Skid Row Performs in Taiwan: First Major Heavy Metal Concert

Source: SR Records: 1992 Skid Row Taiwan Concert Magazine Coverage
From: Yü-kuang Music Magazine, No. 118, November 1992
Date: November 1992. Author: Frances

In 1992, the then-globally red-hot American heavy metal supergroup Skid Row was brought to Taiwan by Yü-kuang Music, performing at Taipei Municipal Stadium before an astonishing crowd of over ten thousand — Taiwan’s first concert by a major international heavy metal act.

However, as Taiwanese audiences were quite unaccustomed to the wild style of Western heavy metal bands, the event triggered a wave of media condemnation at the time.

 

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• 1992 Skid Row Taiwan Concert Magazine Coverage (Yü-kuang Music Magazine)
• The 1990s through the Eyes of Taipei’s Music Fans (Lo Yueh-ch’üan)
• M.I.T. (Metal in Taiwan) — With a Discussion of the Development of Rock Discourse in Taiwan (Lo Yueh-ch’üan)