▁Ter esa ▁T eng . ▁ ▁While ▁Wu ' s ▁youth ful - s ounding ▁vocals ▁often ▁show ▁the ▁influence ▁of ▁Chinese ▁traditional ▁music , ▁the ▁musical ▁background ▁provided ▁by ▁the ▁band ▁is ▁more ▁or ▁less ▁based ▁in ▁straight - a head ▁rock , ▁r anging ▁from ▁simple ▁flat p icked ▁lines ▁to ▁all - out ▁rock ing ▁gro ov es , ▁giving ▁each ▁song ▁a ▁musical ▁character ▁different ▁from ▁the ▁others . ▁ ▁Le ad ▁guitar ist ▁G eng ▁util izes ▁a ▁wide ▁range ▁of ▁guitar ▁effects , ▁l ending ▁a ▁wide ▁variety ▁of ▁tim bres ▁to ▁the ▁group ' s ▁sound . ▁ ▁The ▁group ' s ▁demo , ▁" G rain ," ▁features ▁Wu ' s ▁voice ▁with ▁only ▁a ▁sensitive , ▁classical - s ounding ▁ac oust ic ▁guitar ▁accompan iment . ▁ ▁Like ▁most ▁rock ▁bands ▁in ▁China , ▁Happy ▁Avenue ▁is ▁essentially ▁an ▁under ground ▁or ▁cult ▁group , ▁whose ▁audience ▁consists ▁largely ▁of ▁students ▁and ▁those ▁of ▁college ▁age . ▁ ▁The ▁group ▁generally ▁plays ▁in ▁bars ▁such ▁as ▁Be ij ing ' s ▁CD ▁Ca fe ▁and ▁Get ▁L ucky ▁Bar , ▁and ▁has ▁also ▁performed ▁in ▁several ▁other ▁Chinese ▁cities . ▁ ▁Its ▁first ▁performance ▁took ▁place ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁at ▁the ▁M idi ▁Modern ▁Music ▁Festival , ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁Be ij ing ▁M idi ▁School ▁of ▁Music . ▁ ▁Despite ▁their ▁consistent ▁efforts , ▁Happy ▁Avenue ' s ▁members ▁have ▁as ▁yet ▁found ▁it