The Business - Live and Loud LP Punk Oi Skinhead LINK
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The Business - Live and Loud LP LINK RECORDS UK LP 1989 (Link – LINK LP 097)
Original Release Date 1989 In Fantastic Vg+/Ex
A1 Suburban Rebels
A2 Blind Justice
A3 Real Enemy
A4 Product
A5 Never Be Taken
A6 Do A Runner
A7 Out In The Cold
B1 Welcome To The Real World
B2 Saturday's Heroes
B3 Smash The Discos
B4 Drinking 'N' Driving
B5 Hurry Up Harry
B6 Harry May
Drawing inspiration from Sham 69, these South London lads (and indeed they pride themselves on being “lads”) have been taking Cockney pride into territory that spills over into parody since 1979. Along with Cockney Rejects and Coc Sparrer they are probably the UK's foremost Oi!/Streetrock band, and even at their worst are miles ahead of most their competition Infa riot etc. Unsually for a punk band, their best material was not their earliest: although they hit an early high with 1981's 'Harry May', as the 80's progressed they began playing slower and writing better songs. By 1985 they were delivering a commendable barrage of guitar noise very much similar to The Professionals, with songs about football, hooliganism, and football hooliganism, with anecdotes about rioting, smashing up discos and rucking thrown in for variety. Much of the time it sounds very much tongue in cheek, but they are capable of insight and even pathos on such songs as 'Out In The Cold', 'Foreign Girl'and 'Infomer'. By the time they split in 1990 they seemed like yesterday's men, but when they reformed in 1992 they were astonishingly good, with their extremnely charismatic and likeable singer Mickey Fitz sounding more Cockney-fied with each release.
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