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Last Resort

The Last Resort are a name synonomous with the Oi! movement both as a shop catering for those of the skinhead persuasion and lifestyle in the '80's. One of the iconic bands of that era, whose reputation far outweighed their recorded output, this has resulted in the band being given legendary status despite only being together originally for little over a year between 1980 and 1982, with their first gig being as support to the Originals, featuring soon-to-be Last Resort bassist Arthur Kay at Acklam Hall in West London on March 4th, 1981.

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Straw Dogs

There are multiple artists with this name 1. Straw Dogs unleashed a fury of hardcore-laden metal-tinged garage-band kick-ass rock and roll. Between 1986 and 1991 they released two 12"s on Restless/Enigma named, Straw Dogs and Under the Hammer consecutively and one 12" with a CD version on Lone Wolf entitled Your Own Worst Nightmare. Laughably, not one of the downloadable albums or tracks listed and very few of the non-downloadable tracks listed on last.fm are by the Boston-based Straw Dogs.

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DISSIDENT

There are three bands named Dissident.
1) Dissident from Russia.
2) Dissident from Australia.
3) Dissident from Bulgaria. 1) Dissident is the production name of Russian based Stanislav Sevostyanikhin. Residing in St.Petersburg at the Baltic sea shore, he spends most of his time slicing beats, sampling street sounds and creating trends in modern music culture. He is influenced by very different kinds of music that allowed him to produce such diverse and truly innovative tunes.

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Spank

There are at least 4 bands called spank 1. SPANK is a power pop rock band created in march 2005 by olivier guitar and voice, olivier bass and ben drum . It took only 6 months to produce their first EP eponym (with "dodo" PARISE et jean JONQUEZ/"studio mobile") to prove to the word that they are not only good on stage.
All the lyrics are written by MR CHAUZY (a mix English / French).
2006 has been a massive year of work for them with a lot of gigs in the south of france and the shooting of...

Read more about Spank on Last.fm.

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The Legionnaires

The Legionnaires are a Oi! combo from USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ also other band From the Legionnaires MySpace page: "From their first gig, in the basement bar of a Fargo strip club, to their fall 2005 appearance at the legendary Cabooze club in Minneapolis, MN, North Dakota's The Legionnaires have become a hot topic on the lips of music and comedy fans across the upper Midwest.

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Stage Bottles

Their motto being "sometimes antisocial but always antifascist," the Stage Bottles formed in the early 1990s as an anti-bonehead Oi! band from Frankfurt, Germany. The group acknowledges the Angelic Upstarts, the Oppressed and the Blaggers as their main influences.

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Last Seen Laughing

For a long time now Aarhus has been Denmarks Oi! capitol and Last Seen Laughing is another band in that tradition, which we are proud to belong to! Last Seen Laughing is a 3 piece band, with members who all come from OI/Punk/Hardcore musical backgrounds. We've all played in various bands over the last approx. 20-30 years. We have played together about 2

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Stomper 98

Stomper 98 gründeten sich im Januar 1998. Eine komplette Besetzung mit Niko (Gesang), Holgi (Saxophon), Sebi (Bass), Michel (Gitarre), Nudel (Gitarre) und Shorty (Schlagzeug) stand erst im Oktober 1998. Die bis dahin eingespielten Stücke wurden musikalisch überarbeitet und verbessert. Bereits Ende Oktober 1998 wurden 6 Stücke im Tonstudio eingespielt, von denen 4 Songs auf die im Februar 1999 erste veröffentliche EP bei Blind Beggar Records erschienen. Das erste Konzert fand am 6. Oktober 1998 in Göttingen zusammen mit Les Partisans aus Frankreich statt, hier noch ohne Nudel.

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