The Last Resort are a British Oi! punk band, formed in 1980 in Herne Bay, Kent (but moved to London) and named after the famous East London skinhead shop.
The shop The Last Resort was established in 1971 in 43 Goulston Street, E1, near the world renowned Petticoat Lane and was opened up by Micky and Margaret French. Mickey French was the manager of the band.
The band members were FC Millwall supporters and often involved in frictions and figths with hooligans from West Ham United.
They changed their name to The Warriors and in 1982 recorded a final track for "Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot!".
Original band members:
Graham Saxby - vocals
Charlie Duggan- guitar
Arthur Kitchener - bass
Roi Pearce - bass, vocals
Andy Benfield - drums.
The band split up in 1982 after permanent crowd violence at gigs, but the band returned as The Resort with Roi Pearce (vocals), Mark Edwards (guitar), Mick Melville (bass) and Dean Wilkinson (drums).
They released the album "1989" on Link Records, a poppier and unsuccessful production.
The band have since reformed again in 2000 and have recorded more albums.
Current line-up:
Roi Pearce - vocals
Keith Hillyer - guitar
John Pearce - bass
Chris Jones - drums.
"A Way Of Life Skinhead Anthems" is the debut album by The Last Resort, released in 1982 on The Last Resort. The album was reissued with 12 bonus tracks in 2007 on Captain Oi!.
Tracks:
1-11 LP A Way Of Life Skinhead Anthems
12-15 cassette single version, released in 1981
16-18 demos
19-20 LP Strength Thru Oi!, released in 1981
21 LP Carry On Oi, released in 1981
22 LP Oi! Oi! That's Yer Lot!, aka The Warriors, released in 1982
23 out take.
Tracklisting:
1. Freedom
2. Skinheads In Stapress
3. Rebels With A Cause
4. King Of The Jungle
5. We Rule O.K.
6. Changing
7. Lionheart
8. Rose Of England
9. Violence In Our Minds
10. Resort Boot Boys
11. Red White And Blue
12. Violence In Our Minds
13. Held Hostage
14. Soul Boys
15. Eight Pounds A Week
16. Stormtroopers In Stapress
17. Resort Boot Boys
18. King Of The Jungle
19. Johnny Barden
20. Working Class Kids
21. King Of The Jungle
22. Horror Show
23. Oi! Oi! Skinhead
VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Death Or Glory/Charge Of The 7th Cavalry" is a split CD, which features both The Last Resort and Combat 84. The album was released in 1993 on Step-1 Music.
Combat 84 is a British Oi! band, formed in 1981 in Chelsea, London by skinheads Chris Henderson (vocals), John Armitage (bass), Jim Moncur (guitar) and Brownie (drums) and played their first gig supporting The Last Resort at the Walmer Castle, Peckham. In 1982 John Fisher replaced Brownie on drums.
The band rose to national prominence after being featured in a controversial 1982 BBC Arena documentary about the skinhead movement. Henderson alleged that the police were tougher on white skinheads than they were on black rioters, said that "there will never be racial harmony" and blamed the Asians for the 1981 Southall riot, during which the band were attacked inside a gig venue.
Armitage briefly made some comments in agreement with Henderson over the riots but, in a later part of the documentary, he said that skinheads should be able to empathise with blacks when they are denied jobs or entrance to venues, and should remember that, whereas skinheads can change how they look, blacks cannot change their skin colour.
Footage of crowd violence at a gig in Harlow was broadcast at the end of the documentary. This led to the breakup of the band, as their newly earned bad reputation discouraged venues from booking the band. Gigs were then often played under the pseudonym The 7th Cavalry to avoid the stigma of the Combat 84 name. Combat 84 were frequently labelled as a neo-Nazi, white power or Rock Against Communism (RAC) band.
Tracks:
1-19 LP Death Or Glory, released in 1987 on Link Records
20-31 LP Charge Of The 7th Cavalry, a live album, released in 1989 on Link Records.
Tracklisting:
1. The Last Resort - Violence In Our Minds
2. The Last Resort - Held Hostage
3. The Last Resort - Soul Boys
4. The Last Resort - Eight Pounds A Week
5. The Last Resort - Stormtroopers In Sta-Press
6. The Last Resort - Resort Boot Boys
7. The Last Resort - King Of The Jungle
8. The Last Resort - Oi! Oi! Skinhead
9. Combat 84 - Right To Choose
10. Combat 84 - Rapist
11. Combat 84 - Barry Prudom
12. Combat 84 - Violence
13. Combat 84 - Poseur
14. Combat 84 - Skinhead
15. Combat 84 - Combat 84
16. Combat 84 - Soldier
17. Combat 84 - I'm Alright
18. Combat 84 - 1982
19. Combat 84 - Trouble
20. Combat 84 - Rapist
21. Combat 84 - Violence
22. Combat 84 - Combat 84
23. Combat 84 - Skinhead
24. Combat 84 - F82123
25. Combat 84 - Poseur
26. Combat 84 - 1982
27. Combat 84 - World War
28. Combat 84 - Trouble
29. Combat 84 - Soldier
30. Combat 84 - Rapist
31. Combat 84 - Combat 84
VBR ~273K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"Resurrection" by The Last Resort was released in 2005 on Captain Oi!.
Tracklisting:
1. Right To Riot
2. Bolthole
3. No Lazy Sunday Afternoon
4. Fear No Foe
5. ACAB
6. Violence In Our Minds
7. Rebels With A Cause
8. Held Hostage
9. We're Gonna Get You
10. Wonderful World
11. Evil
12. Skinhead Girl Warrior
13. Gotta Go
VBR ~269K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"You'll Never Take Us Skinhead Anthems II" by The Last Resort was released in 2009 on I Scream Records and Street Justice Records.
Tracklisting:
1. My Retribution
2. Beyond The Promised Land
3. Cockleshell Heroes
4. Crucified Nation
5. Changing Of The Guard
6. Running Man
7. Skinhead Baby
8. Do You Know Who The Fuck...
9. War Widow
10. A Land Fit For Heroes
11. String 'Em All Up
12. Stand Your Ground
13. You'll Never Take Us
14. Better Life
VBR ~275K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
"This Is My England Skinhead Anthems III" by The Last Resort was released in 2013 on Randale Records.
Tracklisting:
1. This Is My England
2. Never Get A Job
3. We're Coming For You
4. Knucklehead
5. Taking Back The Streets
6. We Are Invincible
7. Ten Years
8. Ballad Of A Working Man
9. Maggie's Boys
10. Lest We Forget
11. Your Story
12. Resort Bootboys II
13. Attention All Units
VBR ~287K/s 44100Hz Joint Stereo
