Monster
Guitarist, bandleader, and composer for the Taiwanese band Mayday, born in Hsinchu City on November 28, 1976, who released his first original song, "九號球," in 2003.
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About the artist
Monster is the guitarist and bandleader of the Taiwanese band Mayday. Born 溫尚翊 in Hsinchu City on November 28, 1976, he attended 五常國小, 大直國中, and 師大附中. At 師大附中, he and Ashin served respectively as vice presidents of the guitar club in the first and second semesters of the same academic year, and he also chaired the class association. He later attended the Department of Sociology at National Taiwan University and served as president of the university's 椰風搖滾社.
Monster's decision to learn guitar began with Japanese guitarist Tak Matsumoto. He started learning because he admired Matsumoto; in 2006, with help from his management company at the time and the Japanese management agency VERMILLION, he met Matsumoto, although a planned joint performance was later canceled.
Composition is another part of Monster's work in Mayday. In 2003, he began composing with Mayday's fourth album, "時光機," and released his first original song, "九號球," on the album. He later also composed 家家's "命運."
Monster's collaboration with Gibson produced several signature instruments. On February 26, 2014, Monster received a Gibson Signature Model. In May of that year, he was invited to serve as guitar art director and helped produce a personal limited-edition guitar; at the end of the year, Gibson opened a worldwide presale limited to 25 Gibson Les Paul Monster Model guitars. In May 2016, Monster unveiled the collaborators' second signature guitar, the SJ-200 Monster Signature Model Acoustic guitar, in Hong Kong. In 2017, Tak Matsumoto commissioned Gibson to make the 101st Tak R9 and gave it to Monster.
Film work saw Monster serve as both actor and music producer. In November 2014, he took his first leading film role in "逆轉勝," playing 謝雙豐, and personally produced the film soundtrack "［逆轉勝］五月天／怪獸 原聲原創紀." In 2017, he made a cameo as 陳菊 in "痴情男子漢."
Monster's live collaborations outside the band also include GLAY. When GLAY performed at Taipei Arena in 2018, Mayday appeared as guests and collaborated on "誘惑." GLAY later invited Ashin and Monster to perform the song together again as the final number of a show.
Monster has also been involved in esports. In 2018, Monster founded the TXO team; former SMG players and coaches then joined, and the team competed in the 2019 GCS professional league for Arena of Valor. Monster used the ID TXO Monster.
Overview
- Born
- November 28, 1976age 49
- Born in
- Taiwan
- Career start
- Debut as group member · July 7, 1999
- Active
- July 7, 1999 – present27 years
- Gender
- Male
- Aliases
- Eugene, 溫尚翊, 温尚翊
- Instruments
- Piano / Keyboard
Catalogued works & releases
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