streetpunk
- Allergia - Raucus Oi/streetpunk band from Italy with a punk and skinhead line-up. Site has a discography, pictures, lyrics and contact information. [Italian/English]
- Attila The Stockbroker - Official site contains biography, discography, news and photo sections. Also has an on-line catalog for merchandise.
- Dignified, The - A streetpunk band out of Plano, Texas. Site has pictures, WAVs, a list of upcoming shows and news about the band.
- Drongos For Europe - Have existed in the UK off and on since 1979. Site has pictures, interviews and links.
- D.S.S. Records - Home to Vice Squad, Beerzone and many other streetpunk and UK82 influenced bands.
- Hardsole - An Oi band from Denver, CO. Working class music for skins and punks. Site has lyrics, pictures, upcoming shows and Real Audio and MP3 songs.
- Haunted Town Records - Committed to street rock n roll rebellion and the best in Midwest punk.
- Hoolies, The - An old school Oi band from Aarhus, Jutland, Denmark.
- Klasse Kriminale - The official site for this Italian anti-racist skinhead band. Site has a discography, band history complete with all the gigs the band has played, photographs and contact information.
- Kontrol - The UK's premier 'Streetpunk' rag. Site also has Kontrol TV, in Real Video format and a message board.
- Lowlife UK - A punk/Oi/hardcore band from England with 2 CD releases under their belt. Site has a discography, biography and MP3s.
- Menace - This site splits up the band history into two sections, one for the 1977-1979 version, one for the current version of this London Oi band. Site also has news, a discography, gig reviews and Real Audio songs.
- Nabat - Site for the anti-racist skins with images, lyrics, a discography and links. [Italian/English]
- Oi Oi Music - An A-Z listing of Oi and related bands with links to some of them. Also has Oi and streetpunk reviews.
- Oi Oi Oi - Profiles, photographs, and sample lyric of Russian punk, oi, and rock bands with links to audio files. [English/Russian]
- Partisans, The - Site has discography, news, biography, merchandise and pictures of this Welsh band.
- Pissed And Proud Fanzine - Made in Sweden, written in English. Dedicated to traditional and SHARP skinheads - all about the subculture and music. Articles, pictures and links.
- Razzapparte - Skinheads and punks from Italy playing Oi music. Site has MP3s, interviews, pictures, lyrics and a discography. [Italian/English]
- Reducers SF - Streetpunk band from San Francisco. Site features photograph gallery, news and a discography.
- Righteous, The - Swedish Oi band. Profile, gigs, sound samples, lyrics, forum, images and links.
- Roustabouts - Oklahoma street punk rock band. News, show listing, photographs, audio files, reviews, message board, chat room, mailing list, and merchandise.
- Sick of Society - South Florida hardcore Oi band. Includes band news, pictures and a guestbook.
- Skinhead - Collection of MP3s.
- The Skinhead Showfinder - A collection of links to venues and scenes all over the place, bands on tour, and a schedule of shows in northeastern American cities.
- 4 Skins - A band biography, a discography and some pictures of the Oi band.
- Vendetta - Streetpunk/Oi band from Germany with male and female vocals. Site has a list of upcoming gigs, lyrics and a brief band biography. [German/English]
- Vibrators, The - Official homepage for this classic UK band, upcoming gigs, a band biography and history, discography, frequently asked questions and merchandise.
- Warriors, The - The official site with information on the current punk band, merchandise, news, reviews and links.
Streetpunk, street punk (also known as reality punk) is both a subgenre of punk rock and a word that describes punk rockers who are working class and/or from the inner city. Their appearance includes items such as studded customized leather jackets, jeans, bondage trousers, bullet belts, studded belts, spiked or mohawk hairstyles (often dyed), and piercings. The musical genre streetpunk is favoured by skinheads, punks and Herberts.
The street punk music genre started as the Oi! music scene in the late 1970s and early 1980s in Great Britain. Musical influencs include the original wave of punk bands, as well as late '70s British pub rock and glam. It was seen as a reaction against middle and upper class punk bands like Generation X, and trendy people who embraced the punk lifestyle in a superficial way. It was developed by bands such as Cock Sparrer, The Business,4-Skins and The Cockney Rejects. It started as a youth music style with songs about tales of the street, police brutality, working class politics and drunk mayhem, and gradually was intertwined with UK 82 and other punk subgenres as time went on. Streetpunk bands of the mid '80s include Exploited, Abrasive Wheels, and Attak.
Although street punk and Oi! sometimes have similar music, street punk bands today are generally less identified with Oi-like pride or football themes, and more identified with themes condemning society, rejecting authority, or drinking. Today street punk bands can be found all over the world.
Street punk bands are often at odds with more liberal, "pop-punk" elements of the punk community. A song by Chicago pop-punk band Screeching Weasel, entitled Tightrope, takes aim at the "resurgence of tough-guy, so-called working class or street punk bands". Little Rich Working Class Oi-Boy by The Queers is another song which criticizes those in the Street Punk and Oi! segments of the punk scene.
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