Ois II Men began in the drunken haze of Punkfest 2006 when FC, Jenks, Bentos and the members of ex-Christchurch band Not With You decided they should start a band where being so drunk they could barely stand would be an advantage, and so the band was born. Then, on Sunday morning only FC and Jenks made it onto the ferry and so were stuck in Picton for five hours with nothing to do but get really fucking hammered in the van, so they began writing lyrics on some sick bags they found, which would form the ideas for the first songs. Finally the rest of the guys arrived to find two bloody drunken vocalists rambling about beating up hippies and drinking Viking Beer.
A couple of months of boozy friday practises, two shockingly bad drunken partys and the live tape only release "Ois II Men - The Early Weeks" later, everyone bar FC and Jenks left for greener pastures in the big smoke of Auckland. The lineup then became FC yelling, Jenks on guitar, and two new faces, Jonno and Bridget on bass and drums. They played a bunch of shows around Christchurch and Sharkfest in Wellington, where they got really shit faced. They managed a followup to their tape too, releasing a seven song EP titled "all yous cunts can fuck right off" and they even managed to convince a bunch of people that it wasnt half as shit as "The Early Weeks" and got them to pay money for it.
One year since the first show and 2008 brings a lineup change with Dan Ohs replacing Jonno on bass, and a shitload of new songs that eventually became the full length recording "Hairs to Oi!" which is still available for 10 bones. Then Dan and Bridget both moved away, they played one last show at Punkfest 2008 to a bunch of smelly deros and went their separate ways. If you see any of them, buy them a beer, they fucking deserve it.
Outsider punk 3-piece mr sterile Assembly hit the road.
A 3 date rapid tour of the bigger cities. March Thursday 19 WGTN: Hole in the Wall: w/with Big Flip the Massive, Ladieswear Landscapi, & Punchbowl March 20 Friday Lyttelton - The Wunderbar: - with As At March 21 Saturday Auckland - The Whammy Bar: - with Malenky Robot and Damsels Beautiful artwork for the poster by the legendary Francis Tunnicliff, once upon-a-time member of the Brothers Gorgonzola!!
Surf's up punks! Roll up to The Car Club this Labour Weekend for 3 days of good old fashioned punk rock / rock'n'roll / rollicking punks / good times.... Doors open @ 8pm each night and 1pm in the arvos. $20 gets you the lot other wise it's $10 a night, $5 Sat-day. Sunday is free day at Punkfest kids! And you can even bring along a tee and we'll see if we can get it screen printed with this years poster for ya. (It's usually white ink so you can use your imagination...) The lovely folks from Food Not bombs will also be providing eats each day, for a measly gold coin donation!
First... Friday 24th October =
Walrora (Aussie) Conniption (Dun) Cunt of the Cobra (Wgtn) Ois II Men (ChCh) Rocket Jocks (Gis)
Then... Saturday 25th October =
The Deathrays (Wangas) Feminazis (Wgtn) Cop Car (Wgtn) The Outsiders (Wgtn) Ferndale Stranglers (AK)
And then... Saturday 25th October =
Vae Victus (Aussie) Shortlived (Wgtn) The Users (Wgtn) Coffee Rage (Ham) Nga Tamakino (Wgtn) Curfew Girls (Ak)
And finally... Sunday 26th October =
Big Flip The Massive (Nap) Adam Smith Assassination (Taihape) Paroxysm (Wgtn)
Holy shit. Guttered. My 2 favourite bands brake up. First missing teeth then you guys. What is the world coming to? Im going to have to listen to the rabble now hahahahahaha
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