The Honeys (Chinese: Tianmi de Haizi) are one of Shanghai’s oldest and most popular alternative music groups. They formed in 1997 after lead singer Yu Tian – formerly of Lunar Eclipse, one of the first rock groups in Shanghai and whose other members went on to form Crystal Butterfly – had moved to Hangzhou to attend the prestigious China Art Academy. There, he met drummer He Lao and bassist Zheng Yu, and the band was born. Fellow Lunar Eclipse alumnus Wu Qingyong joined the band in 1998. In between studying and playing, the band also opened “Soho”, Hangzhou’s first rock bar, in 1998. Yu Tian and He Lao are both now art professors by day. The Honeys returned to Shanghai after graduation, and cut their debut album “On the Street” in 2002 with Fanyin Records. It was the second-ever album released by a Shanghainese rock band, and the first on a Shanghai-based label.