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The Geeks are an influential hardcore punk band from South Korea. They are one of Korea's first hardcore punk bands and also the nation's first band to introduce youth crew and straight edge hardcore. They are the first Korean hardcore band to tour the US, Japan, and Southeast Asia. Due to their extensive travels and organizing overseas tours in Korea, they are one of Korea's most-disseminated bands, being widely known around the world in their own niche genre. The Geeks were formed in 1999 by schoolmates Seo Kiseok (vocalist) and Kang Junsung (guitarist), shortly after discovering the existence of Korean punk through the ''Our Nation'' compilation put out by Drug Records. ==History== Due largely to Seo's time living abroad in America, the band signed to Think Fast! Records and is well known in the international hardcore community. They are also associated with Get Outta Town Records, Townhall Records, and GMC Records. Their connections have opened up many opportunities to tour outside of Korea, rare for Korean bands until very recently. They were the first Korean punk band to successfully tour the United States. They have since toured the US numerous times, and in 2007 they went on a world tour taking them to the US as well as Malaysia and Singapore. The Geeks performed at SXSW in 2013 with a grant from the Korea Creative Content Agency, where they were introduced as K-pop. They will appear in the upcoming documentary film, ''Us and Them: Korean Indie Rock in a K-Pop World'', by Stephen Epstein and Timothy Tangherlini, a sequel to their 1999 documentary ''Our Nation''. Currently, all members of the Geeks have full-time careers, leaving less time for music. Seo works for GM Daewoo and Kang works for an IT company. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Geeks (band)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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