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黃家駒（1962年6月10日—1993年6月30日），香港搖滾樂隊Beyond的主音歌手、節奏結他手及主要作曲人，其弟黃家強為樂隊低音結他手。他在香港蘇屋邨長大，家中兄弟姊妹眾多，少年時家境平凡，卻鍾情音樂；十七歲時他拾得鄰居搬家棄置的舊木結他，開始自學，1983年3月與黃貫中、黃家強、葉世榮組成Beyond，並於同年舉行的「山葉結他比賽」中奪冠，初期以地下樂隊形式演出，自行創作及製作音樂。1985年樂隊曾自資舉辦《永遠等待》演唱會；1986年自資出版首張專輯《再見理想》（卡式錄音帶），收錄《永遠等待》等曲，創作、錄音與封套設計一手包辦，其後結他手劉志遠短暫加入。1988年樂隊簽約新藝寶唱片，憑專輯《秘密警察》走紅，專輯銷量達白金，他作曲的《大地》（劉卓輝填詞）以鄉愁與家國為題，獲十大勁歌金曲獎，為樂隊取得首個電子傳媒獎項。1989年由他作曲、小美填詞的《真的愛你》同時獲十大中文金曲及十大勁歌金曲獎；1990年他作曲的《光輝歲月》再獲十大勁歌金曲獎及最佳填詞獎，歌詞以當時仍在囚的南非領袖曼德拉爭取種族平等為題。1991年Beyond首次在香港體育館（紅館）舉行多場《生命接觸演唱會》，並主演電影《Beyond日記之莫欺少年窮》；同年他隨樂隊到東非肯尼亞探訪，其後寫下關注戰爭與和平的作品《Amani》。1992年樂隊簽約日本經理人公司Amuse，赴日發展，其間他亦為多部電影創作歌曲。1993年樂隊推出專輯《樂與怒》，收錄他作曲作詞的代表作《海闊天空》，該曲以追尋理想為主題，成為粵語搖滾的標誌性作品，並獲叱咤樂壇流行榜「我最喜愛的本地創作歌曲大獎」，以及該年度十大中文金曲獎。他生前堅持原創，歌曲題材不止於情愛，也觸及和平與理想，在當時以情歌為主的粵語樂壇中別樹一幟。他的創作不限於樂隊作品，也包括為電影譜曲及為他人寫歌；Beyond成軍初期成員更迭頻繁，至1985年前後才穩定為家駒、家強、貫中、世榮的組合，1988年的專輯《現代舞台》已見其創作方向漸趨成熟。同年6月24日凌晨，他在日本富士電視台一個遊戲節目錄影時，因舞台濕滑從約兩米多高的舞台墮下，後腦首先着地，重傷昏迷，留醫東京女子醫科大學醫院，延至6月30日下午逝世，終年31歲。他逝世後樂隊以三人姿態繼續活動，至2005年才正式解散，其作品長年被傳唱，影響延續至今；《海闊天空》《光輝歲月》等曲更常在各種場合被引用和傳唱，成為粵語流行曲的經典。
English
Wong Ka-kui (10 June 1962 – 30 June 1993) was the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter of the Hong Kong rock band Beyond; his younger brother Wong Ka-keung played bass. He grew up in So Uk Estate with many siblings in modest circumstances but was devoted to music, and at seventeen taught himself on an old wooden guitar left behind by a neighbour who moved away; in March 1983 he formed Beyond with Paul Wong, Wong Ka-keung and Yip Sai-wing, winning a Yamaha guitar competition the same year. The band began as an underground act, writing and producing its own music. In 1985 they self-financed an 'Eternal Waiting' concert, and in 1986 self-financed their first album, Goodbye Ideals, a cassette including 'Eternal Waiting', handling songwriting, recording and cover design themselves; the guitarist Lau Chi-yuen joined briefly afterwards. In 1988 the band signed with Cinepoly and broke through with the album Secret Police, which reached platinum sales; his composition 'The Great Earth', with lyrics by Lau Cheuk-fai on homesickness and nation, won a Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Award, the band's first award from the electronic media. In 1989 'Truly Love You', composed by him with lyrics by Siu Mei, took both a Top Ten Chinese Gold Song award and a Jade Solid Gold award; in 1990 his song 'Glorious Years' again won a Jade Solid Gold award and a best-lyric prize, its words dealing with the then-imprisoned South African leader Nelson Mandela's struggle for racial equality. In 1991 Beyond gave several sold-out concerts, the 'Live Contact' shows, at the Hong Kong Coliseum and starred in the film Beyond's Diary: Never Say Die; that year he also travelled with the band to Kenya in East Africa, which inspired 'Amani', a song about war and peace. In 1992 the band signed with the Japanese management company Amuse and moved into the Japanese market, and he also wrote songs for films. In 1993 the band released the album Rock and Roll, which included his signature 'Boundless Oceans, Vast Skies', a song about pursuing ideals that became a landmark of Cantonese rock and won a 'My Favourite Local Composition' award at the Ultimate Song Chart Awards. He insisted on original work, and his songs went beyond romance to peace and ideals, setting him apart in a Cantonese scene dominated by love songs. On 24 June that year, while filming a television game show for Fuji TV in Japan, he slipped on a wet stage, fell from a height of more than two metres and landed on the back of his head, sustaining severe injuries; he remained unconscious in Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital and died on the afternoon of 30 June 1993, aged 31. After his death the band continued as a trio until it formally disbanded in 2005, and his songs have been widely sung ever since.
