Argy Bargy

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Argy Bargy began life as five piece back in early 1992. After relentless rehearsing and recording their first demo tape they were ready to take the band out on the road, and to get themselves ready for the adventure of a lifetime they agreed to play at a friends birthday party in east London. Expectations were high and the place was packed but nerves can be funny things as vocalist “Watford” Jon recalls… “We had to get there early to set up and sound check. I was driving so I wasn’t drinking but a couple of the other lads were really going for it. I asked them to calm down until we’d played but to be honest they were past caring by then. Long story short, by the time we went on stage they could barely speak, never mind play! It was a nightmare. They blamed it on nerves but I had the right hump. I nearly split the band up there and then but I was persuaded to give it another go.” Jon decided to persevere and a few months later the lads were asked to play with three other bands at a pub in Essex. The night was called “Carry On Oi!” At the time the Oi! scene was in it’s early stages after being virtually non existent since the mid 80’s. Argy Bargy went on stage, sober, and blew the place apart. This is what it was all about, this is how it should be! “From the first note the crowd were on our side” remembers Jon. “We played for 45 minutes but it seemed to be over in a flash. The atmosphere in there was electric. I remember thinking at the time that this was the start of somet

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