Shin Jung-hyeon
| Shin Jung Hyeon(신중현, 申重鉉) | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 4, 1938 , Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | Rock, pop, blues |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, singer, guitarist |
| Instruments | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1954–present |
| Labels | Jigu Record |
| Associated acts | Add 4, Pearl Sisters, Shin Jung-hyeon and The Men, Shin Junh-hyeon and YeopJeons, Shin Jung-hyeon and Music Power, Shin Jung-hyeon and SeNaGeuNe |
| Shin Jung-hyeon | |
| Hangul | 신중현 |
|---|---|
| Hanja | 申重鉉 |
| Revised Romanization | Sin Jung-hyeon |
| McCune–Reischauer | Sin Chunghyŏn |
Shin Jung-hyeon (born January 4, 1938 in Seoul) is a South Korean rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Known as Korea's "Godfather of Rock", he led Korean psychedelic pop/rock culture during the 1960s and 1970s. His sons Shin Dae-cheol (Sinawe) and Shin Yun-cheol are also respected guitarists in Korean rock. He became the first Asian musician and the sixth in the world to be the recipient of the Fender Custom Shop Tribute Series guitar joining five of other such rock legends as Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Stevie Ray Vaughan. Such was his influence and versatility that he has been described as South Korea's answer to Brian Wilson and Jimi Hendrix.
Shin Jung-hyeon was born in 1938, and his mother died when he was still a child. His father remarried to a Japanese woman, and Shin spent his youth with them in Manchuria and Japan. They were living in Chungcheong Province, Korea when Shin's father died in 1952 and his stepmother the next year. Shin moved to Seoul on his own, working in a pharmacy and going to night school. He taught himself to play the guitar, and began giving lessons at a music institute in Jongno. In 1957 he began playing for the U.S. army in Korea, using the stage name "Jackie Shin". He continued performing for the U.S. troops for the next decade. Shin claims that the U.S. Army bases are where Korean rock was born. "At that time, Korean clubs only played 'trot,' tango, music like that," he remembers.
His psychedelic style of music fascinated the U.S. soldiers, and some record companies asked him to make LPs. His cover of "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" by Iron Butterfly is a legend today. His first recording in 1959 was covers of traditional Korean music. He managed his own band, Add 4, in 1961. Add 4 was the first rock band in Korea, and their music style was similar to the Ventures.
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