「港都怪人骑乘蓝调，一双臭手操弄庞克，老派新鲜的高雄生猛摇滚乐团。」 　　成团於2012年春天，秋天旋即解散。那年，莫名其妙万念俱灰的主唱说：「大家不要玩团了，回家好好做人」从此成为一个流传於台北乐团圈少数人口中的美谈。 　　2013年夏天，做了半年的人，我们又不沮丧地跑出来了。 　　2014年，经过一年以来的历练，首张正式录音室作品「登鹳雀楼」正式发行！ 　　甜梅号吉他手 苏启文： 　　第一次看见巨大的轰鸣这个名字时，心里觉得这个名字取的蛮好，然後还不小心想到天空爆炸之类的名字。这四个年纪小到让我有点不爽的小男孩所弹唱出来的，竟是如此发狂焦燥到令人近乎窒息，又有点臭酸味的蓝调庞克。他们生猛的现场表演更能完全表现这种特徵和气味！ 　　这张EP里的「登鹳雀楼」和「一分耕耘没有一分收获」这两首充满悲观逃避主义的歌，也反映这好几年来台湾社会的郁闷和绝望已经笼罩在年轻人的周围，没人想甘於一辈子沉溺於虚伪的小确幸里。 除了继续绝望下去，我们也可以用尽全力发出我们非常不爽的巨大的轰鸣！ 　　60's psych-jams, funked-up grooves and some garage-punk thrown in for the hell of it! 　　Kaohsiung's The Gigantic Roar has selected a moniker that is very apt in describing their sound. No, it's not a bunch of screaming, guttural vocals and distorted guitars, but rather a seamless melding of 60's psychedelia, 70's era funk and 90's revivalist garage/punk/blues which results in a huge, cohesive 'roar'. Citing influences such as The Doors and Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, this young group has made quite a splash over the course of their brief existence. Playing their first gig when they were still high school lads, they immediately proved themselves to be musically mature beyond their years. This maturity has already allowed them to be invited to every major music festival in Taiwan including the Formoz, Megaport and Rainbow Bay Festivals. 　　Vocalist/rhythm guitarist Leo has tremendous poise, charisma, magnetism and confidence onstage. Try to imagine Robert Plant, Jim Morrison and James Brown all morphed into one person, and you will get an idea of what he is all about. The music itself is riff-based, often utilizing a basic blues progression augmented with lead guitarist Tim's atonal, jazz-flavored chord structures. The rhythm section is comprised of Sam, a classically-trained pianist-turned drummer who absolutely destroys the kit, and bassist Birdy, who drives the songs with very melodic, complex bass lines. 　　The Gigantic Roar is a rarity amongst Taiwanese indie bands for a number of reasons: their musical knowledge and tastes are far removed from what the average musician here appreciates, they refuse to follow any established trends in local music (post-rock, punk, indie-pop), and their lyrics are intelligent, humorous, ironic and twisted all at the same time. 　　Their two-song EP "Suddenly Decided To Go To A Hot Spring" only hints at what this band is capable of in a live setting. I urge you to check them out, at least for wont of something different from the norm. 　　Don Quan, The Mercury Bar