Seo Taiji and Boys
Seo Taiji and Boys (Korean: 서태지와 아이들) was a South Korean music group active from 1992 to 1996. The three members of the boy band, Seo Taiji, Yang Hyun-suk and Lee Juno, experimented with many different genres of popular Western music. Seo Taiji and Boys was highly successful and is credited with changing the South Korean music industry by pioneering the use of rap in Korean popular music and utilizing social critique, despite pressure from ethics and censorship committees.
Seo Taiji and Boys | |
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Seo Taiji and Boys in the early 1990s. From left: Yang Hyun-suk, Seo Taiji, and Lee Juno. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
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| Years active | 1992–1996 |
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| Past members | Seo Taiji Yang Hyun-suk Lee Juno |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 서태지와 아이들 |
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| Revised Romanization | Seo Taejiwa aideul |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sŏ T‘aeji-wa aidŭl |
The band won the Grand Prize at the Seoul Music Awards in both 1992 and 1993. In April 1996, Billboard reported that the band's first three albums had each sold over 1.6 million copies, with the fourth nearing two million, making all four some of the best-selling albums in South Korea.