YOU would think a baby changes everything, but for Taiwanese rock band Mayday, life is still a rock show.

Two weeks ago, the band's drummer Guan You had his first child, a baby girl.

Guitarist Stone's wife is also pregnant.

She is due to deliver in March.

In a teleconference from Taipei, band leader Monster told The New Paper that he only had praise for his bandmate's induction into fatherhood.

The 30-year-old guitarist said: 'We see what he is doing as something very brave. The responsibility (of fatherhood) is very big.'

Monster, however, was coy when asked if the other band members would soon start their own families.

'For the rest of us, we are like yin yue wan tong (music world's mischievious children),' he said.

Interestingly, none of the band's members has been chosen as godfathers for Guan You's baby.

Could this mean that Guan You doesn't see his friends as mature enough?

But Monster isn't feeling snubbed. Instead, he too was full of praise for Guan You in his new role as a dad.

He said: 'He is very happy now and his smile is bigger than usual these days.'

While some bands might have written a song for such a joyous event, Mayday has no plans yet for a little ditty for the baby.

'If we have an inspiration for a song, we may write it but it may not be anything specifically for her.'

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(新報 2006/10/31)