Han Dae-soo
| Han Dae Soo | |
|---|---|
| Born |
March 12, 1948 , Busan, South Korea |
| Genres | Rock, K-pop, folk |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Songwriter, Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1974–present |
| Labels | Shinsaekae Record |
| Han Dae-soo | |
| Hangul | 한대수 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 韓大洙 |
| Revised Romanization | Han Dae-su |
| McCune–Reischauer | Han Taesu |
Han Dae-soo (born March 12, 1948, Busan) is a South Korean folk and rock singer-songwriter. He led the Korean modern folk era of the 1960s and 1970s, and released some experimental albums in the 1990s and 2000s.
Han Dae-soo was born in Busan (formerly known as Pusan) and attended elementary school there until he was ten years old. In 1958, his family moved to New York City and he spent the next four years at P.S. 125 Elementary School in Harlem. He returned to Pusan for three years of junior high school and the first year of high school before returning to the US, where he eventually graduated from A.G. Berner high school in Long Island. In 1966 he was admitted to the University of New Hampshire to study veterinary medicine, but transferred after a year to the New York Institute of Photography. In the meantime, he continued to develop his musical talent and, in 1968, began performing in South Korea's burgeoning folk scene. He was particularly active in 1969, performing a number of concerts on the college circuit, before being conscripted to join Korea's armed forces. He spent the next three years as a gunner on board a Korean warship. He returned to music in 1974, releasing his first album. During the intervening years, a number of artists, including Yang Hee-eun and Kim Min-ki, covered his songs on their own releases.
Drawing on influences from John Lennon, Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan, his first two albums, Long-long road (1974) and Rubber Shoes (Gomusin, 1975) were not overtly anti-government, but sufficiently so to draw attention from the Park Chung Hee government. The two albums were subsequently banned, forcing Han Dae-soo into exile in New York City. These two albums became masterpieces in K-pop history. "Give me some water" ("물 좀 주소") and "The nation of Happiness" ("행복의 나라") became youth anthems.
In New York, he formed a post-punk rock band called Genghis Khan. Although they never released an album, some of their recordings are included in the thirteenth CD of The Box(2005). With gigs CBGB and Trude Heller, they got a little popularity but soon disbanded. Hahn continued his career as a photographer until 1989.
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