Oi! Oi! Oi!

[PopwarPunk]

Yello' ladies and gents, just wondering if you can reccommend some good (Great is even better.) Oi punk bands, seeing as I really dig Cock Sparrer, some similiar stuff may be good (But if it's different, that's okay). I'm really looking to hear from Snaker and .pie. on this one, but anyone else who knows their shit is welcome to make suggestions.

Thanks doodz.

PS.If anyone says 'Green Day' or 'Blink 182' I will personally tell EvilCheese to butt rape you.

[.pie.]

im not too hard in to it, but sham 69, cockney rejects, peter and the test tube babies, combat 84, the bruisers, the templars, the oppressed, the business, blitz, last resort, angelic upstarts...

[el_whiteboy8888]

I won't say either of those. My Chemical Romance and Sum 41 all the way doooooode!! LoL WTf OGM !1111111!!!1/1?1!/?!?!

[Snaker]

im not too hard in to it, but sham 69, cockney rejects, peter and the test tube babies, combat 84, the bruisers, the templars, the oppressed, the business, blitz, last resort, angelic upstarts...
Any of those, and try the 4 Skins, Anti-Pasti, Infa Riot, Deadline, Splodge, Last Resort, the Partisans, Resistance 77, Slaughter and the Dogs, Pressure Point, the Violators, and I guess you could consider Vice Squad and Antidote oi.

[PopwarPunk]

Ah, much obliged gents.

Elwhiteboy: I guess that's a loop hole, but sooner or later EvilCheese (Sam?) will butt rape you.

[It'sFae]

Not really into punk, but I think Tsunami Bomb is punk . . . but yeah anyway, they're pretty good.

[falloffboy101]

Blink 182 and Green Day.

[Snaker]

I ifnd it kinda funny how only three of us have ever heard of any of the oi bands listed, or even what oi is.

[crazy_dave]

I can safely say........ i'm too young, foolish and into metal for it! I'll download some later!

[R-dude]

I can safely say........ i'm too young, foolish and into metal for it! I'll download some later!

Same here

jarglejargle

[Skate or Try]

errrrrrrrmmmmmm Oi polloi, Blood for Blood, (the4skins??), hate Society, maybe dropkick murphys...check them out

[el_whiteboy8888]

Ah, much obliged gents.

Elwhiteboy: I guess that's a loop hole, but sooner or later EvilCheese (Sam?) will butt rape you.

Im not too sure if that's an insult. Cheeseman butt raping people seems to be a new thing here. It's just kind of thrown around. Is it a complement, insult, or what!? I'm quite confused. Maybe he dosent like butt raping. Prehapes he's more into skull ****ing?

[PopwarPunk]

Well, we know HE likes it, but do you? That's what makes in an insult or not.

[rustyburrito55]

A Global Threat might be something worth checking out.

[Snaker]

Maybe, if they were oi. Which they're not.

[w1skater]

I think oi is a type of brittish music. It was named after a band, i forget the name but i think it has the word "rejects" in it. I could be wrong though. Probably am.

[360degrees]

i heard of Sham 69 and Last Resort.

[Snaker]

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.


"Oi!" is the name given to a sub-genre of punk music that sought to align punk with a working-class "street level" following. It began in the latter part of 1977, fusing the styles of early punk bands such as the Clash and the Ramones with early British rock like the Rolling Stones and The Who, and was seen as promoting unity between punks and skinheads. Originally, the style was called "streetpunk" or "reality-punk"; it wasn't until the early 1980s that music journalist Garry Bushell labeled the movement "Oi!", supposedly derived from the Cockney Rejects song "Oi! Oi! Oi!".

The original Oi! bands included Cock Sparrer, the Cockney Rejects, Angelic Upstarts, Slaughter and the Dogs, Skrewdriver, The Lurkers, Anti-Nowhere League and Sham 69. They were followed by The Business, The Last Resort, The 4-Skins, Combat 84, Condemned 84, Infa-Riot, The Blood, Anti-Heros, and others.

Because many skinheads were recruited by racist organizations such as the National Front, some histories of rock music dismiss all Oi! as racist. However, none of the original streetpunk bands were particularly racist and some, such as the Angelic Upstarts, were always associated with the left and joined anti-racist campaigns. One definite exception is Skrewdriver. The band's early material is usually considered classic Oi!, but by the mid-1980s Skrewdriver were leading a small neo-Nazi rock scene, although apart from lead singer Ian Stuart Donaldson, the band had a different line up from that of the late 1970s. Their music was recognizably Oi!, but they sought to distance themselves from punk in general, preferring the term "R.A.C." ("Rock Against Communism" — a reaction to Rock Against Racism). Members of the earlier incarnation of Skrewdriver have stated that they do not wish to be associated with Donaldson's later version.

Oi! also became associated with right wing politics following the events of July 4, 1981 at the Hamborough Tavern in Southall, London, when a concert by the bands the Business, the Last Resort and the 4-Skins was followed by violent clashes between the predominantly white audience and the local Asian population. However it is worth recording that in the aftermath many Oi! bands were not slow to condemn racism in all its forms, as well as categorically denying any association with fascism.

Unfortunately these denials were met with cynicism from some quarters following the release of the Strength Thru Oi compilation album around the same time. Not only was its title a play on a Nazi slogan (Strength Through Joy) but the cover featured Nicky Crane, a Nazi activist who was serving a four year prison sentence for racist violence. Gary Bushell, who was responsible for compiling the album, claimed however that its title was a pun on The Skids album Strength Through Joy. He also denied knowing the identity of the skinhead on the album's cover until it was exposed by the Daily Mail two months later. Bushell, who was a socialist at the time, later noted the irony of being branded a far-right activist by a paper who "had once supported Mosley's Blackshirts, Mussolini's invasion of Abyssinia, and appeasement with Hitler right up to the outbreak of World War Two."

The Oi! movement soon after began to lose momentum in the U.K., but Oi! scenes were forming elsewhere in Europe, Japan, and North America. In the United States, the Oi! phenomenon was mirrored by the Hardcore explosion of the early 1980s, especially by bands such as Black Flag, Iron Cross,and S.S. Decontrol. Although similar in spirit and influence to Oi! (particularly in the earlier stages), Hardcore expounded itself in a peculiarly American middle class (rather than working class) fashion as its influences spread. In the mid-1990s, a revival of interest in Oi! music began, with new bands emerging and older bands receiving more recognition. With this revival came a further concerted effort to distance Oi! from racism.

Recent Oi! bands include The Templars, Lightning War, Oxblood, The Wretched Ones, Those Unknown, The Lager Lads, Oxymoron, Hard Skin , 9 lives."

[360degrees]

Oxymoron, oi???

Whatever... i think Snaker cleared it up again

[Snaker]

Oxymoron can be considered late oi. They're kinda one of those borderline bands; a crossover.

And, that's what I'm here for: to clear shit up.

[w1skater]

Snakers like the music guru of the site.

[PopwarPunk]

And those cookies are ours!

I'll split them... 70/30.

[360degrees]

60/20/20???

[PopwarPunk]

70/15/15.

Biaaaatch.

[Snaker]

Wait, i don't get it. What are splitting up? Someone please explain what's going on.

And 70/15/15 works for me, as long as I get the 70. lmao.

[360degrees]

who gets the cookies Snaker

[PopwarPunk]

Yeah, R-Dude is giving out cookies to like-named people, we're both named Andrew, thus, we get cookies.


This thread took a weird turn...

[R-dude]

only giving them out to people with my name! so you can't play! muahahaha....hmm...i'm gonna get me a cookie now...to wash down my 3 helpings of microwaved lasagna with

[_FaBeN_]

the raimones , simpel plan ,sum41

[_FaBeN_]

sum41 ,simpel plan

[R-dude]

only one of them can be counted punk
none of them are oi bands
only one was spelt right
that and you made two posts behind with 16 mins between ehm...
but who cares, you live in sweden, yay

[Hughesy]

lol.. i dont even know wat an oi band is...i f its just punk then the exploited are amazing but if not then WHAT THE HELL IS IT?? lol

[R-dude]

may i direct you to snakers lengthy post showing what wikipedia has to say?

[Hughesy]

o ye... er... know wat it is but dont know any bands now.. ill download some later

[PopwarPunk]

Hmm...

Get out! Out of my thread!

[R.I.P^*]

man you skinn heads like a bit of the oi. like some skrew driver and some blue eyed devils

my personal fav is about killing all the jews (holocost 2000) 88 all the way

god dam ni gg3r$ causing all the shotings in the skools if i saw a ni gg3r i will get me cr3w

[R-dude]

uhm...what? just what. that will be all

[PopwarPunk]

Agreed.

What?

[JesusRodeAFlip]

Abba and Frank Sinatra

[bladder control]

If Oi is streetpunk, don't the Casualties count then?

[HELLonWHEELS]

Aren't Green Day and Blink 182 Alternative & Pop there is no Punk in new green day or any blink 182

what about Sex Pistols??

[bladder control]

Early Blink had punk, it just wasn't political.

[Snaker]

Sex Pistols = not oi.
Casualties = not oi either; they just suck.

[360degrees]

Sham 69 - Hurry Up Harry... Awesome Song, i knew it from my childhood

[HELLonWHEELS]

Sex Pistols = not oi.

but they punk and they are ****in good too

[Snaker]

Ok, they are punk, but this is thread about oi.

And, they aren't as good as everyone cracks them up to be. They were mediocre at best.

[Mr spitfire]

sum41 :-2: :-2: :-2: :-2: :-2:

[PopwarPunk]

.............

Was that a joke?

ARE YOU TRYING TO BE FUNNY?!?!?

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!111

[TrashLongisland]

If Oi is streetpunk, don't the Casualties count then?

no wayyyyyyyyy

the casualties are a bad generic burned out punk band that should have stopped after there 5th lineup change.

oi is eh

[Mr spitfire]

.............

Was that a joke?

ARE YOU TRYING TO BE FUNNY?!?!?

AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!111
yeah it was a joke

[Ramp]