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Oi! is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads, and other disaffected working-class youth.
Oi! music was an attempt to keep punk a populist, street-level phenomenon, and most of it came from the working class of South London and the cockney East End. When Garry Bushell, then features editor at Sounds, coined the term “Oi!” he gave us a punk subgenre that was loud, brutal, and extremely simple.
Oi! is a type of punk rock that was started in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The people that started it wanted to connect punk with a working class street-level following. Oi! is a mixing of the styles of early punk bands, such as The Clash, Sex Pistols and the Ramones.
Albums, Artists and Songs, and Hand-Picked Top Oi! Music on AllMusic.
Oi! is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. It is characterized by its aggressive lyrics and working-class themes. Oi! is often associated with skinhead culture, and its lyrics often focus on topics such as racism, nationalism, and anti-establishment views.
This is a list of notable punk rock bands who have been referred to or have had their music described as Oi!.
The Album is a 1980 Oi! compilation album, released in 1980 by EMI, then re-released by Captain Oi! and Cleopatra Records on CD in later years. It was conceived and compiled by then Sounds columnist Garry Bushell who had coined the phrase "Oi!"
