Shin Joong-hyun
🎬 Actor
Born
4 November 1938 (87)
Place of Birth
Keijō, Korea under the protectorate of Japan (now Seoul, Republic of Korea)
Also known as
Shin Jung-hyeon
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.
