No Brain

The group created something of international incident when Lee Sung Woo, the lead singer of the group, ripped up the Rising Sun Flag while singing the Korean national anthem, in order to criticize the distortion of history on war crimes of the Japanese Empire inside Japanese history textbooks.

The group recruited Jeong Minjun, formerly of the bands Real Sshang Noms and Samchung, and recorded the album Goodbye, Mary Poppins which was released in June 2003.

In 2006 they appeared in the film Radio Star, portraying a garage band named East River.

[9] The reaction was especially exasperated due to the fact that, in 2005, Lee – at the time the Mayor of Seoul – had previously called for a blacklist of independent musicians.

They toured North America as part of the Seoulsonic 2K13 tour funded by KOCCA alongside Goonam and Lowdown 30, performing in Rhode Island, New York, and California, as well as Toronto, Canada for Canadian Music Week (CMW).

The show was delayed for two hours, and the 71-year-old Stein fell asleep, only to be woken up when their performance began.

Stein visited No Brain in Korea for the Seoul International Music Fair (Mu:Con).