Balls Under the Red Flag explained

Balls Under the Red Flag
Type:	studio
Artist:	Cui Jian
Cover:	Balls Under the Red Flag.jpg
Released:	1994
Genre:	Art rock • new wave • folk rock • alternative rock • funk rock • rap rock • progressive rock • jazz rock
Label:	Eastworld (Japan) •深圳市先科娛樂傳播有限公司 (China) • JingWen (China)
Prev Title:	Solution
Prev Year:	1991
Next Title:	The Power of the Powerless
Next Year:	1998

Hongqi xia de dan (红旗下的蛋 literally "eggs" under the red flag), English title on CD cover Balls Under The Red Flag, is a 1994 Mandarin rock album by Cui Jian.^[1]

References

• 1991 . Chong . Woei Lin . Young China's voice of the 1980s: rock star Cui Jian . China Information . 6 . 1. 55–74 . 10.1177/0920203X9100600106 . 143536737 .
• Sound, Protest and Business. Modern Sky Co. and the New Ideology of Chinese Rock . Steen . Andreas . 2000 . Berliner China-Hefte . 19 .

Notes and References

1. World Music: Volume 2: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Broughton, Simon, Ellingham, Mark, Richard Trillo - 2000 p55 "Cui renamed his band 'Balls under the Red Flag' (in original Chinese, 'Eggs under the Red Flag') in 1993-94, a self-mocking title of the powerlessness of rock musicians."