KOREA GIRL Reunion 7 inch 1997

 

Discogs

 

Indie Rock band from San Jose, California. The group was formed in January 1996, and broke up in 1999 due to conflicts between the two singers. They released one CD (Korea Girl in 1997; rereleased in 1999 with additional bonus tracks) and one 7" (Reunion also in 1997) on Asian Man Records, and also appear on various Asian Man compilation CDs as well as a video/DVD. Korea Girl was declared Album of the Year in 1997 by radio station KSCU. The group's name was presumably inspired by the fact that Yi is of Korean descent. The cover of their self-titled album depicts, in cartoon fashion, a schoolgirl carrying two revolvers.

Korea Girl's music was generally melodic and understated, featuring both male and female vocals and using clean and undistorted guitars in the manner of such earlier indie rock groups as Blake Babies.

 

Tracklist

A		Reunion
B		Launched

MAILORDER IS STILL FUN! Various Artists 1999

 

Discogs 

 

Compilation on Asian Man Records

Tracklist

1	Blue Meanies–	Acceleration 5000
2	Alkaline Trio–	Cringe
3	Johnny Socko–	Spa
4	Tuesday (5)–	So Awake
5	The Chinkees–	Big World
6	Dan Pothast*–	Where's Teddy?
7	Korea Girl–	B-Side
8	The Broadways–	The Kitchen Floor
9	Mike Park–	Korea Is So Far Away
10	Less Than Jake–	Big
11	Slow Gherkin–	Trapped Like Rats In Myers Flat
12	MU330–	Favorite Show
13	Link 80–	Verbal Kint
14	Unsteady–	Tokyo
15	Potshot–	Freedom
16	Pushover (2)–	Yo Se
17	Slapstick–	What I Learned
18	Knowledge (14)–	Brotherhood
19	The Muggs (3)–	An Army
20	The B. Lee Band*–	Don't Sit Next To Me, Just Because I'm Asian
21	Blindspot–	Middleground
22	Young Punch–	Feel Your Sorrow, Tell Your Happiness
23	Nicotine (3)–	Amnesia
24	The Jamons–	Positive Friction
25	The Wunder Years–	Two Sticks
26	Luckie Strike–	Slightly Stoopid
27	Peacocks–	How Do You Know?
28	Big D And The Kids Table–	Myself

MAILORDER IS FUN! Various Artists 1998

 

Discogs

Tracklist

		Asian Man Records
1	–Slapstick	There's A Metal Head In The Parking Lot
2	–Link 80	Slap
3	–Slow Gherkin	Hava Nagilah
4	–Unsteady	B.A.
5	–The Broadways	15 Minutes
6	–Korea Girl	Reunion
7	–The Chinkees	Hana
8	–Johnny Socko	Boraborinski Brothers
9	–Tuesday (5)	Goodbyes Have Been Said
10	–MU330	X-Mas Card
11	–Potshot	Radio
12	–Let's Go Bowling	Oatmeal For X-mas
13	–Bruce Lee Band*	Gerry Is Strong
14	–Blue Meanies	Dummy Room
15	–The Schleptones	Too Little Time To Waste
16	–Alkaline Trio	For Your Lungs Only
17	–Less Than Jake	Liquor Store
18	–Monkey (7)	No Color, No Power
19	–Pushover (2)	Pitiful
20	–Nicotine (3)	Howie-Mobile
		Fueled By Ramen Bonus
21	–The Impossibles (2)	Plan B
22	–Animal Chin (2)	Seven
23	–17 Years	What's Your Name?
24	–The Supaflies	Hot Rod '75
25	–J Church	Don't Bring Me Down
26	–Funsize*	Pickle
27	–Discount (2)	Soup
28	–The Hippos	Please
29	–Ann Beretta	Efforts Wasted

 

I HATE THE 90S Volume 12

1. THE DAMBUILDERS Smooth Control
2. CATHERINE Whisper
3. SEAFOOD We Felt Maroon
4. DRUNK Carved Slope
5. ANTENNA Delta 88
6. THE MINDERS Hooray for Tuesday
7. SPECULA Sacred God
8. THE LOUD FAMILY Jimmy Still Comes Around
9. AGNES GOOCH Mom's Secret
10. KOREA GIRL Serpentine
11. SPARE SNARE Thorns
12. TRAMPOLINE Shocked by a Revelation
13. BARNABYS Global Teen
14. VERBOW The Chronicals of Agent Kidd
15. GOODNESS Superwise
16. INCREDIBLE FORCE OF JUNIOR Walrus
17. DITCH WITCH Pistol and Pen
18. THE SPINANES Oceanwide
19. THE CAULFIELDS Figure it Out
20. VEHICLE FLIPS Insincerity Showcase
21. PIPE Favorite Dirty Flavor
22. THE RAYMOND BRAKE Easter
23. IDA RETSIN FAMILY Log Ride

KOREA GIRL self titled 1997

by request

 

Discogs

 

 

Artist Biography by Mike DaRonco

Hailing from San Jose, CA, the lineup of Tobin Mori (vocals/guitar), Elizabeth Yi (vocals/guitar), Summer (bass), and Scott Landucci (drums) was otherwise known as Korea Girl. With their lighthearted, guitar-driven indie pop and female-fronted vocals, the quartet would be critically compared to the likes of Seam, Velocity Girl, Pavement, and Lois upon the release of the band's 1998 debut EP, Reunion. But before the Asian Man Records release of their 1999 self-titled album, Korea Girl disbanded while in the recording studio. Mori went on to form the band Ee.

 

Tracklist

1	B-Side
2	Under The Sun
3	Reunion
4	Upside Down
5	Peon
6	Pariah
7	Li'l Bunch
8	Serpentine
9	Conversations
10	Atomic Skies
11	Wile E.
12	Prozac
13	Democracy & Kings
14	Hey Akane!
	Bonus Demo Tracks
15	Prozac (Drummed)
16	Li'l Bullhorn
17	Upside Down
18	Peon
19	Wile E.