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Mathew Scott

Nothing is ever simple when you're a musician in Hong Kong.

Take the case of Yanyan Pang. The founding member of local post-punk outfit Hard Candy was thrown a curly one when bass player Alex Hurworth's day job forced her to move to New York.

Not only was Pang losing a close friend and collaborator, there was the little fact that, up until the time the news came through, Hard Candy were an 'all-girl' three-piece.

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What were they to do?

'I thought about it for a while,' says Pang. 'We knew our sound would change anyway but in the end I decided not to be too stubborn and not only look for girls to replace her.'

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Luckily, Pang didn't have to wait too long for a replacement - in fact, she found two. Kissing on the Dancefloor's Tony Liu had long been a fan of Hard Candy and was keen to help out - and he suggested bringing guitarist J.T. with him.

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