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Koro

June 13th, 2005 | Posted by: Eric | Category: 80's Hardcore

To be honest, for years I thought Koro were a Japanese hardcore band (I had them confused with Kuro). Somewhere along the line I learned that Koro were actually a group of teenagers from Knoxville, TN. In 1983 they pressed up 300 copies of their one and only EP. [EDIT - 500 copies pressed, 200 were “lost” when given to Jello Biafra to distribute] This record now goes for big bucks (I saw one on Ebay two weeks ago go for close to $700). Most descriptions I’ve read mention Pick Your King era Poison Idea,Void or Deep Wound when making comparisons to Koro, which is good enough for me. All you really need to know is this records contains 8 short blasts of blazing hardcore. I believe this has been booted a couple of times and may be available. But just in case you can’t find it and don’t have an extra $700 here it is in it’s entirety:

Koro - 700 Club.mp3
Koro - Selfless.mp3
Koro - It’s OK.mp3
Koro - Government.mp3
Koro - Dear Sirs.mp3
Koro - Blap.mp3
Koro - Nauseous.mp3
Koro - Acid Casualty.mp3

>> an interview and lyrics can be found at Kill From The Heart.
>> What the hell is koro?
>> Daniel at Deep Fry Bonanza (dead metaphor) has a review
>> Sleeve pic from Punk Rock Picture Sleeves

9 Comments so far

  1. Scott June 13th, 2005 10:45 pm

    This is one of those legendary hardcore bands I’ve tried to get into but never could (Cro-Mags being another).Great band name though.

  2. tesco June 14th, 2005 4:27 am

    Dude, appreciate the link - I have a bunch of mp3’s on my blog you’re welcome to take - (I had to grab your Iron Cross stuff)

  3. Buske DNA June 14th, 2005 5:32 am

    Awesome! Thanks for posting that.

  4. wallybangs June 16th, 2005 2:56 pm

    Incrediible! I live in Tennessee and I’ve always hoped I would run across a copy of this legendary record. Thanks for posting it.

  5. matheus June 16th, 2005 7:32 pm

    i gotta say thank you man!!!!

    i have been looking for this since forever, thanks a lot really!!!
    peace

    matheus from brazil

  6. Jeff June 16th, 2005 8:30 pm

    classic stuff. a few yrs ago their old guitar player had a webpage that told the whole Koro story. apparently 500 were pressed, but 200 were given to the dead kennedys to take back to cali and got lost. something like that. it also had one large mp3 of the whole 7″. someone find that site

  7. Thomas June 18th, 2005 11:20 pm

    Wheew- this one’s a hottie. Great great stuff! Thanks for posting it!

  8. Carl Snow August 16th, 2005 7:29 pm

    “classic stuff. a few yrs ago their old guitar player had a webpage that told the whole Koro story. apparently 500 were pressed, but 200 were given to the dead kennedys to take back to cali and got lost. something like that. it also had one large mp3 of the whole 7″. someone find that site”

    That would be ME (Carl Snow)…
    Yup, 200 given to the DK’s van …
    300 left
    what were we to do?

    BTW Hanx fer the Kind words…

    peas
    Carl Snow
    www.carlsnow.com

  9. oscar March 16th, 2007 3:26 am

    THANK YOU….SOOOOOOO MUCH. these are some of the best songs my ears will ever hear. by the way, this is totally random, but would you happen to have any stuff by the LA band America’s Hardcore? great band, cant find much of their stuff.

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