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THE BUSINESS ( OI! MUSIC CLASSIC BAND )

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The Business were an English Oi! band formed in 1979 in Lewisham, South London. The band lasted for four decades until their frontman Micky Fitz died from cancer in December 2016.




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History

The band was formed in 1979 by school friends Steven ('Steve') Kent (guitar), Michael Fitzsimons ('Micky Fitz') (vocals), Nicholas ('Nick') Cunningham (drums) and Martin Smith (bass). They played their first gig in front of friends in February 1980, and after taking on Lol Pryor as manager, began performing more often. The band's first release was the song "Out in the Cold" on the A Sudden Surge of Sound compilation album. They played their first Oi! concert in 1981, supporting The 4-Skins, and they became closely associated with the Oi! scene from then on. While the Oi! movement was labelled as far right and racist (despite the fact that several Oi! bands played at Rock Against Racism concerts), The Business took a stance against political extremism with their Oi Against Racism and Political Extremism ...But Still Against The System tour.

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In November 1981, they released their debut single, "Harry May", which spent over three months in the UK Indie Chart, reaching No. 13. The initial line-up split up in late 1981, with Kent, Cunningham, and Smith forming Q-Bow, but Fitz carried on with Pryor, recruiting Graham Ball on guitar, Mark Brennan and Steve Whale from The Blackout, and John Fisher on drums.


 The new line-up made their live debut in January 1982, after which Ball and Fisher departed, leaving the band as a four-piece, with Kev Boyce of The Blackout on drums. The new line-up recorded the Smash the Discos EP, which was a No. 3 indie hit, and after a short tour, they recorded their debut album, which was to be called Loud, Proud, and Punk. The master tapes for the album went missing after disagreements between the band's label and the studio, forcing them to re-record the album, which was released as Suburban Rebels in May 1983. The album was remixed by their label, Secret, without them knowing, and Secret's financial difficulties limited promotion of the album. Frustrated by this, the band split up, with The Business members forming short-lived bands Chapter and Sabre Dance.
Pryor issued a retrospective album consisting of demos and live tracks on his Syndicate label, the success of which prompted the band to reform and record a what was to be marketed as a live album, Loud, Proud, and Punk. It was actually recorded in a studio, with crowd noise dubbed in later. Pryor renamed his record label Wonderful World and issued several Business albums in late 1985, with the Drinking and Driving tour following. The name of the tour caused controversy, with tabloid journalists accusing the band of condoning drunk-driving, although the title was tongue-in-cheek.
In late 1986, Brennan and Pryor founded Link Records, and with Brennan becoming increasingly busy running the label, the band split up again. In 1992, Fitz performed a few songs guesting with The Elite and he reformed the band to play a benefit concert for Bobby Moore, who had recently died of cancer. Brennan later started a new record label, Captain Oi! Records and did not join the reformed band. The band's line-up then became Micky Fitz (singer), Steve Whale (guitar), Lol Proctor (bass) and Micky Fairbairn (drums). The band released a new single "Anywhere But Here" and new album Keep The Faith in 1994. After a number of tours in Western Europe, the band played their first gigs in America in August 1994. In 1997 The Business released The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth which was produced by Lars Frederiksen from Rancid. In 2000, the band joined together with Dropkick Murphys to release Mob Mentality. The band's final studio album, No Mercy For You was released in 2001. Their biggest hit song in recent times, "England 5 - Germany 1", (based on the result of a World Cup Qualifying match in 2001), became a football anthem for England and even appeared in the 2004 teen comedy EuroTrip. Despite various line up changes, the band's popularity continued to grow.

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By 2006 Micky had rebuilt his band after overcoming his alcoholism, this year saw the band take on a 2 month tour of the USA with the line up Micky Fitz (singer), Robin Guy (drums), Daniel (guitar) and what would become long serving Trots (bass). In September of 2006 Micky recruited long time friend Tosh (of Section 5) to play guitar, shortly followed by Bundie on drums. The band took to the studio in Berlin and recorded three covers, this session featured Mitch Harris of Napalm Death guesting to record the title track 'Mean Girl', originally by one of Micky's favourite bands Status Quo. This was released by Bad Dog records as an EP, the B side being a live set recorded at the legendary Marquee Club in London from 1982.


Led by a reinvigorated Micky Fitz the band continued to tour incessantly and broke new ground as the first British Oi! band to play in Chile in 2008, they also visited Australia and New Zealand alongside extensive European and US tours. As well as their touring they also returned to the studio and put out a split 7" with Control. The Mean Girl recordings and Marquee Tapes were combined with the split and a recording from Full Force Festival to make the US mini album 'Doing The Business'

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In 2010 Tosh departed the band and after a short stint with rocker Johny Skullknuckles the band's final line up was completed with Fish (of The Skeptix, Discharge and Demon) taking over on six string duties. Around this time the band had taken to the studio to record what would be their last release, 'Back in The Day', it saw the studio return of original guitarist and principal songwriter Steve Kent who performed guitar and backing vocals on the recording. The 7" was eventually released on Randale Records and Sailors Grave Records in 2014.


The band continued on their way, returning to South America to play Sao Paulo, taking on a headline tour of Australia and New Zealand, (with visits to Singapore and Bangkok along the way) and made a triumphant return to Japan in 2014, with a quick visit to South Korea while they were in the area!
In the summer of 2015 Micky was diagnosed with cancer, as with his life he met the challenge head on and refused to let the public know of his diagnosis until after he had completed the final run of shows. This last run in Europe were classic Business concerts, with Micky relentlessly defying his condition to give the fans 100%
The band performed what would be their final show in October 2015 in Badalona, Spain.

Albuns:

Suburban Rebels
Secret Records (8)
1983

Loud Proud And Punk - Live Syndicate Records
1984

Saturdays Heroes Harry May Record Company
1985

Welcome To The Real World
Link Records (4)
1988

Live And Loud!! Link Records (4)
1989

Keep The Faith Century Media
1994
The Truth The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth
Burning Heart Records
1997

Live Catfish Records
1998

Dropkick Murphys / The Business - Mob Mentality Taang! Records, Taang! Records
2000









































































































































































































No Mercy For You
Burning Heart Records
2001

Mean Girl
Bad Dog Records
2008

Oi! Pour La France(Cass, Album) S.T.O. Productions CDK7 001 Unknown

 

Singles & EP:

Harry May
Secret Records (8)
1981

Smash The Disco's Secret Records (8)
1982

Drinkin' + Drivin' Diamond Record Corporation
1985

Get Out Of My House
Wonderful World
1985

Do A Runner Link Records (4)
1988

Anywere But Here Walzwerk Records
1994

Do They Owe Us A Living / Harry May
Fear And Loathing
1996

Death II Dance
Taang! Records
1996

One Common Voice / One Thing Left To Say(7") Taang! Records TAANG! 134 1997
 
Dropkick Murphys / The Business - Mob Mentality
Taang! Records
2000

Hell 2 Pay
Golf
2002

The Business / Control (14) - Don't Give A Fuck / Hooligan Rock 'n' Roll(7", Ltd, Num, Pic) "I Used To Fuck People Like You In Prison" Records Prison 175-EP 2009

 

Back In The Day
Randale Records
2014

1980-1981 Official Bootleg
Syndicate Records
1983

Back To Back Volume 2 - Suburban Rebels / Smash The Discos(2xLP, Comp) Wonderful World WOWDLP 5 1985

Back To Back Volume 1 - Official Bootleg 1980-81/Loud Proud & Punk Live(2xLP, Comp) Wonderful World WOW DLP4 1985

 

Singalong A Business Dojo
1986

Smash The Disco's Link Records (4)
1988

In And Out Of Business Link Records (4)
1989

1979-1989
Blackout! Records
1991

The Best Of The Business Link Records (4)
1992

Cock Sparrer / The Business - Live And Loud!! Step-1 Music
1993

Smash The Disco's / Loud, Proud 'N' Punk, Live ‎(CD, Comp)


Step-1 Music STEP CD 024 1993

Suburban Rebels / Welcome To The Real World(CD, Comp) Dojo Limited LOMA CD 32 1994

The Complete Singles Collection Anagram Records
1995

 

Harry May - The Singles Collection
Taang! Records
1996

Loud, Proud And Oi!(CD, Comp) Dojo DOJO 3008-2 1996

Harry May Harry May Record Company
2000
Harry May
Harry May Record Company
2000

The Best Of The Business(2xCD, Comp) Recall 2cd, Snapper Music SMD CD 328 2001

Hardcore Hooligan Burning Heart Records
2003

1980-81 Complete Studio Collection DAILY RECORDS
2016

Videos



Suburban Rebels - Live At Rio's(DVD) Cherry Red Films CRDVD72 2005

 

Death of Micky Fitz

 

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In late 2015, Micky Fitz was diagnosed with cancer on the lymph gland and underwent radiotherapy. On 1 December 2016 it was announced that Fitz had died.

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