If you’ve not seen the virally infectious video of the Korean drummer lately, then you you must be living under a rock somewhere. I easily get 2-3 emails a week with links to this guy! It seems that Korea.net has done some digging and has unearthed some details about the star of the video.

The energetic drummer, who gives a unique touch to the footage and makes viewers think the clip extraordinary and funny, turns out to be Gwon Sun-geun, a former drummer who performed with famous singer and songwriter Shin Joong-hyun, according to Korean dailies the Chosun and Joongang Ilbo.

According to Gwon, 67, who has since migrated to Toronto, Canada, the footage was originally part of a program on Korea recorded by Toronto MTV in August 1990 where Korean singer named Jeong Ae-ri and other two band members performed at Toronto MTV’s studio.

Gwon debuted as a drummer of Sky Band, a band that used to play on a U.S. Army base stationed in Korea in 1960, and later played with Shin Joong-hyun for four years from 1964. He moved to Toronto in 1975 with his wife and children. He now plays for the Korean community and teaches drum class in Toronto.