Respawn Entertainment: Days of Glory

Except for those in the know, no one expected that Bian Lang would choose such a song as the theme song of "Summer of the Band".

Although it is a little bit unrelated to the previously agreed theme of playing in a band wildly in the summer, every word and sentence of the lyrics really touched the hearts of these rock people.

This makes them even more excited to hear the fully arranged version of the song on the show!

Although they were a little drunk, the musicians still kept their promise and after Bian Lang finished the last song, they got up and went downstairs to the hotel.

The group of people had not come downstairs since they entered halfway up the mountain, and had no idea what was going on downstairs. When Li Hao, who was in the lead, came down, he almost got drunk because of the scene at the door.

Although it was not open to the public, many rock fans who knew the inside story came here to squat. There was food and drink in the nearby Yangyu Lane, and they bought food and squatted on the roadside, forming a large-scale "night market". In addition, the building had been completely taken over by the Rolling Stones, so these fans would not be driven away at all.

There were not many people, just about a hundred or so, and they were not as crazy as the idol fans. However, their seemingly ordinary actions made the musicians feel more powerful.

A man stood up after seeing Li Hao, holding a Fir Tree album he had just bought from the Rolling Stone Records store and asked for an autograph: "I've liked you guys for a long time, but never had the chance to meet you in person. I was unlucky and didn't get a ticket to the recording session, so I came here to cheer you on..."

Old Tan looked at the scene and said helplessly, "Well, it's useless to ask you to drink less."

However, after Li Hao took the lead and had a drink with the fans, he surprisingly stopped talking: "Dear fans, today we really can only stop here. After the recording is finished the day after tomorrow, we will find a place in Chuncheng to perform for everyone."

Not only the Joystick, but other bands also had more or less fans downstairs, which really moved these rock fans.

On the way back to the hotel, the agents of each band began to contact performance venues.

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Nothing went wrong that night. When we gathered at the hotel at noon the next day, all 31 people from 137 bands arrived on time.

After having lunch at the Rolling Stone Music and Creative Park, the styling team began to style and put on makeup for the musicians one by one.

What we recorded today was the appearance, not the performance on stage, so it’s not complicated.

But it did help some of the rough guys get used to it. As for the female musicians, they quite enjoyed it. After all, they basically did it all by themselves during the previous tour, and now they have professionals to help them, so they are naturally happy.

Ding Ding and Exodus's Lvzao's dressing table were next to each other. The two were not familiar with each other before, but Ding Ding knew that Lvzao wanted to sign with the Rolling Stones. After the Rolling Stones Music Festival ended, Bian Lang gave them a song.

As they were chatting, Ding Ding asked casually, "Zao'er, have you thought it through? There's nothing wrong with signing it."

Green Algae must have thought about this before coming, but the opinions of the band members were different. Whether it was death metal, black metal or Viking folk music, the audience in China was a niche within a niche. What they were hesitating about was not whether to sign with the Rolling Stones, but whether to continue playing.

"This show is probably the deadline we give to the band. If I can feed myself, my whole family will not be hungry, but it's different for those two people who have families to support themselves."

Although Ding Ding firmly believes that once the show is broadcast, they will at least gain a wave of fans, even if they don’t say how popular it will be, she will also say it clearly: "It depends on people's choice. If you really break up, you can also sign with the Rolling Stones yourself. There are so many musicians here now, it won't be difficult to put you together a new band."

Green Algae believed this, but some things would no longer be the same for her if it were someone else.

After staring at the new manicure she had done on her left hand yesterday for a while, she said with some melancholy, "We'll talk about it when the time comes!"

Ding Ding pulled her left hand over to take a look, then said with a smile: "Did you bring your stuff? When you're done here, get me one too!"

"Uh, you're trying to persuade me, right?"

"There's nothing wrong with it. Even if you can't find a suitable team for a while with your skills, you can still make a lot of money by going to Rolling Stone LAB to do manicures..."

The two of them were talking loudly, and Yue Zaonuo, who was doing Bian Lang's hair in the back, heard them. Today's makeup team was also Yue Zaonuo's team.

Looking back at Lu Zao's flowery arms and her delicate facial features that were extremely inconsistent with her flowery arms, Yue Zaonuo asked Bian Lang in a low voice: "That Li'er is so cool, she's also a manicurist?"

"Boss Yue, you'd better think it through before you make any move. If they sing black music, they might send you away right away once they open their mouths..."

Yue Zaonuo didn't believe it and wanted to wait until tomorrow to see what this black metal was all about.

At around three o'clock in the afternoon, someone from Niu Boyi's side came over to yell for people to enter.

Today's recording is the same as the content of the first season of "Summer of the Band" on the original Earth, that is, 31 bands will appear, get to know each other, and then vote to arrange the order of performance.

Although we knew who would be there in advance and had gotten to know them a little over the past two days, many of them were appearing on the variety show for the first time, so they were still trying to figure out what to do.

Fortunately, every band is assigned a PD. Although it may not be of any use to these rock people, it is good to have a reminder.

The first to enter were Li Hao and his group. After coming out of the makeup area, they followed the PD to the second floor of Hall 3.

The previously empty venue has now been equipped with a stadium-like curved stand installation, with various cushions and pillows printed with the White Dog logo.

Opposite is a small stage with 31 trapezoidal acrylic grooves on the yellow and white background wall.

The entrance was on the side of the stands. When Li Hao and the others walked in, the PD gave them one last word: "Teachers, just relax and be yourself. It's okay if you say something wrong. It can be edited later."

Then he handed Tian Yuan a hexagonal KT board with a joystick band printed on it.

As soon as Niu Bo came on stage, he stood on the stage and read: "Please welcome the first band of our "Summer of the Band", the Joystick Band..."

When they heard the shout, they were a little excited at first, but when they walked in they realized that they were the first band. Apart from the staff, there were only a few of them here, and Niu Boyi was the only one on the stage applauding and welcoming them. The atmosphere on the scene was as awkward as it could be.

Fortunately, Niu Boyi is an experienced host who has seen all kinds of scenes. Seeing the people who were a little overwhelmed, he invited them, "Come on, you guys come to the stage first. Tian Yuan, find a place to put the cards in your hand."

Tian Yuan is usually a taciturn person. After taking a look at the wall and seeing that there was nothing else on it, he just found a slot and put the cards in his hand into it.

Li Hao was cautious and asked, "Teacher Niu, is there anything special about this?"

It was impossible for Niu Boyi to tell the truth, but with his hosting skills, it was easy for him to fool these variety show novices: "Yes, it will be used as a background wall when we take pictures later. Put it higher so that it won't be blocked by others."

When the idiots heard this, they asked Tian Yuan to take down the sign and find a slot in the top row to put it in.

After finishing here, a few people went downstairs to find a place to sit, and then the next band came on stage.

There was no special arrangement for the order of performance, except that Hedgehog was put at the end, the others would come first depending on which band had finished.

The procedure is the same without any difference, except that there is more applause when the later band comes out.

Washe is the least famous and experienced band among the 31 bands this time. The reason they were able to participate is that they came to warm up the show when Liu Yao was on tour last year. Liu Yao thought they were pretty good and recommended them to the Rolling Stones.

Based on the first two seasons of Summer of Music, Bian Lang is very clear about one thing. If all the bands are already commercially mature or those that have been recognized by the circle, then given the current situation in the rock circle, it will become more and more difficult as time goes by. After all, the speed at which bands are added is much slower than that of those idols that are wholesaled.

If those celebrity idols are feed chickens, then the band is basically the same as the golden pheasant.

If the first season doesn’t give some new bands a chance to show themselves, there will be fewer and fewer of them in the future!

If this first season can give new bands and young people who are preparing to play in bands hope, and make them willing to pick up guitars, and then inspire those old bands that have disbanded to reunite, then it will be a virtuous circle.

Supporting the continuation of the program every year is just a small matter. The key is to make the rock industry bigger and better, so that more people can hear those rock works that should not be buried. This is what Bian Lang wants to achieve.

Otherwise, just like in the original Earth, using a catchy song to criticize "Advanced Animals" would simply be unbelievable to Bian Lang.

The guys in Washe looked at the big guy over there applauding them, and the little confidence they had built up with great difficulty was gone in an instant.

In addition, dozens of cameras were filming them 360 degrees without blind spots. When the lead singer was invited by Niu Boyi to go on stage to put up a sign, he was not paying attention, tripped, and fell to his knees in front of Niu Boyi.

Niu Boyi hurried forward and helped him up, saying, "My dear, stand up!"

At this point, all the rock musicians at the scene couldn't laugh anymore, and even the other members of the band were laughing so hard that they were out of breath.

This made the group relax a little. After the lead singer put the sign in place, Niu Boyi didn't ask them to leave immediately like the others. Instead, he asked them a few more questions: "Washe, let's talk. How do you feel about participating in the show?"

The microphone passed around among several people, and finally returned to the lead singer. He had no choice but to pick up the microphone and say, "We... strive to... show our style... show our level..."

Hearing this and seeing how he stuttered, Niu Boyi simply added the next sentence: "Win glory for the motherland, right? Do you think you are participating in the Olympics?"

This caused everyone to laugh again.

When they returned to the rest area, Xi Que, who had already taken his seat, said to the lead singer: "Guangzi, don't be too reluctant, just perform as you normally would during a performance."

"I was really nervous. If I messed up the performance, I would be scolded by the fans. I could just adjust myself and try again next time. But I can't do this show again, especially in front of so many seniors."

Having said that, the magpie had no choice but to watch the next band perform.

As the only foreign band in this event, Coldplay is probably the least familiar band in the industry among the 31 bands. But Chris and his friends didn't seem nervous at all, and even looked a little excited.

When Niu Bo asked what their expected goal was for this competition, Chris said without hesitation: "I hope to compete with the hedgehog once and win!"

Everyone present here wants to do this, but no one would say it out loud.

"Hey, foreigners are really direct when they speak, without any pretense at all."

"As long as Bian Lang performs well, anyone who goes there will die. How uncomfortable it is to be slapped in the face after saying it out loud!"

"Bian Lang didn't perform well, so I think it's unlikely. But if it's the other musicians, it's possible, especially the new keyboard player..."

Everyone was watching and chatting, and when the brand new band came on stage, the lineup shocked all the people in the circle present.

This time, Luo Lin only brought the bassist of his band. Since he hadn't mentioned it before, everyone thought that the two of them came first and that they were just borrowing them for temporary rehearsal.

But now I see that this is definitely the Little Rolling Stones, with Dili on lead vocals, Huayan on keyboards, and Dayong on drums...

"You put this lineup together for a PK with Bian Lang, right?" Li Hao's voice expressed the thoughts of many musicians, but in fact they also wanted to see the excitement. If the "Little Rolling Stone" without Bian Lang meets the real hedgehog brought by Bian Lang, who will come out on top?

Before, as for the selection of the champion, everyone thought that even if there was no script, it would go to Hedgehog.

But now looking at the Face lineup, they feel that maybe they can defeat the Hedgehog.

Only a few people were thinking: "Luo Lin's voice is as good as Bian Lang's, but what kind of works will this new band use?"

"If Luo Lin and his team wrote it now, would the quality be comparable to Bian Lang's?"

As time went by, it was finally the turn of the Hedgehog Band. After Bian Lang put the cards in place, Niu Bo grabbed Bian Lang who wanted to escape and said, "Wait a minute, while you are still up there, I will tell you the significance of the positions where you just put the cards."

"Everyone, look, the background is yellow and white, and the background behind the trough is also yellow and white, so the yellow background will be recorded tomorrow, and the white background will be recorded the day after tomorrow!"

Most people didn't feel much after hearing this, only those who participated in last year's "Band" knew: "The further you are in the back, the less advantage you have!"

In the end, the hedgehogs had no choice, because the background behind their troughs was white!

"Okay, now that I've finished talking about this, I'll announce the rules for the first recording..."