The band has changed members several times over the years, and members have joined many other bands. Sometimes they'll put on a big show where all the old members are invited back and they take turns doing guest spots.
Rux has been a very likeable streetpunk band from the beginning, and they have the right amount of singalong lyrics in most of their songs. Jonghee spent a few years of his youth in New York so he knows enough decent English to put together legible lyrics. Most of their songs mix English and Korean.
For a while, it looked like Rux would follow some of the more marketable Korean (pop-)punk bands into the spotlight. They were invited to a very prestigious spot on a live music TV show. Now, when I say live music, I mean they basically mime their instruments and sing along to a previously recorded track. But it is aired live on TV across the nation...with no sneeze button. Why is this relevant? Just watch, and make sure you stick around for the finale.
Immediately afterward, those two guys were arrested and served three months in jail. One of them was the guitarist of the Spiky Brats and the other was the lead singer of Couch. The Couch guy later told me prison was awesome, and the food was so great he actually put on weight. A lot of effort went into also convicting Jonghee, accusing him of putting them up to it and of running a sex club. Fortunately the public lost interest and we all moved on.
They've made several recordings over the years, but I've selected Another Conception from 2005, which has some of their better earlier stuff balanced with decent recording quality.
Download Rux - Another Conception
2 comments:
Great post man, That video was hilarious. Did they just decide to do that in the moment or was the whole thing planned out?
The prosecutors were trying to say they planned it, and they wanted to throw the lead singer in jail too, but they kept to the story that nobody knows. I don't think the truth will ever come out.
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