Rux (band)
| Rux | |
|---|---|
 Rux in Skunk Hell (March 31, 2007) |
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| General information | |
| origin | Seoul , South Korea |
| Genre (s) | Street punk |
| founding | 1996 |
| Founding members | |
| Won Jong-hee ( 원종희 ) | |
| Current occupation | |
| Won Jong-hee | |
| Ryu Myung-hoon ( 류명훈 ) | |
| Lee Hyun-hee ( 이현희 ) | |
| Yoon Hyung-sick ( 윤형식 ) | |
| former members | |
guitar |
Lee Hyung-wi |
bass |
Lee Seung-bok |
Drums |
Kang Dol-il |
guitar |
Park Jun-young |
Drums |
Kim Seuk-yun |
bass |
Lee Ju-hyun |
guitar |
Park gun-woo |
bass |
Paul Bricky |
guitar |
Joey Queen |
Drums |
Lee Dong-hoon |
bass |
Lee Tae-sun |
Rux ( 럭스 ) is a street punk band from Seoul , South Korea . The band was formed in 1996 and released their first album in 1999. Of the founding members, only singer Won Jong-hee is in the band. He also ran the Skunk label and owned the punk club Skunk Hell. Rux gained notoriety in 2005 when fans of the band stripped naked on stage while filming an episode of the TV show Music Camp .
history
Rux was founded in 1996 when the punk scene in Seoul at that time was mainly in and around Club Drug in the Hongdae-ap district and around the punk band Crying Nut . The band name "Rux" stands for "Ruckus" (English unrest, riot).
Rux initially published several songs on various samplers and went through many line-up changes before her first mini-album I Gatta Go was released in 1999 . The title refers to the conscription for two-year military service in Korea . Conscription is considered a factor in tape dissolutions. After the publication of I Gatta Go , Rux also took a forced break from 1999 to 2002, while Won Jong-hee had to do his military service.
In 2004 the studio long player Where are we going? with 25 tracks, including covers of Cock Sparrers Take Em All and England Belongs to Me (with alternative lyrics), followed by Rux the Ruckus Army 2007 and Eternal Children 2009. The out of print album Where are we going? was re-released in March 2009.
Two and a half years after the EP 5000 Years of Hallucinations, which was released in 2011, and a full five years after their last studio album, Won Jong-hee said in an interview in January 2014 that the band was busy recording the next studio album and that fans were on a planned one Release date in summer.
Skunk label
In 1998, Won Jong-hee founded and managed Skunk Label, a DIY label for Korean punk bands, which in 2002 released the sampler We are the Punx in Korea and which with 30 titles summarized the punk scene in Seoul at that time. One review describes the CD as the “ Rosetta Stone ” of Korean punk rock.
Skunk Hell
Won Jong-hee also ran Skunk Hell, two live music clubs in Hongdae, under the Skunk Label banner. One of the two trendy clubs operated from 2004 to 2008 on the premises of the former legendary Drug Club. Skunk Hell had to close its doors in 2008 due to unprofitability and stiff competition from other live clubs in the area. Skunk label was no longer needed because Rux - like other bands - signed with Dope Records.
Music Camp Incident
On July 30, 2005 Rux participated in the MBC TV program Music Camp. The band invited many of their friends and fans from the punk scene to join them. Towards the end of the live show, two members of friendly punk bands jumped naked on stage. All over the country their nakedness could be seen for four to five seconds. Both blank pullers were then arrested by the police and drug tests were arranged, but they were negative. Won Jong-hee was also arrested for inviting them.
The public was outraged by the incident, both at Rux and at the broadcaster. The Music Camp program was immediately discontinued by MBC. The Korean Broadcasting Commission media regulator even considered tough disciplinary action. Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak suggested that the Hongdae concerts should be regulated by the authorities in the future, leading the political opposition to compare him to Korea's former military dictator Park Chung-hee .
Discography
Albums
- 2004: Where are we Going? ( 우린 어디로 가는가 )
- 2005: The Skunx 2005 Live (Live Album)
- 2007: Rux the Ruckus Army
- 2009: Eternal Children ( 영원한 아이들 )
Mini albums / EPs
- 1999: I Gatta Go
- 2005: Another Conception
- 2011: 5000 Years of Hallucinations
Singles
- 2008: Last 10 Seconds (download single)
- 2009: Wreck ( 만신창이 , download single)
- 2010: Out of the Blue (download single)
- 2011: Dirty Punk ( 더러운 양아치 )
Compilations
- 1998: 98 Punk Daejanchi ~ Our Minds are All the Same (# 1 Budutga, # 2 Don't Wake Up, # 3 Lock, # 4 Another Face)
- 1999: 3000 punk (# 7 45, # 25 sub)
- 1999: Club Hardcore, Assa Obang (# 6 Headless Fish, # 14 Street)
- 2002: We Are the Punx in Korea (# 7 Our Minds are All the Same)
- 2006: 2006 Skunk Compilation "Strike! Strike! Strike !!" (# 6 And Again, # 12 When I Die, # 17 Oworui Norae 2)
- 2008: No Future for You (# 5 Everybody's Wicked)
- 2010: Burning Hepburn - Life Goes on (Burning Hepburn) (# 3 Life Goes on) (feat.Rux, Crying Nut)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephen Epstein: Cosmopatriots: On Distant Belongings and Close Encounters . Rodopi, Netherlands 2007, ISBN 978-90-420-2360-4 , p. 157.
- ↑ Jon Twitch: Broke in Korea 16 . Jon Twitch. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Nevin Domer: RUX Where Are We Going (2004) . In: PunkNews.org , November 26, 2004. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Jon Dunbar: Punks in Korea . In: Theme Magazine , Spring 2005. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014 Info: The archive link was 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 3, 2014.
- ↑ Author: sianface, translation: Shin-Chan (March 6, 2009) Rux at kome-world.com. Accessed March 16, 2014
- ↑ Shawn, January 22, 2014, "Rux, Love X Stereo, and The Greatest Voyage at Shake Shop Vol. 11" ( Memento of the original from March 24, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked . Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Accessed March 16, 2014
- ^ Nevin Domer: Various We Are The Punx In Korea . In: PunkNews.org , December 24, 2004. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Paul Brickey: A Clean Slate for Us Both: The autobiography of a Korean-American punk trapped in Korea . In: Broke in Korea , March 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Jon Twitch: Escape from Hell: Skunk Hell quietly closes its doors . In: Broke in Korea , Fall 2008. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Naked Bodies Shown for Five Seconds on Live TV . In: Dong-a Ilbo , August 1, 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Tae-jong Kim: Music show canceled after indecent exposure . In: Korea Times , July 31, 2005. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014 Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ Punk Rockers' Privates in Affront to Korea's' Bourgeois' . In: Chosun Ilbo , July 31, 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Ji-young Kwon: Hongdae musicians apologize for flashing . In: Korea Herald , August 3, 2005. Archived from the original on January 3, 2014 Info: The archive link was 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 3, 2014.
- ^ Seoul Mayor Blasted for Authoritarian Mindset . In: Chosun Ilbo , August 2, 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
