No Tag

Very smart clean vinyl with the cover showing minor shelf wear.

In 1982 No Tag released Oi, Oi, Oi, three tracks of burly and meaty street punk. With a cover featuring a muscly-tattooed bicep and song titles such as “Legalised Dogs,” the music was gruff and rough but packed with melody and edge. But the band weren’t from the streets of East London, Liverpool, or the Lower East Side. Guitarist Andrew Boak, singer Paul Van Wetering, drummer Carl Van Wetering, and bassist Mark Sullivan hailed from the North Shore of Auckland, an area not particuarly known for a strong punk or oi scene.

Released as a 12-inch EP on Propeller Records, the album debuted at 15 in the NZ Top 40 and the band reached a level of success including a support for the Dead Kennedys on their 1983 visit to New Zealand. The band relocated to London before calling it quits in 1986.