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A really good band but I gotta say he took it to another level with Para Elite. Sean Cooper (Coop to me) the vocalist is a great friend and we had played with his previous band White Flag Down before. Honestly, I really can’t speak highly enough of these guys. They are often described as an American version of Skullhead (another band that has been very influential on me personally). I find their songs stuck in my head on a routine basis. Not just because we had the honor of sharing a split 7” with them but they have a great and very unique sound that has been really catchy for me personally. At the risk of contradicting some of my earlier comments I like that their message tends to be largely positive rather than just hate and negativity.Ī more recent, or rather very recent influence is Para Elite. I like that they have more intelligent things to say than just a bunch of slurs and shock value content (although I do admittedly get a laugh out of that kinda stuff at times in a lot of bands). What has always struck me about BFG is both their musical talent which is well above most Oi! or RAC bands as well as their well thought out lyrical content. Oh, I suppose I should mention that I’m of Japanese racial decent for those who didn’t already know and no, that has not been a problem or issue with our mutual friendship (*PC minds blown*). They also are one of the most slandered bands and their reputation in the scene is largely a lot of bull shit. I’m hard pressed to think of another band that has done even close to as much for American RAC as BFG has. I’m personal friends with Big Ed (guitar and main song writer) and several of the members. Not that it’s gonna help my already fucked up reputation haha but I suppose but my current favorite band would have to be Bound For Glory. The lyrics are at times contrary to my own views of skinhead life but, again, I like to put friendship before politics whenever possible and it is a good and catchy tune. We cover their most popular song “Bring it Back” as a tribute to them on our 2008 release. They don’t agree with my politics these days but we all put friendship before politics (just wanted to mention that so as not to insinuate that they were a nationalist band, just plain skinhead). I’m still friends with the core of that band. They were patriotic but not out and out political like a lot of the shit I do these days.
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I ended up becoming good friends with them so it was really just a matter of time before I became a skin from that point on. They were around when I first started TA and were cool to me when a lot of folks in the Denver scene were dickheads to me because I was one of the few streetpunks around. The band that really got me into Oi! and skinhead culture in general was a local Denver band called Hardsole.