LISTEN: What happened to Vietnam's rock music scene? Part 2
The post-war decline of rock and pop music followed by its gradual revival
Post-war Vietnam brought about an overnight halt to rock and pop music in Saigon – or Ho Chi Minh City as it was newly-named after 1975.
The early 1970s had given birth to bands like Phượng Hoàng (Phoenix Band), Saigon’s first true rock band that sang original songs with Vietnamese lyrics.
Fronted by Elvis Phương, they became known as “The Beetles of Sa…
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