KORO.

First off, thanks for hanging in there while I took a little time off.

Had a great time hanging out with my brother, road trippin' to Santa Cruz, eating decadent meals nightly, and I think the thing I really enjoyed the most was being able to drink fine beers at 10am on a Monday - haven't done that since I was a dirthead scumbag, i.e., "pre-fatherhood"!

Koro was a shooting-star of hardcore fury straight out of The Marble City - Knoxville Tennessee.
While their name may sound like they are Japanese, the only semblance of that would be in the energy & power they put into their music.

You can't go wrong with this, folks...



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Koro - Speed Kills +

OUTPATIENTS.

Unsung, young, and out-of-fucking-control.
Yeah, there's a Deep Wound connection here, but I'd have to say I dig these guys better - their attack was even more primal and unpolished.
This is REAL teenage-angst / spastic-primitive balls-out hardcore.

*(They also had the best song on the Flipside Vinyl Fanzine Compilation Vol. II)*



Outpatients - Hardcore Outcasts Revisited '82 - '84