Pia

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Pia, the leader of alternative-rock scene who joined and heated up Linkin Park tour in South-East, ready for international debut.



Pia, which has s meaning of 'Universe and I' or 'You and I' was first set up in Busan, a beautiful southern harbor city of South Korea, in 1998 with five guys named Yohan, Hullang, Kibum, SimZ, Hyeseung.



After pouring out cynical and furious sound in local club concerts and several rock festivals, Pia moved its base camp to Seoul and released its first debut album named [pia@Arrogant Empire] (March 2001).



Right after its debut, this huge empire built on powerful sound coming from the side of frustrated and isolated people caused the huge wave among fans and critics. This album helped Pia create its own musical identity through hardcore sound based on heavy metal.



The momentum that Pia gained sensational attention from fans was ETPFEST 2002, an international rock festival in Korea where many international rock stars participated such as Tommy Lee and Hide Band.



At the end of the year 2002, Pia joined 'Goesoo Indigene Label' and after 2 and a half years, released its 2nd album named [3rd Phase], which is composed, written, recorded and produced by itself.



After having its own concerts in September 2003, Pia joined the Linkin Park Korea tour and Limp Bizkit Korea tour in October and December respectably and heated up the opening stage. While experiencing big performance on big stage with international rock monsters, Pia has developed its own attraction as a true live band.



In May 2004, Pia joined 'Seotaiji Live in Vladivostok' in Russia and spread Korea rock music to Russian rock fans.



Pia equipped with diverse live experiences and firm musical potential as shown above was re-invited by Linkin Park to its tour in Hong-Kong and Singapore on June 2004 and answered the request with powerful and energetic performance.



Behind the stage, Linkin Park invited Pia to its after-tour party and suggested to join its US tour together. Also, many People from music industry in Asia requested promotion tour in their countries. Now, Pia is moving forward to the global stage as a global band.



Pia released its 3rd album named [BECOME CLEAR] and got into action in May 2005 with its own concerts.