NEXT (South Korean band)

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = NEXT

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| origin = Seoul, South Korea

| genre = {{hlist|Heavy metal|hard rock|progressive metal|alternative metal}}

| years_active = {{flatlist|

1992–1997
2003–2015}}

| label = Danal Entertainment

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| current_members =

| past_members = *Shin Hae-chul

Jeong Gi-song
Lee Dong-gyu
Im Chang-su
Lee Su-yong
Kim Se-hwang
Kim Yeong-seok
Won San-guk
Devin Lee
Dr. Juny
Dong Hyeok
Ji Hyeon-su
Yun Te-ra
Jade
Kim Dan

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NEXT ({{Korean|hangul=넥스트}}; stylized as N.EX.T as an abbreviation for New EXperiment Team) was a South Korean rock band known for its provocative songs that critiqued social injustice.{{Cite web|url=http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_artist_detail.htm?No=10093|title=N.EX.T (넥스트)|website=KBS World Radio|language=En|access-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 1, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201192806/http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/program/program_artist_detail.htm?No=10093}} The band was formed by iconic Korean experimental rock singer Shin Hae-chul and debuted in 1992 with the album Home.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mnet.com/artist/49496/profile|title=넥스트 소개|website=Mnet|language=ko|trans-title=N.EX.T Profile|access-date=January 31, 2018|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 31, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131200709/http://www.mnet.com/artist/49496/profile}} NEXT went through several line-up changes over the years and has been inactive since Shin's death in 2014.{{Cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2014/10/28/2014102801233.html|title=Singer Shin Hae-chul Dead at 46|date=October 28, 2014|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=January 31, 2018|language=en}}

History

NEXT (New EXperiment Team) was the band of singer/songwriter Shin Hae Chul (신해철). The group split up following the 1997 release of Lazenca: A Space Rock Opera, and the instrumentalists formed the alternative metal band Novasonic with rapper Kim Jun Pyo.

N.EX.T reformed around 2003 following the disbanding of Novasonic, and composed the soundtrack for the Korean release of Guilty Gear XX #Reload. A few of its instrumental songs were re-worked into songs with vocals on the following album, The Return Of N.EX.T Part 3: The Book of War/The Diary of a Soldier. The Return of N.EX.T Part 3 included the song "Dear America" which featured many prominent Korean vocalists such as Psy, Kim Jun Pyo and Crash's Ahn Heung-Chan. Guitarist Kim Se-hwang released his first solo album, Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, on June 27, 2011.

In 2014, group leader Shin Hae-chul died after poor medical treatment for cardiac arrest. On August 8, 2015, the band made their last appearance at the Pentaport Rock Festival, along with other musicians, for a special memorial stage for Shin.{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Bo-kyung|title='펜타포트 록페스티벌'서 신해철 추모콘서트 열린다|url=https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20150608046200005|date=June 8, 2015|work=Yonhap|language=Korean|accessdate=November 17, 2018}} Since then, NEXT has been considered to be on hiatus.

Themes

NEXT's songs contain many cultural criticisms, with "Turn Off the T.V." and "Money" pointing to mediation and consumerism. Criticism of human disregard for the environment can be found in "Lazenca, Save Us" and "The World We Made," which creates musical contrasts between a pleasant, natural world and a terrifying, industrial, human-influenced world. "Cyber Budha Company Ltd." tells of a dark future in which humans can purchase small amounts of divinity through the use of machines and credit cards.

Members

NEXT went through multiple line-up changes between 1992 and 2014.

Shin Hae-chul (1992–2014) – vocals
Jeong Gi-song (1992) – guitar
Lee Dong-gyu (1992–1994) – drums, bass guitar
Im Chang-su (1994) – guitar
Lee Su-yong (1994–1997, 2006) – drums
Kim Se-hwang (1994–1997, 2005–2014) – guitar
Kim Yeong-seok (1995–1997, 2006) – bass guitar
Won San-guk (2003–2005) – bass guitar
Devin Lee (2003–2006) – guitar
Dr. Juny (2003–2005) – drums
Dong Hyeok (2003–2005) – keyboard
Ji Hyeon-su (2006–2014) – keyboard
Yun Te-ra (2007–2008) – drums
Jade (2007–2014) – bass guitar
Kim Dan (2008–2014) – drums

Discography

=Studio albums=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" \| Peak chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" \| Sales
KOR {{Cite web\|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/navigator.php?contents=html&usemode=list&DB=117\|title=K-Pop Record Sales\|website=Music Industry Association of Korea\|language=ko\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219201306/http://www.miak.or.kr/navigator.php?contents=html&usemode=list&DB=117\|archive-date=February 19, 2009\|url-status=dead\|access-date=February 1, 2018}}
scope="row" \| Home \| Released: 1992 Label: Jigu Inc., Danal Entertainment ! rowspan="4" {{N/A}} ! rowspan="4" {{N/A}}
scope="row" \| The Return of N.EX.T Part I: The Being? \| Released: 1994 Label: Danal Entertainment
scope="row" \| The Return of N·EX·T Part II: The World \| Released: September 15, 1995 Label: Daeyoung AV Co., Ltd., Danal Entertainment
scope="row" \| Lazenca- A Space Rock Opera \| Released: November 30, 1997 Label: Bugs
scope="row" \| Guilty Gear XX #Reload Korean Version Original Sound Track \| Released: November 6, 2003 Label: Team !- !-
scope="row" \| The Return of N.EX.T Part III: Republic of Korea \| Released: June 16, 2004 Label: Sony Music Entertainment (Korea) Inc. \| 6 \| KOR: 39,639+{{Cite web\|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200408.htm\|title=8월 국내음반 판매량집계\|date=September 2004\|website=Music Industry Association of Korea\|language=ko\|trans-title=August Korean Record Sales Data\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205224612/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200408.htm\|archive-date=February 5, 2009\|url-status=dead\|access-date=February 1, 2018}}
scope="row" \| Regame? \| Released: February 23, 2006 Label: Sony Music Entertainment (Korea) Inc. \| 15 \| KOR: 9,874+{{Cite web\|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/Kpop_200603.htm\|title=3월 가요음반 판매량집계\|date=March 2006\|website=Music Industry Association of Korea\|language=ko\|trans-title=March Korean Record Sales Data\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518161805/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/Kpop_200603.htm\|archive-date=May 18, 2009\|url-status=dead\|access-date=February 1, 2018}}
scope="row" \| 666 Trilogy Part I \| Released: December 9, 2008 Label: OGAM Entertainment \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}}

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album details

! scope="col" colspan="1" style="width:5em;" | Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Sales

KOR
{{Cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/navigator.php?contents=html&usemode=list&DB=117|title=K-Pop Record Sales|website=Music Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090219201306/http://www.miak.or.kr/navigator.php?contents=html&usemode=list&DB=117|archive-date=February 19, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2018}}

scope="row" | Home

Released: 1992
Label: Jigu Inc., Danal Entertainment

! rowspan="4" {{N/A}}

scope="row" | The Return of N.EX.T Part I: The Being?

Released: 1994
Label: Danal Entertainment

scope="row" | The Return of N·EX·T Part II: The World

Released: September 15, 1995
Label: Daeyoung AV Co., Ltd., Danal Entertainment

scope="row" | Lazenca- A Space Rock Opera

Released: November 30, 1997
Label: Bugs

scope="row" | Guilty Gear XX #Reload Korean Version Original Sound Track

Released: November 6, 2003
Label: Team

scope="row" | The Return of N.EX.T Part III: Republic of Korea

Released: June 16, 2004
Label: Sony Music Entertainment (Korea) Inc.

| 6

KOR: 39,639+{{Cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/kpop_200408.htm|title=8월 국내음반 판매량집계|date=September 2004|website=Music Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|trans-title=August Korean Record Sales Data|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090205224612/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/kpop_200408.htm|archive-date=February 5, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2018}}

scope="row" | Regame?

Released: February 23, 2006
Label: Sony Music Entertainment (Korea) Inc.

| 15

KOR: 9,874+{{Cite web|url=http://www.miak.or.kr:80/stat/Kpop_200603.htm|title=3월 가요음반 판매량집계|date=March 2006|website=Music Industry Association of Korea|language=ko|trans-title=March Korean Record Sales Data|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090518161805/http://www.miak.or.kr/stat/Kpop_200603.htm|archive-date=May 18, 2009|url-status=dead|access-date=February 1, 2018}}

scope="row" | 666 Trilogy Part I

Released: December 9, 2008
Label: OGAM Entertainment

| {{N/A}}

= Compilation and live albums =

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scope="row" \| Live Concert Chapter 1 \| Released: May 25, 1995 Label: Danal Entertainment
scope="row" \| Live Concert Chapter 2 \| Released: May 25, 1995 Label: Danal Entertainment
scope="row" \|N.EX.T Is Alive \| Released: February 1, 1996 Label: Daeyoung AV Co., Ltd., Danal Entertainment
scope="row" \|The First Fan Service: Live 2 \| Released: August 1998 Label: EMI Records, Bugs

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! rowspan="1" scope="col" | Title

! rowspan="1" scope="col" | Album details

scope="row" | Live Concert Chapter 1

Released: May 25, 1995
Label: Danal Entertainment

scope="row" | Live Concert Chapter 2

Released: May 25, 1995
Label: Danal Entertainment

scope="row" |N.EX.T Is Alive

Released: February 1, 1996
Label: Daeyoung AV Co., Ltd., Danal Entertainment

scope="row" |The First Fan Service: Live 2

Released: August 1998
Label: EMI Records, Bugs

= Soundtrack albums =

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scope="row" \| We Must Go To Apgujung-Dong On Windy Days \| Released: 1993 Label: Danal Entertainment

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! rowspan="1" scope="col" | Album details

scope="row" | We Must Go To Apgujung-Dong On Windy Days

Released: 1993
Label: Danal Entertainment

=Singles=

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KOR
scope="row" \| "Here I Stand For You" \| 1997 \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A}} \| Here I Stand For You single album
scope="row" \| "I Want It All (Demo 0.7)" \| 2014 \| — \| {{N/A}} \| {{N/A\|Non-album single}}
colspan="5" align="center"\|"—" denotes releases that did not chart.

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positions

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! scope="col" rowspan="2" | Album

KOR

scope="row" | "Here I Stand For You"

| 1997

| {{N/A}}

| Here I Stand For You single album

scope="row" | "I Want It All (Demo 0.7)"