I’ve been complaining the last couple of weeks and everyone has been feeling the same way about Kpop. Maybe I can help put a smile on your face and put our complaints to the side and leave them behind. I have been talking to Shen and we decided that we are going to start introducing new artists to you guys. It will be one day out of the week where we feature them so not to mess with the flow of the blog and you know we are always looking for your help.
Looking for artists you stumble across a little bit of everything and why is it always the people you never hear of they are the ones with the best work some really unique and heartwarming music. This past weekend I was working and met a Jazz Artist by the name of Kenny Garrett. He has a wikipeida page but I had no idea who he was so I talked to him like I would talk to anyone else, this individual has worked with legends and has produced work that only he could do. The reason why I say this is to help you understand that whats always mainstream or heavily advertised and commercialized sometimes is never the best music you will find. We live in a time where people tell you what is good music and as a result we may miss out on what others have to offer but its there you just have to look harder. So whats the situation with Krock? Its so hard to find any information on these artists but we are looking. I especially am finding myself amazed at how these Krock artists sing and it really puts a smile on my face. They make music that I can play over and over and over again and it never seems to get old. So I stumbled across this group called Nell and I will put whatever I could find right here but thanks to Imeem you can also hear them. I hope you enjoy and help me find more information on them and lets make a Wiki page for them.
Vocals/Keyboard: Kim Jong Wan
Drums: Jung Jae Won
Bass/Chorus: Lee Jung Hoon
Guitar: Lee Jae Kyung
The music here are from different albums:
Nell is a band with an appealing power to music lovers with their unique sound and color accompanied with lyrical words. The band is made up of 4 members who were all born in 1980. Kim Jong-wan is the vocalist and guitarist of the band who writes all the music and lyrics for the band. Lee Jae-kyung plays the guitar, Lee Jung-hoon plays the bass guitar and Jung Jae-won plays the drums. First formed in 1999, the rock band re-named itself “Nell” after the title of a movie in which Jodi Foster starred.
Mainly performing in the clubs around the Shinchon area, Nell released two albums in the Indi music scene. The first one is “Reflection of Nell” released in January of 2001 and the other is “Speechless” released in September of the same year. Their hit numbers from the two albums are “Words That Shouldn’t Be Trusted,” “Already Said and Done,” “A Somewhat Sad Story” and “The Rain of Leaves.”
The turning point for Nell’s musical career was after the band participated in the rock festival designed by Seo Taiji, the 2002 ETPFEST and joined the Goesoo Indigene Label. The Goesoo Indigene Label was established by Seo Taiji in order to stir up a change in the local pop music scene dominated by a few genres of music. After preparing for more than a year with Goesoo Indigene, Nell released their major debut album “Let It Rain” in June of 2003. Recorded at the G.I. Studio specializing in rock music, the album was evaluated to display great sound along with beautiful lyricism that deliver a clear color of sorrow.
Nell also performed in various live stages including “Nell’s Private Room”, a unplugged concert held in November of 2003. The band also participated in the “2004 Live Wire” in January, 2004 and accompanied Seo Taiji in the concert held in Vladivostok, Russia in
May, 2004.
Credits: rki.kbs.co.kr, imeem.com, J-Music Ignited
Official Website: www.nellhouse.com
Daum Cafe: cafe.daum.net/lovenellj
Myspace: myspace.com/bandnell
Live Journal: community.livejournal.com/_nell
Nell – Good night MV (latest)
Nell – Losing Mind MV (3rd Album)
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Nell – Stay MV
Nell – Cat MV
nell is an AWESOME band. they did this concert with epik high called “the parade” and judging from the clips i’ve seen it was pretty kick ass. in terms of krock, i like the trax too, i believe they’re coming out with a new album sometime soon.