Genre: Oi! Punk
Country: England
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.
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.
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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The Business — 1982 — Smash The Discos
Year: 1982
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 81.01 MB
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02. Sabotage the Hunt
03. Nobody Listened
04. Dayo (from Smash the Discos EP)
05. Disco Girls (from Smash the Discos EP)
05. National Insurance Blacklist (Alt Version)
06. Blind Justice
07. Work or Riot
08. H-Bomb
08. Last Train to Clapham
09. Suburban Rebels (Alt Version)
10. Law and Order
11. Do They Owe Us a Living
11. Guttersnipe
12. Tell Us the Truth
13. Smash the Discos (Alt Version)
14. Drinking and Driving (Original Version)
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The Business — 1983 — Official Bootleg 1980-1981
Year: 1983
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 140.53 MB
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01. Harry May
01. Out in the Cold (Demo)
02. National Insurance Blacklist
02. Strangers (Demo)
03. Unevenly Pretty (Demo)
04. 19 (Demo)
05. Out in the Cold
06. Streets Where You Live
07. No Emotions (Demo)
08. Dayo (Demo)
09. Richard Lewis (Demo)
10. Product
11. Suburban Rebels
14. Work Or Riot #1 (Live)
15. Product (Live)
16. Tell Us the Truth (Live)
17. Richard Lewis (Live)
18. National Insurance Blacklist (Live)
19. Suburban Rebels (Live)
20. Harry May (Live)
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The Business — 1983 — Suburban Rebels
Year: 1983
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 97.24 MB
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01. Get Out While You Can
02. Blind Justice
03. Work Or Riot?
04. The Employers Blacklist
05. Nobody Listened
06. Suburban Rebels
07. Mortgage Mentality
08. Guttersnipe
09. Real Enemy
10. Another Rebel Dead
11. Sabotage The Hunt
12. Harry May
13. Drinking And Driving
14. Smash The Discos (Bonus Track)
15. Disco Girls (Bonus Track)
16. Dayo (Bonus Track)
17. Loud Proud ‘N’ Punk (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 1984 — Loud Proud ‘N’ Punk, Live
Year: 1984
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 85.37 MB
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01. H-Bomb (Live)
02. Blind Justice (Live)
03. Get Out While You Can (Live)
04. Loud, Proud and Punk (Live)
05. Nobody Listened (Live)
06. Law and Order (Live)
07. Last Train to Clapham Junction (Live)
08. Sabotage the Hunt (Live)
09. Real Enemy (Live)
10. Disco Girls (Live)
11. Guttersnipe (Live)
12. Smash the Discos (Live)
13. Do They Owe Us a Living (Live)
14. Pretty Vacant (Live)
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The Business — 1985 — Saturdays Heroes
Year: 1985
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 118.96 MB
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01. Spanish Jails
02. All Out Tonight (Remix)
03. Never Been Taken
04. Shout It Out
05. Harder Life
06. Freedom
07. Interlude
08. Frontline
09. Foreign Girl
10. Nothing Can Stop Us
11. Saturdays Heroes
12. Drinking And Driving (New Version)
13. Hurry Up Harry
14. Give The Kids A Treat (Interlude)
15. Get Out Of My House
16. All Out Tonight (Original)
17. Outlaw
18. Coventry (Oi! LP Version)
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The Business — 1986 — Singalong A Business
Year: 1986
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 103.94 MB
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01. Suburban Rebels
02. Blind Justice
03. Loud Proud and Punk
04. Real Enemy
05. Spanish Jails
06. Product
07. National Insurance Blacklist
08. Get out of My House
09. Saturdays Heroes
10. Out in the Cold
11. Smash the Disco’s
12. Harry May
13. Drinking and Driving
14. Hurry up Harry
15. Do a Runner (Bonus Track)
16. Get Your Tits out (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 1988 — Welcome To The Real World
Year: 1988
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 115.73 MB
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02. Coventry (Bonus Track)
03. Ten Years
04. We’ll Take ‘Em On
09. Living In Daydreams
11. We Gotta Go
12. Never Say Never (Reprise)
13. Hand Ball
15. Tina Turner (Bonus Track)
16. Welcome To The Real World (12″ Version — Bonus Track)
18. Do A Runner
20. Never Say Never
21. Fear In Your Heart
21. Welcome To The Real World
22. Mouth An’ Trousers
23. Look At Him Now
24. No Emotions (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 1989 — Live And Loud
Year: 1989
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 92.63 MB
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01. Suburban Rebels (Live)
02. Blind Justice (Live)
03. Real Enemy (Live)
04. Product (Live)
05. Never Been Taken (Live)
06. Do a Runner (Live)
07. Out in the Cold (Live)
08. Welcome to the Real World (Live)
09. Saturday’s Heroes (Live)
10. Smash the Discos (Live)
11. Drinking ‘n’ Driving (Live)
12. Hurry Up Harry (Live)
13. Harry May (Live)
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The Business — 1991 — The Business 1979-1989
Year: 1991
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 97.19 MB
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02. Blind Justice
02. Coventry (Bonus Track)
02. Out In The Cold
07. Mortgage Mentality
10. Another Rebel Dead
11. Frontline
12. Harry May
13. Hand Ball
14. Smash The Discos (Bonus Track)
17. Shout It Out
18. Do A Runner
19. Welcome To The Real World
24. Never Been Taken
24. No Emotions (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 1992 — The Best Of The Business
Year: 1992
Quality: mp3, 256 kbps
Size: 146.17 MB
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01. Out In The Cold
02. Streets Where You Live
03. Harry May
04. National Insurance Blacklist
05. Suburban Rebels
06. Product
07. Smash The Disco’s
08. Disco Girls
09. H-Bomb
10. Blind Justice
11. Get Out While You Can
12. Guttersnipe
13. Real Enemy
14. Loud Proud And Punk
15. Get Out Of My House
16. Outlaw
17. Saturday’s Heroes
18. Frontline
19. Spanish Jails
20. Freedom
21. Coventry
22. No Emotions
23. Do A Runner
24. Welcome To The Real World
25. Fear In Your Heart
26. Never Say Never
27. Look At Him Now
28. Drinking And Driving
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The Business — 1994 — Keep The Faith
Year: 1994
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 84.63 MB
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01. Maradona
02. Keep the Faith
03. Holiday in Seattle
04. Viva Bobby Moore
05. Divide and Rule
06. Backstreet Billy
07. Can’t Take Much More
08. (You’re) Going Down in History
09. Breaking the Law
10. All Out
11. Future
12. Should’ve Known Better
13. Paranoia
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The Business — 1995 — The Complete Business Singles Collection
Year: 1995
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 139.13 MB
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01. Harry May
02. National Insurance Blacklist
03. Step Into Christmas
04. Dayo (from Smash the Discos EP)
05. Disco Girls (from Smash the Discos EP)
08. H-Bomb
10. Law and Order
11. Do They Owe Us a Living
11. Last Train to Clapham Junction
12. Tell Us the Truth
13. Get out of My House
14. All out Tonight (Original)
14. Smash The Discos (Bonus Track)
15. Foreign Girl
16. Outlaw
17. Drinking And Driving
17. Loud Proud ‘N’ Punk (Bonus Track)
18. Do A Runner
18. Hurry up Harry
19. H-Bomb (Live)
19. Welcome To The Real World
21. Coventry (Oi Version)
24. No Emotions (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 1996 — Death To Dance (EP)
Year: 1996
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 40.66 MB
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02. Hang The D.J. (Panic)
03. Skaghead
04. N.H.S. (National Health Service)
05. Out In The Cold (Unpubbed)
06. Death To Dance
06. Drinking And Driving (Unpubbed)
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The Business — 1997 — The Truth, The Whole Truth And Nothing But The Truth
Year: 1997
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 67.34 MB
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01. Blood Ties
02. Crime of the Century
03. Death to Dance (Album Version)
04. Hardcore Hooligan
05. Informer
06. Justice Not Politics
07. No Time 4 U
08. One Common Voice
09. One Thing Left to Say
10. SE12
11. Southgate
12. Spirit of the Street
13. The Truth the Whole Truth and Nothing but the Truth
14. What’s the Story
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The Business — 1998 — Suburban Rebels, Live At Rio’s
Year: 1998
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 100.76 MB
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01. Suburban Rebels (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
02. The Whole Truth / Never Been Taken (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
03. Mortgage Mentality (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
04. Spirit Of The Street (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
05. Do They Owe Us A Living? (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
06. Saturday’s Heroes (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
07. Justice Not Politics (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
08. Out In The Cold (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
09. Blind Justice (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
10. Guttersnipe (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
11. Loud Proud & Punk (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
12. One Thing Left To Say (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
13. Real Enemy (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
14. Smash The Discos (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
15. Southgate (Euro ’96) (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
16. Harry May (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
17. Drinking & Driving (Live, Rio’s, Bradford, 1 August 1998)
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The Business — 2000 — Harry May
Year: 2000
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 151.90 MB
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02. Blind Justice
02. Out In The Cold
03. Product (Carry on Oi! Version)
03. Work Or Riot?
04. H-Bomb
05. Nobody Listened
05. Tell Us The Truth
06. Law And Order
07. Do They Owe Us A Living?
07. Mortgage Mentality
08. Guttersnipe
10. Another Rebel Dead
11. Last Train to Clapham Junction
12. Harry May
13. Drinking And Driving
16. Never Been Taken
17. Do A Runner
17. Shout It Out
19. Welcome To The Real World
20. Never Say Never
21. Fear In Your Heart
22. Mouth An’ Trousers
23. Look At Him Now
24. No Emotions (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 2001 — No Mercy For You
Year: 2001
Quality: mp3, 128 kbps
Size: 34.49 MB
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01. Takers & Users
02. Guinness Boys
03. Steal This Record
04. Code Red
05. Hate K.D.
06. Belmarsh
07. Boys Are Out Tonight
08. Class Compromise (… History’s Glory)
09. No Mercy for You
10. Gangland
11. Oi the Poet
12. Ghetto Youth
13. Always
14. Anarchy in the Streets
15. U Won’t Change Me
16. Hell 2 Pay
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The Business — 2002 — Hell 2 Pay (EP)
Year: 2002
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 21.48 MB
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01. Hell 2 Pay
02. Gangland
03. Do Anything You Wanna Do (Bonus Track)
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The Business — 2003 — Hardcore Hooligan
Year: 2003
Quality: mp3, 256 kbps
Size: 53.98 MB
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01. Hardcore Hooligan
02. Southgate (Euro 1996)
03. Terrace Lost It’s Soul
04. Saturday’s Heroes
05. Viva Bobby Moore
06. Maradona
07. England 5, Germany 1
08. Guinness Boys
09. Handball
10. 3 Lions
11. Boys Are Out
12. No One Likes Us
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The Business — 2003 — Under The Influence
Year: 2003
Quality: mp3, 192 kbps
Size: 51.28 MB
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01. Pride
02. Crucified
03. Anarchy in the UK
04. Do they owe us a living
05. Do anything you wanna do
06. Hurry up Harry
07. Basket Case
08. Get out of my House
09. Maybe it’s because I’m a Londoner
10. London Calling
11. Tell us the Truth
12. When I come around
13. Do they owe us a living (live)
14. Pretty Vacant (live)
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The Business — 2014 — Back In The Day (EP)
Year: 2014
Quality: mp3, 320 kbps
Size: 16.15 MB
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01. Back in the Day
02. Cuts Like a Shard (Ode to the Banks)
03. Here’s Johnny
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