Korean Music - No Brain

No Brain is, together with Crying Nut, one of the biggest punk act in South Korea.

The band is fronted by Lee Seongwoo on vocals, Jeong Minjun on guitar, Jeong Jaehwan on bass and Hwang Hyunseong on drums.

They first began performing in 1996, touring the little venues in Seoul and have gradually became more mainstreamed through the years.

No Brain like many punk bands really come into their own live so if ever you are in Seoul and can catch them live by all means do ;)

You'll find below one of their recent song, 넌 내개 반했어, which can be translated by "You Fell For Me".

No Brain official website: http://nobrainpunk.com/

Korean Music - Buying Imported Music Gear in Korea

Living in South Korea definitely has its perks, like having access to all these nice little Korean guitars. Nakwon Arcade is nice and carries a lot of musical equipment but it doesn't have everything, especially for stuff from abroad. A few month back I was looking to buy the Fender Blues Junior Tweed NOS but no luck, all they had was the regular version of the Blues Junior.

So...wouldn't it be nice to be able to get all the goodies from big American stores like Musician's Friend or ZZounds right on your doorstep here in Korea? As you know, these stores do not ship abroad. No worries, thanks to USAkki.com it's now possible! USAkki, operated by Sungwon, takes care of the hassle for you. Once you've decided on the product of your choice, you will receive a quote with the total price for your item. If you're happy with it, pay and wait for your product, it's that simple. Head on over to USAkki.com for more info.

Korean Music - Friday Shout Out

Here is what's happening in the underground rock scene this weekend in Korea:

Shows for September 5th~7th

5.9(Friday), @ Spot (Hongdae), 7:30pm, 13 000won
“All Star United!”
~ Michelle
~ Lunatic
~ Telepathy
~ Windy Pung Boys
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6.9(Saturday), @ Free Bird (Hongdae), 6:00pm, 13 000won
“GMC Nite Vol.2”
~ Sweet Guerrillaz
~ Vicious Glare
~ September 9 Weeks
~ Gukdo
~ Maze
~ Ninesin
~ Samchung
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6.9 (Saturday), @ Olympic Park Stadium (Seoul-Songpa), 1:00pm, 16 000won
“Let’s Rock Festival”
~ Windy City
~ Jaurim
~ Galaxy Express
~ Gum X
~ Dr. Core 911
~ No Brian
~ Copy Machine
~ Transfixion
~ Pia
~ Sugar Donut
~ Johnny Royal
~ Lazy Bone
~ Vanilla Unity
~ Yoon Do Hyun Band
~ Vassline
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7.9 (Sunday), @ Ssam (Hongdae), 6:00pm, 15 000won
“Suck Stuff: New Classic”
~ Suck Stuff
~ The Apop
~ Cockrasher
~ Same Old Story
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7.9 (Sunday), In Sky2 (Daejeon), 7:00pm, 10 000won
“9th Deadcity Show with ‘Follow the Rainbow’”
~ Burning Hepburn
~ The Unicity
~ Rolling Chickens
~ No Eazy
~ Sweet Guerillaz
~ Vicious Glare
~ 21 Scot

Koren Music - Cherry Filter

Cherry Filter is a famous rock act in Korea. The group started as a three man line up in 1997 with Son Senhyon, Yon Yungun and Chon Ujin. While they were doing pretty well for themselves, the group really took off with the addition of Cho Yujin as lead singer in 1999. The music of Cheery Filter is quite diverse, from hard rock to ballads and even some R&B thrown in between.

The group released four albums (Head-Up, Made in Korea, The Third Eye, Peace and Rock 'N 'Roll) as well as a remake album. Here is the track Flying Duck from the album The Third Eye.

Korean Music - Crying Nut

Folks, I am going to be gradually introducing a few Korean bands so people outside the ROK can have an idea of the music scene here. I'll also give a shout out when an interesting event is happening in Seoul or elsewhere in Korea. So with that out of the way, I hereby present the darling of South Korea, Crying Nut. Slightly underground but mainstream at the same time, Crying Nut is a punk rock band featuring Lee Sang-myon (이상면) on guitar, Lee Sang-hyok (이상혁) on drums, Park Yun-shik (박윤식) on vocals, Han Kyung-rock (한경록) on bass and Kim In-soo (김인수) on accordion, keyboard.

Energetic and unique, Crying Nut are a lot of fun to see live. They always put on a great show and are regularly touring in South Korea so try to catch them if you can. You'll find below the song 명동 콜링 (Myeongdong Calling), a ballad of sorts with a nice atmospheric mood. Till' next time.