Name: Oi To The World
Duration: P00H02M46S
Description: This song has reached more people than any other Vandals song ever due to the cover version by No Doubt for the Very Special Christmas album benefiting the Special Olympics. It's our only true gold record as song writers, unless you count Josh's "Chinese Democracy" for G & R. The intro, which was added as part of the re-release, is voiced by Joe Escalante.

Oi To The World

from Oi To The World! (Christmas) by The Vandals

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This is the classic 1996 release, re-mastered with bonus overture theme track. This is the sound track to your punk rock Christmas. It's not punk rock Chanukah, It's not punk rock Kwanza. It's punk rock Christmas, and after 20 years, it's become a tradition of it's own.

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This song has reached more people than any other Vandals song ever due to the cover version by No Doubt for the Very Special Christmas album benefiting the Special Olympics. It's our only true gold record as song writers, unless you count Josh's "Chinese Democracy" for G & R. The intro, which was added as part of the re-release, is voiced by Joe Escalante.

lyrics

Haji was a punk just like any other boy and
He never had no trouble 'til he started up his Oi band,
safe in the garage or singing in the tub.
Till Haji went to far and he plugged in at the pub

Twas a cold Christmas eve when Trevor and the skins
popped in for a pint and to nick a bag of crisps
Trevor liked the music but not the Unity
He unwound Haji's turban and knocked him to his knees

If God came down on Christmas Day
I know exactly what he'd say
He'd say "Oi to the punks and Oi to the skins-
but Oi to the world and everybody wins!"

Haji was a bloody mess, he ran out through the crowd
he said "we'll meet again we are bloodied yet unbowed"
Trevor called his bluff and told him where to meet
Christmas day on the roof down at 20 Oxford street

If God came down on Christmas Day
I know exactly what he'd say
He'd say "Oi to the punks and Oi to the skins-
but Oi to the world and everybody wins!"

On the roof with the nunchucks Trevor broke a lot of bones
But Haji had a sword like that guy on Indiana Jones

Police sirens wailing, a bloody dying man,
Haji was alone and abandoned by his band
Trevor was there fading and still so full of hate
when the skins left him there and went down the fire escape

But then Haji saw the north star shining more then ever
So he made a tourniquet from his turban saving Trevor
and rapelled off the roof with the rest of the turban
and went back to the pub where they bought each other bourbon

credits

from Oi To The World! (Christmas), released December 5, 2013
Dave Quackenbush - Vocals
Warren Fitzgerald - Guitar
Joe Escalante - Bass
Josh Freese- Drums
Written by Joe Escalante ©Puppety Frenchman Music, SESAC

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The Vandals Los Angeles, California

This is the Vandals, a punk rock band . from Orange County, California that started up in the early 1980s and for some reason still has some shows to play. (See below).

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May 4

Cow Palace

Daly City, CA
Jun 8

Fairplex

Pomona, CA
Jul 20

Stone Pony Summer Stage

Asbury Park, NJ

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