The RockTigers are a South Korean rock and roll

Rock and roll

Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

 band formed in 2001. The RockTigers are the pioneers of the rock and roll revival

Revival

Revival may refer to:*Resuscitation of a person*Language revival of an extinct language*Revival of a defunct team*Revival of a former television series*Revival of a former hit play in a new production...

 movement on the Korean indie band scene. The RockTigers show a style that is rooted in the 1940s and 1950s jump blues

Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. It was very popular in the 1940s, and the movement was a precursor to the arrival of rhythm and blues and rock and roll...

, boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie

Boogie-woogie has the following meanings:*Boogie-woogie, a piano-based music style*Boogie-woogie , a swing dance or a dance that imitates the rock-n-roll dance of the 1950s*"Boogie Woogie" , a song by EuroGroove and Dannii Minogue...

, and rockabilly

Rockabilly

Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

 that sets them apart from other Korean indie bands. Although not on the Korean mainstream

Mainstream

Mainstream is, generally, the common current thought of the majority. However, the mainstream is far from cohesive; rather the concept is often considered a cultural construct....

, The RockTigers have developed a cult

Cult

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 following, especially among the ex-pat community and tourists, with their energetic live shows around the Hongdae

Hongdae

The Hongdae Area is a region in South Korea known for its entertainment and clubs. The area is part of the Mapo-gu district northwest of Seoul, South Korea.-Name:...

 club scene. Inspired by the foreigner support, the RockTigers recorded and released a Japanese EP

Extended play

An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Rockabilly Coaster and an English EP Electric Travel

Electric Travel (EP)

Electric Travel is the English EP album by South Korea-based indie rock and roll band The RockTigers. The album was released on April 30, 2011 through Stoneage Records and only available at live shows. Official release was on May 6, 2011...

which were released on December 28, 2010 and April 30, 2011 respectively.

Velvet Geena and Tiger are the only original members of the band since 2001.

Studio albums

• Come On Let's Go
  Come On Let's Go
  Come On Let's Go is the debut studio album by South Korea-based indie rock and roll band The RockTigers. The album was released on June 23, 2003 through Drug Records.-Track listing:# "Leather Bike Jacket Boy"# "Come On Let's Go"...
  
  (2003)
• Oldies But Goodies
  Oldies But Goodies
  Oldies But Goodies is the second studio album by South Korea-based indie rock and roll band The RockTigers. It was released on April 16, 2007 through Drug Records.-Track listing:# "Run " – 2:58...
  
  (2007)
• Taste The Kimchibilly (EP) (2008)
• Rock 'N' Roll Licence (2010)
• Rockabilly Coaster (EP) (2010)(Japan only)
• Electric Travel (EP)
  Electric Travel (EP)
  Electric Travel is the English EP album by South Korea-based indie rock and roll band The RockTigers. The album was released on April 30, 2011 through Stoneage Records and only available at live shows. Official release was on May 6, 2011...
  
  (2011)

Compilations

• 문화사기단 합동음반 제1호/Culture Fraud Company Compilation No. 1 (2002) "Sex Machine"
• 문화사기단 크리스마스 컴필레이션/Culture Fraud Company Christmas Compilation (2002) "Leather Bike Jacket Boy"

Current

Velvet Geena - Vocals

Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

Tiger - Guitar

Guitar

The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

 

Roy - Double bass

Double bass

The double bass, also called the string bass, upright bass, standup bass or contrabass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument in the modern symphony orchestra, with strings usually tuned to E1, A1, D2 and G2...

 

Eddie Tarantula - Lead guitar

Lead guitar

Lead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...

Jack "The Knife" - Drums

External links

• Official band website