Oi!/Skampilation – Review

Oi!/Skampilation

(Radical)
by Scott Hefflon

This compilation, recorded live at the Grand in NY in May ’94, covers skankin’ and slammin’ from the ska, punk, and hardcore scenes. All unified by a love of energetic music and dancing the night away. Whether or not tracks 5-10 have anything to do with ska, many of us can enjoy both a little rough old-school stomping as well as the happy fun of pogoing to some up-tempo ska. Tracks by NY Citizens, Mephiskapheles, The Press, Oxblood, Blanks 77, The Wretched Ones, The Bouncing Souls, Faction Zero, The Scofflaws, Skavoovie & The Epitones, The Allstonians, The Slackers, Inspector 7, The Checkered Cabs, Spring-Heeled Jack, Agent 99, and The Insteps.