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. In 2003, he formed the rock band Butterfly Effect, which disbanded in 2007. That same year, he became the vocalist of The Ratios, an electronic rock band. In 2009, Kim formed Art Of Parties, and in 2013 released his first solo album, ''N.Surf part 1''.

Sinawe

Kim became the fifth vocalist of legendary heavy metal/rock band

, formed by guitarist

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, son of Shin Junghyeon, in October 1995. His first release with them was the 1996 mini album ''Circus''. He holds the record for the longest-serving vocalist of the band to date.

Music

While Butterfly Effect focused on modern rock and The Ratios on electronic rock, Art Of Parties experiments with garage, alternative, modern and psychedelic rock. Nicknamed 'The Maestro of Rock Vocalists,' Kim is known for his unchanging expression while he performs. Kim is a songwriter and producer, having written songs since his time with

. In 2013, he participated in producing and directing

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's solo mini album. In 2010, he was a professor in the department of applied music at Seoul Arts College. In 2012, he reunited with Sinawe to participate in MBC's

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Personal life

Kim is married to fashion designer Lee Juyoung, who has designed pieces for

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and

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Discography

Sinawe

* Circus (1996) * 은퇴선언 (1997) * Psychedelos (1998)

Butterfly Effect

* Butterfly Effect (2003) * Butterfly Effect 2nd (2005) * Digital Single – Shooting Star / What A Girl (2006) * Digital Single – Candy (2007)

The Ratios

* Burning Telepathy (2008) * Lusty Initialization (2013)

Art Of Parties

* Ophelia (2010) * Seitrap Fo Tra (2011) * Reborn (2011) * Digital Single – Island / Never Ever (2012)

Solo

* N.Surf part 1 (2013) * Moonage Dream (2014)

Soundtracks

* 18 vs. 29 O.S.T. – "If Only Once" (2005) *

Miss Korea Miss Korea ( ko, 미스코리아) is a national beauty pageant in South Korea. Lee Seung-hyeon won the title on October 26, 2022. History The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook I ...

O.S.T. – "Heartbreaker (With Every Single Day)" (2014)

Featurings

* Leessang's ''Hexagonal'' – "Dying Freedom" (2009) *

Romantic Punch Romantic Punch is a rock band based in South Korea, which currently has four members. The band was formed in July 2003 as a Christian indie band "WA★DISH" (Wash the Dishes) and changed its name to "Romantic Punch" in May 2009. They originally h ...

's ''Midnight Cinderella'' – "Right Now" (2010) * Novasonic's ''Home'' – ''Sad Clown'' (2001) * Rainy Sun's ''Origin''- ''Black Dog'' (2009) * Noise Cat's ''Sunday Sunset Airlines'' – "Playing With Sunday" (2012)

References

External links

Art Of Parties Cafe

Bada Kim's Twitter

Bada Kim's Facebook
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