Cavesluts

Hu Xiao (pronounced "who shall") founded Cavesluts in 1994 while studying English at Shenzhen University in south China.

Cavesluts exhausted all opportunities to have a career playing Rock music in China. Bands are free to play any style of music once their lyrics are approved by the censors. However, the bureaucracy in place prevents bands from marketing or promoting their music or concerts.

They felt fortunate for being able to play government sanctioned festivals in front of crowds of up to 25,000 and for represented China at the Yamaha Asia Band Alert Final in Bangkok, Thailand in 2001; however they knew what was necessary if they wanted to move forward musically.

In pursuit of the dream to play Rock music without restrictions, the band members abandoned lucrative positions in China's current economic boom to make the journey to Los Angeles for a chance to play in front of Western audiences.

The band is being featured on a new reality-based TV show, ROCK IN THE FREE WORLD, that will be shot following the band's journey across North America. This production is being handled by Captured Live who most recently completed Particle's Transformation Live DVD. Shooting is scheduled to begin in September 2005 as the band prepares to embark on their first tour of California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona and Nevada.

The band appeared as part of the 2006 Chinese New Year celebration (www.2006chinese.com) that was held at the prestigious Kodak Theatre in Hollywood on 1/21/06.

This performance was broadcasted live to more than 500,000 viewers in Chinese-speaking homes in North America via Phoenix-TV satellite carried on DirecTV and Dish Network.

After this exposure, the band played at the Lantern Festival in Monterey Park on 2/11/06 which attracted a large audience from young children with their parents to groups of pre-teens, teens, college student and elderly couples. (http://www.ci.monterey-park.ca.us/home/index.asp?page=817)

Most recent shows include Los Angeles clubs, Fais Do Do on 4/15 and the Viper Room on 4/22.

The band's short term goals include a tour to promote their self-titled album in North America and Europe.

Brief History
2004-2003
Jing Wen Records, the biggest distributor in China, released Shed No Tears from Cynthia's Libido in their hit compilation Up to You in support of independent music production.

The tireless musicians got into a major-city tour to promote this national release while preparing for their next visit to the U.S. to pursue their musical ideals.

2002-2001
With the help and invitation of Monkeyclaus, they arrived in Charlottesville, VA on October 9. They recorded and self-produced their full length release Cynthia's Libido. On November 7 after playing a 2-hour live set at WTJU, The University of Virginia's college radio station, the Cavesluts debuted at the Tokyo Rose, a club in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Upon finishing the recording in 2002, Cavesluts steamed into promotional over-drive where they continue today. They later confirmed airplay by major university radio stations like UC Berkeley (KALX), Stanford University (KZSU), University of California (KCLA), State University of New York (WUSB), Drexel University (WKDU) and UC San Diego (KSDT).

Cynthia's Libido even made it to top 5 on CMJ (May 13-19, 2002). The band went back to China in Oct. to regroup for their U.S. tour they set up for 2003 but unfortunately found themselves fighting SARS for the better half of the year in China.

2001
In February they represented China at the Asia Band Alert Final in Bangkok, Thailand. In April they churned out 10 more recordings in their home digital studio.

2000
In October recorded 2 songs at the famous Loud Boy Studio in China.

Meanwhile the self-produced video for the song, This Uncertainty was included in Hit magazine and picked up by Macao Satellite TV. Thus the video got aired by over 35 TV/Cable stations that had program distribution agreements with the MSTV.

November 4, won the South China regional Yamaha Asia Band Alert competition sponsored by Yamaha and Parson's Music.

1999
Independently recorded an 8-song demo in their home studio. CD demo was picked up by China's most influential domestic/western rock magazine Modern Sky and made national debut.

In May, Cavesluts played on tour with Swedish punk sensation the International Noise Conspiracy in Guangzhou at the Guangzhou Science Museum Auditorium.

August 17, 1999, played at the monstrous Window of the World theme park. Later led the bill starring at the Pepsi College Music Festival 2000 and rocked a crowd of 25,000 people listening at the World Scope Park in Guangzhou later the next year.

MARKETING NOTES: An in-language campaign is being used to reach our Chinese-speaking fans living in North America. Using Mandarin and Cantonese media outlets, the band has found a niche market without any other competing bands. This has allowed