Gate Flowers
OriginSeoul, South Korea
Genres
Years active2005-2006, 2008-2015, 2023-present
LabelsEchobrid
Members
  • Park Geunhong
  • Yeom Seungshik
  • Lee Insan
  • Jeon Sangjin
Past members
  • Yoo Jaein
  • Yang Jeongeun

Gate Flowers (Korean: 게이트 플라워즈) is a South Korean hard rock band. The band currently consists of Park Geunhong, Yeom Seungshik, Lee Insan and Jeon Sangjin.[1] Since their formation in 2005, the band has released the studio album Times (2012).

Career

Gate Flowers was formed in 2005 in Seoul, but disbanded in 2006, and reunited in 2008.[2] In October 2009, they were honoured rookies on EBS Space.[3] They released the EP Gate Flowers in 2010.[4] In 2011, they won the Rookie of the Year award at the Korean Music Awards.[4]

They gained huge popularity when they appeared in Korean TV show Top Band in 2011.[5] In 2012, they released their first studio album, Times.[4] And in 2013 they toured the UK.[6]

In 2014 they released the EP Neulcuen Baemn (늙은 뱀), and in 2015 they disbanded.[2]

In 2023, they announced their reunion with new members Lee Insan and Jeon Sangjin. They released a new single, All In.[1] They joined the lineup of the DMZ Peace Train Music Festival.[7]

Members

Current members

Past members

Discography

Albums

Extended plays

References

  1. ^ a b Park, Jeongseon (2023-08-03). "게이트 플라워즈 "새로운 시작에 '올 인'" [D:인디그라운드(156)]". Dailian (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  2. ^ a b Hong, Jangwon (2020-10-31). "한때 한국 하드록의 미래…`게이트 플라워즈`". Mail Economy (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  3. ^ "Gate Flowers". Korean Broadcasting System. 2012-07-18. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  4. ^ a b c Cho, Chung-un (2012-09-12). "Rock band Gate Flowers looks beyond Korea". The Korea Herold. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  5. ^ Lee, Sodam (2012-05-29). "게이트플라워즈 정규1집 'TIMES', 실시간 음원차트 전곡 랭크". TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  6. ^ P, Chris (2013-04-17). "Interview with Gate Flowers". Korean Indie. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
  7. ^ "[STORY]𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟯 𝗗𝗠𝗭 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗲-𝗨𝗣 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡". DMZ Peace Train Music Festival (in Korean). 2023-05-19. Retrieved 2023-08-25.
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