Compilation - Oi! Let's Go Canada!: A Canadian Oi/Streetpunk compilation

Tracks

Side 1

		Track Name	Length
	1	Shock Troops - No Friend of Mine	03:37
	2	Impact - Clockwork Symphonie	03:50
	3	Street Troopers - Don't Let 'Em Win (Live)	02:34
	4	Trouble Makers - Notre Esprit	03:21
	5	Generators - Government Conspiracy	02:51
	6	Hammerboiz - H.B.	03:11
	7	Bitter Grin - Look to the Top	03:33
	8	Blatherskites - Media Schemes	02:12

Side 2

		Track Name	Length
	1	Vacant Lot - Cheers to You!	03:26
	2	Rabblerousers - Nowhere to Go	02:52
	3	The Lager Lads - Make My Day	02:28
	4	Mayhem United - Sin City Revolution	02:15
	5	The Glory Stompers - Clockwork Society	02:58
	6	The Cleats - My City	02:43
	7	Cocksure - Cocksure	01:20
	8	Subway Thugs - Stay Young	02:56
	9	The Dole - Working Poor	03:16

Side 3

		Track Name	Length
	1	Point Buck - On the Streets	03:28
	2	Wednesday Night Heroes - Champion City Bootboys	02:46
	3	The Bois! - My Country (Live 1990)	02:14
	4	King Size Braces - One Against the World	02:34

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Information/Write-up

Street Troopers – Montréal, QC
Shock Troops – Montréal, QC
The Generators – Montréal, QC
Blatherskites – Toronto, ON
Lads (a.k.a. L.A.D.S.) – Toronto, ON
Impact – Boucherville, QC
Rabblerousers – Ontario
Hammerboiz “H.B.” – Hamilton, ON
Bitter Grin / BG Grin – Toronto, ON
Vacant Lot – Toronto, ON
Glorystompers – Edmonton, AB
Sin City Revolution
The Cleats – Edmonton, AB
Cocksure
Subway Thugs – Vancouver, BC
Working Poor

Street Troopers:
Don't Let THEM WIN
Ain't looking for aggro, ain't looking for a war
Just boots running and ringing your door
Pipes smashing your head, your knee is broke
You're lying there, it was ten to one.
You got loads of money and you're in the clear.
Kick, kick, kick, kick, kick
Kick them down, don’t let them win
No it wasn't fair, it was nazi fun.
Get back up, don’t let them win
Union is all part of the game
Don’t let them win, don’t let them win

Chorus:
You don’t give a damn
You’ve gotta fuckin’ fight

Blatherskites
Chris - guitar, Ken - drums, Sara - bass, Tee - vocals
Media Schemes
The music nowadays is too controlled
The songs have no meaning, they're just being sold
Everything's flashy and it's all clean
But there's no blood and no real scene.
Just feed the people what you want them to hear
And rake in the cash with a media smear.
Are you prey to the media’s schemes
Following the trends of the mainstream
We’ve got something to say
Oi! Oi! music’s here to stay!
As soon as a new trend comes out
There’s 20 new bands ready to shout
About what cause and about what dream?
How did your preference change so fast?
If the new trend was murder would you do it too?

Shock Troops - “You’re No Friend of Mine”
Destroy politics – Unity Now!

Shock Troops are:
Fred – vocals
Phantom – bass
François – drums

Band info & donations:
Riot Sound Syndicate
601 St-Laurent Apt. 2
Montréal, Québec H2Y 3P6

Recorded at Cut the Crap Studio by the wonderful Dave Cooper.
Mixed by Dave and Xavier.
Cheers to everyone who supported us!

IMPACT
IMPACT formed in 1991 in the suburbs of Montreal.
Their early “punk rock minimaliste” led to 3 demos before being signed by DSS Records in Austria.
Now compared to the “Chaos Production” era of France, their sound is brutal, sometimes melodic, even ska-tinged.
Lyrics support working-class youth and multicultural, apolitical skinhead values.

Members:
Martin – vocals
Mario – guitar
Seb – bass
Guy – chorus
J-P – drums

Address:
IMPACT
C.P. 451
Boucherville, Québec
J4B 6Y2 Canada

All IMPACT productions are available from:
DSS Records
PO Box 739
4021 Linz, Austria

The Generators
"It's a conservative conspiracy! GET OUT AND FIGHT!"

Sebastien – drums
Fred – bass/vocals
Maxim – guitar/vocals

Contact:
1601 St-Laurent
Apt. 204
Montreal, PQ
H2X 2S9
Attention: Fred McGill

Problème D'Esprit
Ils sont soldats de la rue
Doc Martens et crâne tondu
Leur musique les nourrit d’espoir
Et ils n’hésitent pas à crier victoire.

L’esprit des skinheads n’est pas mort.
Pointés du doigt et crucifiés
Au fil de toutes ces années
Ils ne sont jamais tombés
Skinheads pour l’éternité.

L’esprit des skinheads n’est pas mort.
Ils sont toujours fiers de leurs traditions
Au service de leur nation
Il ne suffit qu’on les provoque
Pour succomber à leurs coups d’doc
L’esprit des skinheads n’est pas mort.

Rabblerousers
That boy in the front of the line he was a friend of mine,
until he up and joined the other side.
He’s now a boy in blue and hides behind his gun
thinking he’s tough just for fun.
That night we watch him walking home
with anger in our eyes and frustration in our minds.
He tries to convince us all that what he’s done is right,
but he shouldn't interfere with skinhead pride.
You’ve got nowhere to go.
That boy lying in the streets he was a friend of mine,
until he up and joined the other side.
Anger and adrenaline were running through our blood
he should have known that he'd get done.
You’ve got nowhere to go.

Photo: © Laura Campbell 1997

Hammerboiz “H.B.”
Crush – Lead Guitar
Mark – Bass
Bart – Drums
Ramsey – Guitar
Andy – Vocals

Contact:
Hammerboiz@canada.com
c/o Martin’s Bowling Alley
929 King St. E.
Hamilton, Ont. L8M 1B9

Sin City Revolution – “Sin City Revolution”
We're stuck at a dead end
We've got no future, no hope, no chance to win
Jobless and broke, working so hard
Just to survive another day in this life
In our eyes the future is a fire hot
On everything we see
Cinder in sin city, we walk our lives
Holding our heads high and never give in
Revolution screams out nothing is done
The new breed fades away one by one.

Chorus:
Well, politician try and stop us now
We gonna take back your money and how
Freedom for the people, it's a revolution
There's no retreat

SIN CITY REVOLUTION
Sin City Revolution
Take back your life
Sin City Revolution
Take back your pride
Sin City Revolution
One working class
Sin City Revolution
One nation
Sin City Revolution
One fight
Sin City Revolution
One Hour!

Cleats – “My City”
20 years living here and I don’t intend to go,
This city means a lot to me, you know.
The memories and familiar streets,
I’m not going anywhere!
The city I live in, people say it’s dead,
But I don’t fucking care it’s where I live.
It’s only now that I realize how cool this place really is
And it’s been clear to me, there’s nowhere else I’d rather live.

Cheers to: Rob, our families, Laurel, Leah, Scotty, Pete, Cocksure, Ter, Mike, Madeleine, Systematics (R.I.P.), Dead Luke and The Skeptics, Mike Jo & 12 Point Buck, Simon & L’ère Bête, all the skins & punks that come to our shows and play soccer with us!

Contact:
The Cleats
c/o Rob Szabo
PO Box 1220
Edmonton, AB
T5J 2M4 Canada

Recorded by Trevor Rockwell at Cockroach Pest Control, March 1997.

Cocksure
Cocksure
A special thanx goes out to all the people who have supported us in the past and will continue to do so in the future. Oi!

Bitter Grin / BG Grin
Bitter Grin formed in Toronto in 1993 after the break-up of Vacant Lot. They were immediately signed to an independent label for a single and two full-length albums. They toured Europe twice and played with bands like Red Alert, The Crack, Teenage Head, The Arsenals, Boots and Braces, The Lager Lads, etc.

Releases include:

The Christmas Day EP

Get It While You Can

Destination

Soon to release a split EP with Red Alert – All Roads Lead to the Duke.

Line-up on this track “Cheers to You”:

Chad – vocals

Paul – guitars

Greg – bass

JP – bass

Recorded late '89 along with “Blizzard Army,” “Must’ve Been A Good One,” and “Been A Good 1.”

Vacant Lot
Vacant Lot formed in Toronto in 1989. After a release on Pogar Records in Germany and contributions to compilations, they released one full-length CD/LP:
“Stay Mental” (1992, released on O-Rama Records).
Vacant Lot broke up midway through 1993.

Vacant Lot - Rob’s Editorial
Well here it finally is, after over a year in the planning and delays too numerous to mention, Oi! Let’s Go Canada!
Thanx and gratitude go out to all the bands on this compilation for all the patience they’ve had with this project. Sorry for the delay, I hope it was worth the wait!

Thanx to Mike Jo at Longshot/DSS Canada for all the help, Dave Randall for his artwork and pure machismo, Sean for producing this slab of vinyl, the GAPP dept. at VCC, everyone across the country who’s shown support and given me feedback (cheers!) and of course everyone who buys it! Thanx.

Extra special thanks to my mom for having faith in me. Oi! Oi!
This album is dedicated to all the dead end kids everywhere.
You can’t take away our pride! – Rob.

Subway Thugs – “Stay Young”
Band members:

Greg – vocals/guitar

Mike – guitar

Rob – bass

Nick – drums

Contact:
Subway Thugs
#606-233 Abbott St.
Vancouver, B.C.
V6B 2K7 Canada

Thanks:
To everyone who’s helped us out, come out to our shows, and lent us gear.

Recorded in Feb. 1998 at Little Midget by “some guy named Ernie.” Mastered by Sean.

Working Poor
She’s broken as a bottle lying at your feet
The budget has left her on the shelf
We won’t take this bullshit anymore
We don’t wanna be the working poor
I don’t wanna see no quick fix money
Come gentrify this side of town

Somebody promised to take care of us
And instead they pushed us up and out
Into the corporate zone, east side where they hide
With immigrants like the secret bastard children
That don’t count for much

So we pave the roads with tears
And sell out for shame

Band members:
Shawn – bass
Greg – drums
Nick – guitar
Clint – vocals

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