D'Spectacles, a folk rock group, was formed in January of 1981 by Kenny Wong and Johnny Fong. They were schoolmates at St.Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan and were already playing together in school's singing contests. D'Spectacles band was formed to take part in the Pop Folk Singing Contest in 1981. The band started off with the name Spectacles before it was changed to D'Spectacles in 1989. D'Spectacles focuses on folk & soft rock and acoustic pop genres and displays characteristics of vocal harmony.
1981 Jan - Kenny Wong and Johnny Fong formed Spectacles folk rock band in Hong Kong
1981 - Spectacles participated in 第一Pop Folk 歌唱大賽 organized by 清新音樂學院, produced by 年青人周報 and live broadcast by 商業二台. Contest Song: Boat On The River (Styx). Result: 1st place winner
1981 - Michael Wong joined Spectacles
1981 - Spectacles took part in RTHK's 全港業餘歌唱大賽. Contest Song: Helplessly Hoping (CSN). Result: 1st place winner
1983 - Michael Wong left Hong Kong for USA to pursue computing consultant opportunity
1983 - Spectacles took part in 夏日樂逍遙全港青少年民歌比賽, jointly organized by 政府新聞處及香港電台電視部. Contest Songs: It's Over (Perry Martin) and Boat On The River (Styx). Result: 2nd place winner
1983 - CK Mak joined Spectacles
1984 - Spectacles took part in 第一屆全港十八區業餘歌唱大賽 jointly organized by 星島報業,香港電台及各區政務處. Contest Song: Desperate For Time (Original). Result: 1st place winner of Group singing segment. [Special mention: Jacky Cheung 張學友1st place winner of Solo singing segment ]
1984 - Kenneth Fong joined Spectacles
1985 - 88 - Spectacles took part in numerous events include music concerts, interview, TV program guests and took part in covering folk songs classics in Albert Au's 至愛民謠十二首系列
1989 - Spectacles participated in the recording of the Terry (龍影霞 ) and D'Spectacles album with three original songs. The name D'Spectacles was proposed by Yip Hon Leung (professional lyricist) and officially adopted.
1990 - D'Spectacles was engaged by 韋然 as manager. An MTV on 咖啡心曲 was produced by TVB.
1990 - 2010 - D'Spectacles activities were sporadic as Kenny Wong followed his job assignment in Shanghai and USA. Meanwhile there were original music and lyrics created through collaboration between Kenny & Johnny
2011 - Kenny Wong returned Hong Kong from USA and D'Spectacles became active again in local folk scene
2017 - CK Mak left D'Spectacles
2018 - Michael Wong integrated himself back to D'Spectacles through active commute between USA/HK and made appearance in gigs
2020 - D'Spectacles launched an official website to mark its 40th anniversary since its formation in 1981
2021 - D'Spectacles launched an official Facebook page to mark its 40th anniversary since its formation in 1981
2021 - D'Spectacles embarked on project to produce and release original songs from works by its members & music partners accumulated over the years
Today - The passion to deliver music is still burning