Galaxy Express (band)
| Galaxy Express | |
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 Galaxy Express at Club Ta (2014) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Seoul , South Korea |
| Genre (s) | Garage rock , punk rock , psychedelic rock |
| founding | 2006 |
| Current occupation | |
| Lee Ju-hyun | |
Guitar , vocals |
Jong-hyun Park |
| Kim Hee-kwon | |
Galaxy Express is a garage rock band from South Korea . It was founded in 2006 and quickly became known for its energetic stage presence. Galaxy Express won acclaim from the New York Times , MTV Iggy and other international media. Lead guitarist / vocalist Park Jong-hyun previously played in the band Mogwai and bassist / vocalist Lee Ju-hyun was a former member of the street punk band Rux , the Oi! -Band Captain Bootbois and the punk band Ghetto Bombs .
She founded the Love Rock Company label together with the Korean rock band Telepathy . The 2010 album Wild Days was written and recorded in just one month as a kind of public social media experiment.
International appearances
Galaxy Express played the SXSW twice . Her first appearance at this festival in Austin (Texas) was part of the Seoulsonic Tour 2011 alongside Idiotape and Vidulgi Ooyoo , on which a fuse blown due to their energetic performance. They returned to SXSW alone in 2012, which gave them the freedom to tour North America more freely. On this tour they shared the stage with Crying Nut , 3rd Line Butterfly and Yellow Monsters . There were other appearances in the United States, Canada, France, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
Her travels were documented in the film Turn It Up to 11, Part 2: Wild Days (2012).
Substance abuse charges
Lee Ju-hyun was arrested on July 2, 2013 for possession of marijuana . At that time, Galaxy Express was taking part in the Mnet casting show Band Generation and had made it into the final round, in which they were supposed to compete against Daybreak and Romantic Punch . The arrest caused Mnet to cancel the final appearance. Lee was previously arrested for drug possession.
Discography
- 2007: To the Galaxy (EP)
- 2007: Ramble Around (EP)
- 2008: Noise on Fire
- 2009: Come On & Get Up! (EP)
- 2010: Wild Days (album)
- 2011: Naughty Boy (together with Crying Nut )
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- ^ Jon Twitch: Galaxy Express . In: Broke in Korea , Spring 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ↑ Chris P: Interview with Galaxy Express ( 갤럭시 익스프레스 ) . In: Korean Indie , March 6, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ↑ farahj: Bands We Like: Korea's Galaxy Express are Noise on Fire . In: MTV Iggy , May 10, 2011. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ Jon Dunbar: Korean indie bands head to North America . In: Korea.net , February 28, 2012. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ↑ Anna Lindgren Lee: Mini-Interview with Galaxy Express . In: Korean Indie , January 19, 2012. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014 Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ↑ Seung-hwa Baek: Turn It Up to 11, Part 2: Wild Days . Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ 'Band Generation' finalist Galaxy Express' Lee Joo Hyun arrested for smoking marijuana + Mnet reviewing the situation . In: All K-Pop , July 3, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ Galaxy Express' Lee Joo-hyun Arrested For Marijuana Use . In: KBS World , July 3, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ^ Se-yeon Park: Another Galaxy Express Member Questioned Over Marijuana Usage . In: Soompi , July 9, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
- ↑ Jesse Lent: Galaxy Express bassist Lee Joo Hyun Arrested For Smoking Marijuana After Group Makes Final Round Of 'Band Generation' . In: KpopStarz , July 3, 2013. Retrieved January 31, 2014.
