Hongdae Street
Buzzing arts district of neon-lit clubs, street murals and indie music venues born from art students and punk bands.
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This guide to Hongdae Street opens at Club Drug, a tiny venue that opened near Hongik University in the mid-1990s playing overseas concert footage for local punks and misfits. It follows the club's 1995 tribute concert for Kurt Cobain, the rise of bands like Crying Nut, and the 1996 Street Punk Show that gave Hongdae's stage-diving energy its name. Listen for the murals and basement clubs that still carry that scene forward.
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