Korean Punk

Pretty well everybody I see regularly knows already that I'm planning on moving to South Korea for a year to teach English. At that time, you'll probably see some activity around here. And Dustin gets my apartment.

I was curious how much punk music there is over there, so I did an Internet search. This discography gives you a good idea.

Here's a link to the Captain Bootbois page. They're a skinhead band reminiscent of Cock Sparrer and 4skins based in Seoul.

The scene in Seoul seems to be solely run out of a bar called "Drug." They have a label called Skunk that has a bunch of Korean bands. Here are some pictures of the scene. Give me a month there and I'll do it up my style.

For more about the history of punk music in Korea, this article fills in most of the blanks.

They better the hell speak more English over there than "Oi!" and "Fuck you."