Sunday, February 5, 2012

Urko

I have to say that the U.K. produced most of my favorite hardcore from the 1990s - Voorhees, Health Hazard, Suffer, Ebola, Kitchener, Stalingrad, Hard to Swallow... the list goes on and will have to include Urko.  Playing blazing, vitriol-filled HC, these guys fit right in with the Flat Earth scene of the time.  Their split 7" with Suffer still packs a tremendous wallop after all these years.  Included here are their two Eps; "Thrash It Up" and "Fast3ChordHardcore...", along with two split Eps (with Suffer and Active Minds) and their final release - a split Lp with Minute Manifesto.  I believe the split 7" with Chineapple Punx is all I am lacking from their discography.  Unfortunately the group dissipated in 2001 after the untimely death of their bass player in a car crash. 

Urko - 2 Eps, 2 Split Eps and Split Lp w/ Minute Manifesto

3 comments:

  1. Hey,
    Wondering if ya have the Words MAde Flesh s/t e.p.? Been looking for that for ages. Nice blog btw.
    http://nobeastsofiercenyc.blogspot.com/

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    1. Wow... so weird that you requested that Ep. I actually re-ripped it a few weeks ago planning to post it sometime soon! I will throw it up this weekend. Thanks for stopping by and for the kind words!

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  2. hail to the fen 'cause we hail from the fen! good to hear some old noises from me hometown, Boston, it's not even the arse end of England, it's a smear of shit on its arsecheek, 'specially since the Indian Queen shut down.

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