Oi Oi people
evillin-bo, to be honest i wasn't a Combat 84 fan for a long time cos i thought they were dodgy, but after seeing the documentary and listening to their album i changed me mind. Id rather listen to them than Condemned 84 who do benefits for fascists in Italy but who still say they are 'non political.' In a way im glad Combat84 split when they did, leaving only one classic oi album in all its youthful glory. They did reform a couple of years back without Chubby Chris but it wasn't a patch on the old stuff - too metally for me.
Id say Infa Riot were Oi cos they were on the Oi compilations and part of that scene. You dont have to be a skin band to be Oi, look at Blitz or The Partisans.
I would take a stab in the dark and say your informer is...
James from Anarchoi fanzine? we were talking about that cover, and he's seen us do it twice now..?
Grym, that pishy Burzum ep reminded me of the instrumental bits on the fucking excellent Morbid Angel album i used to have when i was about 13 or 14... i downloaded it and am reliving my youth! So cheers, i am minus three streetpunk points now...
I used to have it on a C90 cassette with Peter and The Test Tube Babies on the other side... weird mix now you think of it. I used to be right into Sepultura, Cannibal Corpse, Deicide and all that brutality as well as punk, but at the end of the day by the time i was 18 I opted for rioting and Reclaim The Streets parties instead of sitting about with black candles smoking dope like some of my mates! I never got black metal; the closest was seeing Immortal support Morbid Angel at the Garage (1995ish) and everyone was shouting 'shagged your maw' and stuff, and laughing at these corpse painted guys who were trying to be 'evil'...! it was all pretty new back then and no-one could take them seriously. Funnily enough United Front's singer Kev was also at that gig with hair down to his arse before I knew him!
So theres hope for you yet
