Captain Bootbois

Since they began, Captain Bootbois have been the quintessential Korean skinhead band, with one two-year break while singer Donghyun was drafted. They haven't always exactly been a skinhead band, and at no point has the band lineup been 100% skinhead. They have had a lot of talent go through the band though. One of the founding members, Joohyun, also founded and played bass for Rux, Ghetto Bombs, and most recently Galaxy Express.

While Donghyun was serving his country, the band replaced him and renamed themselves Blood Pledge. By the time he returned, Blood Pledge and Captain Bootbois were two separate entities with no shared musicians.

Today, Captain Bootbois is made up of:
-Donghyun on vocals, nicknamed "nongbu" or "farmer" for some reason


-Skele or Changwon on guitar. He was one of Korea's original skinheads, and a founding member of Samchung, but disappeared from the scene for a few years and ended up almost becoming a minister. He had a kid, shaved his head, and came back.


-JunKyu on bass. To combat stage fright, he always chews gum while he plays, and you can see him blowing bubbles on stage. Kind of an odd habit.


-Kirk, a Canadian metal drummer who most recently joined the band and pointed them much more into the metal camp.


Captain Bootbois have released one full-length a few years back and one rougher demo earlier. Recently they put out a hard-to-find split with fellow skinhead-turned-metal band Samchung. Unlike their previous songs, these ones are sung mostly in Korean, the only exception being "Fight For Your Right." The song "Belief Like Rock" is a poor translation of a phrase that makes more sense in Korean, basically about a belief that is as strong as rock. There's also one song where they collaborate with Samchung.

The four songs by them are available for download.

Rux

There probably wouldn't be much of a punk scene in Korea today if it weren't for Rux. They have been the center of Korean punk for around five years. The lead singer, Jonghee, also ran Skunk Label, Korea's main punk label, and he also owned Skunk Hell, the main punk club.


The band has changed members several times over the years, and members have joined many other bands. Sometimes they'll put on a big show where all the old members are invited back and they take turns doing guest spots.

Rux has been a very likeable streetpunk band from the beginning, and they have the right amount of singalong lyrics in most of their songs. Jonghee spent a few years of his youth in New York so he knows enough decent English to put together legible lyrics. Most of their songs mix English and Korean.



For a while, it looked like Rux would follow some of the more marketable Korean (pop-)punk bands into the spotlight. They were invited to a very prestigious spot on a live music TV show. Now, when I say live music, I mean they basically mime their instruments and sing along to a previously recorded track. But it is aired live on TV across the nation...with no sneeze button. Why is this relevant? Just watch, and make sure you stick around for the finale.



Immediately afterward, those two guys were arrested and served three months in jail. One of them was the guitarist of the Spiky Brats and the other was the lead singer of Couch. The Couch guy later told me prison was awesome, and the food was so great he actually put on weight. A lot of effort went into also convicting Jonghee, accusing him of putting them up to it and of running a sex club. Fortunately the public lost interest and we all moved on.

They've made several recordings over the years, but I've selected Another Conception from 2005, which has some of their better earlier stuff balanced with decent recording quality.

Download Rux - Another Conception

Fixing Shit

I'm going back to my first posts and replacing all the zshare links with new mediafire links. I've gotten to The End and Battle 98 now, but I'll start going through all of them this weekend, starting from the earliest posts. If you missed them the first time around, there is a reason I started my blog with those two bands. Also I would like to welcome my new compatriot RACETRAITOR, who is going to help me out with the site. If you would like to help out too or share anything, please email me. Cheers

Suck Stuff

In contrast to having the goofiest band name in Korea (their strongest competition is Cock Rasher), Suck Stuff is a surprisingly thoughtful punk band that took and mixed influences unheard of in other Korean bands.

They started in 2001 as a fairly typical streetpunk band singing about scene unity and mixing in very weak English skills. Over time as members changed (the singer Yu Chulhwan is the only original member left) their sound changed. They could be likened to the Korean version of the Clash--and not because they were a Clash ripoff band (that role is taken), but because their songwriting has a similar methodology.

In 2005, they were joined by Paul Brickey, a half-Korean half-American who'd grown up in the US military culture staying with his dad who was stationed in US bases in South Korea. Paul brought something new to the band--partly, English fluency, and also a range of new influences, most notably Social Distortion and Johnny Cash. That's Paul in the front with his lovable pitbull Sukie.



Paul became co-bandleader along with Chulhwan, sharing songwriting and vocal duties. This band configuration produced two albums, first City Rebels and then Rough Times Ahead, before getting signed to Dope Records, which is probably the best that any underground Korean band can hope for. Unfortunately Rough Times Ahead, despite having eleven tracks, was released as an independent EP rather than on Dope for some reason.



Paul gradually became frustrated with working in Korea. As a half-Korean, he automatically was judged by most of the ESL industry to "not look like he can speak English," despite it being the only language he knew. He drifted from job to job, and started to get bitter seeing less talented, less original pop-punk bands surpassing Suck Stuff in the underground music scene.

He shocked us all by announcing in fall 2007 he was joining the US army. He went to the recruiting station in Korea (which doesn't get that many recruits so they bent over backwards for him) and said he wanted to be an army medic, provided they don't station him in Korea. His final official show with Suck Stuff was November 11, 2007. He returned once in June 2008 for another reunion show and to marry his long-distance girlfriend Yumi.

In his absence, the band went on a religious kick for their next album New Classic.

Download Rough Times Ahead here.

Here's Paul as of fall 2008, in training in the US.

Under 18

Under 18 is a hardcore/oi band in the vein of Warzone and Agnostic Front. They started in Bandung in 1997 as a bunch of 15 and 16 year old kids.

http://www.myspace.com/under18bchc


Line Up
Tepeng - Vocals
Seeon - Vocals
B-Tai - Guitar
Budrex - Bass
Ievdskin - Guitar
Joko B.I.G - Drums

Discography
- OSHC..Till Die!! EP - 3 Song DIY Project 1999
- Indoground Compilation - In France 2001
- 4 Way Split Band Rockin' Riot Vol 2 - United Races Records 2003
- Loyalitas Full Album - Linoleum Records 2007
- Total Destroy Vol 1 - Chaotic Records 2007
- Riot Connection Records Compilation - In Germany 2008




Under 18
01 - Keep It's True
02 - Ingatkan Aku
03 - Bandung Brotherhood
04 - O.S.H.C. Till Die!!!
05 - Loyalitas
06 - Skinhead
07 - You Got
08 - Track 1
09 - Track 2

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The Anarchy Jerks

The Anarchy Jerks are from Beijing and play a great mix of streetpunk/Oi!. I have their 2005 album, "Wuliao Contingent" which refers I believe to the earliest punks in Beijing. It includes a cover of the Hard Skin classic, "My One Skin". Their releases are pretty hard to track down but here is a link to their old split with the much more harder hitting earlier Brainfailure.
http://www.interpunk.com/item.cfm?Item=81225&



Wuliao Contingent (2005)
01 - Women Juebu Tuoxie (Never Compromise)
02 - Oh! Sucks!
03 - Oi! Lai Ba! (Oi! Is Here)
04 - Dui Ni De Shenghuo Han Oi! (Oi! Is Life)
05 - Loser's R'N'R
06 - I Don't Know
07 - Cuowu (Mistake)
08 - Chinese Oi!
09 - My One Skin
10 - Ska Song

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V.A. - Oi! The Uprising II Comp

This is a real good showcase for some newer Malaysian Oi! Brewing Boots is outstanding. If anyone has volume I, please share with me.

V.A. - Oi! The Uprising II

01 - Brewing Boots - Bois In Blue
02 - Brewing Boots - Violence
03 - Firm On Fire - Beerbelly
04 - Firm On Fire - Wanker
05 - Secret Army - Secret army
06 - Secret Army - This Is Not The End
07 - Shavenheads - Junkies
08 - Shavenheads - We Are The Bootboys
09 - The Bois - Coppers Bastard
10 - The Bois - Die Troopers
11 - The Maniacs - We're Coming Back
12 - The Maniacs - You're Fascist
13 - The Ruction - Frightening Nightmare
14 - The Ruction - Split Personality
15 - Unknown Soldiers - Left Alone
16 - Unknown Soldiers - Youth Of Today

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V.A. - Kita Harus Berani Menghadapi Kenyataan Comp

This is a comp I got a little while back. Its another one of the great things I got from France.

V.A. - Kita Harus Berani Menghadapi Kenyataan (2002)

01 - Anti Squad - Soldier
02 - Septic Tank - Our Freedom
03 - Total Anarchy - Bomb Shock
04 - Total Anarchy - Victim Violence Prison Action
05 - Kremlin - Democracy Coma
06 - The Sardonik - Think Fool
07 - Discoriot - Lady Di Is Dead
08 - City Chaos - Hentikan Perang
09 - Keparat - Berontak Et Society Frustration
10 - Dead Germs - Time To Kill
11 - Kremlin - Bersatu Melawan Penindasan
12 - Jeruji - Dimanaanakku
13 - Begundal Lowokwaru - Kita Para Punk
14 - The End - Patriot
15 - Anti Squad - Freedom And Justice
16 - Anti Squad - Noise For Violence
17 - The Gross - Tak Ada Perbedaan
18 - Sexy Pig - Let's Drunk
19 - Porno Star - Dead For Them
20 - Porno Star - Public Sex
21 - Total Anarchy - Central City Chaos
22 - Antiphaty - Manusia
23 - Jeruji - Gila Kuasa
24 - Kremlin - Why Do We Fight
25 - The Idiots - From Religion To War
26 - The Clown - Sick Life
27 - Marjinal - Belajar Sama Sama

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V.A. - Son Of Skinhead Vol. 1

This is the Son Of Skinhead Vol. 1 Comp. It fucking rocks. Zero Fighter and Snake are my favorite 2 bands on here but no one disappoints. Vol. 2 is still available for sale from Rock'N'Oi! the last time I checked.

V.A. - Son Of Skinhead Vol. 1

01 - United Force - Working Class Hero
02 - Zero Fighter - Kanji
03 - Natural Born Masters - We Are Gonna Out
04 - Kanji - Ima No Kono Toki
05 - Booted Cocks - Spirit 03
06 - Kage-Law - Ware Ikiru
07 - Supporters - Perfect People
08 - Snake - Kanji
09 - 4B-Union - One Shot Oi
10 - No Escape - Starting Point
11 - Build - We Are The Boys

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Blood Pledge

The draft really fucks you up. No, not draught beer--I'm talking about having to sacrifice two years of your life between the ages of 18 and 30 to the army, where you will get paid maybe $5 a month and get maybe 10 days off in the entire two years (and that means no weekends). As you can imagine, this wreaks havoc on the Seoul punk scene.

When Captain Bootbois' lead singer Donghyun went into the army, they were fucked for two years. Along came Jonghyuk, his friend and a fellow skinhead willing to step up to the plate. Jonghyuk was post-army, so he took over vocal duties, renaming the band 혈맹 (pronounced Hyul Maeng, translates roughly to Blood Pledge).



They played off and on for the next two years, covering a lot of Bootbois stuff and making their own material. Jonghyuk spent a lot of time in Japan as a youth and is fluent in Japanese, so he was heavily influenced by the Japanese nationalist bands identified as Skinhead Samurai Spirit. He managed to release one four-song EP full of roughly recorded nationalistic songs.



The band never broke up, but after Donghyun returned and Captain Bootbois reactivated, Jonghyuk didn't perform much anymore. You'll still see them once or twice a year, however, usually with an assorted lineup of his friends who aren't also in Bootbois.

Line Up (as of the recording)
Jong-Hyuk Lee - Vocals
Myung-Hyun Kim - Bass
Ju-Hyun Lee - Guitar
Zin-Man Cho - Drums

Eastern Tiger (1st Demo)(2004)
01 - Blood Pledge
02 - Way Of Myself
03 - Strong Mind
04 - Eastern Tiger

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동방의 호랑이 - 혈맹 / Eastern Tiger - Blood Pledge
수세기동안 행해진 억울했던 침략
The bitter invasions suffered for centuries
수세기동안 행해진 억압되었던 자유
The freedom that has been suppressed for centuries
이제는 더 이상 당하지만은 않는 다 숨지기만은 않는다.
We won’t endure it anymore, we won’t just hide it anymore
잊지 마라! 굶주린 호랑이의 발톱을
Don’t forget! The claws of the starving tiger
잊지 마라! 굶주린 호랑이의 이 빨을
Don’t forget! The teeth of the starving tiger
수세기동안 행해진 왜곡된 진실
The history distorted for centuries
수세기동안 짓밟힌 호랑이의 위상
The dignity trampled for centuries
이제는 더 이상 당하지만은 않는다 숨기지만은 않는다
We won’t endure it anymore, we won’t just hide it anymore
보이는가! 장엄한 호랑이의 광채가
Do you see it? The majestic splendor of the tiger
들리는가! 우렁찬 호랑이의 포효가
Do you hear it? The resounding roar of the tiger
느끼는가! 진정한 호랑이의 혼을
Do you feel it? The true spirit of the tiger
각인하라 우리가 바로 동방의 호랑이다.
Carve it in your memory, we are the tigers of the East.

The Banned

Since every country has a band named The Banned, how about one from China. The Banned are a rather good streetpunk band from Beijing if I'm not mistaken. I don't have any other info on them but their album "Drunk Kids" is rather good.



Drunk Kids
01 - Beer Lake
02 - Psycho Control
03 - Freely
04 - Cops Are Coming
05 - Life
06 - Oi! My Honey
07 - Burnt
08 - PPT
09 - Killing Joke
10 - Dirty Old Town

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V.A. - Where Do We Go From Here? Tape

This is the hard-hitting Where Do We Go From Here Tape on Twisted Red Cross Records from 1987. Pure Filipino Punk.

V.A. - Where Do We Go From Here? Tape
01 - Discant X - Depression And Suicide
02 - Discant X - Voices From The Grave
03 - Infernal Wrath - Back To Basic
04 - Infernal Wrath - Puppetry
05 - M.A.D. - Blasphemania
06 - Banned - Reebok Gang
07 - Banned - Green Money
08 - Valley Of Death - Valley Of Death
09 - Valley Of Death - Reasons To Fight
10 - Death Threat - Suicide
11 - Death Threat - Dangerous Life
14 - Distorted Minds - War Cry
15 - Distorted Minds - Oi!
16 - UdK - I Rule
17 - Udk - Working Class

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Second Combat

Second Combat is a ex-punk, now straight-edge hardcore band from Klang Valley, Malaysia. They are on UnitedXFront Records. They started in 1996 and until 2000 were a traditional punk band. Then they got into the youth crew scene and went militant straight-edge. They now have more X's on things then you can shake a stick at. This is their transition CDEP on Sober Records entitled "One More Fight".

http://www.myspace.com/secondcombat
http://www.unitedxfrontrecords.com/secondcombat

Original Line Up
Rush- Guitar 1996-2006
Atok- Bass 1996-2002
Yaein- -drums 1996-1998
Firdaus- Guitar 1996-1999
Apai - drums 1998-2000

Current Line Up
Ein
Arwith
Padly
Aizam
Emy

Discography
1996 - split demo second combat / dash own Tape(self released)
1997 - demo Tape (self released)
1998 - hageland strikes back compilation Tape(Hageland Records-Belgium)
w/ charlie don't surf,not that straight, opstand and more
1999 - this ain't a selfish thing compilation Tape(One Voice Records)
w/ blockage,dashown,stick for stand,switchstance and more
2000 - 'hardcore attack' 6 way split CD (Youthcrime Records)
w/ betercore,xunderfirex,xfeudx,kental and fastgame
2001 - one more fight CDep (Sober Records)
2003 -' take no heroes'compilation CD (Boisleve Records-France)
w/ pointing fingers , sincerity , the mutiny , crickbat , feud etc..
2004 - 'Bonds of oldschool' CD compilation(United Front records)
w/ xelevenx , channel X , kids on the move , last minute etc..
2006 - 'what has inspired us' ep 7''/CD (Commitment Records-The Netherlands/ United Front Records)
2007 - Tribute to Youth Of Today compilation CD(Embrace Records)
2007 - Tribute to Warzone (Eternalis Records-France)





One More Fight (2001)
1. Who Will Be Next
2. Get It Back
3. Talk Too Much
4. Carry On.
5. For You

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Hitcock

Hitcock is an Indonesian Oi! band on United Races Records. I have a shit ton of pictures.



Hitcock
01 - Boots On Yer Face
02 - Hentikan Kekerasan Bersenjata
03 - Negeri Kita
04 - Tanah Rencong

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Zshare Fucking Up

Its come to my attention that some zshare links aren't loading properly. I don't know why. Is anyone else having this problem? It seems to happen only to some of my links and to other peoples blogs as well.

V.A. - Beijing Rejects

This is the Beijing Rejects comp with a bunch of great Chinese Oi!/Punk bands. I don't really remember where I got this from, but the files are in the open source .ogg format so you will have to use VLC player or something else to listen to them.

V.A. - Beijing Rejects
01 Kill Tomorrow - Who's The Causer
02 Kill Tomorrow - River Of Blood
03 Misandao - Clamp Down
04 Misandao - Oi Oi Skin Head
05 Misandao - Army Song
06 Goober Skin Bomb - Punk No Star
07 Goober Skin Bomb - At All Have No Fun
08 Goober Skin Bomb - Fucking Shit CCTV
09 The Unsafe - Army Coming Down
10 The Unsafe - Kill The Leader
11 Anti - Violent Solutions
12 The Turmoil - Fuck Policeman
13 The Turmoil - Come On Rebel
14 The Turmoil - Turmoil In The China
15 Last Chance Of Youth - Attack
16 Last Chance Of Youth - Last Chance Of Youth
17 Last Chance Of Youth - Shed Blood Before Die

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New Stuff

I added some new things to the site. Check out the Books and Zines Sidebar for some good reads. If you have any Oi!/Punk/Ska/Reggae pdfs or docs that you would like to share, please do. Also check out The Haircuts Video in their post. I have a bunch of cassettes that I want to rip, especially The Dignity, which may be my all time favorite Indonesian Oi! band. I just have to find the time to do it. Heres a sneak peak of my to do list.

Oppression Head

Oppression Head is a hard hitting Skinhead/Oi! band from the West End Flower City. They've been around since 2001 and are heavily influenced by first wave Oi! bands like The 4 Skins and The Oppressed, etc. They were founded by Bres, Butong, Vino, and Egi but they split up in 2006. Now they have reformed with a new line up and and are releasing a new split this year on Warrior Records. If you have any of their releases please email me!

http://www.myspace.com/oppressionhead


Line Up (Present)
Enis Megat - Vocals
Butong - Guitar
Eri - Guitar
Irfan - Drums
Bongging - Bass

Discography
V/A Oi! Life Forever 2003
West Flower City.Ep 2004 (d.i.y/100copy)
V/A Oi! Attack 2007
V/A We Are The Young 2008
2-Way Split Album with The Stomper (Warriors Records Jakarta 2008)
Available on Cassette


Oppression Head
1 - Fuck Gank Boy
2 - Sama Dan Tak Beda
3 - Back The SkinHead (Kids Version)
4 - A Way Of Life
5 - (We're)Skinhead Revolution

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One Voice

One Voice is an Oi band from Bandung that was formed in 1998. They are on United Races Records.

http://www.myspace.com/onevoicereadytofight


Line Up
Ana Etep - Bass
Rooney Kumbang Bastard - Vocals
Ipul Suck - Drums
Anggi Headholes - Lead Guitar
Bongging - Guitar




One Voice
1 - Bersatu
2 - Bunga Untuk Indonesia
3 - Skinheads

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The Sanfranskins

The Sanfranskins are an Oi! band from Bandung. I only have a few tracks by them but I really like them. Thanks Fred!

Line Up
Dower : Drum & Vocal
Rizki : Bass & Lead Vocal
Iyai : Guitar & Vocal



Track Listing
1 Can If You Think
2 Flower city boot bois
3 Girl
4 Maju Terus Serang Lawan
5 Oi Dalam Cinta
6 Quired Girl
7 Share On The gigs
8 Sorry I`m Too Rock Part 1

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10,000!

Hey Everyone! Thanks so much for the 10000 hits. I'm sorry it's been so long since my last post. I have alot of great stuff to share with you guys. Thanks to Fred for a ton of Indonesian pics and albums that I will share throughout the month. Instead of posting some bands again I'm going to update several bands posts, i.e.The Haircuts, The End, etc.. so check them out. I'm also going to share some zines and pdfs that you guys will find interesting. Lastly if you want to become a contributer, please contact me. Cheers!!

South Korea Sampler Vol. 1

Well, I've noticed I've neglected Korea until now so I threw together a small sampler of some good Korean bands. If I get a good response I'll post some of the bands albums. Check out Broke in Korea and Skunk Records for info about these bands and alot of other great ones.
http://brokeinkorea.proboards46.com/index.cgi
http://www.skunklabel.com/ or if you want the older english page: http://skunklabel.com/english/
Oh, and one more thing, I've moved and no longer have my cable internet so right now I'm stealing my neighbors slow-ass wireless so my uploads might become a little more spread out. Cheers.

South Korea Sampler
01 Attacking Forces
02 Captain Bootbois - Way of Life
03 Crying Nut - Ride A Horse (Speak Differently)
04 Geeks - If the Kids are United
05 Ghetto Bombs - OK OK
06 Hyul Maeng - Oriental Tiger
07 Johnny Royal - Homeless
08 RUX - Corea Belongs To Me
09 shorty cat - I hate her
10 Ska Sucks - International War Criminal
11 Suck Stuff - D.D.Y.
12 suck stuff - why do we have to respect him

SA - Stiff Upper Lip

SA is my all time favorite japanese punk band.
They’re formed in 1985 and ended in 1988. During their first phase, they only released one single named “I Get Position”.
In the year 2000, Taisei, the vocalist in their early years, reformed the band together with Naoki (Laughin’ Nose former guitar player), plus other two guys, and since then, they keep doing, what in my opinion is, the best punk music in Japan.
Their sound is fast and aggressive, but, at the same time, is really catchy, with a lot of sing-alongs. The only bad thing is their english.
They have already release 7 full length, 2 mini albums, and 4 singles. I’ve upload a very rare mini album released in 2003. This album contains their best song Naughty Boys (meet us there), a classic punk rock’n’roll Cock Sparrer style song.
Enjoy!



Tracklist:
01-Stay Strong
02-Climber’s song
03-No man’s nation
04-Sunrise hunter
05-Brace & the gain
06-サマーホリデイズ スカイ
07-Yet!Yet!Yet!
08-Naughty Boys (meet us there)

Link: http://www.zshare.net/download/179672004fbb0c92/

Pride, Respect, Sincerity Comp

This is the Pride, Respect, Sincerity Compilation from 2002 on Interference Records. It is an America-Japan friendship comp and is pretty evenly divided between both countries bands. I can't recommend this release enough because almost every band on here delivers.

Pride, Respect, Sincerity
01 Drink One For Armen - Squiggy (U.S.A)
02 Japanese Characters - Strong Blossom (Japan)
03 Outbound - Tommy & The Terrors (U.S.A)
04 Under The Sun - Cranked (Japan)
05 Another Tragic Story - The Boils (U.S.A)
06 Sweet Honey Rock & Roll - Dead Four 13 (Japan)
07 Confidence - Slang (Japan)
08 King Of Rudeness - The Oi!sters (U.S.A)
09 Japanese Characters - Uran 1945 (Japan)
10 Scab - Hudson Falcons (U.S.A)
11 Brightest Stars - One For All (Japan)
12 Ask No Questions - The Forgotten (U.S.A)
13 The Right To Starve - Terminal (Japan)
14 Work For A Living - Terminus City (U.S.A)
15 The Boy Of Liberty - Tabloid Play (Japan)
16 Looks Like Trouble - The Virus (U.S.A)
17 After Sunset - Plot (Japan)
18 Irrelevant - The Krays (U.S.A)
19 Japanese Characters - Astro Babys (Japan)
20 Sink Or Swim - Sixer (U.S.A)
21 Classified Workers - Tabloid Play (Japan)
22 It's Up To You - Cranked (Japan)
23 No Time To Fuck - Uran 1945 (Japan)

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Punks Are Fuckin' Making Fuckin' Cds Comp

This is the Punks are Fuckin' Making Fuckin' Cds comp on Pogo 77 Records. It has 3 songs (One is the classic Piss off MTV Punks) from the always great Tom & Bootboys (Nori runs Pogo 77), 3 from noisier Greedy Bambi, 4 from even louder Little Bastards, another 4 from insanely loud Lasting Noise Attack and the last 3 tracks are from Defeat who end it on a more chaospunk sound. I will admit that I have never really liked listening to the 3 bands in the middle through headphones so I recommend large, large speakers. Pogo 77 Records is a great label with an amazing back catalog. You can visit them here: www.pogo77.com or here: http://www.myspace.com/pogo77records

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Now

I'm making this blog public again because I want people to be exposed to the music. If you appreciate this blog leave your thanks or other comments so I know people actually care about what I'm doing. 4500 hits in 2 weeks without a single thankyou is not a very encouraging thing. Also if you wish to repost my posts or rips you have my permission to do so, as long as you state where you originally got it, like how this poster did: http://smilebubblesmile.blogspot.com/2008/07/ras-muhamad.html. I share my music collection with you people so you can see how good these oft-overlooked bands are, but I spent the time and money to share them. Copy and paste posting is not what blogsharing is about. Cheers.

2nd Guess

2nd Guess is a Oi! band from Taiping, Malaysia. They formed in 2000. They released a 7 track Demo in 2000 and the Young Vesparados Club album on Clockwork Records in 2002. I have never heard the demo so If anyone would like to share it with me please do.

http://www.myspace.com/syed2ndguess



2000 Line Up-
Syed - Vocalist
Maizal - Bass
Aboi - Lead Guitar
Hafiz - Drums

2003 Line Up -
Syed - Vocalist
Maizal - Bass Guitar
Ojoe - Bass Guitar
Aboi - Lead Guitar
Mamat - Rhythm Guitar
Bard - Drums

Discography
7 Track Demo (2000)
Young Vesparados Club (2002)(Clockwork Records)


Young Vesparados Club
01 Hope
02 Young Vesparados Club
03 To Be A Man Has To Beat A Man
04 Skinhead Girl
05 Cyber Skin
06 Warisan
07 Plain And Simple
08 Jalur Gemilang
09 Don't You
10 Silver State United Skinheads

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4 Sides of Oi!

Since I'm doing 4 way split albums, how about one from Malaysia? The 4 Sides of Oi! 4-way split CD was released in 2004 on Clockwork Records and it is great!

4 Sides of Oi!
01 Lawan Kembali - Steeltoe Solutions
02 Don't Give Up - Steeltoe Solutions
03 Tie Up Your Boots & Shave Your Head - Steeltoe Solutions
04 Kuala Lumpur Skinheads - Steeltoe Solutions
05 Devastation - Steelies
06 Victory To Us - Steelies
07 Last Stand Kids - Steelies
08 Tomorrow's Youth - Steelies
09 Wicked Witch Brainwashing - Brewing Boots
10 Disco Loser - Brewing Boots
11 Bois In Blue - Brewing Boots
12 Lion City Hooligans - Brewing Boots
13 Mengerti - Offside
14 Street Kids - Offside
15 Never Say - Offside
16 Hijau Kuning - Offside

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Life's A Bitch Comp

This is 4 way split on the MCR Company. You can get it in the U.S. through Sound Pollution. http://www.sound-pollution.com/ Please support what they are doing.

Life's A Bitch Comp
01 Disgusting Snob - The Discocks
02 Riot & Pressure - Pogo Machine
03 The Terror (The Conscription)- Hat Trickers
04 In The Society - 2nd Degree

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Follow No Leaders Comp

I'm mixing it up today and adding some japanese releases. This is the Follow No Leaders Comp on NAT Records by Peter from The Discocks. It is Japanese Chaos Punx at its best. Its a great sampler to get into some classic japanese streetpunk.

Follow No Leaders
01 Long Live Oi! - The Discocks
02 Middle Class Melodies - Charged Lads
03 Fuck The Discos - The Attacked
04 System Revenge - Tom and Boot Boys
05 Counter Attack By Youth - Youth Anthem
06 We Are Ugly Punk Bastards - The Spikey Joys
07 Daily Life - Expose 82
08 We Are The Freak - The Deride
09 Chaos - Chaos
10 Piss Off MTV Punks - Tom and Boot Boys
11 Fuckin' Nazis Annihilation - The Spikey Joys
12 No Money - The Deride
13 Saturday Nights (For Younger Proud)- The Attacked
14 Screamin' Nite (Pogo With Beer)- Charged Lads
15 Punk And Proud - The Discocks
16 All The Boys Stick Together - Youth Anthem
17 Pure Punk Anthem - Expose 82

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Oi! Its a Malaysian League!

This is the earliest Malaysian Comp, released in 1998 on another great label, Strange Culture Records. This actually a release I don't personally own so thanks to Lanz69,
(lanz69.multiply.com and http://lanzmp3.blogspot.com/)for making this release available.

Oi! Its a Malaysian League!
1. A.C.A.B. - We Are the Skins (3:07)
2. The Official - Youth of The Working Class (3:59)
3. The Rudeboys - Fight (2:19)
4. Roots'n'Boots - Made in Malaysia (7:49)
5. Saterday Heroes - Protest (2:25)
6. The Blades - Never Heard From You (2:37)
7. The Official - Remember Our Roots (3:52)
8. The rudeboys - Pure From The Prain (3:39)
9. Saterday heroes - Skinhead (2:39)
10. The blades - Here We Are (2:43)
11. Roots'n'Boots - We're The Crew (5:01)
12. A.C.A.B. - Where Have The Boot-Boys Gone? (3:56)

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Oi! Made in Malaysia Vol 1

This is Oi! Made in Malasyia Vol 1 comp on Lion's Pride Records. I'm not aware of Vol 2 ever being released. This is the definitive Malaysian Oi! release. I can't recommend this more. All the classic bands make great showings. Deeply melodic, but never boring and with just a touch of metal at times, this comp shows you just what malaysian Oi! sounds like.

Oi! Made In Malaysia Vol 1
1 Unfairground - A.C.A.B
2 Violence - A.C.A.B
3 Born to be Skins - A.C.A.B
4 My Land - The Official
5 Night City - The Official
6 Remember Your Roots - The Official
7 Kuching Skinhead - The Rudeboys
8 Fight - The Rudeboys
9 Born to be a True Skin - The Rudeboys
10 Kami Yang Disyaki - The Suspects
11 Oi! Will Survive - The Suspects
12 Running Thru the Night - The Suspects
13 Unite - The Maniacs
14 Tendencies - The Maniacs
15 Your Right - The Maniacs
16 Skinhead - Saturday Heroes
17 Protest - Saturday Heroes
18 Morons - Saturday Heroes

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Beat of the Streets Comp

Its a Malay Invasion! This is a really good comp featuring both new and classic Malaysian bands. You have the Oi! godfathers of Malaysia - A.C.A.B. along with Gerhana Skacinta and the Times which I believe both feature past members of A.C.A.B. Gerhana Skacinta is a rocking ska/rocksteady band and The Times have a more garage rock kind of sound. The other bands all have a more classic melodic Oi! sound and are a great introduction into the Malay scene. Its on the premier Malay label Clockwork Records and was released in 2005. You can actually find this cd much more easily then most of my other postings. Its still available here: http://shopping.wanita.net/. Shipping to the U.S. is quick and reasonable and I've never had any problems from this site. They also have some other Malaysian Oi! releases. So buy it you cheap bastards!

V.A. - Beat of the Streets (2005)-Clockwork Records
01 Terpesona - Gerhana Skacinta
02 Menserti - Offside
03 Bois In Blue - Brewing Boots
04 I Can't Believe It's True - The Official
05 Don't Give Up - Steeltoe Solutions
06 Barons Football Club - The Bois
07 Gadisku Dalam Koma - The Times
08 Spread The Joys of Eastern Oi! - A.C.A.B.
09 Senyuman Racamu - Gerhana Skacinta
10 Street Kids - Offside
11 Lion City Hooligans - Brewing Boots
12 We Are Falling - The Official
13 Lawan Kembali - Steeltoe Solutions
14 Boots, Crop, Life - The Bois
15 Disko Dansa - The Times
16 Perjuancan - A.C.A.B.

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