Street Troopers

Fuck it, i have to much work to do, so i didn't get here to often, but still got plenty of bands to share. The Street Troopers came to my mind these days. They are an Oi! band from Montreal, Canada. Don't know musch about the band, because there isn't any information on the net and they don't have a page. It would be interesting to explore their relations with the Prowlers, as they fell apart about the time the Prowlers got together and they have the same themes and topics in songs, as well as the relation in Montreal, a fertile ground for Canadian Oi! bands like Jeunesse Apatride and the posted band Esclaves Salaries. Anyway they made a demo in 96' and made their only LP in 1997 "Take The Battle To The Street". Also a very rare EP in 98' "Montreal". They made a few appearances with best know that on Class Pride World Wide. Jeunesse Apatride covered their song "On the streets of Montreal" .  They have strong antiracist views, singing songs about life and problems on the street, unity and fights against nazis. Ofcourse the north east part of North America is very developed about these things. They also have few ska element songs like Jamaican Police and Ska Train which are very very good considering them not to be a ska band. The band is heavily underrated. Enjoy.

Video:

Street troopers - Traitor & Jamaican police

Discography:
Demo [1996]
Take The Battle To The Street [1997]
Montreal [1998]

Esclaves Salaries

Esclaves Salaries is an Oi! band from Montreal, Canada. The band started in the year 2000. Their name when translated means "Wage slavery", which means that this is a pro-working class left wing band with lyrics supporting the antifascist ideals in the society, skinhead subculture and working class problems. The band made 3 recorded materials. First their Demo\ST, than an EP in 2003 "Dur A Battre" covering "Johnny too bad" (an old skinhead reggae song by the Slickers) and finally an LP "Ca augure mal" in 2007, before their broke up in 2009. Their music is on french, influenced by french Oi! bands like Trotskids, Komintern Sect and others, and supported by the roots of the subculture in spirit of 69' and rock music. The band shared the stage with some famous contemporary Oi! artists like Jeunesse Apatride, Union Made, La Gachette, Brigada Flores Magon etc. They also made an appearance on the Class Pride World Wide and United Skins (the /// version) compilation. Shame they broke up. Fuckin awesome band!

http://www.myspace.com/esclavessalaries

Video:
Esclaves Salariés - Je Reste Fort

Discography:
Demo
Dur A Battre [2003]
Ca augure mal [2007]

The Prowlers

More Oi! music. The Prowlers are an oi band from Montreal, Canada. The band was formed sometime around the year 2000, when they issued an album called "Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow" (from the Ramones song Here Today, Gone Tomorrow). Their second and last relesae was an Ep in 2003 "Chaos in the City". Their music is heavily influenced by british classic oi from the early 80's; made two covers, the 4 skins and Oppressed. They are strongly supporting antifascism but not in the songs.Their lyrics are oi based (violence, streetlife, drinking, working class). The band isn't that active anymore, but i've heared they are preparing to do a few shows. They made an appearance on the Skinhead Attitude.
Classic oi tunes, Enjoy.

http://www.myspace.com/theprowlers

Video:
The Prowlers - Friday Night

Discography:
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow [2000]
Chaos in the City [2003]
Live in Toronto with the Oppressed (2009)
The Prowlers & Produzenten der Froide - Montreal vs. Stuttgart [2011]