I think it's Seotaiji is seperated, Seo and Taiji. I THINK. My parents knew him and said he was one of the best rockstars of his time, but I know he's still alive since he wasn't that old.
Wow. I feel old and I'm not even that old! So that will probably account for a difference in opinions.
Seotaiji was SO ridiculously popular when I was what...16? but they defined and was probably a harbinger of the way Kpop went.
As for The TRAX. -.-... Now they are TAX, seeing as how Rose Left.
It's sucha lame band... They could really of done better if they wernt so lame. Anyone know what TRAX Stands for? Typhoon Rose Attack on Xmas.
Each word(cept on) being a stage name for the band members. That's so lame.
I suppose this is a difference of opinion. They actually sounded somewhat an imitation of Linkin Park, (and I thought they were pretty good), but we can differ here. As for lame acronyms...I've heard worse, but it's definitely a publicity ploy and really, groups such as Finkl, SES, or DJ Doc had nobody to really work off of - they were the beginning of Kpop. Lame ploy? Possibly, but you gotta give them some credit for at least being memborable, which is what they went for as in FINKL, HOT and some semblance of functionality like SES (which stood for their names).
Leaving it at The Trax would of been just fine.. but acronyming it something lame just.. bleh. But I admit, their stuff isn't bad, just... not good? It's got the right influences for the kind of band it is, a VK K-Rock band, but I'm not a fan of Korean HipHop music and it's sub genres.
Fair enough.
Yoo Sung Jun was pretty sweet back when I was like 7... But really K-pop is overrated. It's all the same thing. You can tell its Korean Pop when the song starts off with the sparkling stars noise. :/
"sparkling stars noise?" Can you describe what that is and I bet I could tell you plenty that don't have this.YSJ is pretty old school and I doubt he performs anymore.
Speaking of Korean Music, the best stuff from Korea that isn't overrated, is all the stuff from the 70's-80's. It's sound is close to The Music styles of Detective Conan, With slow singing and trumpets and soft guitars. It's really nice and different from the stuff nowadays in Korea. I don't know too many band names since I get my hookup via my mom's car cd selection.
Haha, you're talking about the really old stuff. Eh well, you were talking kpop - that has been defined with a certain sound, style, and age group. (although that last can be contested). I think it just goes to say, that just looking at Gayo Top 10 doesn't really speak for the breadth of Korean Music out there. Kpop, maybe. But watching other major concerts such as Open Music Night Concert (that's a very rough translation) would actually provide a much better idea to the breadth of stuff available.
But going on what Blue likes ie. bands we've both mentioned liking, I'd still say Buzz and Bulldog Mansion would actually be ok. They sound doa-ish. and Epik does both rock and hiphop. I'm not sure of his hiphop preference.
