UNIQUE BRITISH Oi! FOR THE 2,000'S!!!

  "YOUR TIME HAS COME" IS A COLLECTION OF Oi! SONGS REFLECTING THE STATE OF THE WORLD TODAY, IN PERTICULAR THE SAD STATE OF THE UK IN 2008.

SONGS ABOUT THE SOCIAL AND MORAL DECAY OF BRITAIN TODAY, MANS COMPLUSION WITH WAR, KILLING AND GREED, THE WORKING CLASSES CONTINUING STRUGGLE, BUT ALSO OF WORKING CLASS STRENGTH AND THE PRIDE AND UNITY OF SKINHEADS AND PUNKS
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“Yet again an outfit that if borne 30 years ago would have been a major force of the Oi/Skin scene”

( CD REVIEW BY DAVE OMD @ WWW.FUNGALPUNKNATURE.COM)

ORIGINALLY A 4 PIECE, GIMP FIST FORMED IN MAY 2005 WITH JONNY ON VOCALS AND LEAD GUITAR, MICHAEL ON DRUMS, CHRIS ON BASS AND WEASEL ON RHYTHM GUITAR.

AFTER 6 MONTHS, WEASEL LEFT THE BAND AND JONNY, MICHAEL AND CHRIS, WHO HAD MET WHEN THEY PLAYED TOGETHER IN A SKA BAND, DISCOVERED THEY WERE A MUCH BETTER UNIT AS A 3 PIECE AND GIMP FIST AS WE KNOW THEM TODAY WAS BORN.

  IN THE EARLY DAYS THE BANDS SONGS DRIFTED FROM MINOR THREAT INFLUENCED HARDCORE TO EARLY BRITISH PUNK, BUT THE TRUE PASSION OF THE GIMPS LAY WITH THE 8O'S Oi! BANDS.

GIMP FIST SOON DEVELOPED THEIR OWN UNIQUE BRAND OF BRITISH Oi! MUSIC TAKING INFLUENCE FROM 80'S GROUPS SUCH AS BLITZ, THE BUSINESS, 4 SKINS AND COCKNEY REJECTS AS WELL AS THE CLASH AND EVEN PRINCE BUSTER, SYMARIP AND DESMOND DECKER. INFLUENCES FROM LATER BANDS INCLUDED PRESSURE POINT, DA SKYWALKERS AND ARGY BARGY.

GIMP FIST BEGAN RACKING UP THE GIGS WITH NORTH EAST FRIENDS KEYSIDE STRIKE AND LOUDMOUTH AND SOON STARTED GETTING SHOWS WITH MORE ESTABLISHED BANDS SUCH AS UK SUBS, THE HARD ONS AND VICE SQUAD.

  AUGUST 2007 SAW THE SELF-RELEASE OF THE 9 TRACK ONE TRIBE CD, QUICKLY FOLLOWED IN OCTOBER BY THE BROTHERHOOD 3 TRACK CD.

  THE BROTHERHOOD CD SAW GIMP FIST HONING THEIR WRITING SKILLS AND PRODUCING 3 TRACKS OF GOOD SOLID Oi!

  IN MAY 2008, GIMP FIST MADE THEIR FIRST FORAY INTO EUROPE PLAYING A SHOW IN ULM , GERMANY FOR HASSCONTAINERS 10 TH BIRTHDAY AND THEIR GOOD FRIENDS LARS AND ULI.

THERE THEY PLAYED WITH DOWN THE DRAIN WHO HAVE BECOME LIFE-LONG FRIENDS.

2008 HAS ALREADY SEEN GIMP FIST IN SUPPORT SLOTS WITH THE LAST RESORT AND MDC AND PROMISES TO CONTINUE TO BE A BUSY YEAR WITH FUTURE UK SHOWS ALREADY CONFIRMED WITH THE EXPLOITED, THE ADICTS, THE ANGELIC UPSTARTS AND THE UK SUBS.