Youtube videos of songs from 1980's UK oi bands - from the left to the right - obscure & otherwise. I try to touch base with at least one song from everything in a bands 80's catalog or other noteworthy releases, but the aim is to get whole releases on the page. I am keeping politics out of this shit & as long as a bands sound is mostly Oi! & it's from the UK in the 1980's, then I will put it on here. You all have brains - judge for yourselves.
Friday, September 26, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Barney and the Rubbles
Barney and the Rubbles
'I like Beans, I like sauce,
I Like sexual intercourse'
Barney Rubble, poet, philospher and comedian. His band the Rubbles were a collection of ICF/Skin/Mods famous for songs such as Up against the 'Wall ('Do em all, Kill Millwall!'). Rubble was also responsible for catchphrases such as 'well suspect' and 'gotta ave it'. The track 'Bootboys' on Oi the Album comes the closest to Oi meets PIL.
Info taken from: http://the4skins.tripod.com/id8.html
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Steel Comb
An active newer Scottish band - if you like the classic lo-fi, midtemp, melodic uk oi sound then this right is up your alley - they could easily have been some lost band from Oi! Records.
They have at least one 7" out and have some songs on at least 2 compilations. They've had numerous lineup changes, so check out all of their material for variations on their sound and different versions of songs, including different singers. In case you're an american scratching your head as to what the fucks up with their name - sharpened steel combs were handy concealed weapons when running around being a violent little bastard.
INTERVIEW with steel comb
link to song BACKSTABBER on the New Dawn recordings page
INTERVIEW with steel comb
link to song BACKSTABBER on the New Dawn recordings page