Sun Kil Moon [SEP] named after
is fascinated with the sport of boxing, which was the inspiration for the Sun Kil Moon moniker as well as several of their songs including the song "Duk Koo Kim". According to Kozelek:
The name Sun Kil Moon was inspired by that of boxer Moon Sung-kil. One of the band's songs, Pancho Villa, is named after the famous Filipino boxer of the same name, and it mentions Salvador Sánchez and Benny Paret.
Band members.
During live performances, Mark Kozelek is currently accompanied
Sun Kil Moon
Sun Kil Moon is an American folk rock act from San Francisco, California, founded in 2002. Initially a continuation of the defunct indie rock band Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon is now the primary recording moniker of vocalist and guitarist Mark Kozelek. The project is named after the Korean super flyweight boxer Sung-Kil Moon.
Following the delayed release of Red House Painters' final studio album, "Old Ramon" (2001), vocalist and guitarist Kozelek began recording new material under the name