This record was released in 1981 to document the burgeoning London working class Oi! Scene. It was also a means to vent working class frustrations in Thatcher run England.  During those turbulent times such organizations as the National Front and The British Movement were actively recruiting working class youth to their extreme right wing nationalist agenda.
The organizer of the record, Garry Bushell wanted to show people (namely the UK press) that not all Oi! was associated with right-wing politics. The bands featured were for the most part, left leaning and denounced the National Front and their antics.
However, Garry Bushell choice in the model on the cover of Strength thru Oi! Was none other than notorious British Movement member Nicky Crane.
The picture was used because it featured a shirtless skinhead dancing at a show. Garry Bushell at the time did not know that the person depicted had very strong ties to the British Movement and had actually served time on multiple occasions for attacking various ethnic groups.
Nicky Crane also had very strong ties to Ian Stuart, The notorious lead singer of the nationalist white power band Skrewdriver. Ian and Nikki were seen as spokesmen to the fledgling white power Oi! Scene and founders of the Rock against communism (RAC) movement.
It was later reveled that Crane led a double life of that of a homosexual. After coming out of the closest and denouncing his past on national TV he died shortly thereafter from AIDS related complications.

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That’s right folks, Shirts will be here  by next meet up. They are black with silver ink and will look something like this:

Shirts will be $10 annnnnnnd I talked to the GM of Havana and people in shirts will get RCMTC specials on the cheap! I am currently talking to other businesses about showing love to RCMTC folks in shirts. I’ll keep you updated!

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Disc 1 1987-1998
Ritchie Valens – OOH My Head
Buddy Holly – Reddy Teddy
Fleetwood Mac – You Make Loving Fun
Elton John – Saturday Nights Alright
For Fighting
Guns N’ Roses – Nighttrain
Digital Underground – Humpty Dance
They Might Be Giants – Birdhouse In
Your Soul
Public Enemy – Louder Than A Bomb
Nirvana – Aneurysm
Dinosaur JR – They Always Come
Dead Milkmen – Wonderfully Colored
Plastic War Toys
Minor Threat – Think Again
Built To Spill – Reasons
Eric’s Trip – December ‘93
Melvins – Sweet Willy Rollbar
The Halo Benders – Don’t Touch My
Bikini
The Spinanes – Valency
Botch – Liquored Up and Laid
NOFX – Punk Guy
The Murder City Devils – Its In My Heart
Submission Hold – Tuesday Morning At The
Stock Exchange

Disc 2 1998-2009
At The Drive- In – Lopsided
Spice Girls – Stop
Harvey Danger – Old Hat
KISS – Love Her All I Can
The Temptations – Get Ready
Mary Lou Lord – His Indie World
Akimbo – Army Of Evil Robots Programmed
For Human Destruction
Macy Gray – Caligula
The Mars Volta – Interiatic ESP
Roy – The Promenade
Northern State – Girl For All Seasons
Sleater-Kinney – Roller Coaster
Chatmonchy – ???
Regina Spektor – Apres Moi
Rasputina – A Retinue Of Moons
The Pipettes – Dance And Boogie
Does It Offend You, Yeah? – We Are Rockstars
Be Your Own Pet – Blow YR Mind
Lily Allen – Fuck You

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Hello Friends! So things are pretty busy over here at RCMTC H.Q. We are slowly but surely working on the RCMTC podcast. We will be also streaming your mixes on here for all to hear! We will also be posting a new weekly feature called “DOLLAR BIN DEEP CUTS” each week I will post a new stream/download of a record salvaged from the depths of the Bop Street records dollar bin.

Here is one aisle in their basement to give you an idea:

I will also be scrounging through the cassette sections of local thrift stores looking for that lost mix tape and posting them here in a feature called “Special Mixes!”

I hope everyones Summer Jamz mix is coming along nicely and to go with the summer theme a HUGE BBQ is in the works so keep your eyes and ears posted!

-Chris

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Ah skate rock.Skate Rock was a series of cassettes/Cd’s put out by seminal Skateboard rag “Thrasher”. Here is Vol.1 and I am dumb and it actually starts on track 19 and goes up. Enjoy!


1. LOS OLVIDADOS “Listen To You”
2. THE BIG BOYS “Red/Green”
3. RIOT .303 “Murder The Prime Minister”
4. MINUS ONE “Bored Of It”
5. THE FACTION “A.U.K.”
6. SKOUNDRELZ “Exterminator”
7. DRUNK INJUNS “Program”
8. J.F.A. “Great Equalizer”
9. RIOT .303 “Skate Punx”
10. MINUS ONE “I Remember John”
11. LOS OLVIDADOS “Don’t Cry”
12. MINUS ONE “The Kids Don’t Skate Here”
13. SKOUNDRELZ “Jimmy Closet”
14. RIOT .303 “Depression Session”
15. DRUNK INJUNS “Your Mama”
16. BLACK ATHLETES “Die Laughing”
17. THE FACTION “Boredom Awaits”
18. LOS OLVIDADOS “You’re Dull”
19. MINUS ONE “Nick of Time”


Skate Rock started in 1983 and it was mostly punk rock bands who were skaters.

* Volume 1 Thrasher Skate Rock (cassette only, 1983)
* Volume 2 Blazing Wheels and Barking Trucks (LP & cassette, 1984)
* Volume 3 Wild Riders of Boards (LP & cassette, 1985)
* Volume 4 Smash (LP & cassette, 1986)
* Volume 5 Born to Skate (cassette, 1987)
* Volume 6 Road Rash (cassette, 1988)
* Volume 7 Noise Forest (cassette, 1989)
* Volume 8 Pierced Ears (cassette, 1989)
* Volume 9 Pawns Of The Apocalypse (cassette, 1990)
* Volume 10 Parental Advisory Explicit Sk8rok (CD & cassette, 1991)
* Volume 11 Crank it Up (cassette, 1993)
* Volume 12 Eat the Flag (CD/DVD dualdisc, 2005)

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Hey guy’s this is from our friend Josh at http://www.destabilizer.org/.

It’s a mix from legedary artist Pushead you know the guy that did this:

To Glen E. Friedman the guy who took many iconic Punk/Hiphop/Skateboarding photos such as this one:

The track list is as follows:

[Side A]
Strike Under – Fucking Uniforms
Necros – IQ72
Necros – Youth Camp
Minor Threat – Bottled Violence
Insane – Politics
Descendents – Global Probing
Social Unrest – Making Room For Youth
Social Unrest – Join The People
Discharge – It’s No T.V. Sketch
Youth Patrol – America’s Power
Abrasive Wheels – Vicious Circle
Black Flag – Clocked In
GBH – Freak
Effigies – Guns or Ballots
Subhumans – Drugs of Youth
Fartz – Campaign Speech
Youth Brigade – Full Speed Ahead
Disorder – Daily Life
Teen Idles – Sneakers
Meat Puppets – Foreign Laws
Government Issue – Religious Ripoff
Partisans – Police Story
Bad Religion – Slaves
The Fix – No Idols
Varukers – No Scapegoat
Secret Hate – New Routine
Secret Hate – Suicide
Minor Threat – Guilty of Being White
Political Crap – Slow Death
Necros – Peer Pressure
Necros – Race Riot
Necros War Game
Discharge – Ain’t No Feeble Bastard
Descendents – I Like Food
Descendents – Weinerstinzel
Law and Order – Critic’s Choice

[Side B]
Black Flag – Machine
Black Flag – Life of Pain
Funeral – Politicians Are Sick
Varukers – Protest and Survive
Circle One – Destroy Exxon
Toxic Reasons – Riot Squad
Society Dog – The Baby is Dead
Blitz – 45 Revolutions
GBH – No Survivors
Fartz – You’ve Got A Brain
Subhumans – Society
Subhumans – Who’s Gonna Fight
SOA – Lost in Space
Distortion – Action Man
Stains – Sick And Crazy
Disorder – Complete Disorder
Effigies – Strong Box
Circle One – Fuck Off
Civil Disobedience – Campaign Promises
Insane – Dead and Gone
Necros – Bad Dream
Necros – Past Comes Back to Haunt Me
Necros – Reject
Fartz – Con Game
Meatmen – Meatmen Stomp
Kraut – Last Chance
Negative Approach – Lost Cause
Varukers – Never Again
Minor Threat – Filler
Law and Order – Power
McDonald’s – Miniature Golf

Thanks again to Josh, He has some totally amazing mixes at his site http://www.destabilizer.org/ check him out!

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