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siknik
favorite oi band
August 01, 2007 09:14PM
sick of it all,cro-mags
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MrFab
Re: favorite oi band
August 01, 2007 09:43PM
Never got into oi - always sounded a little fascist to me, like for football hooligans. Music to beat-up-immigrants-by.

Having said that, I do really like "Banned from The Pubs" by Peter and the Test-Tube Babies.
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totaji
Re: favorite oi band
August 01, 2007 09:55PM
Looking back on Sick of it all and The Cro mags, maybe they were oi. One song I like that is sorta oi is Local Boy by The Rifles.
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Paganizer
Re: favorite oi band
August 01, 2007 11:11PM
A "little" fascist?
Some are quick to point out that some bands in that scene were anti-racist/fascist, but, then, by what standard were they Oi?

I remember picking up the Strength Through Oi comp to get a handle on it. When a friend told me it was named for Strength Though Joy the LP was Banned from our Pub.

::I was thinking Banned (which is a good track) was on that comp but it was on a different one....?



Post Edited (08-01-07 21:46)
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satchmykels
Re: favorite oi band
August 01, 2007 11:51PM
yo la tengo?

sorry, i don't listen to much yiddish music...
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rebelwithoutaclue
Re: favorite oi band
August 02, 2007 12:05AM
moshe n the mitzvahs
the rolling steins
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Paganizer
Re: favorite oi band
August 02, 2007 12:17AM
Found it.
It was Punk & Disorderly that I liked. It's not all Oi bands, though.

{there's a yiddish connection to oi??}



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madisdadi
Re: favorite oi band
August 02, 2007 12:22PM
oi vs oy vey?
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Heff
Re: favorite oi band
August 02, 2007 03:47PM
Sick of it all and Cro-mags - Oi? If anything the Cro-mags are part of the wide spread krishna core movement (I kid). To me they are definitive NYC hardcore. I've always thought Oi was exclusive to England, the idea would be hard to reproduce here.

As for best Oi bands:
The Business
Angelic Upstarts -who were/are extremely anti-Fascist

Am I wrong in thinking that Sham 69 was Oi?
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STEVE
Re: favorite oi band
August 02, 2007 07:58PM
Didn't Paul Weller utter those two letters first?
Maybe it was his mum?
Exasperated like.



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Aitch
Re: favorite oi band
August 03, 2007 12:36AM
I used to be in a ska band about a hundred years ago and there were always skinheads hanging around trying to get you to listen to those shitty Oi compilations, Oi The Album, Strength Through Oi etc. A lot of it was shit but The Business always stood out and I liked the Kids of The Eighties album by Infa Riot.
The worst was a bunch of Nazi fucks called The Last Resort.
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madisdadi
Re: favorite oi band
August 03, 2007 11:14AM
I always thought skrewdriver was the first Oi/nazi band................

I could be wrong , but who really gives a fuck about a bunch of brain dead scum.
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Familyman
Re: favorite oi band
August 03, 2007 01:03PM
Which ska band were you in, Aitch?

Aitch wrote:

> I used to be in a ska band about a hundred years ago and there
> were always skinheads hanging around trying to get you to
> listen to those shitty Oi compilations, Oi The Album, Strength
> Through Oi etc. A lot of it was shit but The Business always
> stood out and I liked the Kids of The Eighties album by Infa
> Riot.
> The worst was a bunch of Nazi fucks called The Last Resort.
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Aitch
Re: favorite oi band
August 03, 2007 11:10PM
The Leftovers (not the seminal Brisbane punk band who's name we were criticised over taking by anyone we ever ran into from said city).
Recorded 2 singles which I still see floating around from time to time online for ridiculous prices.
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wedge
Re: favorite oi band
August 16, 2007 10:52PM
Dear aitch, is that for Harry?
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Aitch
Re: favorite oi band
August 17, 2007 12:09AM
Correct
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Jermoe
Re: favorite oi band
August 05, 2007 02:24AM
Oingo Boingo. They must be an Oi band.

Rumor has it Danny Elfman's a Scientologist. Perhaps skinhead would be better?



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ira
Re: favorite oi band
August 04, 2007 12:17AM
Cockney Rejects for me
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dj45rpm
Re: favorite oi band
August 04, 2007 02:27PM
Oi Polloi (esp. the first album)
Angelic Upstarts
Cockney Rejects
(early) Business
(early) Cocksparrer

The main problem (aside from the lyrics) with so many oi bands is that for a lot supposedly filled with passion, lust for glory, etc. they seemed to have boots of lead whenever they entered a studio.
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