Greatest Hits Vol. 1专辑介绍
Review by Tom Forget
Though they didn’t get around to (allegedly) naming the genre of Oi! until their second album, working class football hooligans Cockney Rejects went a long way towards defining the sound. The raw street punk on the cheekily titled GREATEST HITS VOL. 1 dismisses English punk’s art-schooled class of ‘77 to embrace the everyday Brit thug who downs a pint while watching his favorite team (in the Cockney Rejects’ case, West Ham United). With a lineup including some accomplished amateur boxers, the Rejects poured that muscle into songs like hit singles “Bad Man” and “I’m Not a Fool.”
Though they didn’t get around to (allegedly) naming the genre of Oi! until their second album, working class football hooligans Cockney Rejects went a long way towards defining the sound. The raw street punk on the cheekily titled GREATEST HITS VOL. 1 dismisses English punk’s art-schooled class of ‘77 to embrace the everyday Brit thug who downs a pint while watching his favorite team (in the Cockney Rejects’ case, West Ham United). With a lineup including some accomplished amateur boxers, the Rejects poured that muscle into songs like hit singles “Bad Man” and “I’m Not a Fool.”