I should have really got Sean Holland to review this baby cos’ he really knows what he’s talking about when it comes to Oi. I’ don’t, I was to busy listening to Megadeth and Anthrax back in the day. “The U.S. of Oi! Volume 2” is a re-release of the seminal American Oi album, which laid the foundation stones to today’s current Street-Punk sound of bands like the Dropkick Murphys and the Swingin’ Utters. The interesting thing for me to hear is how rooted the music is in the classic 50’ Rock’n’Roll sound, just louder, rawer and much more garage. The lyrics for the most part are pro the working man, pro-American though anti-Government/Politicians. If your interested in the roots of the current Street-Punk bands then this CD is a good history lesson though like any history lesson it’s a little dated.

Out through GMM Records

February 2003