| The Ruin Bois hail from Vigo in northwestern Spain, just north of Portugal.
The region they live in, Galiza or Galicia, inspired them for the CD's title,
which translated into English means "Forever in Galicia". Their
local language has a lot of resemblances to Portuguese obviously, not surprising
if you keep in mind that the Spanish central government is at a good 1,200
km from Vigo, in Madrid.
They started out in the summer of 1994 and have maintained the original
line-up until now. That means Jose Luis on vocals, Mikel on guitar, Piri
on bass and Sonia on drums. Their music is in the finest English Oi-streetpunk
tradition, with hard aggressive music and strong vocals, not unlike Condemned
84 from England. At the end of '95 / early '96, they put out and excellent,
professionally produced and packaged demo on the Spanish Plastic Disc
label, which sold a stunning 750 copies worldwide, which is possibly the
highest number of demos ever sold by an Oi band. It got them worldwide
recognition and several write-ups in fanzines followed.
The CD album "Sempre in Galiza" came out in 1997 and includes
13 tracks, 2 of which are covers. "Dodot No Ha Muerto" is originally
from Barcelona's superstar Oi band Decibelios and "Zipaioak"
of an old Basque punk outfit called Punetazo Oi. The CD comes with an
8 page colour booklet with lyrics to all songs, explanations to the songs
in English and lots of photos.
The band has broken up since, but nevertheless managed to impress quite
a lof of people and they got to play shows locally as well as in Portugal
and even at one of the famous "Live & Loud" festivals in
Belgium were they played alongside The Pride, Rabauken and Close Shave.
The band's also been featured on some compilations both in Europe and
the US.
2 of the band members now play in "Dr. Marten's Beat", who
released their first 7" EP on Dim Records from Germany in the first
months of 2000.
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