The Ejected were an English

England

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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/oi!

Oi!

Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....

 band from Dagenham

Dagenham

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, Essex

Essex

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, active between 1981 and 1983.

History

The band was formed by ex-Dawn Patrol

Dawn Patrol

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 members Big Jim Brooks (vocals, guitar) , Gary Sandford (bass, vocals)and drummer Mick 'Sticks' Robinson.They cited UK Subs

UK Subs

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, Cockney Rejects

Cockney Rejects

Cockney Rejects are an English punk rock band that formed in the East End of London in 1978. Their 1980 song "Oi, Oi, Oi" was the inspiration for the name of the Oi! music genre...

, Angelic Upstarts

Angelic Upstarts

Angelic Upstarts are an English punk rock/Oi! band formed in South Shields in 1977. The band espoused an anti-fascist and socialist working class philosophy, and have been associated with the skinhead subculture...

 and The Clash

The Clash

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 as major influences. Signing to the Riot City

Riot City Records

Riot City was a British record label based in Bristol, active between 1980 and 1988, and run by Heartbeat Records boss Simon Edwards along with Dave Bateman and Shane Baldwin from the band Vice Squad...

 label, their first release was a contribution to the various artists compilation Carry On Oi. 1982 saw the release of the band's debut EP Have You Got 10p, a song which once saw the band answered by a shower of 10p coins throughout their set. The EP reached number 8 in the UK Indie Chart, and saw the band receive a lot of press coverage, including an interview by Garry Bushell

Garry Bushell

Garry Bushell is an English newspaper columnist, rock music journalist, television presenter, author and political activist. Bushell also sings in the Oi! band The Gonads and manages the New York City Oi! band Maninblack. Bushell's recurring themes are comedy, country and class...

 in Sounds

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. This was followed by the Noise For The Boys EP, and debut album A Touch Of Class, with Paul Griffiths replacing Robinson on drums.

Sandbrook then left the band for a short while, replaced by former 'D.I.R.T.' bassist Paul Quain for the Press The Button EP.

When it came to recording the second album 'Spirit Of Rebellion' in 1983, Quain went 'missing' for some months and so Sandbrook returned to the fold, with the band also acquiring a second guitarist, Kev 'Dynamow' Pallett. This album was produced by UK Subs' Nicky Garratt and achieved a much fuller sound.

A further EP entitled 'Public Animals' remained unreleased due to the folding of Riot City Records, and the subsequent splitting up of the band.

All four members then went on to form pop/reggae outfit 'The New Hawaiians' for a while before Sandford and Griffiths left to form '4 Minutes to Moscow' with 'Hawaiians' backing singer Karen Schouw on keyboards and 'Tish' on guitar. Brooks went on to form pop/reggae outfit Jo Jo Republic.

In 1999 The Ejected reformed, with the original lineup of Brooks, Sandbrook and Robinson, recording some extra tracks for a best of album which also included the unreleased 'Public Animals' EP.

EPs

• Have You Got 10p? EP (1982) Riot City (#8)
• Noise For The Boys EP (1983) Riot City (#28)
• Press The Button EP (1983) Riot City (#32)

Albums

• A Touch of Class (1983) Riot City
• The Spirit of Rebellion (1984) Riot City
• The Best Of The Ejected (1999) Captain Oi!