Hey, i'm looking for some good korean emo-esque type bands, not really like nell, more underground, like bright eyes, or something. something whiney, if it exists...lol if anyone has any suggestions or can send me songs, cuz it really is hard to find. thanks, i searched the forums but didn't really see any similar topics. thanks.

Off the top of my head, try Hollow January. They're more screamo but they're amazing. There are a lot more emo bands but I have trouble remembering who's emo and who isn't. Popstore has gone emo I know. I think the Strikers are emo too.

there's korean emo bands? omfggg. that's freaking awesome.

lol where can i download them...those sites REALLY confuse me...and i doubt i can find them on the main p2p thingies, any Bittorrent links? i looked through that bugz thing but that was no help...and niether was naver.

Vanilla Unity and Huckleberry Finn, that's all I know.
Plus, I dont really like their music.

Why wouldn't there be emo? It became so trendy in the US it had to make it here.

yeah... well its not part of the mainstream yet, which is something I find strange.

In order to become mainstream in Korea you have to be willing to sleep with a producer. I'm not sure if any of the emo bands here have that in them.

As I heard, Hollow Jan full length album will be released at December.

Personally, I'm very hyped about their music, because their live was really crazy screaming thing.


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i found a korean indie band on youtube the other day that rocked my socks off. search for monni on youtube and they have a song called sonagi. the chorus is amazing.

monni - sonagi

also try pia - my bed / gloomy sunday

do you know where to download monni songs???????

sugar donut sounds pretty emo/indie to me.
you can find them on z-degrees, if that site is still around.
i havent been keeping up with music, so i wouldnt know anymore..
but thats where i found some of their music.
or actuallu.. just check their myspace.

wut everyone mentioned~
and maybe try Delispice

There's also

My Aunt Mary- which is indie-emo-ish
T.A. Copy- indie
Groupie- same as above

All 3 be found on z-degrees

Maybe also

Crying Nut

It's a stretch to call Crying Nut emo.

Yeah. I was going for the indie catagory with them.

A good band if you're into emo would probably be Same Old Story.
http://www.myspace.com/samejohn teshingoldstory


Well, if its for fame...

I can't believe we all forgot Same Old Story. They are the most quintessential emo band in Korea.

I dont think emo is cool..... if koreans go emo... that will be basically john teshed up... i already love their music right now... EVE is a interesting band... The Trax Rose had left -.- and this new gay guy named Roadkill Joined i mean like wtf..... Rose was like soo much cooler.

I was thinking the same thing lol.

Christ, I don't see what all the surprise is about. Emo is one of the more commercially successful subgenres of punk, so you'd expect they'd have at least a bit. Of course it's a lot younger than the streetpunk and the youth crew hardcore, but the emo bands are getting a lot of attention.

And don't worry, they don't act all pretentiously insincere like foreign emo bands.

actually, korean emo is more popular than you'd think it'd be. the underground scene in korea (for rap and punk/rock music)...more people listen to it then you'd expect. a lot of the hong dae clubs are packed with people just "chilling out" and listening to underground music. also, there are lots of "clubs" (동아리) in university where people get together and make a group (a lot of the cases i've heard are hard metal bands...)

Does anyone know where I can find samples of the bands songs? (that isn't youtube)~
I like Microkid, and I do believe they're indie. I'd mostly describe them as something like loveholic, though, minus the semi-dance tracks that loveholic has. What makes them similar are the female vocals and the guitars.

Probably the best way is through myspace.

there are a lot of melodic fat/epitaph style Korean punk music out there. if you consider that emo too, i can suggest some bands for you.

'Ultra Condition' is emo.
'I Love J.H.' is kind of emo pop-punk.

oh yeah, and "Fake of Reality" is emo as well.

How awesome.

I never knew there were so many emo bands in Korea!

^ well, if we're using 'emo' in a general - thus vague - sense, there is a tremendous number of emo bands in Korea. if we're talking about emo punk, that narrows it down. take away the fat/epitaph Korean bands - like Skrew Attack or Benzene - and that really narrows it down considerably (meaning, there aren't that many emo bands in Korea)

Edit: just remembered, 'Emoticon' is emo too

The definition of emo has changed over time. It used to be an angsty style of hardcore, and now it's used to label any music that has emotion in it. In a few years, emo nerds will start claiming that Frank Sinatra was an emo singer because some of his songs are sad.

Pia and Rocket Diary are madstuff
u can dl their albums from bww2.

well im new but i looked up some bands and i found Vanilla Unity to be pretty kool. even though their no hardcore. their a bit screamo and im def loving their mini cooper.

Rocket Diary, they have a album or two out? Not sure but I love a couple of there songs, especially Districk 13. I'm not sure if they are underground etc. but they are definately emo/indie korean rock band.

Remember just because something is emotional and melancholic doesn't make it emo. Otherwise all Korean pop would be emo.

is vanilla unity even emo..?
not sure.

i doubt it. their sound, to me, has a positive message even though i know nothing of what they sing lol except for the random english phrases. but their good nontheless.

Hmm, the first album was pretty sad, I think... or at least the ones I have the translations of (i.e. sorry)

Sad does not equal emo.

Lol, I knew somebody's gonna say that.

Yea, I never thought of vanilla unity as emo too. Was just thinking that they're just singing sad love song, you know. Not really positive message and all... Gee, I don't know...

^their stuff is positve..believe me
you can be sad and positive at the same time

I dont know if he`s considered korean emo/indie
but he`s in America and he`s korean-american
His name is Vudoo Soul. I fell in love with his music not a while ago. :]

emo, punk, and indie are different.
emoticon & rocket diary are pop-punk.
emo music is more into death.. im talking about the lyric. and also the rhtym.

If you're looking for Korean emo, Same Old Story should be your first and last stop. Popstore has gone between pop punk and emo but I think they're inactive now.

i just listened to Popstore's new EP. It came out this year. I actually enjoyed it. SOS should not be the first and last stop. Definitely, check out Popstore too. They have like a skate-pop style of punk on the new EP.

Anyone has more information on this new co-ed group Dear Cloud? Their song "Ice Fortress" is pretty good.

Dear Cloud - Ice Fortress

http://www.dramabeans.com/2007/10/waffle-boy-returns/

Honestly I have yet to listen to an alternative korean band that has a unique sound at all (obviously apart from the ones that became more popular) Often acting a lot like their kpop counter parts: just mimicking something else.

I'm still looking around on naver for all those groups that have clubs and cyworld groups (Sometimes the only way I feel I can ever really find them apart from actually being IN Korea).

I have heard a lot of bad cover bands. By bad I mean they don't get it. They care more about the look than the music. So what it is... is that a bunch of good musicians (can play an instrument well) try to rock the look and sound.

Sadly all they do is end up rocking the look... and in a bad way.

Why don't you tell us which bands you've listened to.