YB History


Yoon Band is a rock band consisting of four musicians, vocalist Skitter D.H (Yoon DoHyun) guitarist Baby J (Huh Jun) drummer Jin (Kim JinWon) and bass guitarist TaeHee (Park TaeHee) The name is after the team's vocalist Yoon DoHyun, who is also the producer of the band. The band has produced eight regular albums and a DVD album so far, the first one being released back in December 1994. The band valued as the most Korean-styled rock group uses traditional instruments such as the Gayakum (a Korean musical instrument with twelve strings) or the Daekum (Korean traditional wooden clarinet) for recording, as well as the basic instruments of a rock band, and it composes and arranges its songs based on Korean emotions.

The band performed songs such as "Oh, pilseung Korea (Oh, victory to Korea)" and "Arirang" in front of millions of cheering home crowds during the Korea-Japan World Cup game in 2002, and became Korea's indisputable leading rock band. It won the best music awards from Korea's three main broadcasting stations KBS, MBC and SBS. It was also acknowledged for their contributions on improving human rights in Korea through their musical activities and was nominates as the first winner of the WPMA (World Peace Music Award) in 2003. The band won the Best Musicians Award from the Korean music producers and is recognized as the best musician with sales of over 2,000,000 copies and more than 100 live concerts a year that draw more than 500,000 people. Yoon Band was also the first Korean band to hold a tour outside Korea, in fact, they performed in various European countries in 2005. ( Learn more about Yoon Band? )



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