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Bức Tường ("The Wall") is one of the first professional Vietnamese glam metal bands, 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.[1][2][3]

Bức Tường
Concert in 2011
Background information
Genres	Rock, hard rock, rock metal
Years active	1995 – 2006, 2010 – present
Labels	Thang Long Audio & Visual
Members	Trần Tuấn Hùng Nguyễn Minh Đức Vũ Văn Hà Phạm Trung Hiếu
Past members	Trần Lập - lead singer Nghiêm Mạnh Tuấn Trần Quốc Khánh Nguyễn Hoàng Trần Nhất Hoàng Nguyễn Duy Hùng Nguyễn Đức Hiệp Phan Thanh Bình Trần Hồng Trường Võ Anh Tuấn
Website	buctuong.com

History

In early 1996, Bức Tường had the opportunity to introduce themselves to the students and national audience with the song "We are Bức Tường" or "We're the Wall" in the opening game of SV96 between three teams: Hanoi University of Technology, National Economics University, and National University of Civil Engineering. 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.[4]

On 25 April 2004, Bức Tường became the first band to perform a live concert in Music and friends of VTV3.[5]

In November 2005, Bức Tường was the first band in Vietnam (and only till this point) 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 (it is considered as the largest concert with the biggest number of fans in all of Bức Tường's concerts) at the "Trung tâm Triển lãm Giảng Võ" or "Giang Vo Exhibition Center" in Hanoi.[6][7]

Members

Tran Lap - Lead Vocalist

Tran Tuan Hung

Nghiem Manh Tuan

Pham Trung Hieu

Tran Nhat Hoang

In July 2010, Bức Tường reunited with a new member, a bass player named Minh Duc (former member of the Marble Palace, Rosewood ).[8]

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

• The Soul of Rock - Tâm Hồn của Đá (2002)
• Invisible - Vô Hình (2003)
• Magnets - Nam Châm (2004)
• Another Day - Ngày Khác (2010)
• Viet Land - Đất Việt (2014)'
• The Unnamed Road - Con Đường Không Tên (2020)

Singles

• White Board (2012)
• Road to Glory - Đường Tới Ngày Vinh Quang

"Những Ngày Tháng Tuyệt Vời" - Great Days (2019)

References

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