THOSE UNKNOWN
self-titled (TKO)
Reviewed by Alan Wright

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This excellent CD of Oi! Streetpunk came out in 1994 and this reissue includes a couple of live bonus tracks. It's pretty straightforward stuff, not too fast, recorded with all the rough edges left intact and a singer who sounds uncannily like Jake Burns from Stiff Little Fingers. All the songs are catchy and seem to revolve around drinking, having fun, playing loud music, and some forays into political matters as on "Cry Of A Nation." I especially enjoyed drummer Rich Owens' liner notes where he talks about apathy in the punk and Oi! Scene, and bemoans the lack of political awareness amongst skinheads in particular.

[Pick this up at www.tkorecords.com.]

© 2003 - Alan Wright