Disorderly conduct & The boils - Split 7'' (2000)

Tracklist:
01. Disorderly conduct - To the eyes of the elders
02. Disorderly conduct - Port city streets
03. The boils - Facing the dawn
04. The boils - Eyes hit the floor

Released by Squigtone Records in 2000.

On this last release they team up with the punk heavy hitters in The boils that i think everybody knows who they are unless they have been living under a rock the last century. The boils is a group i have always liked and i will get to them on this site sooner or later (probably later).
Anyway great songs from both bands even if To the eyes of the elders grabs the gold in this battle.
8/10

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Disorderly conduct - Love thy neighbor (1999)

Tracklist:
01. Working class blues
02. Tonight
03. Drunken kids
04. Ugly kids
05. Left behind
06. Saturday nights all right for fightin (Elton John cover)

Released by Vulture rock in 1999.

The bands weakest release in my opinion. There is basicly just one song that is really good on the whole Mini-CD. The lowest of the low is their cover of Elton John's song that is an awesome rock'n'roll track in it's original state but the band states that it wasnt "punk enough, just gay". Well then i guess i prefer gay songs cause what they made with the song is nothing even close as good as the original one.
6/10

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Disorderly conduct - Steel capped thunder (1997)

Tracklist:
01. Disorderly conduct
02. Steel capped thunder
03. Get ready boys
04. Our country
05. Punk rock girl
06. Book of lies
07. Riot
08. Shot of fuck up
09. United we stand
10. D.O.A.
11. Gardens of stone
12. Clockwork nightmare
13. Fuck politics
14. Pass the brew
15. Blue lights
16. Let's pogo
17. (Hidden track)

Released by GMM Records in 1997.

At the same time as it might not be an extraordinary record i have heard few Oi! albums that are as listeningfriendly as this one. They dont try to make it hard on you nor do they try to reinvent the sound. They serve a couple of simple easy to listen to Oi! songs with some good drums, nice guitarparts but the thing that made me like this band is their singer that has a rough voice but at the same time knows how to hold a tone. Something that i miss in most modern punk where they either sound like the coockiemonster or a frog at matingseason.
Most bad critique i have heard about this album is that it is cliché and standard at best but being the standard of Oi! is only good in my book.
My favourite tracks on the CD are D.O.A., Fuck politics and Our country.
9/10

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Disorderly conduct - Pass the brew 7'' (1996)

Tracklist:
01. Riot
02. Ruck 'n' roll
03. Pass the brew
04. Manual labor

Released by GMM Records in 1996.

Great band from North Carolina playing pure Oi! with the typical US sound. The band started around 1995 with Eric V on vocals, Dennis on guitar, Ron or Won as he is credited on this record on bass (though he was only a member for about a year and was later replaced by Eric B) and Andrew on drums.
They quickly made a name for themself and got contacted by many labels such as Bohdan's Stapress and Peter's Pure impact but finally went with Mark Noah who signed them to his GMM Records where they released this EP and a CD before moving on to Vulture rock in 1999 and finally ended their carrer with a split EP through Squigtone in 2000.

Stating from day one that the band was in it for the music and not in it to deliver political messages to the kids i found it easier to relate to them than most other bands. Sure there are a few questions about how the land is being run and some about the poison of religon but they often stick to the subject about getting by in everyday life (and getting drunk while trying). A mentality seldom seen in the scene but i guess this might be because they come from NC that had a scene almost free from both WP groups and SHARPS back in the mid 90's.
A shortlived but great band with the motto "Drink and then drink some more" that is on my top ten list of old bands i want to see reunited again.

This record is a real rarity and took some time for me to track down (and a whole lot longer to actually sit down and rip into mp3-files) but now it's finally done.

Two of the songs where re-recorded for their 1997 full-length but the songs Ruck 'n' roll and Manual labor (this song is missprinted on the backsleeve as track number 3 but was pressed on wax as the last song of side B) are exclusive to this EP as far as i know.

This is good old US Oi! as it should be, free from both hardcore or Irish folkmusic crossculture bullshit. With that said and their leaning towards basing their lyrics completly on the subject of drinking beer and rioting in thew streets it sounds surprisingly fresh and not at all "skinhead cliché". Picking favourite's as always i have to go with the skinhead anthem Ruck 'n' roll.
9/10

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