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1990. Something came from the air and started to assume a form of a band.

1993. The band was already heading to Germany in Zastava and Skoda cars. It was introduced as "punk aus Ungarn" in the clubs of Berlin.

1994. Formation of the band - 10 musicians (lots of percussion and exotic instruments as didgeridoo, fuyara, pipes, self-made accessories) + 4 Vjs. The band was playing in small, yet always overcrowded clubs. After the concerts there were "acid parties", which were new things at that times, as well as the video projection. KÖ organised concerts in unusual places as swimming pools and even outdoors surrounded by nature.
The first concert album was released on MC.

1995. The first studio album was released in author's edition (this then became a tradition). Its cover and music received positive critics from the media.

1996. Second studio album, the favourite of the "orthodox" fans. The album introducing concert was held in the most famous Hungarian theatre Katona Jozsef, showing the widening interest for the music and stage production which is beyond the usual publicity of rock performances. This event became tradition.
The band created a website, containing free database of its media, concerts and label contacts. The well-known actor and theatre director Peter Halasz entrusted the band to write and perform live music for his piece Sanyi, the pilot.

1997. Third studio album, concert at the big stage of Pepsi Island in front of ten thousand people. More and more concerts in Hungary and abroad.
Three members of the band became DJs named Korai Banditos.

1998. Release of a remix album. Meantime KÖ became a cult band among the psychedelic freaks of the world.
"May be the best psychedelic ensemble around" - wrote the American Wayside, KÖs album lead the top list of the New Zealandian Cranium Music.
The band was invited by American festivals, but couldnt go due to lack of sponsors.
The German Lollipop Shop released a vinyl compilation.
KÖ became the concert band No:1 of the year as per the public vote of the Hungarian Magyar Narancs.

1999. KÖ organised festivals inviting Eastern-European bands. The tours took us to new places including even St. Petersburg, Russia, Italy (representing Hungary on the Day of the Music in Genova). KÖ was the live band of the year again.

2000. Besides a lot of concerts around Europe 2 albums were released: one with recordings, previously unreleased on CD and one with new music and 3 videoclips.
The German movie Im July used our music, a soundtrack released by Sony.

2002. The Dannish label Burnt Hippie released the music of KÖ2001 on vinyl. The Swedish Digimpro Ltd. released the first CD in a new format called 'digital improvisation' with Korai's music mixed by the creator of DI.
The band gets to countries like Kosova and Macedonia during its travels, meeting special people and seing incredible places.

2003. A second remix album containing mixes from the best Hungarian DJ's and some foregn musicians released in May.
KÖ's music is used for animations films, the band's videoclips are nominated for awards at the clip fest B-Film in Berlin.
German-Belgian tour in December.

2004. Working on a new studio album, meantime playing non-stop. Hungarian Cultural month in Sofia, Bulgaria, Nocne Vlny, City life fests in Slovakia, Trnkobrani, Semtex, Zlin in Czech Republic, Dombos in Serbia, all the important summer fests in Hungary.

2005. The new album is out. It is the most well-done album of Korai Öröm, full with earth beat, humour and joy.The album introduces young Bulgarian folksingers, as well as live sitar and master class of khöömei voice and jew's harp.

On the album there is videoclip inspired by the old Czechoslovak 3-wheel car called Velorex. The story of the clip is a kind of conquest: the band arrives to Hungary from Siberia, meets many strange things and then leaves it to Cyberia.

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