ZHANG YONGGUANG, drummer of China’s first rock band Ado, has died at the age of 53.

    It’s believed that Zhang suffered from depression and committed suicide Dec. 23.

    Since the rock band Ado was founded in the early 1980s, Zhang and his team worked closely with Cui Jian, who is often labeled as “the father of Chinese rock music.”

    Their best known collaboration includes the 1986 hit single “Nothing to My Name,” and the album “Rock ‘N’ Roll on the New Long March.”

    (SD-Agencies)