What Have We Got?: The Turbulent Story of Oi

By Simon Spence

The only book to consider Oi! as a distinct genre within punk rock, What Have We Got? is the story of a musical movement that became a national concern in the eighties and still divides opinion today.Drawing on new interviews with Sham 69, Angelic Upstarts, Cockney Rejects, Crown Court, Lion' s Law, The Templars and many more, Simon Spence considers the genre' s inception and noble intentions, how it fell into infamy, and where it lies now.With a growing and formidable audience in the US, Europe, Asia, South America and the UK, Oi! is as alive as it has ever been, and without the far-right associations that plagued its past.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Omnibus Press
• Release date: Aug 31, 2023
• ISBN: 9781787592575

Simon Spence

Simon Spence collaborated with Rolling Stones manager and producer Andrew Loog Oldham on the classic memoirs Stoned and 2Stoned and is the author of admired non-fiction books on subjects such as Immediate Records, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, Bay City Rollers, Steve Marriott and Oi!