The Cockney Rejects are an Oi! punk band which formed in the East End of London in 1979. According to their website and other sources, the song Oi, Oi, Oi, from their album Greatest Hits Volume 2 provided the genre's name. Oi! is a sub-genre of punk rock originating in the United Kingdom that sought to align punk with a working-class street-level following. ... Punk Rock is an anti-establishment music movement that began about 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified by The Ramones,the Misfits, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... The East End of London, known locally as the East End, is an area, with no formal authority or boundaries, that spans a number of administative districts of London in England. ...

Their biggest UK hit The Greatest Cockney Rip-Off was a parody of Sham 69's Hersham Boys. Other songs were less commercial, partly because they tended to be about street fighting or football hooliganism. This violence was often mirrored at their gigs, which the band sorted out themselves. Jeff and Mick Geggus, who are brothers, had both been keen amateur boxers and had fought at national level. Sham 69 are an English punk band from Hersham, Surrey. ... Street fighting is a term used to denote spontaneous, hand-to-hand fighting in public places. ... This article or section needs a complete rewrite for the reasons listed on the talk page. ... Professional boxing bout featuring Ricardo Domínguez (left) versus Rafael Ortíz Boxing, also called Western Boxing, pugilism, prizefighting (when referring to professional boxing) or the sweet science (a common nickname among fans), is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with...

The Cockney Rejects were supporters of West Ham United Football Club, their hit-song I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles stemmed from a West Ham supporters' chant, which had been sung since the 1920s. West Ham United Football Club are a professional English football club based in East London. ... Im Forever Blowing Bubbles is a popular song which debuted in 1918 and was first published in 1919. ...

The Cockney Rejects expressed contempt for all politicians in their lyrics, and they rejected claims by the media that they had a British Movement following and/or supported it. In their first Sounds interview they mockingly referred to the British Movement as the 'German Movement' and stated that many of their heroes were black boxers.^{[citation needed]} The book Cockney Reject (2005, Jeff Turner & Garry Bushell) also describes a massive fight against BM members at one of the band's early gigs.^{[citation needed]} The British Movement was a British neo-Nazi group. ... Sounds was a British music magazine, published weekly from October 10, 1970 – April 6, 1991. ... Male Kenyan This article describes competing perspectives on the word Black (and its equivalents in other languages) as applies to people, both at present and in historical contexts. ... Garry Bushell Garry Bushell (born May 13, 1955 in South East London) is an English television critic, television presenter, and newspaper columnist. ...

Members

When their first EP was released, the line-up consisted of:

• Jeff Geggus, AKA Jeff Turner, AKA "Stinky" Turner (vocals)
• Mick Geggus (guitar)
• Vince Riordan (bass)
• Andy Scott (drums)

The current line-up consists of:

• Jeff Turner (vocals)
• Mick Geggus (guitar)
• Tony Van Frater (bass)
• Les Cobb (drums)

Discography

• Flares & Slippers (7-inch) (Small Wonder, 1979)
• I'm Not A Fool (7-inch) (EMI, 1979)
• Bad Man (7-inch) (EMI, 1980)
• The Great Cockney Rip Off (7-inch) (EMI, 1980)
• I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (7-inch) (EMI, 1980)
• We Can Do Anything (7-inch) (Zonophone, 1980)
• Greatest Hits Volume 1 (LP) (EMI, 1980)
• Greatest Hits Volume 2 (LP) (EMI, 1980)
• Greatest Hits Volume 3 (LP) (EMI, 1981)
• The Power And The Glory (LP) (Zonophone, 1981)
• We Are The Firm (7-inch) (Zonophone, 1981)
• Easy Life (7-inch) (Zonophone, 1981)
• On The Streets Again (7-inch) (Zonophone, 1981)
• The Wild Ones (LP) (AKA1, 1982)
• Quiet Storm (LP) (Heavy Metal Records, 1984)
• Unheard Rejects (LP) (Wonderful World Records, 1985)
• Lethal (CD LP) (Neat Records, 1990)
• The Punk Singles Collection (CD) (Dojo, 1997)
• Greatest Hits Volume 4 (CD) (Rhythm Vicar, 1997)
• Out Of The Gutter (CD) (Captain Oi Records, 2003)

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External links

• Official Cockney Rejects site
• History of Oi! by Garry Bushell
• Oi! the Web Site
• Chapter on Oi! in Skinhead Nation

We Are The Firm was released in 1980 & not 1981.

Previous Band Members: Keith 'Stix ' Warrington-Drums Nigel Woolf -Drums Andrew 'Lainey' Laing - Drums