Kim Tae Won
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Kim Tae-won is a renowned Korea
n guitarist
with over 30 years of experience in Korean music industry, currently leading one of the most successful rock bands in Korean music history, Boohwal.
player, having achieved the level of 300 points as a highschool senior. His guitar skill was even more outstanding: He is said to have been able to play proficiently the guitar riff in Led Zeppelin
’s “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
” in middle school
and the guitar solo of (towards the end of the song) Deep Purple's "Highway Star" at a much faster speed than normal.. He slowly rose to fame among fellow students in the Seodaemun area, his home town. He was called “the best guitarist everybody knows”.[1]
"The End" with two colleagues, one of whom was Kim Jong-Seo
who later left the band to join a then more established rock band Sinawe
. With "The End", he performed covers of western rock songs for audiences in various places in Korea. It was when Kim Jong-Seo
joined "The End" that the band changed its name into "Boohwal", which means resurrection in Korean. After Kim Jong-Seo
left the band, Lee Seung-Cheol
joined the band as a new lead vocal, who brought huge success to the band with Boohwal's first hit number, "Heeya (희야)."
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
n guitarist
Guitarist
A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
with over 30 years of experience in Korean music industry, currently leading one of the most successful rock bands in Korean music history, Boohwal.
Adolescence
He was a talented billiardsBilliards
Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
player, having achieved the level of 300 points as a highschool senior. His guitar skill was even more outstanding: He is said to have been able to play proficiently the guitar riff in Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...
’s “Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
Babe I'm Gonna Leave You
"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You" is a folk song written by Anne Bredon in the late 1950s. It was recorded by Joan Baez and released on her 1962 album Joan Baez in Concert, Part 1, and also by the English rock band Led Zeppelin, who included it on their 1969 debut album Led Zeppelin...
” in middle school
Middle school
Middle School and Junior High School are levels of schooling between elementary and high schools. Most school systems use one term or the other, not both. The terms are not interchangeable...
and the guitar solo of (towards the end of the song) Deep Purple's "Highway Star" at a much faster speed than normal.. He slowly rose to fame among fellow students in the Seodaemun area, his home town. He was called “the best guitarist everybody knows”.[1]
The Beginning
At 20, he started a rock bandRock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...
"The End" with two colleagues, one of whom was Kim Jong-Seo
Kim Jong-Seo
Kim Jong-Seo is a veteran South Korean rocker. He first appeared in 1987 as part of a heavy metal rock band "Sinawe". After Sinawe, Kim Jong-Seo was part of several rock bands, among others: Charisma , Little Sky , and Buhwal...
who later left the band to join a then more established rock band Sinawe
Sinawe
Sinawe is a heavy metal rock music band in South Korea. They were the first band which played metal in South Korea. During its golden age in the late 1980s and early 1990s, many renowned musicians in South Korea such as Seo Tai-ji, Kim Jong-seo, and Yim Jae-beom improved their musical ability....
. With "The End", he performed covers of western rock songs for audiences in various places in Korea. It was when Kim Jong-Seo
Kim Jong-Seo
Kim Jong-Seo is a veteran South Korean rocker. He first appeared in 1987 as part of a heavy metal rock band "Sinawe". After Sinawe, Kim Jong-Seo was part of several rock bands, among others: Charisma , Little Sky , and Buhwal...
joined "The End" that the band changed its name into "Boohwal", which means resurrection in Korean. After Kim Jong-Seo
Kim Jong-Seo
Kim Jong-Seo is a veteran South Korean rocker. He first appeared in 1987 as part of a heavy metal rock band "Sinawe". After Sinawe, Kim Jong-Seo was part of several rock bands, among others: Charisma , Little Sky , and Buhwal...
left the band, Lee Seung-Cheol
Lee Seung-cheol
Lee Seung-Cheol is a South Korean singer. He was the main vocal of Boohwal, a South Korean rock band, until 1989 when he parted with the band and released his first solo album, Don't Say Good-Bye . In 2005 his 7th album, The Livelong Day, won him Korean Music Awards for best male singer...
joined the band as a new lead vocal, who brought huge success to the band with Boohwal's first hit number, "Heeya (희야)."