Blood Pledge

The draft really fucks you up. No, not draught beer--I'm talking about having to sacrifice two years of your life between the ages of 18 and 30 to the army, where you will get paid maybe $5 a month and get maybe 10 days off in the entire two years (and that means no weekends). As you can imagine, this wreaks havoc on the Seoul punk scene.

When Captain Bootbois' lead singer Donghyun went into the army, they were fucked for two years. Along came Jonghyuk, his friend and a fellow skinhead willing to step up to the plate. Jonghyuk was post-army, so he took over vocal duties, renaming the band 혈맹 (pronounced Hyul Maeng, translates roughly to Blood Pledge).



They played off and on for the next two years, covering a lot of Bootbois stuff and making their own material. Jonghyuk spent a lot of time in Japan as a youth and is fluent in Japanese, so he was heavily influenced by the Japanese nationalist bands identified as Skinhead Samurai Spirit. He managed to release one four-song EP full of roughly recorded nationalistic songs.



The band never broke up, but after Donghyun returned and Captain Bootbois reactivated, Jonghyuk didn't perform much anymore. You'll still see them once or twice a year, however, usually with an assorted lineup of his friends who aren't also in Bootbois.

Line Up (as of the recording)
Jong-Hyuk Lee - Vocals
Myung-Hyun Kim - Bass
Ju-Hyun Lee - Guitar
Zin-Man Cho - Drums

Eastern Tiger (1st Demo)(2004)
01 - Blood Pledge
02 - Way Of Myself
03 - Strong Mind
04 - Eastern Tiger

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동방의 호랑이 - 혈맹 / Eastern Tiger - Blood Pledge
수세기동안 행해진 억울했던 침략
The bitter invasions suffered for centuries
수세기동안 행해진 억압되었던 자유
The freedom that has been suppressed for centuries
이제는 더 이상 당하지만은 않는 다 숨지기만은 않는다.
We won’t endure it anymore, we won’t just hide it anymore
잊지 마라! 굶주린 호랑이의 발톱을
Don’t forget! The claws of the starving tiger
잊지 마라! 굶주린 호랑이의 이 빨을
Don’t forget! The teeth of the starving tiger
수세기동안 행해진 왜곡된 진실
The history distorted for centuries
수세기동안 짓밟힌 호랑이의 위상
The dignity trampled for centuries
이제는 더 이상 당하지만은 않는다 숨기지만은 않는다
We won’t endure it anymore, we won’t just hide it anymore
보이는가! 장엄한 호랑이의 광채가
Do you see it? The majestic splendor of the tiger
들리는가! 우렁찬 호랑이의 포효가
Do you hear it? The resounding roar of the tiger
느끼는가! 진정한 호랑이의 혼을
Do you feel it? The true spirit of the tiger
각인하라 우리가 바로 동방의 호랑이다.
Carve it in your memory, we are the tigers of the East.