Oi! and a bit of 'strange' sounding band, from Tilbury back in ‘80’s. Official they have the song "Fight For Your Lives" in famous ‘Back On The Streets’ and ‘Nice Arse, Shame About The Face’ ep in 1982. They have many line up changes but the guitarist was always there. In 2000 Dave, the guitarist, released one cd with demo songs of the band under the title ‘Deaf and Dumb but not Blind’. Some members also had connection to NF and where the times that Trojan Skins shirt don't mean a SHARP wanker.
Just read some cuttings taken from an interview of their guitarist Dave Strickson in April 2000.
‘’Tilbury is environmentally the best place for skinheads to come from because it has atmosphere and it is like the East End without the immigrants.’’
‘’We used to go paki bashing down Brick Lane and queer bashing around Leicester Square. Can't say too much about this though.’’
About 'World Of Skinhead' documentary:
’’I thought the TV documentary was great. Of course everybody's got their own ideas of what a Skinhead is and I had to cringe at what some of them said. I agreed with what the guy from No Remorse was trying to say. I think that skinheads should never become acceptable to society or the media. It has to stay and remain underground. And we must not compromise our ideology just to make a few bob.’’
Could you ever see a third wave of skinheads happening in this country, when it becomes as popular as it was in the 1968-‘72 and ‘79-‘83 eras?
''It's possible but very unlikely. And if it did it could only be a fashion unless we have an immigration problem and racial tensions get high again. The easiest way for someone to show his contempt is to become a skinhead because skinhead is an acronym for racist.''
''But our most notorious gig was the one with Ovaltinees at the Red Lion in Gravesend. The band was British Movement, and so were their supporters. Tony Fitzgerald, who was our new bass player, booked the Ovaltinees after seeing an advert in Sounds. We had no idea they had a firm following. We were doing a soundcheck just before it flared up. The Ovaltinees and their following were extreme far-right, and that was the reason why it kicked off between our fans and theirs. I was just grateful that the equipment never got damaged.''
Kevin 'One string' (bass), Stewart 'Hersham' Tyler (drums), Anthony 'Boozy' Barker (vocals), Dave 'Sticko' Strickson (guitar), Mickey White (vocals).
