The Jadu

The Jadu (더 자두) was a South Korean modern rock band that performed from 2001 to 2008. "Jadu" means "Plum" in Korean. In 2002, Korea Now called The Jadu one of Korea's "most celebrated indie bands."^[1]

The Jadu (더 자두)
Origin	South Korea
Genres	Rock, pop
Years active	2001 (2001)–2008 (2008)
Labels	Manine/ES
Members	Jadu (자두) Maru (마루)
Past members	Kang Doo (강두)

The band formed in 2001, initially comprising lead Jadu (자두) (real name Kim Deok Eun; 김덕은) and Kang Doo (강두) (real name Song Yong Shik; 송용식). Kang left the band in 2006 to pursue an acting career,^[2] and was replaced by Maru (마루).^[3]

Awards

The Jadu won a Seoul Music Award for Best Newcomer in 2001;^[4] and the Mnet Asian Music Award for Best Coed Group in 2002.^[5]

Discography

• Version 0001, released 2001-03-22
• Change Yourself, released 2002-04-02
• Jadu 3, released 2003-05-15
• Jadu 4, released 2005-05-03
• Happy Network, released 2008-04-24

Awards

Mnet Asian Music Awards

Year	Category	Work	Result
2002	Best Mixed Group	"We Need To Talk" (대화가 필요해)[6]	Won
2003		"Gimbap" (김밥)[7]	Nominated
2005		"Let's Play" (놀자)[8]	Nominated

References

1. "Korea Now". The Korea Herald. 2002.
2. Kim, YJ (김영주) (2010-03-02). 더 자두 前 멤버 강두, 연극 ‘뉴보잉보잉’ 주인공 발탁 [What are 'The Jadu' Members Doing?]. JK News (in Korean). Seoul. Retrieved 2011-05-25. (Google translation)
3. 더 자두, 새멤버 ‘마루’ 영입…도약 시도 [New member Maru signs with The Jadu]. Seoul News (in Korean). Seoul. 2007-03-05. Retrieved 2011-05-25. (Google translation)
4. "History Of Seoul Music Awards" (in Korean). Seoul Music Awards. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
5. "2002 MNet KM Music Festival". Mnet. Retrieved 2011-05-25.
6. "2002 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-17.
7. "2003 MMF part 1". Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-20.
8. "2005 MKMF part 1" Archived 2016-02-01 at the Wayback Machine. Mwave. Retrieved 2014-08-28.

External links

• The Jadu at Yahoo Music
• The Jadu at ManiaDB
• The Jadu at AllMusic