Music
In the late nineties, LMF played at various clubs and generated a lot of buzz in the indie music scene. They released their self-titled debut album in 1998 under their own label - A.Room Production ("A Room Studio" is the name of the studio where they recorded the album. It's also the location where Anodize, Screw, and N.T. recorded before they joined LMF). The album features six songs and sold almost 100,000 copies worldwide, a feat that is unheard of for a Hong Kong indie band without backing from a major label. In 1999, they signed with Warner Music HK's independent label - DNA.
Due to the band having so many members that crosses different genre, LMF's music can be best described as a diverse and coherent mix of hip hop, rock, and thrash metal, with occasional funk or even reggae thrown in. The genius lies in their ability to seamlessly put together all genres. For example, "傲氣長存" features a thrash metal-like intro, evolves into a funk beat, turns into a brief hip hop mix before returning to the funk beat with rap vocal. The chorus is thrash metal with singing vocal and the interlude is speed metal with heavy guitar muting and rap vocal on top.
The song 大懶堂 (Lazy Hall), using a hypothetical aftermath of winning the lottery as a backdrop to critique Hong Kong's competitive and stressful environment, struck a chord with the listening audience and is arguably the band's most popular hit. However, LMF made no attempt to follow up 大懶堂's commercial success with similar radio-friendly songs, preferring to explore their music in new directions.
Unlike most acts in the HK industry, LMF has total control of their music creation (courtesy of their agreement with the music label) and LMF said they are not under pressure to produce commercial hits nor would they have succumbed to such pressure if it was present.
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