Doris Yeh
Yeh Hsiang-yi, known also by her English name Doris Yeh, is a Taiwanese musician. She is the bass guitarist of the Taiwanese heavy-metal band Chthonic since 1999.
She learned to play the piano at the age of six. She then learned the bass guitar, as her father was a bassist.
Musical career
She joined Chthonic in 1999 as a replacement for Xiao-Yu. Her band have been called "the Black Sabbath of Asia."Chthonic was named "Best International Artist" in 2009 at the Tibetan Music Awards. and also in 2009, Terrorizer readers' polls the band was voted No. 2 for best band, No. 2 for best album, and No. 2 for best performance; Doris Yeh was voted No. 2 for best bass player; Freddy Lim was voted No. 3 for best singer. Yeh and Lim were also No. 9 and No. 10 respectively as best individual performer, making Chthonic the only band to have two members in the top 10 for that category.
She became the band's spokesperson and business manager around 2009, taking over the roles performed by Freddy Lim since the band's formation in 1995. Yeh has since earned a great amount of publicity, speaking about the band's political beliefs in magazines like Monocle in the United Kingdom, Metropolis in Japan, and Cacao in Taiwan.
Chthonic's sixth album Takasago Army was released on Spinefarm Records in 2011. This album is based on the story of the Takasago Volunteers, Taiwanese aboriginal soldiers who fought for Japan during World War II. The album included guest appearances from singers Yu Tien and Chan Yawen, and Taroko musician Pitero Wukah on pgaku flute. Doris Yeh stated that the Western definition of "heavy metal," whether it is black metal or death metal, cannot easily define Chthonic's style; thus, having to choose a term, the band uses the term "Orient Metal."
In early 2012 Chthonic released a DVD of the Sing Ling Temple concert and also made some acoustic appearances at Eslite bookstores in Taiwan. In 2012 Chthonic supported Lamb of God in Asia, while ESP Guitars released customized models for her and group guitarist Jesse Liu.
Yeh has also been recognized as a model and sex symbol, appearing on the cover of the Taiwanese version of Body magazine and regularly being selected as one of the sexiest women in music by Revolver and the Taiwanese version of FHM.