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THE AGITATORS

The Agitators - Oi! / Streetpunk

About Me

It all started in Antwerp in the year 2000, when The Agitators were founded from the ashes of a few bands like Double U.S. and Eightball. The purpose of the project was to make sing-a-long streetpunk with lyrics about stuff happening in daily life. The style of The Agitators is best described as hard in-your-face Oi!/Streetpunk with catchy sing-a-long parts.After the recording of a demo in 2001 they released a split 7 (with another Antwerp punk band called The Heartaches) on Rock and Roll Radio. The success of the lads got noticed within and far beyond Europe. The band was contacted by Street Anthem Record (USA) and in 2003 The Agitators released their debut full length Meeting The Lads. The album got great reviews all over Europe and The States.In The summer of 2003 The Agitators played at Holidays In The Sun in the UK, and were asked back to play on every edition of HITS and Wasted festival since.In March 2005 The Agitators were asked on a 3-week tour across the States with their friends Funeral Dress. From West to East-coast they played over 15 shows in world-famous clubs like The Troubadour and CBGBs, getting great reviews and leaving new fans behind everywhere they went.The main thing that drives the band are the gigs. Since their first show in Belgiums punk-temple the Lintfabriek theyve played about a hundred concerts and festivals with bands like: Cock Sparrer, Deadline, The Last Resort, Hard Skin, The Forgotten, Bombshell Rocks, Sixer, The Real Mckenzies, The Kids, Beerzone, D.O.A, The Adicts, The Casualties,...SOS Records (US) has released the bands second full length "Salute To All" (june 2005). So please get a copie, watch out for a gig nearby and get ready to sing-along with The Agitators!!!


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Member Since: 4/20/2005
Band Website: agitatorsstreetpunk.com
Band Members: Bart - Guitar, Marc - Vocals, Dave - Bass, Markus - Drums
Influences: Cockney Rejects, Cock Sparrer, The Pogues, One Man Army, On File, Hard Skin, The Clash, Katastroof, Red Alert, Rancid, The Kids, The Warriors, Reducers SF,...
Sounds Like: A mixture of Oi!, streetpunk & Irish Folk. Raise your fist and sing-a-long!!!
Record Label: SOS Records, Street Anthem, Rock'n'RollRadio
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

New song

We recorded a new song "Red and White" at High Lake Hill Studio. The song will appear on the SOS release "Sound from the lowlands", a compilation with belgian and dutch punk/oi! bands.You can already ...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:53:00 PST

The Agitators cancel Streetpunk Christmas

Due to Marc's surgery we've got to cancel our appearance at the Streetpunk Christmas show in Boqueho (F). We really wanted to play but it's too dangerous for Marc at this time. For those who wanted to...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 01 Dec 2006 04:33:00 PST

US tour day 9  march 2

Tiki's room  Pomona After waiting an entire day at Motel 6, we drove to Pomona. The promoter found out a week ago that he could do this show, so there was a very small crowd. All this small turnouts...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:49:00 PST

US tour day 8  march 1

Travelling day We flew from JFK NY to LAX. John from SOS picked us up and drove us to the motel where we met up with Ezzat. It feels good to be back at the west coast! They make us feel right at home...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:30:00 PST

US tour day 6  feb 27

Hypnotic  New London After a long drive in the van (again) and a flat tire, we arrived at the Hypnotic. A nice venue but a small crowd. We still got some great responses. We also found out that the...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:29:00 PST

US tour day 7  feb 28

CBGB's  NYC YES we got to play CBGB's for the second time!!! It's always an experience arriving at this place, it's soo legendary! We met up with Gunji, it's a pity that he couldn't stick around for...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:29:00 PST

US tour day 5  feb 26

Halfway House  Philly After spending an entire afternoon waiting at a pizza place, Christine and Bob arrived to pick us up in their cars. The van is still broke& Turns out that the gig was at Zack's...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 05:28:00 PST

US tour day 4 - Allentown

Allentown - Sterling HotelWhat a day! The van broke down halfway to Allentown. The police drove us to the nearest town where the van was towed. After 2 hours of stress we ended up taking a 400 dollar ...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Sun, 26 Feb 2006 08:54:00 PST

US tour day 3 - Albany

After about 30 U-turns we arrived in Albany. Played at Velentine's and YES there was beer and even better, there was Stella!!!Better crowd response than the day before. Wannes did a great job handling...
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Sat, 25 Feb 2006 08:12:00 PST

US tour day 2 - Bloomsfield NJ

Still jetlagged, NO beer only hangovers! +/- 100 punks + 2 crazy skinheads, 1 cd sold, 1 cd stolen... Started slowly but good response in the end.
Posted by THE AGITATORS on Fri, 24 Feb 2006 02:20:00 PST