KPOP 1st generation · Drug Records / Rock Star Music & Live
No Brain
ノーブレイン / 노브레인
No Brain have been playing Korean punk since 1998, and their best-known songs turn up at football grounds as often as in clubs.
- 1998DebutJul 1, 1998
- 4Members
- 1thGeneration
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In 30 seconds: No Brain
Lee Sung-woo, Vovo, Hwang Hyun-sung and Jeong Min-jun have kept the live circuit going for longer than most Korean bands have existed.
Come here for the loud, communal end of Korean rock rather than the studio end.
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Key facts
- Group name
- No Brain
- Reading / Hangul
- ノーブレイン / 노브레인
- Company
- Drug Records / Rock Star Music & Live
- Debut date
- July 1, 1998
- Days active
- 10,349 days (28 years, 4 months)
- Debut song
- Youth 98
- Generation
- 1st generation
- Fandom name
- (未公表)
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Member guide
ファン・ヒョンソン황현성 · Hwang Hyun-sungView in Japaneseチョン・ミンジュン정민준 · Jeong Min-junView in JapaneseProfile comparison
| Members | Birth date | Blood type | MBTI | Nationality | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| イ・ソンウ | 1976-12-08 | 49 | 175cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ボボ | 1977-01-01 | 49 | 174cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| ファン・ヒョンソン | 1978-06-20 | 48 | 176cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
| チョン・ミンジュン | 1979-01-01 | 47 | 176cm | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | South Korea |
Ages are as of 2026-10-31.
Selected releases
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Start here
Follow a few songs from the starting point to the group's current sound.
NO BRAIN 30th, Pt. 5 - You Have A Crush On Me
Youth 98 MVYouth 98 is the debut and the origin of everything they do.
Little Baby MVLittle Baby is another way into No Brain.05
From debut to now
- 1998Arrived from the indie and punk scene around Drug Records and became a leading presence in the first impulse of Korean punk.
- 2000Early songs such as Little Baby widened a raw band sound and a live feel that pulls the audience in.
- 2001You Have A Crush On Me became a signature song that keeps being played and stayed an entrance through the later HD remaster.
- 2007That Is Youth showed a face of youth punk reaching a wider audience while keeping the image the band name carries.
- 2013Soju Shot was published as an official music video, putting the heat of a live house beside a drinking song with wide appeal.
- 2019Music videos on the official channel made it possible to see a long-running band still working now.
- 2020Official live footage from Simply K-Pop and the KBS channels lets you catch up on a stage strength the music videos do not show.
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Achievements
Key milestones
Verified information
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Official links
Official social accounts and platforms
Shopping guide
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KPOP DISCOVER's No Brain note
No Brain is a four-piece band born in July 1998 out of the indie and punk scene around Drug Records. Lee Sung-woo, Vovo, Hwang Hyun-sung and Jeong Min-jun arrived as an act carrying the first impulse of Korean punk. They debuted in an era before idol-format K-pop had taken shape as an industry, dragging rough guitars and the heat of a live house behind them.
The songs to name as an entrance are Youth 98, Little Baby and Radio Radio. Starting from Youth 98, whose title carries the 1998 debut year, gives a direct sense of what the Korean punk scene sounded like then. Little Baby puts the live feel that pulls an audience in right at the front, and Radio Radio widens the sense of the band further. The music is classified as K-rock and punk rock, but three songs in a row show the outline better than any description.
You Have A Crush On Me became a signature song that keeps being played from 2001, That Is Youth in 2007 showed a face reaching a wider audience, and in 2013 the official music video for Soju Shot was published. The album 25 arrived in 2021, and more than two decades after the debut the band is still moving. A catalogue built across festivals, clubs, television and anthems runs as Youth 98, then You Have A Crush On Me, then That Is Youth, covering the first impulse, the signature song and the widening of youth rock.
Editors' take Youth 98 / You Have A Crush On Me / That Is Youth — three songs cover the first impulse of Korean punk through to the widening of youth rock, in a four-piece band.
Trivia worth knowing
Scene
No Brain matters less as an idol story than as a way into the history of Korean indie and punk.
Comparison
Put beside Crying Nut, one punk era splits into festive colour on one side and blunt straight-line roughness on the other.
Entry point
Slot official live footage from KBS and Arirang between the music videos and the strength of the band lands immediately.
Signature song
You Have A Crush On Me exists in a later HD remaster, so an old song still meets modern viewing head-on.
Longevity
Having debuted in 1998, the band is better traced through accumulated live shows and official footage than through release counts.
Viewing order
Soju Shot, then You Have A Crush On Me, then Everything Goes On, then the KBS live set: that order holds both the passage of time and the present moment.
Frequently asked questions
What defines No Brain?
Lee Sung-woo, Vovo, Hwang Hyun-sung and Jeong Min-jun have kept the live circuit going for longer than most Korean bands have existed.
Why should a new listener start with No Brain?
Come here for the loud, communal end of Korean rock rather than the studio end.
Which songs should a new listener try first?
Start with Youth 98, Little Baby, then continue to the official video index.