Korova
Hardcore punk from Birmingham, AL since 2001. We sound like late-era Black Flag if they tried to play powerviolence, I guess.
Tell me about your history? How did you get where you are now?
It's too long and complicated, and this isn't behind the music. We've had our ups and downs, like everybody. We're just a punk band from Alabama.
Have you performed live in front of an audience? Any special memories?
We play small DIY spots. We played some bigger places a few times, we didn't like it. We prefer it to be all ages. Even better, a house.
Your musical influences
Dead Kennedys, Warzone, Toots and Maytals, The Who, Killed By Death, Charles Mingus, FEAR, Koro, X, The Weirdos, The Ramones, Elvis Presley, The Cramps, Desmond Dekker, Trojan Ska Box Sets, Borderless Countries Tapes, Negative Approach, Man Or Astroman?, Random Conflict, Vomit Spots, Vice Squad, Cock Sparrer, The Undertones, Born Against, His Hero is Gone, Cut the Shit, the Rites, Bloody Sods, HeWhoCorrupts, Ceremony, Anodyne, Pink Floyd, the Smiths, Lou Reed, GBH, Cro-Mags, Venom, John Cage, Husker Du, I Object, Lockbody/GNP, Godstomper, Green Beret, Misfits, Reagan Youth, Deathreat, Nirvana, Soundgarden, Fugazi, Skate Korpse, Spazz, Real Reggae, Hellnation, link Wray, Faster and Louder, Phillip Glass, That Apartment Building, Sam Cooke, Millencolin, Iron Maiden, Anthrax, Biohazard, False Prophets, Joy Division, Thou, Iron Monkey, Circle Takes the Square, the Trouble, the Bruisers, Hated Youth, Positive Reinforcement, Wretched Ones, Hudson Falcons, The Mean Streets of Birmingham, George Orwell
What equipment do you use?
Whatever we can afford at the time. Chad has a thing for strats. That's about the only thing anybody uses consistently.
Anything else?
I like to fight jocks and Nazis.
