Oi! the Boat Records
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Parent company | Oi the Boat, LLC |
Distributor(s) | Independent |
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Country of origin | United States of America |
Location | Lafayette, IN |
Official website | oitheboat.com |
This article needs to be updated.(March 2021) |
Oi! the Boat Records is an independent record label based in Lafayette, Indiana. The label was started as a digital distribution only record label to release Yakimick's former bands' early recordings.[1] It has since evolved into an internationally recognized independent label with a back catalog of vinyl and digital releases from both established and relatively unknown acts from half a dozen countries worldwide.
The label specializes in punk, oi!, ska, and hardcore bands.
History[]
Early Days[]
Growth[]
In 2009, the label released its first vinyl output: a split 7" vinyl EP with (Carl Fritcher from iconic US Oi! band The Templars (band)) and . In 2009, Max Campbell of Bastards Choir and Hudson Falcons joined Yakimick as co-owner of Oi! the Boat.[2]
In 2010, the label released the popular Swedish Oi! band Perkele's EP entitled "Punk Rock Army" through a collaboration with Germany's [3] who had previously rereleased Yakimicks former band Brassknuckle Boys LP "Songs About Fighting" on vinyl.
Gaining notoriety[]
In late 2010, Lars Frederiksen of punk band Rancid and Lars Frederiksen and the Bastards contacted Oi! the Boat Records about the possibility of releasing music by his new Oi! band, .[citation needed] To date, Oi! the Boat has released 3 EPs by the band, including a split double 7" vinyl EP with the seminal UK Oi! band The Last Resort [4]
Discography[]
- OTB#1 Brassknuckle Boys "Songs About Fighting" (digital
- OTB#2 "Hoosier Homegrown" (digital)
- OTB#3 Hudson Falcons 'Desire to Burn' (digital)
- OTB#4 / Bastards Choir (split 7")
- OTB#5 (digital(deleted))
- OTB#6 Green Room Rockers "Green Room Rockers" (digital)
- OTB#7 Perkele "Punk Rock Army" (7")
- OTB#8 "Shake My Shakes Away" (7")
- OTB#9 The Old Firm Casuals S/T (7")
- OTB#10 "For the Punks & Skins" 12"
- OTB#11 The Last Resort / The Old Firm Casuals -Split (double 7")
- OTB#12 Unit Six "Infection" (7")
- OTB#13 Noi!se / split (7")
- OTB#14 The Old Firm Casuals "Army of One" (7")
- OTB#15 Peter and the Test Tube Babies / Pennycocks split EP (7")
- OTB#16 "These Inside Jokes Are Killing Me" (12")
- OTB#17 Brassknuckle Boys / Stomper 98 split EP (7")
- OTB#18 "No Blacks, No Irish, No Dogs" EP (7")
- OTB#19 "American Industry LP (12")
- OTB#20 VOi!CE of America Vol. 1 V/A EP (7")
- OTB#21 Victory "Laced Up" (7")
- OTB#22 The Old Firm Casuals "For the Love of it All..." Double LP/CD
- OTB#23 Victory "Twin Cities" EP (7")
- OTB#24 VOi!CE of America Vol. 2 V/A EP (7")[5]
- OTB#25 - "Chicago Brick Crew" (7")
- OTB#26 "Die Trying" (7")
- OTB#27 VOi!CE of America Vol. 3 V/A EP (7")
- OTB#28 Victory / Brick Assassin "Best of Midwest Oi!" (7")
- OTB#29 Duffy's Cut "Duffy's Cut" (12"/CD)
- OTB#30 (7")
- OTB#31 (in production)
- OTB#32 Hooligan "Criminal Damage (7")
References[]
- ^ Santiago Y Cierra Magazine, Oi! the Boat Records (Spain, January 2010)
- ^ Oi! the Print Magazine, Oi! the Boat Records (Austria, August 2010))
- ^ Oi! the Print Magazine, Oi! the Boat Records (Austria, August 2010))
- ^ [BBC] [Radio 1], The Punk Show w/ [Mike Davies (broadcaster)] August 20, 2011)) as well as a double LP / CD collection of the entire band's output from the 2nd ep through early 2012.
- ^ Oi! the Boat official website), Discography)
- [BBC] [Radio 1] Punk Show w/ [Mike Davies (broadcaster)] April 12, 2011
- [Thrasher (magazine)] February 2012
- AMP April 2011
- Big Cheese Magazine February 15, 2011
- Dying Scene 2/23/2011, 3/12/2011, 4/25/2011, 5/10,2011, 6/27/2011, 11/25/2011, 12/3/2011
- Punk News 2/14/2011, 6/21/2011
- Louder Than War 3/13/2011
- Oi! the Boat Official website, discography. Accessed 5/13/2013
External links[]
- American record labels
- Companies based in Indiana
- Punk record labels
- Record labels established in 2007