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Music Scene: Channel your emotions with these new Mandarin rock songs

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Members of the Taiwanese band Trash, (from left) guitarist Euan Lin, lead vocalist Marz23, drummer Chin Kuei-kang and bassist Bowen.

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SINGAPORE - Rock music made its way to the forefront of the Chinese music world around the 1990s, led by legends such as Cui Jian and Wang Feng from China, and Wu Bai from Taiwan.
The genre has often been used as a conduit for ideas such as individualism and disillusionment. Here are eight recently released Mandarin rock songs, available on platforms such as KKBox, Spotify and Apple Music.
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