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Oi!
Oi! is a working class street-level subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s.
The music and associated subculture had the goal of promoting unity between punks, skinheads and other non-aligned working class youths (sometimes called herberts). The Oi! movement...
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Anti-Flag
Anti-Flag is an American punk rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their outspoken views on American government. Most recently, the band has focused criticism on the United States bailouts.
Anti-Flag was formed in 1988 by singer...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1988
Oi Polloi
Oi Polloi are an anarcho-punk band from Scotland that formed around 1981, also notable for their contributions to the Scottish Gaelic punk sub-genre.
Oi Polloi's first studio recording was a demo entitled Destroi the System, which is believed to...
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The Exploited
The Exploited are a Scottish punk band from the second wave of UK punk, formed in 1979.
They started out as an Oi! band, before transforming into a faster street punk and hardcore punk band. From about 1987 on (around the time of Death Before...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
Sham 69
Sham 69 are an English punk band that formed in Hersham in 1976.
Although not as commercially successful as many of their contemporaries, albeit with a greater number of chart entries, Sham 69 has been a huge musical and lyrical influence on the Oi!...
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Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front is an American hardcore band that formed in New York City in 1980. The band began playing hardcore punk similar to their contemporaries, and were thrust to the forefront of the burgeoning New York hardcore scene in the mid-1980s with...
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Flogging Molly
Flogging Molly is a seven-piece American Celtic punk band that formed in Los Angeles, California and is currently signed to SideOneDummy Records.
Prior to forming Flogging Molly, Dublin born Dave King was the vocalist for heavy metal band Fastway...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
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Angelic Upstarts
Angelic Upstarts are an English rock band formed in South Shields in 1977. The punk rock/Oi! band espoused an anti-fascist and socialist working class philosophy, and have been associated with the skinhead subculture. More than two decades after its...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1977
Dropkick Murphys
Dropkick Murphys are an American Celtic punk band formed in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. First playing together in the basement of a friend's barbershop, they blended traditional folk rock and punk rock known as Celtic punk. Their influences include...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
The 4-Skins
The 4-Skins are a working class Oi! punk rock band from the East End of London, England. They formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1984, although a new line-up formed in 2007.
Prior to the release of the band's debut single, "One Law For Them", The 4...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1984
Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls are an English punk rock band formed in 1979. Departing from the angry lyrics and music often associated with punk rock, Toy Dolls worked within the aesthetics of punk to express a sense of fun, with songs such as "Yul Brynner Was A...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
The Casualties
The Casualties is a punk band from New York City, New York, formed in 1990. Their musical style is usually classified as street punk or hardcore punk.
The Casualties members aimed to return to what they viewed as the "golden era" of street punk,...
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Splodgenessabounds
Splodgenessabounds is an English punk rock band formed in Keston, Bromley, Kent. The band is associated with the Oi! and Punk Pathetique genres. Their frontman is Max Splodge.
The band was originally fronted by Max Splodge and his girlfriend of the...
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Blood for Blood
Blood for Blood are a hardcore band from Charlestown, Massachusetts. They formed in 1995 as a reaction to the existing heavy music scene in Boston. They are regarded as an extremely nihilistic and aggressive band. In 1997 they were signed to Victory...
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Roger Miret and the Disasters
Roger Miret and the Disasters is a street punk group formed by Agnostic Front frontman Roger Miret.
Their musical career started in the early 2000s and released their first self-titled debut album in 2002 on Hellcat Records and released their first...
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Darkbuster
Darkbuster is a punk rock band hailing from Boston, Massachusetts, known largely for their songs about the joys of heavy drinking, which have earned them a strong following in the American Northeast.
The band was formed by singer/guitarist Lenny...
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The Devotchkas
The Devotchkas were a four-piece American street punk band from Long Island, NY. Their name was derived from the popular film and novel A Clockwork Orange. Devotchka in Nadsat means "girl", which is itself derived from the Russian word (девочка) of...
U.S. Bombs
U.S. Bombs are an American punk rock band, formed in 1993. U.S. Bombs consists of vocalist Duane Peters, guitarists Jonny Wickersham and Kerry Martinez, bass guitarist Wade Walston and drummer Chip Hanna. The group released its first album in 1996,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1993
Cock Sparrer
Cock Sparrer (initially Cock Sparrow) are a punk rock band formed in 1972 in the East End of London, England.
Although they never enjoyed much commercial success, the band is considered one of the most influential streetpunk bands in history,...
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Skrewdriver
Skrewdriver was a punk rock — then later white power skinhead — band formed in Poulton-le-Fylde, England in 1976 by Ian Stuart Donaldson. They became one of the first neo-Nazi rock bands, playing a leading role in the far-right Rock Against...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1977
The Analogs
The Analogs is a Polish street punk band. They originated in Szczecin, and are quite successful on the local and international punk rock scene.
The band is widely regarded for bringing street punk music to popularity in Poland and the promotion of...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Blitz
Blitz was a street punk band from New Mills, Derbyshire, England. They had success in the United Kingdom indie charts in the early 1980s. Comprised of both punk and skinhead members, they were enthusiastically championed by Sounds magazine writer...
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Molly
Molly was a Swedish band that played a mix of Irish folk music with ska and oi!. Later they also had influences from Swedish folk music and klezmer. Because of the mix of music styles the band required a lot of different instruments and many...
The A.C.A.B.
The A.C.A.B. is a Malaysian rock band. The band was formerly known as A.C.A.B. from 1994 to 2003 which popularized streetpunk/oi! in the Malaysian underground music scene. The band regrouped in 2005 while adopting indie rock as their genre.
The band...
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Bombshell Rocks
Bombshell Rocks were founded by singer Mårten Cedergran, the guitar players Richard Andersson and Sami, bassist Mini, and drummer Chrille in late 1995, in from Västerås, Sweden.
Before playing under this name, the group was called Down and Out. They...
The Bruisers
The Bruisers were pioneers of the American streetpunk/oi! movement, formed in Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1988. The original lineup included: Al Barr (vocals, now the lead singer of the Boston Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys), Scotty Davies (bass...
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The Showcase Showdown
The Showcase Showdown were an American punk rock band from Boston active in the 1990s. They toured the Northeast extensively and became notorious for their tongue-in-cheek songs, often about obscure cultural icons from political history, television...
Fear
Fear is an American punk band from Los Angeles, California that formed in 1977 and is still a band today. Credited for helping to shape the sound and style of American hardcore punk, the band started out as part of the early California punk rock...
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The Templars
The Templars are an Oi! band formed in Long Island, New York in April 1991.
Originally composed of black and white skinhead members, their musical influences include Oi!, punk, glam rock, and rock and roll. They have tended to purposely use low...
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- Apr 1991
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Cockney Rejects
Cockney Rejects are an Oi! punk band that formed in the East End of London in 1977. Their 1980 song "Oi, Oi, Oi" was the inspiration for the name of the Oi! music genre.
Their biggest hit record in the United Kingdom, 1980's "The Greatest Cockney...
The Business
The Business are an English Oi!/punk rock band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London. Their album Suburban Rebels became influential in the Oi! movement. Their biggest hit song in recent times, "England 5 - Germany 1", (based on the result of a...
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Area-7
Area-7 (also known as Area 7) is the name of an Australian alternative/third wave ska band.
Area-7 rose from the ashes of Madness cover band Mad Not Madness. In 1994 three members, Dugald McNaughtan (keyboards), Charles "Chucky T" Thompson (guitar)...
The Partisans
The Partisans were a punk rock band formed in Bridgend, in South Wales in early 1978, when all four members were in their early teens. They continued until 1984, having several hits on the UK Indie Chart. The band re-formed in the late 1990s.
The...
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Oxymoron
Oxymoron is a German Oi!/streetpunk band formed in 1992. The band was founded by Sucker (vocals) and his cousin Bjoern (drums), who recruited two friends, Martin (guitar) and Filzlaus (bass).
Originating from Germany, their first real public...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1992
Eastern Youth
Eastern Youth is a Japanese indie rock trio. Despite being primarily punk rock-influenced, their sound blends many different styles, and is especially complex for a three-piece band. Their lyrics, sung in Japanese, express the helplessness of...
2 Minutos
2 Minutos or Dos Minutos are a punk rock band from Argentina. They are one of the most important bands of the genre to emerge in argentine rock in the 1990s, highly influential across the Spanish-speaking world, and also popular in the punk scene of...
Pistol Grip
Pistol Grip is a street punk band, formed in Walnut, California in 1997.
Lower Class Brats
Lower Class Brats are a punk rock band started in Austin, Texas in January 1995. They describe their sound as a combination of high energy rock and roll and street noise. They have released a number of recordings including eight 7" singles, two 12"...
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The GC5
The GC5 (Grady Coffee Five) was a punk rock band from Mansfield, Ohio, formed in 1997 and split in 2003.
The GC5 provided a political charge to their music comparable to that of The Clash and Stiff Little Fingers. Lyrics included themes of social...
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Jackdaw
Jackdaw is a Celtic rock band from Buffalo, NY. One of the group's members, George Tutuska, was a former drummer for the Goo Goo Dolls. The band formed in 2000, when George started the group with some childhood friends. Coming from a South Buffalo...
Street Dogs
Street Dogs are a punk rock band originally from Boston, Massachusetts. The band's current line-up includes Mike McColgan, former lead singer of Dropkick Murphys, Johnny Rioux, Marcus Hollar, Tobe Bean III and Paul Rucker.
In 1998, McColgan left...
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Time Again
Time Again is a street punk band from Los Angeles, California. The band was formed in the summer of 2004 by Daniel Dart and Elijah Reyes. Before they even had a full band or a single song written, they began printing stickers and flyers for Time...
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Flatfoot 56
Flatfoot 56 is an Oi! punk band from Chicago, Illinois. The group's use of Scottish Highland bagpipes has led to their classification as a Celtic punk band, comparable to Dropkick Murphys or Flogging Molly.
The band formed in summer 2000 as a three...
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Pressure Point
Pressure Point is an American punk band from Sacramento,California, formed in 1994 by Mike Erickson and Kenny Beasley. Pressure Point includes Mike Erickson- vocals, Kenny Beasley- guitar and vocals, Brandon- guitar and vocals, Nate Duskalos- drums,...
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The Last Hope
The Last Hope is a streetpunk band formed in Johnstown, PA in 2000 and now based out of Southside (Pittsburgh). The band's original members were Pist Hoff, Justun Wanted and Chippy. In 2005 the band's lineup expanded to 6 members; with 3 guitarists...
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U.S.CHAOS
U.S. Chaos are an American punk rock band from New Jersey, formed in 1981. They were one of the first American bands to play in an Oi!/street punk style.
The band was originally based in Passaic and Bergen counties, New Jersey. Their first release...
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Crucial Change
Crucial Change is a punk rock band from Seattle, WA, which was formed in 2004. Their songs mix hardcore punk, Oi!, and thrashcore-influenced riffs.
Paris Violence
Paris Violence is a french Punk Oi group from Paris formed in 1994. Paris Violence is a unique band on French punk scene. The band is exceptional not only for the originality of its music but also because of its lyrics sang on precise and not...
The Newtown Neurotics
The Newtown Neurotics (later just The Neurotics) were an English punk rock/post-punk group formed in 1979. They were noted for their openly political music.
As The Newtown Neurotics, the band began their career playing punk heavily indebted...
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Hoxton Tom McCourt
'Hoxton' Tom McCourt (born 1961, Shoreditch, London, England) was the bassist and bandleader of punk rock/Oi! band, The 4-Skins. He was one of the most influential members of the skinhead revival of 1977-1978, the mod revival of 1978-1979 and the Oi...
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- 1961 (age 49 years)
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Wisdom In Chains
Wisdom In Chains is an American hardcore band, which was formed in 2002 with members of American and Dutch hardcore scene.
Maarten, guitarist of Daredevil (Dutch hardcore band) made a call to Mad Joe and Richie (who were at this time in Krutch)...
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Foreign Legion
Foreign Legion are a punk band from South Wales, often referred to as the longest running punk group in Wales.
Foreign Legion formed in 1984 from the ashes of a band called Society. The band released their first EP on their own label 'Rent a Racket'...
One Way System
One Way System are a street punk band formed in the Fleetwood area of Lancashire, England in 1979 .
One Way System had an initial line-up of Craig Halliday (guitar), Gavin Whyte (vocals), Tez Mcdonald (drums) and Gaz Buckley (bass). A demo of the...
Direktori
Direktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Директори; trans. The Executives) is a Serbian oi! punk/ska group from Belgrade.
During the spring of 1989 vocalist Nebojša Drakula with Miroslav "Trta" Pilipović on guitar (former Varšavski Geto member), Srđan Marić on...
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Combat 84
Combat 84 were an English Oi! band active during the early 1980s. Formed in 1981 in Chelsea, London by skinheads Chris 'Chubby' Henderson and John Deptford, Combat 84 rose to national prominence after being featured in a controversial 1982 BBC Arena...
