Star bright

From the title of an early hit to their recent encounter with the aurora borealis, the rockers of Escape Plan find the sky is the limit, Chen Nan reports.

It has been more than 10 years since the Chinese indie-rock band Escape Plan broke onto the scene. But it took years to get their first taste of mainstream fame, which came only after one of its songs, The Brightest Star in the Night Sky, was performed on popular reality TV shows. That happened in the second season of Zhejiang Satellite TV's The Voice of China in July 2013 and on Hunan Satellite TV's I Am a Singer in February 2014.

The sudden limelight brought lots of opportunities for the band to perform around the country, including the Midi Music Festival in May 2014. Later in the year, the four members of Escape Plan headed for Norway, crossing the Arctic Circle and viewing the awe-inspiring aurora borealis, or northern lights.