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Dabang Band / 다방 밴드  … just another indie band from South Korea…

EP On Youtube, Reviews

October 8, 2026 | Uncategorized | Permalink

Those who’ve dug into this site will have noticed that the EP Dabang Band put out in 2024 is not available here. There’s a reason for that: I was no longer part of the band when it came out, so I would have felt weird about posting it.

However, someone—I’m not sure who—has posted a copy of it to Youtube. If you’re curious to hear it, that’s one way to go about it. You can click through via this video and it’ll take you to Youtube, where you can view the entire playlist. (Or just use that link if you prefer.)

There’s also a pretty positive review of the EP here, and a another—which seems to quote from the first—posted here.

Meanwhile, I gather that the band’s second album (Product), at least, is available on lots of streaming platforms as well, so the EP might be there too.

Worth noting, also, is the fact that as of a few years ago, there’s another band out there calling themselves 다방밴드. I suppose it’s fair play, since the band name hasn’t been used for a long time, but it does complicate my occasional searches online for anything worth posting on this site. Ah well, time moves relentlessly on.

A Word About Site Maintenance

October 8, 2026 | Uncategorized | Permalink

This webpage was having some problems recently, or maybe for a while. I hadn’t noticed, as I don’t drop by here all that often—apparently, given the fact I just noticed some two-year-old comments I’d never replied to.

I guess if you have questions or need any information, it’s probably easier to connect with me via my main website, at www.gordsellar.com. That’s not to say you shouldn’t leave comments here, just that it might take me a while—a long while!—to see them and respond to them.

Photo from 새전부신문, 2002

August 6, 2025 | Memories & Events | Permalink

I stumbled on a saved webpage while cleaning out some hard drives. While the caption for the photo is still up on the website:

“28일 전주 고사동 걷고싶은 거리에서 펼쳐진 공연에 길가던 시민들이 발걸음을 멈춘채 바라보며 즐거워하고 있다. /특별취재팀”

“On the 28th, citizens passing by stopped in their tracks and enjoyed the performance held on the street where people want to walk in Jeonju Gosa-dong. / Special Reporting Team”

… the photo seems to be long gone, but here’s a screenshot of the webpage:

Here’s the copy of the photo I saved from the website:

The photographer also sent me a picture that was just of me, which is somewhere else around here, but this is the photo that ran in the newspaper that day. I’m pretty sure we were playing for the Jeonju Film Festival, though I could be wrong about that.

PD Hong Interview

March 1, 2023 | Memories & Events | Permalink

Back in 2003—two decades ago—Dabang was interviewed for TV. I never actually saw the final cut of the interview, and I forgot all about it, but it got posted last year, and you can see it here.

The first half of the video was with another local band, Starfish. I’ve tried set the video to start where the interview with us begins, but it’s not working for some reason. You’ll find us in the second half of the video, anyway, from about 5’02”.