OMNIBUS PRESS
What Have We Got
What Have We Got
The Turbulent Story of Oi
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The only book to consider Oi! as a distinct genre within punk rock, What Have We Got? is the story of a musical movement that became a national concern in the eighties and still divides opinion today.
Drawing on new interviews with Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Crown Court, Lion’s Law, The Templars and many more, Simon Spence considers the genre’s inception and noble intentions, how it fell into infamy, and where it lies now.
With a growing and formidable audience in the US, Europe, Asia, South America and the UK, Oi! is as alive as it has ever been, and without the far-right associations that plagued its past.
By Simon Spence
Imprint: OMNIBUS PRESS
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Format: PAPERBACK
Pages: 352
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Author Bio
Simon Spence collaborated with Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham on the classic memoirs Stoned and 2Stoned and is the author of seven admired non-fiction books on subjects such as Immediate Records, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses and Bay City Rollers.
As a music journalist he has written for NME, Dazed & Confused, The Face, i-D, The Independent, Japan Times, International New York Times, Record Collector, Q and Mojo. His latest book is All Or Nothing: The Authorised Story of Steve Marriott.