Passing away far too young, the 19 year old voice of his generation left behind one last piece of art to remember him by. Overdosing on morphine, a rising star came crashing down to the ground. But on SeptemNick Traina lost his long time battle with manic depression. Playing a few shows, and recording an eleven-song demo to shop around to labels, for the two months Knowledge were together they instantly clicked. He wanted each style to stand out separately, and have its own impact on the listener.Ĭollecting a few friends in August of 1997, Knowledge was born. He would put his trust in you until you betrayed him, and he would always go out of his way to help someone when it was needed.įormerly of California's successful Link 80, Nick stepped down as their front man to follow a vision - he wanted to form a ska/punk/hardcore band that played all three types of music, but not in the same song. Using his lyrics as an outlet to fight discrimination in every form, from age to skin color, in Nick's eyes everyone was equal. Not only that, but he was quite skilled when it came to the art form of expression. Possessing an incredible gift to touch not only those around him, but his listeners as well, Nick Traina was an amazing person. We do many covers in our sets by bands like Criminal Class – soldier, Combat 84 – violence, Brutal Combat – skinhead, Sham 69, 4skins, & other early oi French bands.
Unlike other bands we don’t just sing about it, we actually live it.
We sing about things we go through, like violence, being locked up, the New York Police Department, working by chance not by choice etc. Hated & proud themes on our lyrics are a reflection of our everyday skinhead life in New YCity. The gods of of oi are looking upon them and guiding them through thick & thin to the path of victory. In spite of their reputation, rumors and setbacks that they have encountered throughout the years, Oxblood is still alive and kicking. The current line up consist of Mac on vocals, Paul bass, Kevin drums, and Dave on guitar. Frank left right after that to pursue his Psychobilly band. Harry left the band to pursue his tattooing career in 1994. In the beginning, the line-up consisted of Harry drums, Paul bass, Mac guitar, frank vocals. A band that would go down and still is in the history of oi as the most infamous, angry, violent band around. Some bands came and went until four die hards members, tired of no shows, no bands, but so much oi in their blood to start a band for themselves, and embark onto a journey that still continues today. There was not much of an oi scene in nyc at the time.
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