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An important problem with Korea's scene is that we don't cooperate with other countries enough. Sure, we all have friends in Japan, but how much do any of us know about things in China, or Malaysia, or Indonesia? This summer we'll get a taste of Hong Kong first-hand. King Ly Chee is ready and waiting. I conducted an interview with frontman Riz Farooqi over e-mail.
It looks perfectly normal, huh? Not if you remember what was painted there before. On Thursday, April 21, Skunk owner Won Jonghee painted over a great deal of the graffiti outside Skunk Hell and the front entrance. They were forced to do it by opposing forces whose momentum has been steadily increasing.
Sadly, Seo Kiseok has left Korea for a year, leaving the Geeks without a singer. Everyone says he'll be back, but it's hard not to miss the guy. The Geeks have been around just about as long as anyone in the entire scene has. In that time they have generated a nice following and admiration in Korea as well as overseas. They’re straight-edge hardcore, yes, but different than most bands.
The meaning of “One Unity?is just as it says. When we wrote it we thought about the bands who started before us, and even the bands that will start after us, and we thought of the fanzine that hasn’t been made yet, all of the shows, all the demos. We really thought of the future... whether we will be together when we have to get jobs, when times are tough, when Korea is in dark times.
