4. ⁠煩惱將我炸掉
5. ⁠祝君安好
6. ⁠不透明坦白

HiBye – 將鼓棍向上拋．把耳機甩下來！

視覺動物，HiBye最先吸引我的是他們一身時髦造型，配上官方「EMO ROCK」樂隊定位簡介，令人期待這一男一女組合會帶來怎樣的Emotion！以最近流行的說法來概括他們set up時予人的形象，頗肯定施春（Vocal & guitar）是個I人、Magg Chu（Drums）是個E人！

沒有過多hyper開場白，HiBye直接嚟料。打頭陣的一首歌，前奏取樣自地鐵離站時的「嘟嘟聲」，仲要係我搭開嘅綠色線，哈哈，好感度上升。至到男聲入場——咦…..咁細聲嘅？講返啲客觀因素先，細場玩LIVE，音響設備（耳機、mic、喇叭）有問題係常見事，甚至唔出問題先係少見；而「肉眼可見」地，施春當時應該陷於這些設備問題之中，枝mic跌埋落地嗰隻。But this is what LIVE about！HiBye好快調整返狀態，耳機聽唔清人聲，彈彈下甩埋？So what！施春一聲「OK LET’S GO！」任由耳機掉下，投入演奏；一鼓一結他，要嘅嘢夠晒！呢個畫面，的確幾搖滾嘅！

施春唱腔偏虛，似有以氣聲堆疊情緒，下秒隨時screaming爆發之意，而Magg作為和聲，聲線則相對厚實低沉，男虛女實配搭不同於常見男女組合；這唱法在耳機聽固然有feel，但在LIVE中就要小心人聲不要被鼓聲蓋過，或許是當日音響使然，加上些許咬字唔清晰，的確有段時間聽不清歌詞在唱甚麼，這點就略為可惜，因為感覺HiBye的歌詞應該頗溫柔的。

然而HiBye的表演力仍足以牽動觀眾情緒！他們有善用台上的空間，施春大幅度地把玩結他，郁嚟郁去，應該是本身都有一、兩嘢招牌動作吧；而露出drummer face的Magg亦有將鼓棍向上拋的看家本領，觀賞性十足！化上粗眼線、輕歌德風打扮（應該可以這樣歸類?）的Magg as一名鼓手，形象本身就相當鮮明，打鼓時感覺幾自在輕鬆，幾charm！一鼓一結他有默契地引領觀眾進入高潮，深刻的畫面是Magg的鼓在後段加速，而施春則面向Magg合上眼快掃chord回應，兩人有種血脈賁張的connection在其中，不知施春張開眼後望到Magg又在想甚麼呢——可以說的是，HiBye有傳遞到他們那種柔中帶勁、情感真摰的Emotion給觀眾！
-劉海亮

Turbulent

表演曲目:
The Cage
Non fiction
派對以後
Y.OU
流星說
續

Turbulent – 「Fing頭少年」，繼續相信過程！

搖滾搖滾，聽到好嘅搖滾身體自然跟住一齊搖！Turbulent五子就「搖」得合拍傳神，5個band仔同一個「Fing頭」tempo，real「齊上齊落」。台下嘅我睇得嘩一聲，心諗呢隊band連Fing頭都咁整齊時，身體不知不覺已搖埋一份了。

「Fing頭」以外，還有很多畫面說明呢隊年青樂隊默契十足！上台set up時的high-five、演出時主唱Zackery 會Que各樂手上前表演solo、結他手斷弦時大家的搞鬼反應……這些畫面都看得人會心一笑，被他們青春團魂所感染。先自招一下，對Turbulent第一觀感係覺得佢哋應該幾green，鼓手旨頌感覺可能會穩重些；（純個人觀感：主唱與另外一位結他手令人諗起某兩隊2010s香港樂隊嘅主唱，睇一次live大家就知^^）而當他們一演奏，聽到前衛嘅電子底聲，Damn！green嘅唔係佢哋，而係我嘅「睇show雷達」——首先主唱聲線厚實，夠壓場！台風、咬字、lead合唱上都有著與稚嫩樣貌不符嘅成熟，同時又保留到那一絲自然的、後生band獨有的「曳」！

而台上的其他樂手同樣難以忽略——唔單止係因為Zackery有意que他們上前！例如Bass佬阿勤就好into演出，幾乎全程都keep住fing，大部份時間都開口跟唱，比人感覺唔係各自各玩自己樣樂器，而係大家on the same page same stage，難怪呢5個人可以fing得咁合拍！另外兩位結他手璁仔、安仔亦夠自信，但都有啲蝦碌嘢發生——斷弦！好彩 Zackery用佢唔鹹唔淡嘅英文救場，當時差唔多去到最尾一首歌，臨intro一刻條弦仲未tune好，Zackery再嚟個尷生硬cut，拍心口向觀眾保證段intro值得大家等多陣！至到結他手舉起姆指，the show go on，事實亦證明the wait is worth，呢段小插曲令當晚嘅高潮更具戲劇性，相信台下觀眾都感受到Turbulent嗰種「好想將好音樂帶比大家」嘅熱誠！五子喺個段結他intro流露出嘅pure joy，感染力爆登！

台上嘅the wait is over，但隨住Zackery宣佈Turbulent進入一段「蘊釀期」，相信大家要再等多排了，佢哋講咗嗰重要日子—2026年3月7日，Turbulent將會有啲搞作，想知係咩就stay tune啦！睇完今次嘅live，我會話如果你追尋緊一場夠energy夠hyper，fing得過癮、聽完好似後生幾年嘅樂隊演出；相信過程啦，呢隊band值得等！

P.S. 完show後見到第二隊樂隊嘅鼓手特登上前讚旨頌手鼓，至少證明我當初感覺旨頌較穩重的預感還算準吧XD
-劉海亮

The Red Garage

1. Soundcheck jam
2. ⁠Meathogs
3. Roydon Dusk⁠
4. ⁠Billy Weston
5. ⁠Pineapple Princess in the castle
6. Jungle Jive 365
7. ⁠Wethouse Road

This will be an even shorter review than my usual – brilliant! The band comprised a few teenagers, but their level of skill is way beyond what I would expect. Musically they describe themselves as “psychedelic rock” and psychedelic rock (or blues rock) the set was, in the finest tradition of Jimi Hendrix/the “Anything Goes” decade, with generous dose of distortion/wah and a big, filling rhythm section (wish the bass could be louder though). The entire set was pure music, with no lyrics in the songs at all – Blues is not an easy genre to play, you may be able to pull it off technically, but good blues is in the expression/feel and these guys totally nailed it (going back to the “wow, are they really only 19” part earlier).

Yeah, so if you’re into psychedelic/blues rock, definitely check them out!
– Hazel-Rah

Photos by Aaron Michelson​
由Aaron Michelson、攝影​​。

Poster by​ Yan Yan
​海報由​​​ Yan Yan​。