KBS Top Band 3 - Episode 1 (151003)

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

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Promotional video feat. Rose Motel

Synopsis: Top Band is a band competition series that airs on KBS. Out of 623 auditioning bands, only 18 teams will make it past the preliminaries and onto the main stage. Over the course of 12 episodes, these contestants will compete for the title of 'Top Band' and the 100 million Won grand prize. This season's panel of judges is made up of Shin Dae-chul, leader and guitarist of Sinawe; composer and songwriter Yoon Il-sang; and indie band Rose Motel, which previously participated as a contestant in Top Band 2.

On this episode: The first round of preliminary auditions! Which bands will impress the judges enough to become one of the final 18?

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Band Auditions (in order of appearance)
Streetguns (스트릿건즈) – Rock Is Black

Mimi Sisters (미미시스터즈) – 내 말이 그 말이었잖아요 (That's What I'm Saying)
You can watch their performance at 23:00 in this video.

Dead Buttons (데드 버튼즈) – I Need A Million

Oriental Showcus (오리엔탈 쇼커스) – 쇼커스 (Showcus)
You can watch their performance at 30:00 in this video.

What A Circus (와러써커스) – 야 너 나 좋아하지마

APNEA (애프니어) – Dirty Veins

Cho Moon Geun Band (조문근밴드) – l.i.l
You can watch their performance at 41:35 in this video.

2nd Moon (두 번째 달) – 두 개의 길 (Two Roads)

Pentasonic (펜타소닉) – Sunshine
You can watch their performance at 50:05 in this video.

inplace (인플레이스) – Break The Ice

leeSA (리싸) – I Want You Back

LUNAFLY (루나플라이) – Falling

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[Poll #2024118]

Videos uploaded by KBSEntertain, songyeonju, TOP밴드3
You can watch the entire unsubbed episode at ondemandkorea.com or KBSTV

Comments

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure how popular this show will be on Omona... I'll be gauging the level of interest from the number of poll participants and comments per post, and future posts will be made based on that. I don't want to be fluttering around by myself in my own posts. lol

With that aside, I'm really excited for this new season! I was hoping to see Asian Chairshot and oops nice get some screen time in the first episode because they both announced that they were part of this season, but one band showed up for only a few seconds and the other didn't show up at all. v_v

I was also really surprised to see Lunafly show up at the end. The co-founder of their company is a judge though, so I wonder if that had anything to do with their presence there. I hadn't known about What A Circus before this show, but they were entertaining to watch.

[jeliza]

Wah, LJ ate my super long comment, and I can't remember it all, so... scattered one shot impressions it is.

Bless you, OP. I really like shows like this, though I have a hard time keeping up while things are actually going on. (I keep intending to see if there are subs anywhere of Trot Master X....)

I really liked the Mimi Sisters for their energy and incorporating a more traditional sound, but they need to work on their pitch.

Oriental Showcus are probably great at street festivals, fun sound, good performers.

What a Circus's choreo was hilarious.

Streetguns came out of a time machine, right?

Apnea and Cho Moon Geun Band both didn't seem quite cohesive, though I want to see what Apnea is like after they've been performing another year.

The lead singer of Inplace's voice doesn't fit the song -- I like the song, and the band sound, and lyrics, but he needs to be less timid. Or have someone else sing with a less sweet voice.

Pentasonic being a white guy lead and standard issue U.S. bar band sound was .. unexpected. And offputting.

I hadn't paid much attention to Lunafly before, but they were clearly one of the best, and I really loved the lead vocal's voice. (Has the song they performed been released somewhere? I found them on Spotify, but not that track.

So my picks from this crop to advance are Lunafly, Oriental Showcus, What a Circus and Mimi Sisters.

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

Lunafly's lead vocal is Yun! His voice is like chocolate. I don't think they've released that song yet afaik.

[marinamirabella.livejournal.com]

Exactly my picks too LOL With Lunafly as the most interesting to me for now. They seem somewhat different from before...

[carmine-pink.livejournal.com]

Not gonna lie, I only clicked this post because of the Lunafly tag. I've been wondering how they're doing, when they're gonna release new music, if they've been making enough money with their small overseas gigs these days. After Brown Eyes Girls' Jea, Miryo and Narsha left Nega Network to join Gain, I think Lunafly and LC9 are the only ones left in that company (does LC9 even still exist?). Lunafly is just starting over with two new members so I hope things work out for them in this show and beyond.

[jeliza]

LC9 has been totally silent on social media since February, and their official website still shows E.den and Rasa, both of whom have left. I'm glad BEG has escaped. Laboum had a comeback this spring, but they are jointly managed with U-KISS/Lim Chang Jun's label NH Media, so I don't know that Nega gets any credit for that. Their other listed artists haven't released anything since 2012, so .... maybe this show will help Lunafly find a new home? They seem pretty self-directed.

[xonatejennyxoxo.livejournal.com]

When I saw Sam tweet about this I was kind of surprised because they hadn't mentioned anything about the show before then, but I'm really hoping that this will provide Lunafly with the momentum they need to do well in Korea (especially given that this is happening relatively soon after Jin and Yub joined so it's a bit of a fresh start for them, at least domestically).

I would be excited for weekly posts about the show, though. I keep meaning to get more into k-indie/k-rock but maybe this will finally push me into finding more artists to listen to/follow.

[stutterflies.livejournal.com]

I'll definitely keep up with the posts! I'm super excited that people even commented at all lol.

If you're interested in krock, you should check out the posts in our "rock music" tag. I've been padding it up with new posts lately, but it's severely limited to bands that confine to my taste. Just let me know if you'd like to hear from a broader range of bands! I go through a lot of content but generally post only things that I love.