Guntzepaula （Chinese：槍擊潑辣; pinyin: qiang ji po la）Guntzepaula is a power trioconsisting of prominent musicians. Guntzepaula is a Taiwanese indie power trio band from Taipei, formed in 2008. The band currently consists of vocalist/bassist Tze-hao Haung, guitarist Yen-chieh Lien, and drummer Ming-yen Lee. Guntzepaula is mostly known for its high technical skills and the bassist’s slap technique. Musical style The music of Guntzepaula is more experimental and progressive with harsher and dissonant sounds; however, their unique approach to explore creative sparks related to music structure makes the audience have more fun when listening to their work. Songs were written during jam sessions, most songs and lyrics are inspired with social and political issues, to explore the darkness in human relationships. History Formation and early years Guntzepaula originally formed in 2008 with Tze-hao Haung, guitarist Yen-chieh Lien, drummer Pao-lin Chen and saxophonist Jimmy Lu. Jimmy Lu left the band the same year. 2014-2015 HUOZHONG HUOZHONG means to cast spell on people, and to spread rumors to confuse people. Songs from this album are inspired with stories from the news or undefined rumors. One of the hit song“Dr. Chen”is about Chen Wen-chen’s unsolved death in 1981. Dr Chen was an assistant professor of mathematics at Carnegie Mellon University, he was detained and interrogated by police for twelve hours, and his body was found on the campus of National Taiwan University the next day. This album was nominated for six Golden Indie Awards and won Best Rock Album and Best Musician of the year. 2016-2017 BLACK LOTUS BLACK LOTUS It was released on June 1, 2016 in Taiwan. It’s still experimental with three instrumental songs, more focus on the band’s skills and techniques. This album was nominated for two Golden Indie Awards, Best Rock Album and Best Musician of the year. However, drummer Pao-lin left the band due to personal reasons after the release tour. The band stopped performing for a period of time, until Ming-yen Lee joined in 2017 and have brought different influence to the band. 2018-present ESCAPISM Three years after BLACK LOTUS, the new Guntzepaula finally released new EP “ESCAPISM” with three songs in the end of 2019. This EP’s first music video “Since I met you”was released on July 7, 2020, and it was directed and edited by the vocalist/bassist Black Tze as his director’s debut work.
