Thaneth Warakulnukroh


Thaneth Warakulnukroh Thai: ธเนศ วรากุลนุเคราะห์ is a veteran Thai singer, songwriter, record producer, DJ, and actor. He was also a founder and owner of Music Bugs Company, a record label through which many Thai bands, including Bodyslam, Big Ass, Labanoon, and Friday released their first albums.

Music career

Starting in the music industry in 1983 as a DJ for label Nitespot, who recruited him as an artist later that year. His first two albums which were released under Nitespot production are Dan Civilise in 1985, and Kon Kien Pleng Bun Leng Chi Wit in 1987. His first, progressive rock album gained a cult following, but his second, being of a more surrealist tendency, failed to gain wider acceptance.
Kod Pum in 1989 and Rock Kra Tob Mai in 1992 with record label GMM Grammy marked a more commercialised approach, achieving good reviews from critics and mainstream popularity.
He founded Music Bugs Records in 1996, producing an album with his younger brother, Jirot Warakulnukroh, and later successful albums with Bodyslam, Big Ass, Labanoon, Friday, and other artists. He retired from the record company in 2006 to spend time with his family.
Twenty three years after his last album, he returned to music in 2015 with his 5th studio album Phloe, a concept album of more than 30 songs, released through his new record company Rock Opera House Records.
Thaneth Warakulnukroh introduced the new album with two concerts “Thaneth Warakulnukroh : Phloe the concert" on 23 and 24 October 2015, with a large on stage line-up including Thanachai Ujjin, Artiwara "Toon" Kongmalai, Big Ass, Labanoon, Stamp-Apiwat, "Two" Popetorn, Tul Waitoolkait, Image-Suthita, and Eric Tan.
More recently he wrote a song in memory of the recently deceased King of Thailand, 13 Tula Nueng Toom Tong

Films

He has appeared in two films; Bad Genius 2017, and as the lead actor in Pop aye in 2017, for which he received good reviews.

Selected filmography