Ovaltinees
History
Originally formed in 1979 under the name White Youth the band featured members who went on to more recently form Eye Of Odin. At their first gig the band found difficulty booking a venue because of their name – White Youth. After recruiting a new bass player and guitarist they settled on the new name The Ovaltinees.
They were the first skinhead band to take on a hardcore National socialist stance and so are regarded as the earliest of the RAC bands. At the start the Ovaltinees played regularly supporting Oi! bands in London at the 100 Club, Skunx, Gossips, and the Red Lion.
Between 1980 and 1982 the band recieved offers from musical papers, managers, and record companies, all with the hope the band would drop their political stances, but the band had no intention of selling out. In 1982 they recorded a 10-track demo. 1982 also saw the rebirth of RAC and on 2nd April 1982 in Stratford, East London the first RAC concert was held since 1979. Featuring The Ovaltinees alongside Skrewdriver and Peter & The Wolf with some 500 skinheads.
Come 1983 the band released their EP British Justice containing four tracks. The line up for this release was Mick on vocals, G on drums, Billy on guitar and Dog Bone Idol on bass. This was credited as being the first RAC record just beating Skrewdriver’s White Power EP which appeared shortly after. The Ovaltinees continued playing live RAC gigs with The Wolf, The Die-Hards, until late 1983 when the bands bassist and guitarist left the band. Attempts were made to finde replacements but without success and the band called it a day in 1984.
Discography
Official Productions
1982 – Demo – own production – MC
1983 – British justice – BAA – EP
1992 – British Justice – Rebelles Européens – RE 45 30 92 – 7″ EP
1997 – Faith, folk and family – Dreadlord Records – CD
2003 – Race & Nation – Condemned Records – CD
Samplers
Blood & Honour – Britain awake! (17. British justice)
Debout! Vol. 6 (01. British Justice, 02. Apathy, 03. Joe Public, 04. Argentina)
Rock against Communism Vol.1 (06. British Justice, 07. Apathy, 08. Joe Public, 09. Argentina)
Track Lists
Demo
01. Wonderful World (Cover 4 Skins)
02. Kicked to Shit
03. Apathy
04. Jack Jones
05. Ginger Topper
06. Argentina (1)
07. Argentina (2)
08. Frenchy
09. Joe Public
10. Race & Nation (appeared as Russian Stomp on the Raw War punk compilation)
British Justice
01. British Justice (3:08)
02. Apathy (1:44)
03. Joe Public (2:52)
04. Argentina (2:42)
Faith, Folk and Family
01. (We are) The Ovaltinees
02. Argentina
03. One of the Kind
04. R+N
05. Apathy
06. Bomber
07. Scum
08. Kicked to Shit
09. British Justice
10. Seek and Destroy
11. Joe Public
12. Odin’s Rite
13. Father to Son
14. Words
Race & Nation
01. Wonderful World (1:32)
02. Kicked to Shit (2:22)
03. Apathy (1:49)
04. Jack Jones (1:03)
05. Ginger Topper (2:35)
06. Argentina 1 (2:08)
07. Argentina 2 (2:06)
08. Frenchy (1:29)
09. Joe Public (2:06)
10. Race & Nation (2:08)
11. British Justice (3:06)
12. Apathy ’83 (1:45)
13. Joe Public ’83 (2:52)
14. Argentina ’83 (2:47)
15. Joe Public (Live) (2:05)
16. Argentina (Live) (3:24)
17. Apathy (Live) (2:05)
18. Ginger Topper (Live) (1:24)
Tracks 1 to 10 are from the 1982 ten-track demo, tracks 11 to 14 are from the British Justice EP 1983, tracks 15 to 18 are live from 1982.