I first heard 90 Proof (it seems like alot of these pages are starting off this way...) when I picked up Oi! It's a World Invasion, Volume 2 (admittedly for the Templars tracks alone) and was pretty impressed with them. But I didn't hear shit about them again until Backstreets of American Oi! came out. Even though ol' Jeff (the band's singer) thinks the song on that comp, "Hey You!" sounds shitty, I kind of like it. Anyways, I digress (that seems to happen alot around here as well!).

The band formed in July of 1994 when Carlos, Chris, and Cesar (on drums, bass, and guitar, respectively) got together with Jeff one drunken evening. Before long, Jeff was singing some 4-skins song and 90 Proof was born.

For those of you who haven't heard them, 90 Proof sounds like a runaway subway train...it's tough American Oi! with a unique sound. Cesar has played some interesting leads over top of the main rhythm, adding yet another dimension to the sound. This isn't your usual boring Oi!/punk here, folks. It's fast, but it's also melodic, something that I'm glad to see is surfacing in American Oi! music lately.