Captain Oi! Records
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Captain Oi! is a punk rock and Oi! record label based in High Wycombe, England,[1] that has released over 300 albums by many of the most notable punk/oi! bands of the late 1970s and 1980s.[2] The label was set up by Mark Brennan, former bassist with The Business, who had previously co-run Link Records and the Dojo subsidiary of Castle Records.[2] Brennan's inspiration had been Ace Records, with Captain Oi! targeted at being "the Ace Records of retro punk rock", reissuing material by classic punk bands.[2] The label's remit expanded with the release of newly-recorded albums by bands that fitted in with the style of the label, such as Argy Bargy, and new material by some of the older punk bands including Special Duties and Cockney Rejects.[2]
Bands with albums on the label include:
- The 4-Skins
- 999
- The Adicts
- The Adverts
- Angelic Upstarts
- Anti Nowhere League
- Alternative TV
- Bad Manners
- Blitz
- Buzzcocks
- Chaos UK
- Chaotic Dischord
- Chelsea
- Chron Gen
- Cockney Rejects
- Conflict
- Dead Kennedys
- The Dickies
- Discharge
- Eddie and the Hot Rods
- The Exploited
- Extreme Noise Terror
- GBH
- Goldblade
- Judge Dread
- Leyton Buzzards
- The Lurkers
- The Members
- The Meteors
- Patrik Fitzgerald
- Penetration
- Peter and the Test Tube Babies
- The Revillos
- The Ruts
- Secret Affair
- The Selecter
- Sham 69
- Sid Vicious
- The Skids
- Stiff Little Fingers
- Tenpole Tudor
- Toy Dolls
- UK Subs
- The Vapors
- Vice Squad
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Goliath company profile for Captain Oi! Records, retrieved 05 April 2008
- ^ a b c d Glasper, Ian (2004). Burning Britain: The History of Punk 1980-1984. Cherry Red Books, 392-393. ISBN 1-901447-24-3.
