Thursday, May 22, 2008

The Drummer Has Been Located (Thank You Google)


Thanks to everyone who e-mailed me about the Korean drummer - it's good to see I'm not the only one who enjoys his "Dave Grohl meets Nick the Lounge Singer" approach to percussion.

I did some digging (OK, I searched "Korean Drummer" on google for five seconds) and found an update on my new favorite musician on korea.net:

The energetic drummer...turns out to be Gwon Sun-geun...

According to Gwon, 67, who has since migrated to Toronto, Canada, the footage was originally part of a program on Korea recorded by Toronto MTV in August 1990 where Korean singer named Jeong Ae-ri and other two band members performed at Toronto MTV’s studio.

Gwon...moved to Toronto in 1975 with his wife and children. He now plays for the Korean community and teaches drum class in Toronto.


So here's to you, Gwon Sun-geun. The next time I take a thoroughly overzealous approach to an otherwise mundane task, it will be in your honor. Kudos sir.

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