The Good, The Bad & The 4-Skins is the second album by English

England

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 punk rock

Punk rock

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/Oi!

Oi!

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 band, The 4-Skins

The 4-Skins

The 4-Skins are a working class Oi! punk rock band from the East End of London, England. Originally composed of Gary Hodges , 'Hoxton' Tom McCourt , Steve 'H' Hamer and Gary Hitchcock , they formed in 1979 and disbanded in 1984 – although new line-ups formed in 2007 and 2008...

. Released in June 1982 on Secret Records, the album topped the UK independent and punk charts, and entered the Top 100 of the UK Albums Chart

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.

Side A of the original LP contained studio recordings, and Side B featured live versions of several previously-released songs. The album was later combined with follow-up release, A Fistful Of...4-Skins

A Fistful Of...4-Skins

-Credits:*Roi Pearce – lead vocals*Hoxton Tom McCourt – bass guitar, lead vocal on "New War"*Ian Bransom – drums*Paul Swain – guitar*Keith Bollock Brother – backing vocals*Neil Barker – backing vocals...

(omitting the track "One Law for Them" due to space limitations) and released on a single CD by Link Records in 1987 as A Few 4-Skins More, Vol.1.

Despite being The 4-Skins' debut LP, it was in fact recorded by the third stable line-up of the band, with bassist Hoxton Tom McCourt

Hoxton Tom McCourt

Hoxton' Tom McCourt is the former bassist and bandleader of punk rock/Oi! band, The 4-Skins. He was one of the most influential members of the skinhead revival of 1977 to 1978, the mod revival of 1978 to 1979 and the Oi! movement from 1979 to 1984.McCourt moved to Hoxton, and was given the...

 being the sole member of the original 1979 line-up. However, the group's original drummer (and manager at that point), Gary Hitchcock wrote and performed vocals on the album's 2 Tone

2 Tone

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-style ska punk

Ska punk

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 lead track.

Track listing

(all songs written by The 4-Skins except where noted.)

1. Plastic Gangsters (Hitchcock)
2. Jealousy
3. Yesterday's Heroes
4. Justice
5. Jack the Lad
6. Remembrance Day
7. Manifesto
8. Wonderful World (live)
9. 1984 (live)
10. Sorry (live)
11. Evil (live)
12. I Don't Wanna Die (live)
13. A.C.A.B. (live)
14. Chaos (live)
15. One Law For Them

    CD reissue bonus tracks:

16. Low Life
17. Bread or Blood
18. Get Out of My Life
19. Seems to Me
20. Norman

Credits

• Tony 'Panther' Cummins - lead vocals
• Hoxton Tom McCourt
  Hoxton Tom McCourt
  Hoxton' Tom McCourt is the former bassist and bandleader of punk rock/Oi! band, The 4-Skins. He was one of the most influential members of the skinhead revival of 1977 to 1978, the mod revival of 1978 to 1979 and the Oi! movement from 1979 to 1984.McCourt moved to Hoxton, and was given the...
  
  - bass guitar
• John Jacobs - guitar, keyboards
• Pete Abbot - drums
• Gary Hitchcock - lead vocals on "Plastic Gangsters"