| 1987 |
‘Black Panther’ was formed by two guitarists, ‘Li Tong’ and ‘Guo Chuan Lin’ (nicknamed "Guo Si").‘Guo Chuan Lin’ later stepped back to become the band's full-time manager.Other early members included ‘Ding Wu’ (vocals and guitar), ‘Wang Wen Jie’ (bass), and ‘Wang Wen Fang’ (drums). |
| 1988 |
‘Ding Wu’ left and formed another heavy rock band, ‘Tang Dynasty’. Lead vocalist ‘Dou Wei’ and keyboarder ‘Luan Shu’ joined in. |
| 1990 |
‘Zhao Ming Yi’ came in as the drummer and the line-up stabilized with ‘Dou Wei’ (lead vocals), ‘Li Tong’ (guitar), and ‘Wang Wen Jie’ (bass), ‘Luan Shu’ (keyboards). |
| 1991 |
August - Black Panther's eponymous self titled debut album was pre-released in Taiwan and Hong Kong under the Taiwan label Rock Records, with that they became the best-selling mainland Chinese rock band ever.
October –‘Dou Wei’ left the band and started later a successful solo career. |
| 1992 |
June - Luan Shu officially became the lead vocalist.December - Black Panther's debut album was officially released on mainland China, the sales broke the record of unbelievable 1.5 Million sold copies. |
| 1993 |
They did a huge nation wide tour, covering over 30 cities; Millions of fans have seen their show. They started a firestorm of Rock n’ Roll.The official line-up had shrunk down to four members before recording their second album:‘Luan Shu’ (lead vocals and keyboards), ‘Li Tong’(guitar), ‘Wang Wen Jie’(bass), and ‘Zhao Ming Yi’(drums).August - the second album, "Spirit of Light", is released first on mainland China.
Black Panther regained a fifth member, as keyboarder ‘Feng Xiao Bo’ joints the band after the recording of the second album. |
| 1994 |
Luan Shu left. ‘Qin Yong’ joint in as lead singer.
April - Black Panther signed to JVC, a Japanese record company.
November - JVC did a re-mix of the second album and re-issued it throughout Asia, this time incl. the title song "Spirit of Light", sung by the new vocalist Qin Yong. |
| 1995 |
April – Black Panther successfully did the very first rock concert in Tibet. |
| 1996 |
February - Black Panther's third album, "No Right No Wrong"; was released which has sold 450 thousand copies, featuring Qin Yong on lead vocals.
Being the first Chinese Band playing in Japan they could catch the attention of Japanese music circle on the show in Tokyo. Shortly after, they were also performing a special gig at Hong Kong’s Cotton Club.
August – Representing China, Black Panther participated the huge Come-Together-Event for East-Asian Artists “Rendezvous 700 Years Ago” in Osaka/Japan organized by China Central TV, Japan Fuji TV and Korean National Culture Organization. |
| 1998 |
May - Black Panther's fourth album, "Can't Let my Worries get no Chance to understand" was released. |
| 1999 |
The first live album, "Hurricane Fervour", recorded during a concert in Beijing's Olympic Stadium. Keyboarder ‘Feng Xiao Bo’ left, replaced by ‘Hui Peng’. |
| 2000 |
Black Panther contributed a cover of "Santa Maria" for the "True Love Forever" compilation of Chinese rock artists singing the "greatest love songs of the 20th century".
October - Released a single "Without You". |
| 2001 |
An official VCD of Black Panther's live album, "Hurricane Fervour" came out, featuring their live cuts of the concert at Beijing's Olympic Stadium back in 1998. |
| 2002 |
Black Panther signed to Kirin Kid Productions who will produce their next album. |
| 2003 |
November - Black Panther finished the recordings of their fifth album at Kirin Kid's famous Theatre Studios. Qin Yong and Li Tong fly to London, England to do the post-productions. |
| 2004 |
After some delay, "Black Panther V" was released in July. They received a good coverage on mainland China's press while promoting their new album. |
| 2005 |
March - After being lead singer of Black Panther for over 10 years, Qin Yong departed amicably from the band. Black Panther announced Zhang Keeping to be taking over lead vocals. |
