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Event news: K-music 2015 — No Brain, 11 Sept

This one will definitely be worth checking out:

K-Music: No Brain + support

Friday 11 September | 7:00PM
LONDON Scala | 275 Pentonville Road | Kings Cross | London N1 9NL
£10 + Booking fee

No Brain

In England, we know a bit about Korean art music and hold some preconceptions about K-Pop – but we don’t know much about Korean rock music, and that’s where Seoul’s finest, No Brain, have built a huge following, playing over three thousand gigs across Korea in the last 15 years. Powered by raw vocals (Bull is the lead singer), razor guitars (Vovo plays guitar), sharp suits (Bogle plays bass) and a drummer called Dolly, they’ve won lots of Korean Music Awards, but never played London before. They’re playing an early set – support hits at 7.30, they play at 8.30pm. This is a standing show.

Members

  • Bogle (Bass)
  • Bull (Vocals)
  • Vovo (Guitar)
  • Dolly (Drums)

Discography

  • 1988 Youth 98 Single
  • 2000 Songs for the Rioters 2nd Full Length
  • 2001 Viva No Brain 2nd Full Length
  • 2003 Hi Mary Poppins 3rd Full Length
  • 2004 Stand Up Again! EP
  • 2005 Boys Be Ambitious 4th Full Length
  • 2007 That’s Youth 5th Full Length
  • 2009 Absolutely Summer Split EP
  • 2011 High Tension 6th Full Length
  • 2013 Shot of Soju Digital Single
  • 2013 Super High Tension iTunes Special Edition
  • 2014 ’96’ Split EP

Performances

  • 2013 V-Rox Music Festival (Russia)
  • Jisan World Rock Festival (Korea)
  • CMW Canadian Music Week (Canada)
  • SXSW South By Southwest (USA)
  • San Francisco Music Matters Asia (USA)
  • 2014 SXSW South By Southwest (USA)

Awards

  • 1999 MTV International Viewer’s Choice Award – Korea nominee
  • 2005 Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs – Culture award
  • 2007 Korean Music Awards – Rock Song of the Year
  • 2007 Nominee Korean Music Awards – Band of the Year
  • 2008 Korean Music Awards – Netizens Choice : Rock Artist of the Year

Powered by raw vocals, razor guitars, and sharp suits, Korea’s premier punk brigadiers No Brain have notched 3,000+ shows in over 15 years to stomp up the K-Pop charts and march across Korean Music Award red carpets with a series of rowdy smash hits that have become arena rock anthems.

  • The Guardian UK – 2013 SXSW Music Festival Opening Day Highlights : #6 No Brain
  • Time Magazine – 2013 SXSW Music Festival Highlights : #42 No Brain
  • MTVK – 2013 Top 20 Korean Artists Hitting the US : #19 No Brain

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