Twisted Machine (Chinese: 扭曲的机器; Pinyin: Niǔqū De Jīqì), is a Nu Metal band from Beijing consisting of 5 members-

Liáng Liáng (梁良) - Vocals

Lǐ Péi (李培) - Guitar

Lǐ Nan (李楠) - Guitar

Yáng Lěi (杨磊) - Bass

Xī Yě (夕野) - Drums

“Twisted Machine” was formed in 1998, the four members being lead vocals Wang Xiao Ou, guitarist Li Pei, Bassist Yang Lei, and drummer Xi Ye. Due to their admiration for American band “Rage Against the Machine”, They decided to name themselves “Twisted Machine”, their music genre being “Hardcore”.

After 3 years of constant practice, their first album, "Twisted Machine", was released by Scream Records, showing off the band’s skills and talents. Many performance opportunities followed after, including a weekend Rock Fest in Shenzhen, and the Chong Qing Beer Fest. Needless to say, their performance was top-notch, driving the crowd into a high. During that time, the band took in another lead singer, Liang Liang. Original lead singer, Wang Xiao Ou left the band after that. Little did they know, the presence of the new lead singer brought their music to a whole new level; “Twisted Machine” ventured into “Nu Metal”.

Two years later, Spring of 2003, the time when SARS broke out, the band released their 2nd album amidst all that; it was called “Return to the Underground”. They sold 100,000 copies even before full promotion, making it the hottest rock album in China that year.


May 2004 – Performed in Tianjin, International Labour Day. They performed on an aircraft carrier and the crowd just could not get enough of them!

October 2004 – Participated in the MIDI Music Fest. They sang “This Summer” by indie band “Iron Kite” and the crowd of approximately 50 thousand sang along.

End of 2004 – The band recruited another guitarist, Li Nan; making a band of five.

2005 – Co-operated with Hong Kong’s “J-SONIC” in the promotion of the ME?WE! Project. Performed works from “Big Mess” with a creative twist.

June 2005 – Participated in the recording of the album “Who is Cui Jian”. Re-sang Cui Jian’s “Box”.

October 1st 2005 – Had a concert in Beijing’s new Ho Yun Bar.

2006 – Participated in the MIDI Music Fest. “Being” Tour around China.

October 1st 2006 – Participated in Beijing’s Rock Beer Music Fest. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.