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<td><a href="London" title="London">London</a> (<a href="Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich" title="Vereinigtes Königreich">Vereinigtes Königreich</a>)
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<th style="vertical-align:top"><a href="Genre#Musik" title="Genre">Genre(s)</a>
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<td><a href="Oi!" title="Oi!">Oi!</a>
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<th>Gründung
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Gesang</div></td>
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Bass</div></td>
<td>Chris Murrell <small>(bis 1979)</small>
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Schlagzeug</div></td>
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Gesang</div></td>
<td>Jeff Geggus
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Gitarre</div></td>
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Bass</div></td>
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<td><div class="hintergrundfarbe5">Schlagzeug</div></td>
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</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">27</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">18.04.1981</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(3 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
</tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 .3em;background:#EAECF0;color:#202122"><span style="font-size:larger;font-weight:bold">Singles</span><sup id="cite_ref-UKcharts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-UKcharts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td style="padding:0 .3em .5em .3em"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:table"><tbody><tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">I’m Not a Fool
</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">65</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">01.12.1979</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(2 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
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<tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">Bad Man!
</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">65</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">16.02.1980</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(3 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
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<tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">The Greatest Cockney Ripoff
</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">21</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">26.04.1980</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(7 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
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<tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles
</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">35</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">17.05.1980</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(5 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
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<tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">We Can Do Anything
</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">65</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">12.07.1980</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(2 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
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<tr><td colspan="6" style="font-size:95%;font-weight:bold">We Are the Firm
</td></tr><tr class="charts-ibrow"><td style="width:3%;background:transparent"> </td><td style="width:12%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%"><a href="Britische_Musikcharts" title="Britische Musikcharts">UK</a></td><td style="width:27%;font-size:95%;line-height:90%;font-weight:bold;text-align:center">54</td><td style="width:30%;font-size:smaller">25.10.1980</td><td style="width:23%;font-size:smaller;text-align:right;padding-left:5px">(3 Wo.)</td><td style="width:5%;font-size:smaller"></td>
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<p>Die <b>Cockney Rejects</b> sind eine <a href="Oi!" title="Oi!">Oi!</a>-Band aus London und zählen gemeinsam mit <a href="Sham_69" title="Sham 69">Sham 69</a> und <a href="Cock_Sparrer" title="Cock Sparrer">Cock Sparrer</a> zu den einflussreichsten und berühmtesten Bands dieses Genres. Sie waren eine der ersten britischen Oi!-Bands und werden wegen ihres Songs <i>Oi! Oi! Oi!</i> (= englischer Anruf, von der Band benutzt als Ersatz für die Taktanzählung „1-2-3“) auch als die „Erfinder des Oi!“ bezeichnet. Das Lied wurde häufig gecovert, gilt als die Oi!-Hymne schlechthin und wurde so (ungewollt) Namensgeber dieser lauten, einfachen Richtung des Punk.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geschichte">Geschichte</h2></div>
<p>Die Band wurde 1978 von den Brüdern Jeff (Gesang) und Mick (Gitarre) Geggus, ihrem Schwager Chris Murrell (Bass) und Paul Harvey (Schlagzeug) gegründet. Turner jobbte als Roadie bei <a href="Sham_69" title="Sham 69">Sham 69</a>, deren Sänger <a href="Jimmy_Pursey" title="Jimmy Pursey">Jimmy Pursey</a> ihnen zu ihrem ersten Plattenvertrag verhalf. Sie nahmen 1979 zwei Singles auf: <i>Flares and Slippers / Police Car / I Wanna Be a Star</i> bei <a href="Small_Wonder_Records" title="Small Wonder Records">Small Wonder Records</a> und <i>I’m Not a Fool / East End</i> bei <a href="EMI_Group" title="EMI Group">EMI</a>. Die Rejects besangen den <a href="Hooligan" title="Hooligan">Hooliganismus</a> und sind, genau wie <a href="Cock_Sparrer" title="Cock Sparrer">Cock Sparrer</a>, Fans des Londoner Fußballclubs <a href="West_Ham_United" title="West Ham United">West Ham United</a>. Sie spielten eine bekannte Version des Ham-<a href="Chanting" title="Chanting">Chants</a> <i><a href="I%E2%80%99m_Forever_Blowing_Bubbles" title="I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles">I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles</a></i>, der seit den 1920er Jahren im Stadion gesungen wird.
</p><p>Auf ihren späteren Alben wandten sich die Cockney Rejects dem <a href="Heavy_Metal" title="Heavy Metal">Heavy Metal</a> zu. Sie veröffentlichten mit eher mäßigem Erfolg bis zu ihrer Trennung 1985 insgesamt sechs Alben (<i>Greatest Hits Vol. 1–3</i>, <i>The Power and the Glory</i>, <i>Wild Ones</i> und <i>Quiet Storm</i>). 1989 kam es mit dem Album <i>Lethal</i> zu einer kurzen, eher erfolglosen Reunion. Im Jahre 2003 wurde von der Band nochmals ein Album namens <i>Out of the Gutter</i> aufgenommen, 2007 folgte <i>Unforgiven</i>, das sich an ihren Anfängen orientiert.
</p><p>Der Journalist <a href="Garry_Bushell" title="Garry Bushell">Garry Bushell</a> veröffentlichte 2005 ein Buch über die Geschichte der Band, insbesondere des Sängers Jefferson Turner. Das Vorwort hierzu schrieb der frühere <a href="The_Smiths" title="The Smiths">Smiths</a>-Sänger <a href="Morrissey" title="Morrissey">Morrissey</a>.
</p><p>Die Rejects sind – wenn auch nicht mehr in Originalbesetzung – immer noch aktiv, sie spielen regelmäßig Konzerte in und um London, und waren auch bei der Wiedervereinigung der Hooligan-Gruppierung <a href="Inter_City_Firm" title="Inter City Firm">Inter City Firm</a> im Jahr 2004 gegenwärtig, wo sie ein Konzert mit ihren bekanntesten Stücken spielten.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Besetzung">Besetzung</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Originalbesetzung_(1978–1979)"><span id="Originalbesetzung_.281978.E2.80.931979.29"></span>Originalbesetzung (1978–1979)</h3></div>
<ul><li>Jeff Geggus, aka Jeff Turner, aka „Stinky“ Turner (<a href="Gesang" title="Gesang">Gesang</a>)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (<a href="Gitarre" title="Gitarre">Gitarre</a>)</li>
<li>Chris Murrell (<a href="E-Bass" title="E-Bass">Bass</a>)</li>
<li>Paul Harvey (<a href="Schlagzeug" title="Schlagzeug">Schlagzeug</a>)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1979">1979</h3></div>
<ul><li>Stinky Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Micky Geggus (Leadgitarre)</li>
<li>Vince Riordan (Bass)</li>
<li>Andy „Atlas“ Scott (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980">1980</h3></div>
<ul><li>Stinky Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Micky Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Vince Riordan (Bass)</li>
<li>Nigel Woolf (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980–1983"><span id="1980.E2.80.931983"></span>1980–1983</h3></div>
<ul><li>Stinky Turner/Jefferson Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Vince/Vinnie Riordan (Bass)</li>
<li>Keith „Stix“ Warrington (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1984–1985"><span id="1984.E2.80.931985"></span>1984–1985</h3></div>
<ul><li>Jeff Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Ian Campbell (Bass)</li>
<li>Keith Warrington (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1987–1991"><span id="1987.E2.80.931991"></span>1987–1991</h3></div>
<ul><li>Stinky Turner/Jefferson Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Vince/Vinnie Riordan (Bass)</li>
<li>Keith „Stix“ Warrington (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1999">1999</h3></div>
<ul><li>Jeff Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Tony Van Frater (Bass)</li>
<li>Andrew Laing (Schlagzeug, † 2023)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2000–2006"><span id="2000.E2.80.932006"></span>2000–2006</h3></div>
<ul><li>Jeff Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Tony Van Frater (Bass)</li>
<li>Les „Nobby“ Cobb (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2007–2015"><span id="2007.E2.80.932015"></span>2007–2015</h3></div>
<ul><li>Jeff Turner (Gesang)</li>
<li>Mick Geggus (Gitarre)</li>
<li>Tony Van Frater (Bass, † 2015)</li>
<li>Andrew Laing (Schlagzeug)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Diskografie">Diskografie</h2></div>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alben">Alben</h3></div>
<ul><li>1980: <i>Greatest Hits Volume 1</i> (<a href="EMI_Group" title="EMI Group">EMI</a>)</li>
<li>1980: <i>Greatest Hits Volume 2</i> (EMI/Zonophone)</li>
<li>1981: <i>Greatest Hits Volume 3 (Live & Loud)</i> (EMI/Zemaphone)</li>
<li>1981: <i>The Power and the Glory</i> (EMI/Zonophone)</li>
<li>1982: <i>The Wild Ones</i> (AKA1)</li>
<li>1984: <i>Quiet Storm</i> (Heavy Metal Records)</li>
<li>1985: <i>Unheard Rejects</i> (Wonderful World Records)</li>
<li>1990: <i>Lethal</i> (Neat Records)</li>
<li>1997: <i>The Punk Singles Collection</i> (Dojo)</li>
<li>1997: <i>Greatest Hits Volume 4</i> (Rhythm Vicar)</li>
<li>2003: <i>Out of the Gutter</i> (<a href="Captain_Oi!_Records" title="Captain Oi! Records">Captain Oi! Records</a>)</li>
<li>2007: <i>Unforgiven</i> (G&R Records)</li>
<li>2012: <i>East End Babylon</i> (Cadiz Music)</li>
<li>2022: Power Grab (Cadiz Music)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="EPs_und_Singles">EPs und Singles</h3></div>
<ul><li><i>Flares & Slippers</i> (7-inch, EP) (Small Wonder, 1979)</li>
<li><i>I’m Not a Fool</i> (7-inch <a href="Single_(Musik)" title="Single (Musik)">single</a>) (<a href="EMI_Group" title="EMI Group">EMI</a>, 1979)</li>
<li><i>Bad Man</i> (7-inch) (EMI, 1980)</li>
<li><i>The Greatest Cockney Rip Off</i> (7-inch. Limited Edition in Yellow Vinyl) (EMI/Zonophone, 1980)</li>
<li><i><a href="I%E2%80%99m_Forever_Blowing_Bubbles" title="I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles">I’m Forever Blowing Bubbles</a></i> (7-inch) (EMI/Zonophone, 1980)</li>
<li><i>We Can Do Anything</i> (7-inch) (EMI/Zonophone, 1980)</li>
<li><i>We Are the Firm</i> (7-inch) (EMI/Zonophone, 1980)</li>
<li><i>Easy Life</i> (7-inch, Live-EP) (EMI/Zonophone, 1981)</li>
<li><i>On the Streets Again</i> (7-inch) (EMI/Zonophone, 1981)</li>
<li><i><a href="Till_the_End_of_the_Day" title="Till the End of the Day">Till the End of the Day</a></i> (7-inch) (AKA 1982)</li>
<li><i>Back to the Start</i> (7-inch) (Heavy Metal Records, 1984)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kompilationen">Kompilationen</h3></div>
<ul><li><i><a href="Oi!_The_Album" title="Oi! The Album">Oi! The Album</a></i> (1980)</li>
<li><i>Total Noise</i> (7-inch EP, 1983)</li>
<li><i>Oi! Oi! Oi!</i> (Castle, 1997)</li>
<li><i>Lords Of Oi!</i> (Dressed to Kill, 1997)</li>
<li><i>Back on the Street</i> (Victory Records, 2000)</li>
<li><i>Addicted to Oi!</i> (2001)</li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Weblinks">Weblinks</h2></div>
<div class="sisterproject" style="margin:0.1em 0 0 0;"><div class="noresize noviewer" style="display:inline-block; line-height:10px; min-width:1.6em; text-align:center;" aria-hidden="true" role="presentation"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Commons"></span></span></div><b><span class=""><a class="external text" href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Cockney_Rejects?uselang=de"><span lang="en">Commons</span>: Cockney Rejects</a></span></b> – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien</div>
<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cockneyrejects.com/">Offizielle Website</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/de/artist/254787-Cockney-Rejects">Cockney Rejects</a> bei <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a></li></ul>
<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Einzelnachweise">Einzelnachweise</h2></div>
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