{{Short description|Taiwanese female musician}} {{Infobox person | name = Yeh Hsiang-yi | native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|zh-tw|葉湘怡}}}} | native_name_lang = zh-tw | image = DorisYehAugust2007.JPG | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|9|18}} | birth_place = Taipei, Taiwan | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = Freddy Lim | education = National Taipei University | module2 = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | genre = {{hlist|Blackened death metal|melodic death metal<ref>{{cite web |author=Deming, Mark |title=Chthonic biography |url=http://allmusic.com/artist/chthonic-p840660/biography |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=13 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110413123826/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chthonic-p840660/biography |url-status=live }}</ref>|symphonic black metal<ref>{{cite web |author=Prato, Greg |title=''Seediq Bale'' review |url=http://allmusic.com/album/seediq-bale-r860549 |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=2 August 2011 |archive-date=14 April 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110414195136/http://www.allmusic.com/album/seediq-bale-r860549 |url-status=live }}</ref>|folk metal|Oriental metal}} | label = Spinefarm (Universal Music) | instruments = {{hlist|Vocals|erhu}} | current_member_of = Chthonic (1999-present) }} }} '''Yeh Hsiang-yi''' ({{lang-zh|t=葉湘怡}}; born 18 September 1977), popularly known by her English name '''Doris Yeh''', is a Taiwanese musician. She has been the bass guitarist for the Taiwanese heavy metal band Chthonic since 1999.

==Musical career== Yeh learned to play the piano at the age of six. She then learned the bass guitar, as her father was a bassist. She joined Chthonic in 1999 as a replacement for Xiao-Yu. Chthonic later gained worldwide recognition, and have been called "the Black Sabbath of Asia."<ref>{{cite news|last1=Hunt|first1=Katie|title=Meet Freddy Lim, the death metal star running for political office in Taiwan|url=https://www.cnn.com/2016/01/13/asia/taiwan-rock-star-politician-freddy-lim/|access-date=17 January 2016|publisher=CNN.com|date=13 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McVeigh|first1=Tracy|title=Taiwan's heavy metal star rallies fans to run for parliament on anti-China platform|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/dec/26/taiwan-heavy-metal-star-stands-for-election|access-date=1 January 2016|work=The Observer|via=The Guardian|date=26 December 2015}}</ref>

In 2009, a readers' poll in ''Terrorizer'' magazine named Yeh no. 2 for best bass player. Her bandmate Freddy Lim also received a high rating in the poll, making Chthonic the only band in which multiple members made the top ten in their respective categories.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Adams|first1=Jonathan|title=Taiwan rocks: Chthonic is loud. They're angry. They hate the Chinese government.|url=http://www.tucsonsentinel.com/arts/report/013110_chthonic/taiwan-rocks-chthonic-loud-theyre-angry-they-hate-chinese-government/|website=TucsonSentinel.com|publisher=Tucson Sentinel|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>

Yeh became the band's spokesperson and business manager in about 2009, taking over roles performed by Lim since the band's formation in 1995. Yeh has since earned a great amount of publicity, speaking about the band's political beliefs in magazines like ''Monocle'' in the United Kingdom, ''Metropolis'' in Japan, and ''Cacao'' in Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%96%83%E9%9D%88%E5%8F%B0%E8%AA%9E%E6%AD%8C-%E5%A4%96%E5%9C%8B%E7%B2%89%E7%B5%B2%E7%B6%B2%E8%B7%AF%E5%AD%B8%E5%94%B1-025117900.html|title=Shining Taiwanese songs foreign fans network learn to sing|date=22 September 2011|agency=Central News Agency|access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref> In addition, Yeh has endorsed the Awakening Foundation, a women's rights organization in Taiwan. In February 2009, Lim and Yeh protested with human rights activists at the Taipei zoo panda exhibit, which symbolizes China's attempts to establish soft power relations with Taiwan.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2009/02/08/2003435562|title=Tibet activists don panda costumes at Taipei Zoo|date=8 February 2009|last=Iok-sin|first=Loa|work=Taipei Times|access-date=17 August 2012}}</ref>

Yeh has also been recognized as a model and sex symbol, appearing on the cover of the Taiwanese version of ''Body'' magazine and regularly being selected as one of the sexiest women in music by ''Revolver'' and the Taiwanese version of ''FHM''.<ref>{{cite web|author1=Chthonic|title=Doris on FHM and CACAO magazine this month!|url=http://chthonic.tw/2009/us/news-149.html|website=Chthonic.tw|publisher=Chthonic|access-date=25 January 2018|date=31 May 2012}}</ref>

==Personal life== Yeh is married to Freddy Lim.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Shih|first1=Eric|title=Shooting for the stars|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/07/11/2003448410|access-date=23 April 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=11 July 2009|archive-date=24 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160424103302/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2009/07/11/2003448410|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=taipeitimes2003206068>{{cite news|last1=Woodworth|first1=Max|title=Rock 'n' roll pow-wow|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/10/08/2003206068|access-date=9 April 2016|work=Taipei Times|date=8 October 2004|archive-date=18 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418082041/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2004/10/08/2003206068|url-status=live}}</ref> Their first child was born in March 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chthonic Tease New Song 'Souls of the Revolution'|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/community_feed/chthonic_tease_new_song_souls_of_the_revolution.html|website=UltimateGuitar.com|access-date=25 January 2018|date=13 March 2017}}</ref>

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