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Underground show brings together 11 bands in Sinchon

A show at western Seoul's top punk venue Baby Doll brings together 11 bands Saturday. The expansive, diverse and yet reasonably affordable show is also Matthew Gamble's debut as a promoter. "A lot of people in the underground punk and hardcore scene in Korea have also been asking me to put on shows for a while, so eventually everything just collided together," he said. Gamble, the proprietor…

Underground show brings together 11 bands in Sinchon

A show at western Seoul's top punk venue Baby Doll brought together 11 bands on Saturday. This expansive, diverse, and reasonably affordable event marked Matthew Gamble's debut as a promoter. Gamble, the proprietor of streetwear brand Diazable, had been working to promote Korea's underground punk and hardcore scene for years. He often filmed the bands for his YouTube channel, Diazable Music Breakdown.

Filming every band on this first show made it easier for him to approach them, as he already had some interaction with them. The bill included goth doom band Lucy Valentine, metal band Varim, and punk band Paper Cruise.

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