A rock band from Wharfedale was a big hit when it played live before thousands at a top Chinese music festival.

Metal band Mishkin proved a crowd pleaser on the final day of the 2007 MIDI rock festival in Beijing on Friday, May 4.

The band is fronted by singer, Ben Davy, 22, from Menston, with guitarist and backing vocalist Ali Epstone, drummer Mark Foster, both from Menston, guitarist Jimmy MacGregor, from Ilkley, and bass player Will MacGregor, also from Ilkley.

Mishkin is due to play several smaller gigs in Shanghai and could have landed a second big date in the Far East at the giant Beijing Pop Festival in September.