TRAX (band)

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TRAX 트랙스
Also known as	The TRAX
Origin	Seoul, South Korea
Genres	K-pop, rock,acid rock, trip-pop, soul electric
Occupations	Musicians
Years active	2004 - present
Labels	SM Entertainment (South Korea) Avex Trax (Japan)
Associated acts	SMTown
Website	Official Site (Korean) Official Site (Japan)
Members
Typhoon X-Mas Attack
Former members
Rose
Notable instruments
drums, bass, guitar

TRAX (also known as The TRAX) is a South Korean rock band formed in the summer of 2004 by SM Entertainment and formerly produced by X Japan's co-founder Yoshiki. The name "TRAX" stands for "recording tracks," but also stands for the first letter of each member's stage name (Typhoon of the Rose Attack on Xmas). The band made their first public appearance for BoA's eleventh single "Rock With You" in December 2003. TRAX held its first concert on July 26, 2004 at Ziller Hall. Despite Rose's absence, TRAX continues to work as a threesome with support drummer(s). Jay and JungMo are in a new reality show called "Band of Brothers" which airs on MBC, they are also joined by Heechul and Kangin of Super Junior. After a few years quiet in the music industry, The TRAX returned with Air in a project OST group. They released a song entitled Fate which is an OST in the film Swallow The Sun.

Contents 1 Pre-debut 2 Debut 3 Current members 3.1 Typhoon 3.2 Attack 3.3 X-mas 4 Former members 4.1 Rose 5 Discography 5.1 Korean Singles 5.2 Japanese Singles 5.3 Albums 6 Joint discography 7 Other works 8 Trivia 9 Related publications 10 References 11 External links

[edit] Pre-debut

In 2000, SM Entertainment decided to produce a rock group, which took them four years to materialize^[1]. The TRAX members, Typhoon, Rose, and Attack first appeared in the "2002 Survival Audition HeeJun vs. KangTa Battle of the Century" along with TVXQ's Xiah and Super Junior's Sung Min and Eun Hyuk.

[edit] Debut

The TRAX is active in both South Korea and Japan. The band is not recognized as much as kpop artists in South Korea but are still known widely throughout korea, because of their first major mark on the Korean charts in 2006 with their song "초우 (初雨)," (First Rain), a rock ballad from their first album. The band although does not have a strong presence in the Japanese music scene because of the over population of rock groups and the recent flood of Korean singers trying to make their mark in Japan.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Current members

[edit] Typhoon

Typhoon (born April 8, 1984) is the leader and main vocals of the band. He is also known as Jay Kim or Kim Jung-duk. Typhoon grew up in California, U.S..

[edit] Attack

Attack (born June 15, 1985) plays the bass for the band. His birth name is Kang Jung Woo (강정우) and goes by the nickname "Dul Bong". The instrument he uses is a ZON's Sonus5 (SVT Classic).

[edit] X-mas

X-mas (born March 26, 1985) plays the guitar for the band. His birth name is Kim Jung Mo (김정모) and goes by the nickname "Gammo". The instrument he uses is a Zemaitis GZ501-Heart/BK Electric Guitar.

[edit] Former members

[edit] Rose

Rose (born May 29, 1986) played the drums, and was the back-up vocals for the band. Rose's real name is No Min Woo (노민우). On May 10, 2006, Avex Trax announced on their official website that Rose had left TRAX to pursue other interests. He is currently the guitarist for the underground four-member rock band "The Romantist". He attends Inha University and studies art.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Korean Singles

[edit] Japanese Singles

[edit] Albums

[edit] Joint discography

[edit] Other works

TVXQ - Volume 1 - Tri-Angle (October 13, 2004)

• Track 3 - Tri-Angle (feat. BoA and TRAX)

TVXQ - Volume 2 - Rising Sun (September 12, 2005)

• Track 10 - Free Your Mind (feat. TRAX)

[edit] Trivia

The Trax also sang a rock version of Don Don 돈!돈! by Super Junior. They sang the rock version before Super Junior even debuted the album.

[edit] Related publications

• 1st Story Book - BLAST (December 1, 2004)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Korean) The TRAX Official Site (Korea)
• (Korean) SM Entertainment's Official Site

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