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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Eastern Youth Part 2

First I want to point out the purpose of my blog, again. I want people from around the world, people that wouldn't normally even know some of these bands exist, exposed to some great bands from the Far East. I try to give all the information I know about said bands including their websites and if I know where you can get their releases. I support the bands with my whole heart and only want to share their music with a much larger audience then they would normally have. If any band wants their music taken down then all they have to do is ask. If no one in a band says anything then I will continue to share their great music with as many people as I can. I hit Indonesia up alot recently because I've been listening to bands from that area alot and the people I know there are great people and great musicians. Malaysia, Japan, China and Korea are up next, as time allows, and the same rules apply to them. If you like what you hear search the bands out and try to find as much info about the band as possible. Cheers!