Oil! - Red, white and...... 7'' (2003)

Tracklist:
01. Red, white & boots
02. Bills to pay
03. Pulling on the boots





Released by Noma Beach in 2003.

Thanks to Brian Guy for sending me this EP.

The last release by this quite ok jokeband (atleast when compared to bands like Jewdriver) with songs that where featured on their The glory of honor CD.

I know Oil! consists of punkrockers with only a minor involvement in the Oi! scene poking fun at skinheads and the ideals (plus making Oi! out to be a neo-facist movement while their at it) but the music is just to good to be ignored. My question is when will we see a skinheadband wearing rockerwiggs and poking fun at the crybaby liberal leatherwearing emoboyband "lucky 13" patches on the knees scene that is punkrock today.
7/10

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Oil! - Really skrewed up

Tracklist:
01. We are on the dole
02. Viagra skinz
03. Skinhead fashion
04. Bovver beach
05. Ultra-violent fist
06. Lagers for me & me mates
07. Really skrewed up
08. Gimme a pint
09. Skinhead from outer space
10. Viking sunset
11. The glory of honour
12. Kill the punks

(Update 30 March 2012: Uploaded the album again)

From what i know this one was never released. Found it floating around i cyberspace like every one else i know did.

As you can judge from he cover and the album title they are now also poking fun at Skrewdriver. Actually the records strongest song called We are on the dole has stolen the intro straight of from their old song Voice of Britain.
More rock n roll this time around and less fingers pointed towards the US Oi!-scenes nationalism. Like this album a lot more and Skinheads from outer space, Ultra-violent fist and We are on the dole are all good punktracks if you can se the fun in them.
6/10

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Oil! - The glory of the honor (2003)

Tracklist:
01. Red, white & boots
02. Clockwork violence, leftwing silence
03. Shave for battle
04. I got bills to pay
05. Crucified hammerskin
06. 77 clockwork boot justice
07. On the streets
08. Spend my paycheck at the pub
09. Proud of my pride
10. Fuck you
11. Pulling on the boots (Romper stomper song)
12. Oi! theme song
13. Under the boot (Oxblood cover)

Released by Ghetto rock in 2003.

Do you remember the Hard skins from UK that turned heads with their humoristic farse of the Oi! movement. Well this is the American version of that band. The band consists of members from such acts as Workin stiffs, The bodies, Trust fund babies and The radio reelers. Dont know if i should feel honored or pissed of when listening to it. There are very few subcultures that are as cliché as the Oi! movement and lets face it not much has happened since the first bands came out. Oil! are here making fun of this so called stagnant culture but they do it good.
The music is really enjoyable reminding me of Anti-heros in some songs and on many tracks it feels as a true attempt to make good Oi!. Workin stiffs and The bodies have for a long time been streetpunk "skinhead hangabouts" and done compilations with Templars and many others so i would like to see this more of a fun tribute to the culture then a spitt in the face (and add to that a great cover of Under the boot).
As for how the band started and other info no one has yet to this day been able to puch any decent info out of the members since they never take the interviews serious. The band was asked in an interview what being a bootboy ment to them and answered "Being a boy... and wearing a boot". Kind of hard writing their info on such interviews if you know what i mean.

Best track and the one that actually made me laugh is Oil! theme song claiming that their forefathers fought for the American pride before napoleon was king but adding at the end that they are skinheads so they cant cry over it (haha).

Not as great as the Pink Panzer project but thats not the point here.
This album is ment to make you laugh but what really makes me laugh is the streetpunk reviewers that gave this album top reviews but at the same time slagged of all real oi! as bad nationalistic neofacist crap.
Well newsflash you leatherwearin hipster sorry excuse for a 40 year old punk it sounds the fucking same! (well maybe not as good as the real deal)
6/10

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