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Solution Unknown
12+ albums
louisvillehardcoresounds like some kinda weird mixture between Bad Religion Dag Nasty and Suicidal Tendenciesself destruct
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One of the greatest hardcore bands that Lousville, USA ever saw, Solution Unknown spawned what are arguably the most influential Louisville bands of the 90s... Slint and Kinghorse. Taken from the Atskoo discography is the following: ATSKOO. As poignant as it was in 1986, as all-encompassing as any word ever uttered by humanity, it is the one word that can sum up the Solution Unknown era in, well, one word. Throughout the following quasi-biography, we will come to know all that is, was, and continues to be a by-product of Solution Unknown. Few people in the Louisville scene from the mid-'80s on have emerged unscathed from the omnipresence of SU, its members, or its legacy. Finish the journey below and you'll see what I mean. MEAGER BEGINNINGS Back in late February 1986, what we now know as Solution Unknown began to take its first formative steps toward becoming a punk rock juggernaut. The boys, sans Todd (see the Todd section below), matter-of-factly wondered aloud to each other if they could put a band together in a two-week period that would A)be as good as (or at least comparable to) the in-town bands playing at the time, and B)serve as an outlet for the incessant inside jokes that ruled the group's lives. Happily, SU turned out to satisfy both wishes. The first show (Charlie's Pizzeria, 15-Mar-86) was, if anything, an experience to behold. From Irv Ross singing along to "Where Were You In '82?" (included here as Track 30) to the absolute asinine spectacle of "Typing"
