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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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 Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2005 9:50 pm Post subject: PuNk's NoT DEad... |
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I'd be glad if any of you rockers out there might have enough knowledge of Korea's punk scene to fill me in, and indeed be kind enough to impress everyone on this forum by posting it here. I'm particularly interested in:
The most popular bands?
Venues? (and do bands work directly with venue owners or work through a booking agent / promoter, if through agents, does anyone know who the agent might be?)
General popularity of overseas punk / hardcore / thrash metal acts?
I'd be so grateful, or even pm me?
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 1:34 am Post subject: |
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| Don't know about the Seoul punk happenings (other than that there are a few punk clubs in Hongdae), but if you ever find yourself in Anyang on a Friday night, the band Monkey's Island that plays at Rockssin is worth a gander. |
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Bulsajo
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 3:33 pm Post subject: |
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[broken record time again] if you've got PtP, start downloading some Ted Leo! Everyday I'm hearing more from this band and it's blowing me away, yet everyone I know is like "Ted Who?" have I heard them on the radio? Can I pick up an album at Walmart? 
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| A strong contender for album of the year, Shaking the Sheets is a masterpiece of fucked-up mod pop: political but not preachy, insistent yet never twitchy, respectful but never blatant. |
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| Shake the Sheets is more of the same from Ted Leo. Tough, wiry, and smart, bristling with anger, hope, and fervor, the record is another much-needed dose of thinking-person's punk. Sort of an antidote to pouty, made-to-order girl punk and pretty-boy, mall-rat pop-punk, sort of a giant FU to anyone who acts like punk is a set of rules one has to follow in order to be authentic, Leo and his band craft their punk out of attitude, commitment, and dynamic tension. This record is more affected by the tenor of the times than past releases (detainees, bad presidents, broken systems, war, and rifles are among the topics covered) and Leo has stripped away some of the more convoluted language he loves to use in order to deliver a more direct message. The sound of the record is more stripped down as well. Using only guitars and drums, the Pharmacists whip up a powerful mix of wild abandon and subtlety that is a perfect backing for Leo's vocal dexterity and clanging guitar heroics. Throat problems and subsequent surgery haven't affected Leo's amazingly acrobatic yet heartfelt vocals too much. He may not vault into the high range quite as much, but that is also due to the simpler, more direct nature of the songwriting too. At a time when many writers find their talent beginning to desert them (that tricky third album!), Leo has come up with songs that are as good as any he has written. "Me and Mia," "The Angels' Share," "Little Dawn," "Shake the Sheets," and "Walking to Do" are all going to be on his greatest-hits collection and the rest of the record is no letdown either. Fiercely political without being to specific, filled with moments that will have you jumping out of your seat with excitement, Shake the Sheets is more proof that Ted Leo & the Pharmacists are the only band that matters, punk or otherwise. |
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Daechidong Waygookin
Joined: 22 Nov 2004
Location: No Longer on Dave's. Ive quit.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 13, 2005 8:11 pm Post subject: |
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Punk's not dead?!!??!!??!?!? 
It damn well should be!  |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 1:31 am Post subject: |
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| Daechidong Waygookin wrote: |
Punk's not dead?!!??!!??!?!?
It damn well should be! |
Boom boom  |
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JongnoGuru
Joined: 25 May 2004
Location: peeing on your doorstep
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Blind Willie
Joined: 05 May 2004
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 2:26 am Post subject: |
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Punk's not dead.
It's just settled into middle age along with hip-hop. Both working hard on their comb-overs and mid-life crisises.
Aging makes me sad |
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Butterfly
Joined: 02 Mar 2003
Location: Kuwait
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 6:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Blind Willie wrote: |
Punk's not dead.
It's just settled into middle age along with hip-hop. Both working hard on their comb-overs and mid-life crisises.
Aging makes me sad |
You get like that in your thirties, it doesn't mean life stops being interesting, in many ways, being 30 something brings about new challenges that you wouldn't have dreamed of tackling when you were in your twenties.
For example..... well, does anyone know the answer to my questions??  |
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yomuthabyotch
Joined: 24 Dec 2004
Location: Hell, Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 7:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Anybody wanna form a punk or hardcore band with me once I get to Korea?? Maybe I won't have to teach English after all~ |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
Location: In Cognito
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| Posted: Fri Jan 14, 2005 8:24 pm Post subject: |
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| Isn't there some famous quote about punk being dead the first time someone yelled "punk's not dead!"? |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:11 pm Post subject: |
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| Butterfly wrote: |
| well, does anyone know the answer to my questions?? |
bump
Inquiring minds still want to know.
Travel forum ~ Not just your average travel forum. |
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JacktheCat
Joined: 08 May 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject: |
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| skinhead wrote: |
Travel forum ~ Not just your average travel forum.
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Unfortunately I can't just wave a magic wand and instantly turn the old Q&A Forum into a Travel Forum.
The change over involves manually filtering the old posts, all +25 pages of them, and moving them to the other forums where they belong. |
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:06 pm Post subject: |
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| It's a travel thread for puNx visiting Seoul anyway. Don't change it too much. |
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Swiss James
Joined: 26 Nov 2003
Location: Shanghai
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skinhead
Joined: 11 Jun 2004
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| Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 7:16 pm Post subject: |
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It's a Hit! A No Hip-Hop Zone in Hongdae? I'd travel for that.
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