Cockney Rejects

Inspired with the critically reviled working-class punk of Sham 69, the Cockney Rejects helped provide voice towards the punk subgenre tagged Oi!, partially because of the group’s 1980 music “Oi! Oi! Oi!” The Rejects’ audio was noisy, brash, and crudely performed, with an irreverent love of life and an inclination toward mindless anarchy that produced them attractive to discouraged lower-class youngsters and, unfortunately, the greater intense right-wing racist faction among the developing skinhead movement, a link the group didn’t encourage but also for which it had been soundly berated. Vocalist Jefferson Turner, guitarist Mick Geggus, bassist Vince Riordan, and drummer Keith Warrington had been found out in London’s East End by Sham 69 vocalist Jimmy Pursey, who helped the group get yourself a record offer. The Rejects’ preliminary result was voluminous; their 1st two albums had been both released in 1980 and jokingly entitled Very best Hits, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2. Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: Live & Loud!, offering “live” variations of their best-known tunes (actually recorded inside a studio room with an target audience), and THE ENERGY as well as the Glory adopted in 1981. The second option album discovered the group seeking to broaden its strategy, utilizing acoustic guitars and a far more melodic orientation. Released in 1982, The Crazy Ones designated a change toward rock; uncertain of their path, the Rejects ultimately disbanded in 1985, with many compilations of live and unreleased materials showing up (1985’s Unheard Rejects, 1987’s Live and Loud!! The Bridgehouse Tapes). The Cockney Rejects reunited in 1990 for the recording Lethal, which didn’t make a lot of an impression. A decade later saw the discharge of Back again on the road, followed by From the Gutter in 2003 and Unforgiven in 2007.