Cool Silly

taiwanese-American pop music trio

Cool Silly is a Taiwanese-American mainstream pop trio consisting of producer/singer Tone, singer/composer Ray Liu and rapper/actor Leeway. Renowned artist Tone formed his own band after releasing his first debut album titled "6:57am", and recruited the other two members to form Cool Silly. They are well known throughout Taiwan with their hit "Fly", which was the theme song for the 2010 Taipei International Flora Exposition. The song attracted many fans, which led to Cool Silly's debut in 2010 with the release of their first digital album, Cool Silly: The Prelude. Since their debut, they have often been compared with the Popular Taiwanese rock group, F.I.R., because of the similar formation of band members and attractive performance personalities.

Cool Silly
Origin Republic of China (Taiwan)
GenresMandopop
Years active2009–present
LabelsAsiaMuse Entertainment 亞神音樂 (rumored)
MembersTone (Tony Chung) (Guitar, Vocals)
Leeway Lan (Rapper, Violin)
Past member(s)Ray Liu (Lead Vocals)
WebsiteCool Silly Official Website

The name Cool Silly comes from the band's ideology that "a person can't be cool unless they're silly as well". The band insists that the personality of their music is not only "cool" but "silly" as well.

Member Profiles

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  • Lead Vocal
    • Stage name: RayRay (Placed 11th on the second season of the popular Taiwanese talent show, Super Star Avenue)
    • Birth place: Taipei, Taiwan
    • Birth date: (1985-05-30) May 30, 1985 (age 39)
    • Musical Instrument: Keyboard
  • Producer/Guitarist/Vocal
    • Stage name: Tone
    • Birth place: Austin, Texas
    • Birth date: (1983-12-01) December 1, 1983 (age 40)
    • Musical Instrument: Guitar, Keyboard, arranging music on the computer
  • Rapper/Violinist
    • Stage name: L.Dub (Leeway,)
    • Birth place: Queens, New York
    • Birth date: (1983-06-26) June 26, 1983 (age 41)
    • Musical Instruments: Violin, Guitar, keyboard, piano

Discography

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Cool Silly (傻酷樂團) discography
Studio albums1
EPs1
Singles1
Soundtrack albums1

Studio albums

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Date Released Album Title
[1] February 10, 2010 Cool Silly: The Prelude 傻酷樂團: 我飛

Singles

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  • "Fly"(我飛) (October, 2009)

Trivia

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  • RayRay finished her Biochem degree at University of Washington in 3 years, and was offered a scholarship to Yale University Biomedicine grad program in 2006, but turned it down to pursue her dream in music. Soon after she came to Taipei she was selected by "Super Star Avenue".[2]
  • Leeway has never met his biological mother.
  • RayRay placed 11th on the second season of the popular Taiwan Singing competition "Super Star Avenue", in which is the same competition that brought YouTube sensation Lin Yu Chun to instant fame.
  • Tone starred in the US independent film "Binary City" in 2006. He played the lead role, "Tony".
  • In June 2009, Leeway was cast as superstar David Tao's best friend in his director/producer romantic music movie, "Secret Love" (暗戀). Leeway also played the part of "Jerry" in the music video "Play" for David Tao's album Opus 69.
  • Tone is the CEO and creator of the popular website GeekWhat?.

References

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  1. Shi-Shuan, H. (2010, February 25). "劉軒蓁飲恨 要倪安東拚" The China Times [permanent dead link] (Taipei, Taiwan), retrieved 2008-4-20
  2. Tsai, L. (2010, March 19). Cool Silly, all or nothing. The China Post (Taipei, Taiwan), p4. PRIME TIME.

Other websites

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