PARIS VIOLENCE – En Ettendant L’Apocalypse LP

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This is a real weird one. I’d never heard of these guys but they’re apparently an incredibly influential French Oi! band who have been going since the early 90s. That only tells a bit of the story though cos these guys’ sound is well beyond the pretty narrow parameters of Oi! Like a lot of classic French punk bands they employ a drum machine, but whilst the vocals and basic tunes are very Oi!, they also use keyboards liberally and there’s a definite metal edge to their guitars. Kinda brings to mind The Blood. A pretty unique sound. Also went to put these on Discogs and it turns out I got copies of the original press and they regularly go for an absolute feckin fortune (has sold for 80 quid!), so grab yerself a bargain!