About Omnipotent Youth Society
Omnipotent Youth Society , is a Chinese alternative rock band that was formed in 1996 in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, an industrial city in northern China. They have been noted as a keystone of the Chinese rock scene.
Currently it has four members: Dong Yaqian - also known as Er Qian - on lead vocals and guitar; Ji Geng on bass; Fengjiang, on drums, and Shi Li on trumpet. Most of their songs were written by Dong Yaqian on the melody and Ji Geng writing lyrics.
OYS started performing in Shijiazhuang in 1996. The band was first named "The Nico", after the daughter of Shannon Hoon, the late singer of Blind Melon. The name was changed to Omnipotent Youth Society in 2002. The name is an ironic reference to the idealism of the members' parents' generation. In 2018, Ji commented: "we stopped feeling that a long time ago.”
OYS released their first single "Not Omnipotent Comedy" in 2006.
On February 2, 2009, the band released their first EP "Universal Ostrich Domestication Guide".
OYS's self-titled first album Omnipotent Youth Society was released in 2010, fourteen years after the band's founding, and was voted Top Record of 2010 on Douban. The band won Band of the Year at that year's Chinese Music Media Awards.
In April 2011, OYS was nominated for 7 nominations including Best Rock Artist and Annual Mandarin Album at the 11th Chinese Music Media Awards for its album Omnipotent Youth Society and won the Best Band Award.
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