What Have We Got
The Turbulent Story of Oi
Published on 31. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
320 pages
978-1-913172-85-5 (ISBN)
Description
The only book to consider Oi! as a distinct genre within punk rock, What Have We Got? is the story of a musical movement that became a national concern in the eighties and still divides opinion today.
Drawing on new interviews with Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Crown Court, Lion's Law, The Templars and many more, Simon Spence considers the genre's inception and noble intentions, how it fell into infamy, and where it lies now.
With a growing and formidable audience in the US, Europe, Asia, South America and the UK, Oi! is as alive as it has ever been, and without the far-right associations that plagued its past.
Drawing on new interviews with Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Crown Court, Lion's Law, The Templars and many more, Simon Spence considers the genre's inception and noble intentions, how it fell into infamy, and where it lies now.
With a growing and formidable audience in the US, Europe, Asia, South America and the UK, Oi! is as alive as it has ever been, and without the far-right associations that plagued its past.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
2x8pp
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 159 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
534 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-913172-85-5 (9781913172855)
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E-Book
08/2023
Omnibus Press
€14.49
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Person
Simon Spence is a Manchester-based writer who has contributed to NME, Dazed, The Face, i-D, the Independent, Q, and Mojo magazine. He collaborated with former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham on the classic Stoned, and most recently worked with Pete Doherty on his A Likely Lad memoir.