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Skaborough
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Location: Toronto, ON
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 Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:53 pm Post subject: Night on the town... |
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I've noticed a few notices around about bands heading to Korea. Is it common for NA/Western groups to hit Korea, or do they skip it and go straight to Tokyo?
Anyone out the a Ska fan? Does ska even exist in Korea, or should I be stocking up on two-tone suits and CDs now?
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SPINOZA
Joined: 10 Jun 2005
Location: $eoul
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 4:12 pm Post subject: Re: Night on the town... |
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| Skaborough wrote: |
| I've noticed a few notices around about bands heading to Korea. Is it common for NA/Western groups to hit Korea, or do they skip it and go straight to Tokyo? |
I would imagine the latter, save for very big acts like Metallica. There's more demand for decent (read: Western) music in Japan. Koreans by and large listen to utter shlte.
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| Anyone out the a Ska fan? |
I like The Specials/The Special AKA and Madness.
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Does ska even exist in Korea, or should I be stocking up on two-tone suits and CDs now?
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The latter, definitely. |
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WorldWide
Joined: 28 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject: |
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BIG ENOUGH AVATAR ?????  |
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jaganath69
Joined: 17 Jul 2003
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: Re: Night on the town... |
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| Skaborough wrote: |
I've noticed a few notices around about bands heading to Korea. Is it common for NA/Western groups to hit Korea, or do they skip it and go straight to Tokyo?
Anyone out the a Ska fan? Does ska even exist in Korea, or should I be stocking up on two-tone suits and CDs now?
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Kingston Horns play around Hongdae, they are pretty good old school ska. |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
Location: the crib
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| BIG ENOUGH AVATAR ????? |
You can tell he's an American by how obtrusive his avatar is. 
As for ska in Seoul, I think there are some bands. I've seen some flyers about town. But, it still may not be a bad idea to load up your mp3 player with your favorite stuff before you come.
I used to like ska a lot, but found it tiresome over time. Some bands I still like are the Israelites, Madness, of course Op Ivy. |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 3:16 am Post subject: Re: Night on the town... |
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Hey man, one more ska/reggae/rocksteady fan over here.
There's only one ska band worth mentioning in Korea, and that's Kingston Rudy Ska. There are a few other ska-punk bands, but I'm guessing you have better taste in that.
Most touring bands skip Korea. Japan gets millions of tours but we get squat. A couple months ago there was a Korea/Japan skinhead show in Hongdae, and there was one pretty cool Japanese reggae/ska band. They have a good ska scene over there and have a wicked shop in Harajuku called Rudeness where you'd never leave.
If you can survive on punk, there are a lot more options. Hopefully I'll see you around sometime. This country could always use more rudeboys. |
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Skaborough
Joined: 03 Feb 2006
Location: Toronto, ON
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 4:24 am Post subject: |
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| WorldWide wrote: |
| BIG ENOUGH AVATAR ????? |
Ask and ye shall receive...
Let me guess, you didn't play well with other children.
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