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/ Dear Jane bassist Jackal Ng on how the band stays together: in a Cantopop-dominated music scene, the Hong Kong punk-pop quartet has played for almost 20 years – thanks to Ng being the ‘glue’
STORYJosiah Ng
- Solo singers may be most well-known in Hong Kong’s music world, but bands like Beyond, Mirror and Dear Jane – founded in 2003 – have broken that mould
- Jackal Ng has a love for vintage and recently inherited his dad’s Rolex as an heirloom – although his watch of choice is a Richard Mille 65-01
Few Hong Kong bands are culturally ubiquitous in a music scene dominated by solo singers – Supper Moment, Beyond and now Mirror come to mind – and even fewer have punk rock quartet Dear Jane’s longevity. The group have been continually active since forming in 2003.
“After the almost 20 years we’ve been together, I still enjoy sitting down with my bandmates to interact and create something together,” bassist Jackal Ng says. “You have to make music and decisions based on what makes you happy, and you have to be honest as a group.
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