One Way System - Believe Yourself - (Japan Tour 1997)

One Way System - Japan 30 Believe Yourself Not so much a compilation as a potted history of the career of North West England’s premier punk outfit from 1982 to 1997. One Way System first lit up the second wave punk revolution with their fresh faced, no nonsense sound in the early eighties, when Oi! and skinhead culture had all but rejected the original punk ethic. One Way System managed to bridge the gap. They had the hardcore in your face, balls out attitude of their peers, but their songs had that cynical twist and melodic appeal of the seventies. They looked the part too. But unlike so many around them the System’s feet remained firmly on the ground. These boys not only loved punk but they also respected music and made a point of it by creating tight, memorable and satisfyingly tuneful songs that paid dues to both the seventies punk phenomenon and authentic pop music, without losing any credibility. The line up might have changed along the way but the music never deteriorated.