Bức Tường


Bức Tường is one of the first professional Vietnamese glam metal band, formed in 1995 from Vietnam's National University of Civil Engineering in Hanoi. The band is considered to be the leader of Hanoi's rock scene.
The band is now in hiatus due to their leader - Tran Lap's death in 2016.

History

In early 1996, Bức Tường had the opportunity to introduce themselves to the students and national audience with the song "We’re Bức Tường" or "We're the Wall" in the opening game of SV96 between three teams: Hanoi University of Technology, University National Economics, and the University of Architecture. Then, four years later, in the SV2000 finale, with upbeat tunes, vibrant of "Bình minh sinh viên 2000" and "Đường tới ngày vinh quang" or "Road to the glory", Bức Tường had impressed the audiences. This event was remarkable and a turning point in their musical career.
The band was chosen as the representative of Vietnamese contemporary music to attended the Festival "Vietnamese Faces – French Faces", which is organized in Cahors in the South of France from 26 September to 7 October 2003.
On 25 April 2004, Bức Tường became the first band to perform a live concert in Music and friends of VTV3.
In November 2005, Bức Tường was the first band in Vietnam has a tour across Vietnam. 4 concerts "9 +" was continuously held in Hanoi, Hai Phong, Da Nang and Ho Chi Minh City.
After nearly 12 years, on 2 December 2006 farewell concert called "The last Saturday". It took place in front of 20,000 fans at the "Trung tâm Triển lãm Giảng Võ" or " Giang Vo Exhibition Center" in Hanoi.

Members

Tran Lap - Lead Vocalist
Tran Tuan Hung
Nghiem Manh Tuan
Pham Trung Hieu
In July 2010, Bức Tường reunited with a new member, a bass player named Minh Duc.

Tran Lap's cancer and death

In November 2015, the band's lead singer Trần Lập was diagnosed with rectal cancer. In January 2016, Bức Tường held their last live show with him, "Hand of Fire", in Hanoi, attracting 15,000 spectators. On 17 March 2016, five months after being diagnosed with cancer, Trần Lập passed away at his home in Hanoi.

Discography

Albums

"Những Ngày Tháng Tuyệt Vời" - Great Days