Koro were a hardcore punk band from Knoxville, Tennessee, formed in 1982. The life span of Koro was less than two years and the band split up in 1984.
Koro took their name from a culture-bound syndrome delusional disorder in which a person believes their genitals are slowly retracting into their bodies. This ailment is common throughout Asia.
Band members:
Scott Semple - vocals
Carl Snow, Dave Teague - guitar
Ron Funnel - bass
Bill Baker - drums.
"Speed Kills +" is a compilation album by Koro, released in 2006 on Sorry State Records.
Tracks:
1-11 LP Speed Kills, remastered and released in 2006
12-19 7" 700 Club EP, self-released in 1983
20-51 rehearsal session.
Notes:
1983 recordings which were intended to be released on their first LP , but the record was not pressed back then and the songs were distributed on cassette among friends only.
None of the rehearsal session tracks have titles.
Tracks 20-34 are from a previously unreleased rehearsal tape and the other tracks are from an alternate mix of the same rehearsal tape.
Tracklisting:
1. Government
2. Hello Mom & Dad
3. James Hood
4. Koro
5. Mommy Wants To Know
6. Selfless Johnny
7. 700 Club
8. Society Girl
9. Acid Casualty
10. First Church
11. Feelin' Pretty Minimal
12. 700 Club
13. Government
14. Selfless Johnny
15. It's OK
16. Dear Sirs
17. Nauseous
18. Blap!
19. Acid Casualty
20-51. Untitled Unreleased Rehearsal
VBR ~298K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
DYS were a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1983. The band were part of the "Boston Crew" in the 1980s, along with contemporaries such as SSD and Negative FX.
DYS took their name from the Department Of Youth Services, a Massachusetts governmental organization where delinquent youth were housed, as well as the Alice Cooper song "Department Of Youth".
The band preached a passionate belief in drug-free living and the idea that a shared musical and social taste could help create regional brotherhoods or crews.
DYS were one of the first hardcore punk bands to take a turn into the realm of heavy metal, helping to define and shape "crossover" in the same way they influenced straight-up hardcore punk. The band broke up in 1985.
Band members:
David Smalley - guitar, vocals
Andrew Strachan, Ross Luongo - guitar
Jonathan Anastas - bass
Dave Collins - drums.
"Fire & Ice - Wolfpack" is a compilation album by DYS, released in 1993 on Taang! Records.
"Wolfpack" was released in 1989 on Taang! Records. Tracks 10 to 19 were previously released as their "Brotherhood" 12" in 1983 on Xclaim!.
"Fire & Ice" was released in 1993 on Taang! Records. The album is the reissue of the second DYS album. "DYS" was originally released in 1985 on Modern Method Records and the album took the band in a metal direction.
Tracks:
1-8 LP Fire & Ice
9-22 LP Wolfpack.
Tracklisting:
1. Late Night
2. Echoes
3. The Loner
4. Closer Still
5. Which Side Am I
6. No Pain, No Gain
7. Held Back
8. Graffitti
9. Wolfpack
10. Open Up
11. More Than Fashion
12. Circle Storm
13. City To City
14. (The Girl's Got) Limits
15. Brotherhood
16. Yellow
17. Stand Proud
18. Insurance
19. Escape
20. Iron Man
21. Dirty Dog
22. Rub A Dub
VBR ~232K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
