Pre-debut Typhoon, Rose, and Attack were introduced initially to the public through in the
2002 Survival Audition HeeJun vs. KangTa Battle of the Century. The three-members were formed to debut as rock band. With the addition of X-mas, the four-member would debuted as rock band
The Trax. Prior their official debuted, they made appearance on their labelmates song
BoA's "
Rock With You" which released in December 2003.
2004–2007: Debut and First Rain TRAX released their debut single "Paradox" on July 20, 2004. A few days after debuted, they held their concert on July 26 and on July 31. Their second single "
Scorpio" was simultaneously releases on November 14 in Japan and November 17 in South Korea. TRAX released their second Japanese single "Rhapsody" on April 20, 2005. On September 12, it was announced that their third Japanese single titled "Blaze Away" would simultaneously releases in Japan and South Korea on September 14. On May 10, 2006, drummer Rose (
No Min-woo) left the band to pursue other interests. The remaining three-members release their first full-length album
First Rain on July 20. The band released their fourth Japanese single "Resolution" on August 3. The band continue released their fifth Japanese single "Find The Way/Cold Rain" on January 24, 2007. It would be the band's last comeback with Attack, who quietly left the band without any formal announcement.
2008–2012: Cold-Hearted Man, Oh! My Goddess, Blind and military services In late 2008, vocalist Typhoon and guitarist X-Mas joined Super Junior members
Heechul and
Kangin as regulars in
Mnet's television series
Band of Brothers. In 2009, X-Mas was also cast on a short-lived show called
Oppa Band along with Super Junior member Sungmin. They released a digital single as a project band called
TRAX+Air for the Korean drama
Swallow the Sun. On January 25, 2010, they released their EP
Cold-Hearted Man with lead single "Let You Go". It contains songs written and composed by both Typhoon and X-Mas, and features artists such as
SHINee's Key,
Wheesung and T-MAX's Shin Min-chul. In August 2010, TRAX became a special guest for Super Junior's third Asian tour,
Super Show 3 on some tour dates, performing in the bridge of the song "
Don't Don". Later that months, it was announced that the band would release their EP
Oh! My Goddess on September 6, 2010. The EP contains six-tracks including its lead single of the same name. On November 8, 2010, they released new song "Tell Me Your Love" for
KBS's drama
Mary Stayed Out All Night. TRAX's third EP
Blind was released on November 10, 2011. The EP contains six tracks including the lead single "Blind". On March 26, 2012, Typhoon (Jay) enlisted for his two-year
mandatory military service. He received four weeks of basic military training in
Busan and then continued to serve as a public service worker. X-Mas (Kim Jung-mo) enlisted seven months later, on October 25, 2012. They were originally scheduled to enlist together, but Jung-mo's
scoliosis condition and a fractured collarbone delayed his enlistment. He served non-active duty as a public service worker for 23 months after completing four weeks of basic training. Due to the members' enlistment in the military, the band took a hiatus.
2015–2019: Reformation as EDM trio and disbandment In July 2015, TRAX returned to performing in their label concert
SM Town Live World Tour IV for the first time after a three-year hiatus. On January 7, they released the digital single "Road" as a part of SM Entertainment's project
SM Station. This marked their first release since
Blind (2011). On February 23, 2018, TRAX released their first EDM single "Notorious" with LIP2SHOT featuring Sophiya, as a part of SM Entertainment project
SM Station. On April 30, 2019, Jay and Jungmo left SM Entertainment after their contracts expired and effectly the band disbanded.
2024: 20th anniversary project On July 15, SM announced that TRAX would returned as band with releasing new single "To Be Continued" on July 17, to commemorate their 20th debut anniversary. ==Band members==