K-RoK Song of the Day: Boohwal - Thinking

After posting about Rock Rock Rock, I couldn't help but want to post a Boohwal song. Boohwal has been around for awhile, had many changes in line-up, but never fails to come back stronger than ever. The changes are too much for me to wrap my head around, and I'm not even gonna try, so I'll slap this link HERE for you. Let's just say that leader and guitarist Kim Tae-Won is the only one who has never changed.  If you just want a nice rock ballad click the video below! (this one has subs! yay!)

Rock Rock Rock

The new mini-series on KBS titled Rock Rock Rock is about to air, and I'm pretty dang excited. Not only does it tell the life story of Kim Tae-Won, the guitarist of legendary Korean rock band Boo-Hwal, it stars Devin Lee of Dr. Core 911 too!
This guy:

Well, maybe "stars" is a little strong, but he's going to be in it, and I'm excited to get to see him act. He was just recently in Rock of Ages in the Korean production (yes, Shawols, alongside Onew) and I was curious to know how he did in that. Noh Min-Woo (former Trax member, now a member of 24/7) stars as Tae-Won. there is a great cast for this drama. I'm hoping that Noh Min-Woo is a big enough draw to get someone to sub this. Let's go, rock! I think rock is getting more and more popular in Korea - or am I wrong?

Video Teaser (courtesy of HanCinema)

Picture Spam!:

OMG - that hair!! 

K-RoK Song of the Day: Pearl's Day - 괜찮아, 괜찮아, 괜찮아

OR - Okay, Okay, Okay if you translate it. Pearl's day, formed in 2001, is made up of 2 male and 2 female members. Happily, the lead vocalist is a girl - Son Min-Jeong also plays guitar. Kwon Hyon-Woo on guitar as well. Kim Seong-Hyun on the drums and rounding it out is Ijin-Won on the bass. Their freshman album, 1st Birthday was released in 2006, followed by a few EP's and songs on soundtracks. The lastest EP 괜찮아, 괜찮아, 괜찮아 contains 3 tracks. 괜찮아, 괜찮아, 괜찮아; Why, Why, Why, & Everybody Needs Somebody. I just love the hard rock sounds matched with a female vocalist. That's usually pretty hard to find. It's typically impossible and they band tends to fade out and have more of an indie feel. Not Pearl's Day - they rock it out! Enjoy!

PD-OOO by K-RoKer

K-RoK Song of the Day: Broken Valentine - Answer Me

Broken Valentine is an awesome five member band. They've only got a couple EP's out - the first one is obnoxiously hard to find. But they have such an awesome vibe to their music. It's hard core Emo/Punk/Alternative. I think they're having a hard time staying signed to a label for whatever reason. But they are very active in live shows. There are all kinds of live performance videos on youtube for them.

Here is Broken Valentine with Answer Me of of their "Calling You" EP that came out earlier this year.
BV-AM by K-RoKer

K-RoK Song of the Day: EVE - Ghost School

If you're following along, you probably saw my mini-blurb of a post about EVE. They are, in fact, one of my ABSOLUTE favorite Korean rock bands. Between them and Wiretap In My Ear (Prana) they're the closest things to Visual Kei Korea has. They started out in 1998, so they've been around for awhile! Their self-titled first album came out that year, containing the single "Whenever You Feel". Kinda emo, but, that's kind of par for the course with glam-rock bands, isn't it? They re-released this song with a new version on their sEVEnth Evening album - with better vocals than before even. I like that they take the time to rework things and make them better.  It's a sign of a great musician when they are never quite finished with a song. Many of the greatest musicians I know of continually manipulate and re-create their songs. (Gackt, YB) EVE has released 8 full length albums in total. The 8th album, Play Me was made the year of their disbandment. They have since re-connected and have started putting out a couple of mini-albums. The first of these was EVE - Guy In Revolution. (There was a single that came out in 2009, with only 1 track too) And most recently, Gloria, which happily contained a re-visited version of their single "Don't Say Goodbye." On and on, I could go! But I won't, I'll just introduce them to you!

 Kim Se-Hyeon (김세헌) (born June 2, 1973) (or sometimes Kim Young) covers main vocals, guitar and composing. Really, he IS the band considering he's really the only part remaining of the original band.
They've shuffled through a few members over the years some of the most notorious being G. Gorilla, and Ha Sebin of Nemesis.
The other current members include Choi Kiho the guitarist, who is on twitter! :) (check out my twitter list to follow)
Kim Seung-Jue on Bass
Hwa Jeong-Yu on..."other" which I usually take to mean keyboard. :/


Ghost School is the song that really pulled me into fan-girl status. I love it! :)
It's off their 6th album Welcome to Planet Eve

I hope you enjoy! :) Thoughts? Leave a comment - I love hearing from people!

Festive Friday!

Hey there, I know some of you don't care for Christmas music. But, I love it. I actually have Korean rock Christmas music.
Remember these guys?

They sing one of my favorite versions of Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer. Lots of screaming and fun: 

Schizo - Rudolph by K-RoKer





Another good song that actually just makes me laugh is Do They Know It's Christmas? by MC the Max, Wax, J-Walk, Rumble Fish and The Name

VA - DTKIC by K-RoKer

I hope you enjoy this little bit of Christmas cheer! Don't worry - there are only a few weeks of this! :)

K-RoK Song of the Day: The Rock Tigers - Cry Baby

Who's hungry? How about a little "Kimchibilly" to whet your appetite? If that sounds good to you, then you should check out The Rock Tigers. They're a Korean rockabilly band formed in Seoul in 2001. If you are unfamiliar with rockabilly it's a jazzy, upbeat form of rock dating back to the 1950's. I think The Rock Tigers have cornered the market in Korea for this genre, but they well deserve it for their swinging songs! The current line up features Velvet Geena on vocals and guitar, Tiger doing the same, Roy handling the double bass and back-up vocals, Jack "the knife" on drums, and Eddie Tarantula on lead guitar.

Check out their single Cry Baby from the EP Taste the Kimchibilly released in 2008.