Korea Girl

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 two self titled demo tapes in March 1996 before eventually re-recording the songs and releasing them on CD (Korea Girl in 1997; rereleased in 1999 with additional bonus tracks). They released 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.