Shin Joong-hyun
Date of Birth:
Nov 04, 1938
Place of Birth:
Keijō, Korea under the protectorate of Japan (now Seoul, Republic of Korea)
Date of Birth:
Nov 04, 1938
Place of Birth:
Keijō, Korea under the protectorate of Japan (now Seoul, Republic of Korea)
Biography:
Shin Joong-hyun is a South Korean rock guitarist and singer-songwriter often referred to as Korea's "Godfather of Rock." A pioneer of Korean rock music, Shin is known for forming South Korea's first rock band, Add4, in 1962 and for being at the forefront of the country's psychedelic rock scene of the 1960s and 1970s.