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The Analogs
The Analogs
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The Press
The Press
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Life's Blood
Life's Blood
3
Wolfbrigade
Wolfbrigade
Hardcore Punk Band
4
Anti Cimex
Anti Cimex
band
5
Millencolin
Millencolin
Swedish band from Örebro
6
Angelic Upstarts
Angelic Upstarts
British Punk/Oi! Band
7
Lars Frederiksen
Lars Frederiksen
American musician
8
Razors in the Night
Razors in the Night
American punk rock band
9
The Business
The Business
band that plays Oi!
10
Isocracy
Isocracy
11
MDC
MDC
American punk rock band
12
Asexuals
Asexuals
13
The 4-Skins
The 4-Skins
British Oi! Band
14
The Exploited
The Exploited
Scottish punk rock band
15
Antisect
Antisect
English hardcore punk band
16
The Exploding Hearts
The Exploding Hearts
17
Cockney Rejects
Cockney Rejects
British punk/Oi! band
18
Impaled Nazarene
Impaled Nazarene
Finnish metal band
19
Andy McCoy
Andy McCoy
Finnish musician
20
LOK
LOK
Swedish nu-metal band
21
Watain
Watain
Swedish black metal band
22
The Partisans
The Partisans
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Moshiach Oi!
Moshiach Oi!
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Lower Class Brats
Lower Class Brats
American Streetpunk Band
25
The Expelled
The Expelled
musical artist
26
Hanoi Rocks
Hanoi Rocks
Finnish rock band
27
The Discocks
The Discocks
28
Slaughter & The Dogs
Slaughter & The Dogs
29
Crimpshrine
Crimpshrine
American punk rock band
30
Mr Floppy
Mr Floppy
Australian alternative rock, punk rock and oi! band
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The F.U.'s
The F.U.'s
band
32
Lydia
Lydia
American indie rock band
33
Destroy Boys
Destroy Boys
American rock band formed in Sacramento, California in 2015
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Sham 69
Sham 69
British Punk/Oi! band
35
Hed PE
Hed PE
American rock band
36
Anti-Nowhere League
Anti-Nowhere League
British Streetpunk Band
37
The Blood
The Blood
English punk rock band
38
Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Norwegian punk rock band
39
Rich Kids on LSD
Rich Kids on LSD
band
40
Leftöver Crack
Leftöver Crack
Punk Rock band
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Flesh Roxon
Flesh Roxon
Finnish band
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Mika Karppinen
Mika Karppinen
Finnish rock musician
43
Towers of London
Towers of London
band from England
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Fleshies
Fleshies
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Peter and the Test Tube Babies
Peter and the Test Tube Babies
band that plays punk rock
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Cock Sparrer
Cock Sparrer
British Punk/Oi! Band
47
Blues Pills
Blues Pills
rock band
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Alice in Videoland
Alice in Videoland
Swedish pop group
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U.S. Chaos
U.S. Chaos
american band
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Dezerter
Dezerter
band
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Cringer
Cringer
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Icon A.D.
Icon A.D.
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Refused
Refused
Swedish band
54
Oxymoron
Oxymoron
band that plays punk rock
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Foreign Legion
Foreign Legion
Welsh band
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Versus You
Versus You
57
The Stooges
The Stooges
American punk rock band
58
Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
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The Duskfall
The Duskfall
band
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Toy Dolls
Toy Dolls
English punk rock band
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Perkele are a Swedish rock band from Göteborg best known for their former Oi! sound. Following decades of activity and sold-out shows across major European cities and the US, some have dubbed Perkele one of Europe's biggest punk rock bands and an important part of the genre's evolution. Their sound has been described as punk with '70s/'80s heavy metal influences and elements of blues, jazz, and even classical music.

They have been featured several times in the Maximum Rocknroll zine and were hosted by FC St. Pauli in 2003. Then lead vocalist and frontman of Booze & Glory, Mark Boozer, named Perkele as one of his top 10 favourite Oi! bands. The band members actually started out as punks drawing some inspiration from Swedish folk music, but gradually the Oi! and street punk genres started having a greater influence on their development and around 1997/1998 Perkele became skinheads.

Despite their Swedish origin, perkele—the noun used for the band's name—is, in fact, a Finnish profanity. In a 2003 interview, lead vocalist and founding member Ron Halinoja cited his "roots in Finland" and the word's expressively vulgar nature as the main reasons behind choosing this for the band's name. Perkele claim to be strongly against all kinds of racism, nationalism, fascism, sexism, and homophobia as well as being opposed to hate, war, and environmental pollution. Despite this, in the past their appearance at traditionally left-wing events has caused controversy due to some of their songs featuring lyrical themes of Swedish and Finnish nationalist sentiments. Due to the background of their bassist Chris as an adoptee originally from Sri Lanka, the band have at one point experienced racist abuse from the audience at a concert in Belgium.

In late October 2019, in coordination with the event organisers Perkele cancelled their scheduled performance in Warsaw with over two weeks' notice, citing "low ticket sales" as the primary reason. This caused a backlash from some of their fans, who questioned the band's motivations and criticised their profit-focused approach to music. Perkele replied to this by saying that they are no longer interested in "trying to be punk", causing more controversy among sections of their fanbase. However, the band eventually clarified their stance and issued an apology for cancelling the concert.