Oi Polloi
Punk Oi Band from United Kingdom formed in 1981
Oi Polloi are a punk rock band from Scotland that formed around 1981. Starting as an Oi! band, they are now generally more associated with the anarcho-punk genre. The band has become notable for their contributions to the Scottish Gaelic punk subgenre. The name comes from the Greek expression "οἱ πολλοί", Anglicized hoi polloi, meaning "the masses" or "the common people".
The band has gone through about 50 members since their formation, and their only permanent member has been vocalist Deek Allen, who has also been involved in Gaelic-language television. The band has included punks and skinheads. The members have been supporters of Anti-Fascist Action and Earth First!, and they use the motto "No Compromise in Defence of Our Earth," which is an adaptation of Earth First!'s motto. They support direct action in defence of the environment, hunt sabotage, as well as resistance against racism, sexism, homophobia, fascism and imperialism.
Career
After gigs in the Edinburgh area and the recording of the band's self-recorded first cassette demo, Last of the Mohicans, drummer Stu "Doccy" Dunn left to become a karate instructor. A second studio demo, Green Anarchoi and their first vinyl EP, Resist the Atomic Menace, followed.
Oi Polloi started singing in Scottish Gaelic in 1996, recording the Carson? EP, (2003), then recording and releasing the full-length LP Ar Ceòl Ar Cànan Ar-A-Mach in 2006. The band members also use Scottish Gaelic in day-to-day communications.In 2013, they collaborated with CLÀR, a Scottish Gaelic publisher, to launch Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach, a Gaelic science fiction novel by Tim Armstrong, the singer of Mill a h-Uile Rud, at events at Elvis Shakespeare on Leith Walk and on The Cruz Boat at the shore in Leith.
Legacy and influence
In an interview with The Guardian in 2016, the band was citied along with a number of other British Anarcho-punk bands of the early 80s as being an influence to the American avant-garde metal group Neurosis.
The band has gone through about 50 members since their formation, and their only permanent member has been vocalist Deek Allen, who has also been involved in Gaelic-language television. The band has included punks and skinheads. The members have been supporters of Anti-Fascist Action and Earth First!, and they use the motto "No Compromise in Defence of Our Earth," which is an adaptation of Earth First!'s motto. They support direct action in defence of the environment, hunt sabotage, as well as resistance against racism, sexism, homophobia, fascism and imperialism.
Career
After gigs in the Edinburgh area and the recording of the band's self-recorded first cassette demo, Last of the Mohicans, drummer Stu "Doccy" Dunn left to become a karate instructor. A second studio demo, Green Anarchoi and their first vinyl EP, Resist the Atomic Menace, followed.
Oi Polloi started singing in Scottish Gaelic in 1996, recording the Carson? EP, (2003), then recording and releasing the full-length LP Ar Ceòl Ar Cànan Ar-A-Mach in 2006. The band members also use Scottish Gaelic in day-to-day communications.In 2013, they collaborated with CLÀR, a Scottish Gaelic publisher, to launch Air Cuan Dubh Drilseach, a Gaelic science fiction novel by Tim Armstrong, the singer of Mill a h-Uile Rud, at events at Elvis Shakespeare on Leith Walk and on The Cruz Boat at the shore in Leith.
Legacy and influence
In an interview with The Guardian in 2016, the band was citied along with a number of other British Anarcho-punk bands of the early 80s as being an influence to the American avant-garde metal group Neurosis.
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69 albums
Abolish the Monarchy 2023
2023 - United KingdomHardcore, Punk, Crust
Lathe Cut 7" ⎯ 2 Tracks
Benefit for Food Not Bombs Szczecin
2021 - United KingdomPunk
Lathe Cut 7" ⎯ 4 Tracks
Food Not Bombs Szczecin
Gie it Laldy, Ya Raj - The Ruptured Ambitions Collection
2020 - United KingdomHardcore, Punk, Oi
Digital MP3 ⎯ 12 Tracks
Ruptured Ambitions
Boris Johnson, Fuck You!
2020 - United KingdomPunk
Lathe Cut 7" ⎯ 2 Tracks
Urinal Vinyl Records
100% Antifascist Streetcrust
2020 - United KingdomPunk, Oi
CD Album Compilation ⎯ 10 Tracks
Mass Productions, Fire And Flames Music
Live In Breizh
2020 - United KingdomPunk, Political
Vinyl LP ⎯ 20 Tracks
Mass Productions, Maloka, Deviance
Blame It On The System
2020 - United KingdomHardcore, Punk, Oi
Vinyl 10" ⎯ 7 Tracks
Urinal Vinyl Records
Resist Dance
2018 - United KingdomPunk, Post-Punk, Synthwave
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 2 Tracks
Global Resistance Records
Donald Trump - Fuck You!
2018 - United KingdomPunk
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 3 Tracks
Urinal Vinyl Records
Donald Trump - Fuck You! / UK 2017
2017 - United KingdomPunk, Crust
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 2 Tracks
Urinal Vinyl Records
Destroi Phallocentricity / Dopamine
2016 - United KingdomPunk
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 5 Tracks
Urinal Vinyl Records
The Movie
2012 - United KingdomPunk, Oi
DVD Album DVD-Video ⎯ 5 Tracks
Andreas Sahlström Videos
Oi Polloi / Na Gathan
2012 - United KingdomPunk, Folk Rock
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 5 Tracks
Problem? Records
Oi Polloi / Appalachian Terror Unit
2011 - United KingdomPunk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 6 Tracks
Profane Existence
Pigs For Slaughter
2006 - United KingdomPunk
CD Album Compilation ⎯ 23 Tracks
Step-1 Music
Total Resistance To The Fucking System
2006 - United KingdomPunk
Vinyl LP ⎯ 12 Tracks
Social Bomb Records
Ar Ceòl Ar Cànan Ar-A-Mach
2006 - United KingdomPunk
CD Album ⎯ 14 Tracks
Not On Label (oi Polloi Self-released)
Outraged By The System
2002 - United KingdomPunk
CD Album Compilation ⎯ 12 Tracks
Step-1 Music
Six Of The Best
2001 - United KingdomPunk
CD Album Compilation ⎯ 27 Tracks
Rugger Bugger Discs
It's Not The Monkey That Needs Its Head Examined
1999 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album Compilation ⎯ 15 Tracks
Tribal War Records
Let The Boots Do The Talking!
1999 - United KingdomPunk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 5 Tracks
Ruptured Ambitions
Live At Mknz Il, Bristica, Slovenija Oct 2nd 1998
1998 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album ⎯ 26 Tracks
Atomic Fart
Guilty + Resist The Atomic Menace + More
1998 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album Compilation ⎯ 14 Tracks
Nikt Nic Nie Wie
Koncert Którego Nie Było
1997 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album ⎯ 10 Tracks
Oficyna Agrafka, Ruch Sympatycznych Anarchist...
Live In Edinburgh '96 (Edinburgh Music Box 2nd August 1996)
1996 - United KingdomPunk
VHS Album ⎯ 1 Tracks
Barn End Productions
Germany, 21/10/96
1996 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album ⎯ 21 Tracks
Bald Cactus Tapes/distribution
Oi Polloi / Blownapart Bastards
1994 - United KingdomPunk, Hardcore
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 4 Tracks
Unite & Fight Records
Live At Cas Rock, Edinburgh Saturday 11th September 1993
1993 - United KingdomPunk
VHS PAL ⎯ 1 Tracks
Barn End Productions
To Resist Is Our Duty When Injustice Is Law (Live In Berlin)
1993 - United KingdomPunk
Vinyl LP ⎯ 14 Tracks
Red Rossetten Records
Total Anarchoi (The Live And Studio Collection)
1992 - United KingdomPunk, Hardcore
CD Album Compilation ⎯ 21 Tracks
Released Emotions Records
Outraged By The Atomic Menace
1990 - United KingdomPunk
Vinyl LP ⎯ 16 Tracks
Words Of Warning
Recorded Live
1988 - United KingdomHardcore, Oi
Cassette Album Live ⎯ 21 Tracks
Bbp Records
Unlimited Genocide
1986 - United KingdomPunk, Hardcore
Vinyl LP ⎯ 13 Tracks
Children Of The Revolution Records
Skins 'N' Punks - Volume Two
1986 - United KingdomPunk, Oi
Vinyl LP ⎯ 13 Tracks
Oi! Records
Resist The Atomic Menace
1986 - United KingdomHardcore, Punk
Vinyl 7" ⎯ 7 Tracks
Endangered Musik
Green Anarchoi
1985 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Single Sided ⎯ 6 Tracks
Not On Label (oi Polloi Self-released)
Green Anarchoi / Angry Songs
1985 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album ⎯ 12 Tracks
Not On Label (oi Polloi Self-released), Not O...
Destroi The System!
1985 - United KingdomPunk
Cassette Single Sided ⎯ 9 Tracks
Not On Label (oi Polloi Self-released)
Last Of The Mohicans
1983 - United KingdomOi
Cassette Album ⎯ 8 Tracks
Not On Label (oi Polloi Self-released)
Destroi The System / Oi Polloi Demo
- United KingdomHardcore, Punk, Oi
Cassette Promo ⎯ 21 Tracks
Not On Label (oi Polloi Self-released)
Punk N Skins Against Fascism
- United KingdomOi
Cassette Single Sided ⎯ 9 Tracks
Riot Tapes
Live Greece '92
- United KingdomHardcore, Punk, Oi
Cassette Album ⎯ 20 Tracks
Bald Cactus Tapes/distribution
Live , U.S.A, '90+Interviews
- United KingdomPunk
Cassette Album ⎯ 14 Tracks
Bald Cactus Tapes/distribution
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