Beyond (band)

Beyond was a Hong Kong rock band that formed in 1983. The band became prominent in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Mainland China. The band was, and still is, widely considered as the most successful and influential Cantonese music group from Hong Kong. In 1993, the founder of the group Wong Ka Kui died due to an accident while filming a show at Fuji Television in Tokyo. Beyond continued to perform and record after Wong Ka Kui's death. In 2005, the remaining members Paul Wong, Wong Ka Keung and Yip Sai Wing decided to pursue their own solo careers, and Beyond officially disbanded.

History

Early years

In the early 1980s, Wong Ka Kui and Yip Sai Wing started out as young musicians and both had interests in Pink Floyd's progressive rock. In 1983, they decided to join a music contest for "Guitar magazine", and they decided to form a band. A guitarist William Tang wished the band's name to convey a feeling of surpassing or going beyond themselves, so the name "Beyond" was chosen. However, the band name was not definite at the time. The band's musical style was still experimental. Wong Ka Kui and another musician Joey Tang formed a temporary band called NASA band that did art rock style of music with English pop.