How did Jan help change the sound of your band from Freestyle to League of Heroes?
After he came back, he brought in more melody into the songs. As we grew up as a band, we're no longer as angry as we once were. What we do now is more emotional and more grown up. And because of Jan, lyrically we can look into the same topic with different points of view. Jan and Kin have totally different personalities, we are all united again at last.

What does your band’s name mean?
“League of Heroes” presented the united thought and concept of each member in the band, this concept means to tell people that whoever you are, you can also be a hero as long as you are fighting for your own dream without fear. League of heroes does not only mean the 5 people in the band but intended to bring more people into it and be a hero for them.

By your myspace page, I can see that a lot of your influences are more emotional Japanese hardcore bands (Envy, Endzweck, etc.)? What bands and type of music are your main influences?
All members are influenced by different music and we change as our circumstances change.

But are there any bands in particular that you are listening to right now that have really helped make your sound? Such as Envy?
There so many bands that we are listening to now. We always try not to listen to the same thing at the same time, because we really want to bring different influences into the band, and try to make music that no one can define.

As a drummer, what bands or musicians have influenced you?
Ricky Chu from Taichi because he's my teacher. Lee Kwok Wah is the biggest influence of our band mentally, and he is also our best friend and teacher in our heart. There are many more but these two are the most important.

How about as guitar players and vocalists?
For our bassist, Waiting So from SIQ is the biggest influence and good friend.

For our guitarist, movies that he's seen and all the people that he's met contribute a great part of his song writing.

For Kin, he is strongly influenced by a lot of local bands and Jun Kung.

For Jan, he is obsessed with the Brits and lots of local vocalists such as Yan from Hardcandy, Lai from An id signal and so many more.

What are your lyrics about?
Our lyrics are written through two points of view because we have 2 vocalists and most of the time, they ask questions and answer in response to each other.

What is your dream show that you want to play one day?
We don’t really have an idea for a dream show as long as the show really belongs to ourselves and people come for the sole purpose of listening to us, and us only.

Alright, then how about your dream show to watch? What bands do you wish that someday you could see perform?
Woodstock (god knows when), but we really want to enjoy that atmosphere before we die.

What was the first show you watched in Hong Kong?
Group Show 2 on the 30^th of June 2003, we still remember the bands from that night which included KingLyChee, Fat job, Hardpack, Kick Ball Car, Genesis and LMF etc.

What do you remember from that show? Since that was your first show – was there anything that REALLY made an impact on you?
That’s the moment when we met each other for the first time. Without the show we would still be strangers to each other, and there wouldn’t be a “League of Heroes”.

When did you know you wanted to play in a band? And why?
Since the day we fell in love with Rock’n’Roll.

What is the future for your band (playing shows? Releasing CD’s?)? What do you hope to accomplish?
We want to accomplish all the things that other bands want to do.

What do you hope is the future of Hong Kong’s music community?
We want people from all around the world to not have any images of Hong Kong when they’re listening to “Hong Kong” bands.

Tell us the 5 most important CD’s you think we should hear and why?
a. Dead Sinking Story by Envy
b. Dummy by Portishead
c. Around the Fur by Deftones
d. Barely Legal by the Hives
e. The first CD released by the 3-piece band Beyond.

Any last comments?
May becoming a hero be your destination and let us be one.