18Fevers
18Fevers | |
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 18Fevers performs at Club Victim in Hongdae, 30 June 2024. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Seoul, South Korea |
| Genres | punk |
| Years active | 2018-current |
| Members | Christmas Kwon (guitar, vocals), Mathew Nolan (bass), Jennifer Ward (guitar), Garik Luallin (drums) |
18Fevers (Korean: 18피버스) is a punk rock band from Seoul, South Korea, formed in 2021. The band quickly gained an international following for their unique blend of punk, goth, and dance-punk elements. They termed this sound "Death Punk Disco," initially as a joke.[1]
The band has toured the UK and US. It has also performed with several touring international bands in Korea, including Steve Caballero's band Urethane, We Outspoken,[2] War Lovers,[3] and US ska-punk supergroup Mutiny.[4]
Rebellion Festival
[edit]18Fevers was included on the lineup at Rebellion Festival 2023, 2024,[5] and 2026.[6]
The band got its first chance to play Rebellion Festival several years after bassist Mathew Nolan submitted his previous band, Gumiho, to play in 2019, before the pandemic struck and Gumiho broke up. Having established a relationship with festival organisers, he was able to get 18Fevers invited in 2023.[7]
Music
[edit]18Fevers has collaborated with various other musicians. Christmas and former member SAAE provided guest vocals on the Rumkicks song "Proud of Madness".[8][9]
Former member SAAE, the band's founding guitarist, came out to her bandmates as transgender early in the band's history.[10] Christmas also provided vocals on a track for the US ska-punk band Mutiny.[4]
18Fevers wrote the song "Let Me Live" as an anti-transphobia anthem, dedicated to Byun Hui-su, who took her own life in 2021 after being discharged from the ROK Army.[7] The song was featured on the 2026 knifetwister records benefit compilation Not In Our City 2.[11]
Discography
[edit]Albums
[edit]- The Collection (2025) vinyl collection of all past recordings
- Cut Me Up (2024) 3-song EP
- Death Punk Disco (2023) 5-song EP
- Danse Macabre (2023) Fat Hamster remix
- Save Your Venom (2022) 3-song EP
- Nothing Helps (2021) single
References
[edit]- ↑ "18Fevers". Rock Cyprus. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ Dunbar, Jon (24 June 2024). "Skate punk band Urethane prepares to boardslide across Korea for 4 shows". The Korea Times. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Dunbar, Jon (20 February 2024). "US punk band War Lovers tours Korea Button Label Listen Text Size Print". The Korea Times. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- 1 2 Dunbar, Jon (18 November 2024). "Ska-punk supergroup Mutiny's fictional universe expands to Korea". The Korea Times. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Norman, Stacy. "Introducing 18 Fevers: Rebellion Festival preview". Loud Women. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- ↑ "Line Up 2026". Rebellion Festivals. Retrieved 21 May 2026.
- 1 2 Dunbar, Jon (25 July 2023). "'Death Punk Disco' band 18Fevers to infect UK". The Korea Times. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ "Punk Band Rumkicks Release New Song To Support Mental Health Awareness [Korea]". Unite Asia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ↑ Sorley, Jeff. "Be "Proud of Madness" with Rumkicks with new single/video". Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ↑ Dunbar, Jon (22 January 2022). "'Women Rock' show in HBC celebrates, supports women". The Korea Times. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
- ↑ Punknews.org (2026-04-17). "Read a track-by-track breakdown for Knifetwister Records' new benefit comp, 'Not In Our City 2'!". www.punknews.org. Retrieved 2026-05-25.