Kim Soo Chul’s band was composed of young men who were known for their musical performance in their
respective schools. Kim Soo Chul was the lead guitar and vocal, with Kim Geun-seong at the keyboards,
Jeong Won-mo playing the base guitar, and Choi Su-il hitting the drums. They practiced for two months in the
winter, subsisting only on two boxes of ramen. After their sessions, Kim Soo Chul’s musical world advances greatly.
After his band “Little Giant” won the college competition in 1978, with the song “Rainbow of Seven Colors,”
Kim’s performance and musical skills were made known to the public.

Rock group “Little Giant” was loved for its two albums released in 1979 and 1981, by Korean rock fans and youths.
Little Giant played hard rock and rock music primarily, but also experimented with folk ballads, soul jazz, jazz rock,
hard rock, ballads, and music of many other genres. In particular, the first Korean traditional pop
song created by Kim in 1980,”Byeolli,” is contained in Little Giant’s second album.
With Kim’s songs being selected in Seoul International Music Festival from 1979 to 1981, three consecutive times,
Kim Soo Chul began showing his abilities not only as a performer and a singer, but also as a composer.

Kim Soo Chul goes solo in 1983, releasing his first album in that year. Many songs including “A Flower that Never Bloomed,”
“Byeolli,” “Really You,” “Tomorrow,” “I Will Never Love Again,” and all the other songs in the album were bit hits,
which led to the popularity of his second album and songs like “Why Do You Not Know,” “Youthful You,” and “I Will Go As Well,” putting him on the top of the mountain. At this time, Kim won numerous TV station music awards from 1984 to 1986. In 1983, turn of events led him to appear in the movie “Whale Hunting” as the character Byeongtae,
which won him the Rising Star Award in the Paeksang Arts Awards, putting him on the top of the charts in his fame.

The disbanding of Little Giant, and the opposition of his father made Kim Soo Chul to initially take up graduate studies in administration in Konkuk University. He released his first solo album as a “goodbye album,” which became a hit, and made the audience call out to his musical talents and come back to that world. Kim’s father, who died in 1984,
wanted him to “take up studying” as a profession, which Kim interpreted in his own way, taking up
the study of music, in order to develop traditional Korean music even further

In his fourth album released in 1986, Kim Soo Chul began attempting to create traditional Korean pop songs again;
he composed five variations of the piece “Please Forget,” and four variations of “The Time Goes,” showing his capability to break free from melody. At this time, Kim composed many pieces for films and TV dramas, as well as for theater plays which allowed him to create music in different genres. “Whale Hunting I, II”, “Jung-Kwang’s Nonsense,”
“TV Drama Music,” and “Nodaji” are only some examples of Kim’s attempts to moernize Korean music

Through such endeavors, Kim came to compose music for the eve event of the 1986 Asian Games.
Through the finale piece in that event, Kim Soo Chul introduced the harmony of rock and traditional Korean music previsouly unseen, which led him to begin the instrumental pieces titled “Guitar Sanjo,” a beginning of a line of players taking up the genre.

Kim Soo Chul displayed his musical abilities in modernizing music and Korean sounds,
which made him into a composer-musician from a popular rocker.
The audience began to newly evaluate and recognize Kim as a musician, composer, and film music expert
in various genres after understanding his musical world and efforts. Kim continued to create film music,
as well as dance music, which were the background music for “The Spiritual World,” which won
the Grand Prize in the 9th Korean Dance Festival in 1987.

In 1987, Kim Soo Chul’s first traditional Korean album was released, which only sold several hundred pieces.
This made the record company stop its sales, and Kim had to dump unsold albums with debt piled on his account.
Other traditional Korean albums such as “Hwangcheongil” and “Bullimsori” all failed with the general public,
despite its favorable critical reception.

With the success of his music for the eve event of the 1986 Asian Games on his back Kim Soo Chul
becomes the only popular musician to produce and compose the music for the eve event of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games.
Kim harmonized the traditional Korean sounds and cutting-edge synthesizers to highlight special effects including fireworks
to decorate the finale of the event. Kim’s interest in the traditional sounds and the modernization of traditional Korean music
continued into his performances such as Guitar Sanjo. His Guitar Sanjo performances were introduced to the public
in earnest through collaboration with samulnori (Kim Deok-soo Group) elements
in the Chung Ang Traditinal Orchestra’s regular concerts.

Kim’s activity as a singer also continued, with the release of his fifth album in 1987,
which talked about normal everyday life, and his sixth album in 1988,
commemorating the 12th year of his singing career.

In 1989, his seventh album released as Korea’s first “one man band album.” The term refers to artists who play
all of his instruments by himself, without using aid from computers or other physical euipment. In this album,
Kim Soo Chul not only wrote the melody and the lyrics, but also played all the instruments including the drums, keyboards, guitar,
and others, showing the world the true meaning of one man band.

It is his milestone album that reveals his conviction and talent for music. The song “Come to Your Senses” was a big hit in this album.

In April 2001, Kim Soo Chul was selected as an expert advisor for the 2002 Soccer World Cup, to produce, create,
and direct events and music. The group drawing event that the whole world watched with excitement began
and ended with Kim Soo Chul’s music. Official title, the opening, introduction for the cities, 32 competing countries,
and the ending video was supplemented by Kim’s music, which gave a deep impression to one billion viewers watching worldwide.
His music, which was a moderdized version of traditional music from each continent,
was praised by five thousand reporters, FIFA officials, and the viewers worldwide.

Kim also produced and composed contemporary music for the opening ceremony of the World Cup.
His opening ceremony music “Communication” served as a background sound for the largest performance of the event,
which featured dynamic music that integrated the sounds of the East and the West. Kim also performed “Guitar Sanjo”
with an orchestra. 2002 Soccer World Cup music was the most rewarding and moving work for Kim Soo Chul.

In the summer of 2002, Kim came back with another album, “Pops & Rock,” the first pop song single in 12 years.
The album was a hot topic because Korea’s best musicians participated as guest singers, whose characteristics subtly connected
to Kim’s songs. The title piece “I Will Go As Well” is well known as a song that was inserted into the movie “Whale Hunting” 20 years ago;
it was remade into a rock version. The music video featured the cast of the original movie, including Ahn Seong-gi and Lee Mi-suk.

In fall 2002, Kim Soo Chul released the album “Guitar Sanjo.” The title of the album also refers to a genre first created by Kim,
and the album contains not only his Guitar Sanjo solo, but collaborations with traditional Korean musical instruments inclugint
the flute, zither, and drums. In addition, Kim ’s 2002 World Cup opening ceremony piece “communication” is contained in the album.

In 2002, at the 57th anniversary of UN Day, the organization held a special musical concert with renowned mucians from all over
the world, which was attended by then UN Secretary-General Kofi Anna, as well as Jan Kavan and UN ambassadors and employees from
more than 100 countries, Koreans, and overseas employees who amounted to 1,500 in number. Kim Soo Chul grabbed the attention
of this diverse audience with his creation, “Guitar Sanjo.” Mr. Annan was especially enthusiastic during Kim’s performance,
dancing on his feet, with the UN ambassadors also using the small souvenir drums to add to the beat.