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Yo-Park – LKF Beerfest – Backstage

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:01PM / Standard Entry

Last weekend was really hectic us. Three days… three shows!

We ventured to Yo-Park on Friday night and performed for the Music Gig. The place was not packed out, but there was a decent number of people there. We were on much later than expected, which had a few side-effects. There were more people to watch the show (which is good!). But, by the time we were due to perform we had already been hanging around for a couple of hours and exhaustion from the week was creeping in (which was bad!). We had a good show, but by the end of the 30min set I felt like I was losing my voice.

Afterwards the guys performed with MEG. It felt really weird watching my band playing with someone else. I can’t help it if I feel a little bit jealous.

On Saturday night we made our way from the New Territories to Lan Kwai Fong for the LKF Beerfest. It was to be a much shorter set than the night before. We decided to play all of our fast and more energetic songs; Man Love! , Ghouls ‘n’ Ghosts and The Masquerade. We threw in the FBI theme song at the end for good measure.

It was a really good opportunity to showcase our music to the public. I was amazed to see a large crowd huddled together to watch us perform. People from near-by bars stopped their conversations and their heads turned in our direction as they witnessed the might of FBI. You couldn’t walk by us without stopping and watching all the commotion.

The stage was tucked in a corner of LKF near the public toilets, and Nice complained of the smell while he was playing the drums. I couldn’t smell anything over the stench of my own sweat. LOL! It was so hot; by the end of the set my clothes were soaked with sweat. The stage was super-small so we weren’t able to jump around and engage in on-stage antics. I was too worried I was going to get hit in the head with Jerald’s bass.

Despite the good feedback from the crowd and my kind words about the show, I couldn’t help thinking that we could’ve been better. We had a fun time playing at the LKF Beerfest, but it was evident that we were all super-tired and needed some rest. There was still one more show to go.

Thanks to Meg we were given the chance to play at BACKSTAGE the next day. The show at BACKSTAGE was another benefit to raise money for earthquake relief in Sichuan. The MC for the night was one of the presenters from I-cable, I think his name is Roland, but I am not sure. There were lots of other performers that I couldn’t even tell you their names. The bar was packed!

The guys went on stage and performed three songs with MEG. Then, I came on afterwards and we performed two songs as FBI; Loneliness and Gonna Make Love. I know the guys really wanted to play Man Love! (because I guess it has become our go-to song) but I didn’t have the voice for it. We decided to play Gonna Make Love and it turned out to be a good choice because everyone in the crowd seemed to enjoy it.

We left the people of BACKSTAGE with a really nice taste in their mouth. We are sure that they will want to take another bite of FBI. So, we look forward to playing there again sometime in the future.

After the show some guy congratulated us and said that we were great. I told him that we were suffering from exhaustion playing three days in a row. He was amazed at my response and he said, “If that is what you guys are like exhausted…wow! (then imagine what you are like when you are not exhausted).” Later on I found out that he was a famous producer in Hong Kong, or something like that.

What we can take away from the weekend is that despite everyone not being 100%, we are still able to make an impression on the audience. I guess I have high expectations of myself and therefore I am very critical of my own performance.

I am glad this weekend is over. Now we can have a good rest and start getting ready for our shows next month. We will be playing a short set at the Cavern for World Refugee Day on the 21^st of June, then we will have our 1^st Birthday party in Attache Bar in Ma On Shan on the 27^th of June. More details posted later about the show.

We will also be returning to K-town Studios in the second half of June to record three more songs for our EP.

I hope we can see you at our next show!

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BLOG: 5月27日

Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:58PM / Standard Entry

                     F.B.I. 1st Birthday Party
                            Live at Attache
                          Special guest: 陳鳳



Date: 27th June 2007 (Friday night)
Location: Attache (Shgop A02. G/F, Ma On Shan Centre. No.1, On Chun Street, Shatin, N.T. )

That's all I can tell now, exact time, entry fee etc. are going to be confirmed.
Posters and leaflet will be out very soon~!!!

All I can say now is, RESERVE that Friday Night for F.B.I.
COME TO CELEBRATE OUR BIRTHDAY WITH US~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BLOG: 5月21日

Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:55PM / Standard Entry

The Undeground Compilation CD1 - Recording at Mark-1 studio

charity Band Show in Ware House 17/5/2007

The show totally has raised about $18000, thanks for everyone who came to support those in need.

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Blog: Friday, May 16

Friday, May 16, 2008 7:08AM / Standard Entry

四川地震籌款香港樂隊賑災音樂會

1976年在中國河北省唐山、豐南一帶發生強度達黎克特制7.8級的特大地震，造成24.2萬人死亡，16.4萬人重傷。32年後，同一強度的地震再次在5月12日下午2時28分於四川汶川縣發生，至今已造成1萬2千人死亡,逾6萬人失蹤。
現在災場仍不知有多少的生命在流失，這一刻，只要那些瓦礫底下仍有一絲的呼救聲，我們就應盡一切的力量去支持去聲援!

四川路遠，但他們都同在一個天空下、血濃於水的同胞，現在我們也要為他們盡一分力，有錢的出錢，有力的出力，
本星期六，我們在香港仔蒲窩高舉咪高峰，用音樂用歌聲用熱血去聲援仍在災場掙扎求生的同胞、
在頹垣敗瓦中努力搶救的軍警。
我們熱烈的邀請你到場，一同用音樂送上祝福的力量!

我們會將所有門券扣除必要開支後全數收益捐到宣明會，請大家支持!

亦希望各位可以將這個音樂會，以及其精神帶給更多身邊的人。

日期: 5月17日(星期六)
時間:下午3時至晚上11時
地點香港仔蒲窩青少年中心(香港仔大道116號 )
門票 : $100 所有門券扣除必要開支後全數收益捐到宣明會
查詢: 91231484 (TIM)

演出樂隊:
11 WISHES...GOODBYE
HEADHUNTER
神奇膠
小肥豬
黃湛熙
DOVEY
AMS
ALBINO
MANIAC
218
DARK FRINGE
F.B.I.

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The charity Band Show for Sichuan earthquake

The Sichuan earthquake occurred on 12 May 2008, with its epicenter in Wenchuan County, Sichuan province. It had a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale.

Official figures (as of May 14) state that 16,665 are confirmed dead and 66,286 injured, over 60 thousands are missing, many of them buried, and eight provinces were affected. These figures are likely to rise sharply as a clearer picture emerges. It was the deadliest and strongest earthquake to hit China since the 1976 Tangshan earthquake, which killed approximately 250,000 people.

At this moment, only if we can still feel the heart beat under the fallen houses, we must endeavor to save the lives under the debris.

Though we might not feel the earthquake here when it happened, we are still under the same roof with the people in the affected areas, everyone would feel sad to see such tragedy happened, we must give our helping hands that we are so lucky to be in HK.

On this sat, we are organizing a charity Band Show in Ware House, Aberdeen. we hope that our songs and voice can be heard by those people who are still suffering from the earthquake especially we hope to encourage those casualties who are still struggling under the debris and those heroes who are helping with the rescue.

Please support us by attending this charity band show, all the income generate from this band show will be donate to World Vision for helping the victims in the earthquake, do not hesitate and offer your help to those people using the power of MUSIC and please help us to spread this message and the spirit to the people around you! Your kindness is deeply appreciated!

Date: 17th May (Sat)
Time: 3PM - 11PM
Venue: Warehouse ( The Warehouse Teenage Club Ltd. 116 Aberdeen Main Road, Aberdeen )
Ticket: $100
(All the income generate from this band show will be donate to World Vision)
Enquire: 91231484 (TIM)

BANDS:
11 WISHES...GOODBYE
HEADHUNTER
神奇膠
小肥豬
黃湛熙
DOVEY
AMS
ALBINO
MANIAC
218
DARK FRINGE
F.B.I.

WE WILL BE THE LAST BAND TO PERFORM, HOPE THAT ALL OF U CAN COME TO SUPPORT, and this time, not only to support us, but especially to support those who suffered from the earthquake.

Peace

Archvictor Kam @ F.B.I.

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BLOG: 5月11日

Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:30AM / Standard Entry

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO alivenotdead~!!!!!!!!
SEE U ALL TONIGHT~!!!!!!

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Our Music

Fire Bird International

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“Open your eyes, see the F.B.I.”

One Gwailo and three Hong Kong guys come together to form F.B.I., a band which takes its audience on a musical journey of diverse sounds and on-stage intensity. With Australian vocalist-Cain, lead guitarist- Archvictor, bass guitarist- Jerald and on the drums- Nice.

Firebirds was a band built through a high school friendship of three Hong Kong guys. After participating in a school band project these three were inspired to just play music and have fun together. A chance meeting between Jerald and Cain gave the band an international feel, thus they became Fire Bird International.

F.B.I. emerged six months ago out of the New Territories and are still just new comers to the Hong Kong Rock scene. They have come along way since their first show in a community centre, which was the same day that Cain met the other members of the band. There was an instant connection that proves that music really is the universal language.

Although dedicated to cover songs for the first two months they have now began writing, performing and recording their own songs. In their short time together they have participated in band competitions and have appeared on Icable tv. It’s hard to describe F.B.I.’s style of music because they don’t conform to just one style. I guess you will just have to find out for yourself.

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