title: Sooyoung Park
text: # Sooyoung Park
  
  Sooyoung Park (born 1967) is an American and South Korean singer-songwriter, best known for fronting the bands Bitch Magnet and Seam. In 1995 he co-founded Foundation of Asian American Independent Media, an art festival dedicated to showcasing Asian American culture.
  
  ## Early life
  
  Sooyoung Park was born in 1967 in upstate New York, but grew up in West Virginia and North Carolina. He graduated from Oberlin College, where he was a founding member of the band Bitch Magnet.
  
  ## Discography
  
  ### Bitch Magnet
  
  * Star Booty (1988, Glitterhouse)
  * Umber (1989, Glitterhouse)
  * Ben Hur (1990, Glitterhouse)
  
  ### Seam
  
  * Headsparks (1991, Homestead Records)
  * The Problem With Me (1993, Touch and Go Records)
  * Are You Driving Me Crazy? (1995, Touch and Go Records)
  * The Pace Is Glacial (1998, Touch and Go Records)
  
  ### Shady
  
  "Narcotic Candy" single (1994, Beggars Banquet)
  
  ### Ee
  
  * For 100 We Try Harder (2002, Asian Man Records)
  
  ### Codeine
  
  * Frigid Stars LP (expanded re-issue 2012, Numero Group)
  
  ### Bored Spies
  
  * Summer 720 7" single (2013, Damnably)
  