Kim Chang-wan

Kim Chang Wan is a South Korean rock singer composer musician actor TV host radio DJ writer and poet Kim along with his younger brothers Kim Chang Hoon and Kim Chang Ik began composing music during their midteens and formed the band Mui when they were college students After Kim graduated in 1975 from Seoul National University they went professional and changed their bands name to Sanulrim meaning Mountain Echo The bands psychedelic rockhard rock sound reminiscent of the Sex Pistols was music Koreans hadnt heard before and Sanulrim revitalized the Korean music scene which was currently devastated after several major musicians were arrested for marijuana possession in the 1970s They held a 30thanniversary concert in 2007 and made plans to release the 14th album But drummer Kim Chang Ik was killed in a traffic accident in Vancouver Canada on January 29th 2008 and Sanulrim disbanded after his death Having worked as a music director and film score composer in the early 1990s Kim also began acting onscreen He did not only starred in movies such as Blades of Blood Antique Bakery Shinsukki Blues Windstruck and My Love Ssagajy but also in roughly 30 television shows The versatile Kim has also starred in a stage play A Nap in 2010 hosted variety shows and radio programs and written several books some containing poetry