Monster (musician)

Monster or Wen Shang-yi (Chinese: 溫尚翊; pinyin: Wēn Shàngyì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Un Siōng-e̍k; born 28 November 1976, in Hsinchu County, Taiwan), is one of the two guitarists and leader of the Taiwanese rock band, Mayday.Monster became interested in music and the guitar while studying at the Affiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal University where he also met three other Mayday members Ashin, Stone and Masa.[1] An accomplished guitarist, he has also dabbled in album production, producing albums for Fish Leong, Della Ding, Alien Huang, Energy, Victor Wong, Jia Jia, Maggie Chiang, Fahrenheit, Jing Chang, Xiao Bing Chih and others.He also composed songs for many singers such as Jam Hsiao, Richie Jen and Stefanie Sun.He was added to the Gibson signature artist club as the second guitarist from Asia.
Hsinchu CountyTaiwanRepublic of ChinaNational Taiwan UniversityGuitaristChinesepinyinPe̍h-ōe-jīguitaristsTaiwaneseMaydayAffiliated Senior High School of National Taiwan Normal UniversityFish LeongDella DingAlien HuangEnergyVictor WongJia JiaMaggie ChiangFahrenheitJing ChangJam HsiaoRichie JenStefanie SunLes PaulGibsonWayback MachineBorn to LovePoetry of the Day AfterSecond RoundHistory of TomorrowLife TourDiscographyAwards and nominations