Oi to the World by the Vandals feature by John M. Ellison IV

Well to wrap up the holiday themed weeks, I thought I’d finish with the Huntington Beach punks, the Vandals and their single “Oi to the World.” Originally featured on the Vandal’s 1996 holiday album of the same name, “Oi to the World” is about a young punk by the name of a young turban wearing punk name Haji who started an oi! band and gets harassed by Trevor and his crew of skinheads.

Haji and Trevor duke it out and after beating the crap out of each other they noticed there respected “friends” abandoned them. Even though near death himself, Haji saves Trevor’s life by making a tourniquet from his turban and finished the rest of the night by buying each other drinks (specifically bourbon.) Also No Doubt covered this song.

Anyway, check in next week for my feature on Cowboy Troy’s new single “New Sheriff” and other random topics.