History Main / StreetPunk

Thus was born '''Oi!''' (yes, the exclamation point is mandatory). Taking the early wave of punk typified by the Sex Pistols and the Clash and blending it with older influences such as pub rock, folk, and ska, Oi! focused on topics such as workers' rights, the welfare state, and issues with cops and the government. The genre appealed to punks and skinheads alike, but came to be known as the genre of skins. And like the skins themselves, Oi! had associations with racism - we're looking at you, Skrewdriver - but a good chunk of the scene stayed away from that shit. As it says on the main page for PunkRock, there's a decades-long struggle between the fascist sub-elements of Oi! and the apolitical and stridently anti-fascist elements of the scene that will likely be resolved some time after the sun goes out.

And out of Oi! came '''street punk'''. While borrowing many of the aspects (such as sing-along choruses) and working class concerns of Oi!, street punk spread out to cover other aspects of city life, such as relationships, drinking, violence, and the turmoil of the urban jungle. Street punk was also more stridently political, stretching out beyond working class concerns into (typically) either a left-leaning activism or a "We're all fucked up" outlook. In contrast to the more straight-laced image of Oi!, street punk glorifies in the more outlandish imagery of the scene - [[TheQuincyPunk multi-colored mohawks, spiked jackets and vests, and clothing covered with patches for bands and political causes. ]] Street punk is also prevalent in growing hardcore punk in the 1980s. Birthed out of the UK82 movement, the genre bridged the sound perfectly between the 1970s Oi! style and the emerging 1980s hardcore punk. The genre is sometimes called Oi-Core in this regard, as bands such as The Exploited, G.B.H, and The Casualties found a blend between these two waves of punk. This was the earliest iteration of hardcore punk in the UK and remained more rooted in punk rock, specifically Oi!, than the American scenes in New York and D.C.

Bands associated with Oi!:

Band associated with street punk:

* [[Music/The4Skins The 4-Skins]]

* Music/{{Sham 69}}
* Music/{{Last Resort}}

* Music/GBH

And out of Oi! came '''street punk'''. While borrowing many of the aspects (such as sing-along choruses) and working class concerns of Oi!, street punk spread out to cover other aspects of city life, such as relationships, drinking, violence, and the turmoil of the urban jungle. Street punk was also more stridently political, stretching out beyond working class concerns into (typically) either a left-leaning activism or a "We're all fucked up" outlook. In contrast to the more straight-laced image of Oi!, street punk glorifies in the more outlandish imagery of the scene - [[TheQuincyPunk multi-colored mohawks, spiked jackets and vests, and clothing covered with patches for bands and political causes. ]] While being a subgenre of Oi!, street punk is also prevalent in growing hardcore punk in the 1980s. Birthed out of the UK82 movement, the genre bridged the sound perfectly between the 1970s Oi! style and the emerging 1980s hardcore punk. The genre is sometimes called Oi-Core in this regard, as bands such as The Exploited, G.B.H, and The Casualties found a blend between these two waves of punk. This was the earliest iteration of hardcore punk in the UK and remained more rooted in punk rock, specifically Oi!, than the American scenes in New York and D.C.

* Music/G.B.H

And out of Oi! came '''street punk'''. While borrowing many of the aspects (such as sing-along choruses) and working class concerns of Oi!, street punk spread out to cover other aspects of city life, such as relationships, drinking, violence, and the turmoil of the urban jungle. Street punk was also more stridently political, stretching out beyond working class concerns into (typically) either a left-leaning activism or a "We're all fucked up" outlook. In contrast to the more straight-laced image of Oi!, street punk glorifies in the more outlandish imagery of the scene - [[TheQuincyPunk multi-colored mohawks, spiked jackets and vests, and clothing covered with patches for bands and political causes. ]] See also FolkPunk.

* Music/DropkickMurphys

And out of Oi! came '''street punk'''. While borrowing many of the aspects (such as sing-along choruses) and working class concerns of Oi!, street punk spread out to cover other aspects of city life, such as relationships, drinking, violence, and the turmoil of the urban jungle. Street punk was also more stridently political, stretching out beyond working class concerns into (typically) either a left-leaning activism or a "We're all fucked up" outlook. In contrast to the more straight-laced image of Oi!, street punk glorifies in the more outlandish imagery of the scene - [[TheQuincyPunk multi-colored mohawks, spiked jackets and vests, and clothing covered with patches for bands and political causes. ]]

And it came to pass that punk was born. And it was good. But as the first wave continued on, certain members of the scene began to believe the new members were intellectuals adopting the scene for credibility and glamour, trying to divorce the scene from its roots. While there's [[BadReligion certainly nothing wrong with intellectual punk]], there was a drive for music that reflected the everyday struggles of the working class.

* Music/TheCasualties

* The 4-Skins
* Angelic Upstarts
* The Business
* Cock Sparrer
* Sham 69
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* The Exploited ( TropeCodifier )
* Chaos UK

* The Casualties
* DropkickMurphys
* {{Rancid}}

* The Adicts

And out of Oi! came '''street punk'''. While borrowing many of the aspects (such as sing-along choruses) and working class concerns of Oi!, street punk spread out to cover other aspects of city life, such as relationships, drinking, violence, and the turmoil of the urban jungle. Street punk was also more stridently political, stretching out beyond working class concerns into (typically) either a left-leaning activism or a "We're all fucked up" outlook. In contrast to the more straight-laced image of Oi!, street punk glorifies in the more outlandish imagery of the scene - multi-colored mohawks, spiked jackets and vests, and clothing covered with patches for bands and political causes.