What’s the consensus on oi bands here?

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Re: What’s the consensus on oi bands here?

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Wolter wrote:
21 Mar 2021, 7:35pm
I quite like most Cock Sparrer. And yeah they technically predate Oi, but their sound is pretty much the template, though more melodic than some.
Listening to them now (Shock Troops) for the first real time and it's really good. Just great hooks, high energy stuff with some nifty arrangement choices.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.

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Shock Troops may be one of the most underrated punk records of all time.
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