Shin Joong-hyun

Born

1938-11-04

Birthplace

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.