N.EX.T

For the American R&B Band of the 1990's see Next (American band)
N.EX.T
Origin Seoul, South Korea
Genres Heavy metal, Nu metal, Hard rock, Progressive rock, Industrial rock
Years active 1992–present

N.EX.T or N.Ex.T. (abbreviation for New EXperiment Team) is a South Korean rock band, although their music can also be categorized with as diverse styles as pop, funk, heavy metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, and electronic.

History

N.EX.T (New EXperiment Team) is the band of singer/song-writer Shin Hae Chul (신해철). The group split up following the 1997 release of Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera, and the instrumentalists formed the alternative metal band Novasonic with rapper Kim Jun Pyo. N.EX.T reformed around 2003 following the disbanding of Novasonic, and they released the soundtrack to Guilty Gear XX #Reload. A few of its instrumental songs were re-worked into songs with vocals on the following album, The Return Of N.EX.T Part 3: The Book of War/The Diary of a Soldier. The Return of N.EX.T Part 3 included the song "Dear America" which featured many prominent Korean vocalists such as Kim Jn Pyo and Crash's Ahn Heung-Chan. Guitarist Kim SeHwang released his first solo album, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, on June 27, 2011.

Themes

N.EX.T's songs contain many cultural criticisms, with "Turn Off the T.V." and "Money" pointing to mediation and consumerism. Songs such as "Komerican Blues" and "Dear America" are critical of American policies.Criticism of human disregard for the environment can be found in "Lazenca, Save Us" and "The World We Made," which creates musical contrasts between a pleasant, natural world and a terrifying, industrial, human-influenced world. "Cyber Budha Company Ltd." tells of a dark future in which humans can purchase small amounts of divinity through the use of machines and credit cards.

N.EX.T, Psy, and other musicians jointly performed "Dear America" at a 2004 anti-American concert in Seoul. The lyrics, which CNN translated as "Kill those f--ing Yankees who have been torturing Iraqi captives and those who ordered them to torture", "Kill them all slowly and painfully", and "daughters, mothers, daughters-in-law and fathers", created controversy for Psy over eight years later, after he became famous for Gangnam Style.[1]

Band line-up

(1992–1993) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitars. Jung Gi Song (정기송), lead guitars. Lee Dong Kyu (이동규), electric drums, vocal.

(1993–1994, 2th album making members) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals, keyboards, rhythm guitars, bass. Lim Chang Soo (임창수), lead guitars. Lee Soo Yong (이수용), drums. Lee Dong Kyu, electric drums, bass, vocal.

(1994–1995, 2th album activity members) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals, keyboards, guitars. Kim Se Hwang (김세황), guitars. Lee Soo Yong, drums. Lee Dong Kyu, bass, vocal.

(1995–1997) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals, rhythm guitars, keyboards. Kim Se Hwang, guitars. Lee Soo Yong, drums. Kim Young Suk (김영석), bass.

(2003–2005) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals. Devin Lee, lead guitars. Juny (쭈니, Lee Yong Joon, 이용준), drums. Ssang (쌩, Won Sang Wook, 원상욱), bass. Kim Dong Hyuk (김동혁), keyboards, rhythm guitars.

(2006) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals. Kim Se Hwang, guitars. Devin Lee, guitar. Lee Soo Yong, drums. Kim Young Suk, bass. Ji Hyun Soo (지현수), keyboards

(2007) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocals. Kim Se Hwang, guitars. Seo dong min(서동민, Yoon Tera), drums. Park Jong Dae(박종대, Jade Park), bass. Ji Hyun Soo (지현수), keyboards

(2008–2012) Shin Hae Chul, lead vocal. Kim Se Hwang, lead guitars. Kim Dan (김단), drums. Park Jong Dae(Jade), bass. Ji Hyun Soo (지현수), keyboards

Discography

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