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Legittima Offesa

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Skinhead band from Bologna, Italy. Legittima Offesa officially formed in the May of 1998 for Gigi's will to give a voice to all the Nazionalist Skinheads from Bologna. Finally there's a nationalist and anti-communist skinhead band in a town that historically has been always governed from reds! From the beginning Legittima Offesa are inside the Italian White Power scene (but they prefer to be called "White Kriminals"). In the July of 1998 Legittima Offesa played at "The first Oi!-R.A.C. gig in Bologna", organizide by Plastic Gangsters (it was a label that produced our first demotape and our first album "Giorno per Giorno"). Legittima Offesa soon begin to play at meny gigs all over Italy, with a lot of bands from all Europe countries. One year later their birth the band is ready to record the first CD "Giorno per Giorno". It's not so good for the sound quality, but these 11 songs has been appreciated from the most of the lovers of oi! The only member that never leave Legittima Offesa is Gigi: but although this fact they succeeded to record new songs: in 2001 "Bianco Proletariato" for a german label (Wehrwolf Records) wich is inside the compilation "This time the world"; in 2002 3 songs for Barracuda Records (7" "Fratelli d'Italia"); a little less than one year after the new album is ready: it's "Skineads a Passeggio" produced by "Ferlandia Prod.". In the next year the band record they 12" "Onore e Gloria" with 4 new songs ("Nel Vicolo", "Onore e Gloria", "Ipocrisia" e "White Power" Skrewdriver's cover). In the 2005 put inside the copilation "I Ragazzi Sono Colpevoli Vol.2" (by the Skinhouse Prod.) another new great song ("Vita di Strada"). In the same year they will appear in another two compilations, "Prezent" ("Professore") and "De Kastelein-The Skinhead Pub" ("Legittima Offesa"). In the 2006, after a gig in Germany, the band put inside the compilation "Support The Nation - Live In Franken" Cd 3 live songs. In the november of 2006 recorded the third album "White Kriminals". In the 2007 the band played in many gigs in Italy and around the Europe (Hungary, Spain, Finland, Swiss, Greece and many in Germany). After a gig in Milan, the band put inside the compilation "Cuore Nero" Cd with 3 live songs. In the 2008 the line-up change, Mala is the new dummer. With the new line-up the band play to the "Sons of Europe 2008" gig with bands like Brutal Attack and 1 year after the band appear in the "Sons of Europe 2008" Compilation Cd and the label Moloko Plus Versand release the live album "Live In Hungary 23.08.2008". Two years after the bass player leaves the band but the Legittima Offesa continue to play around the Europe. The latest Cd is "Spacca Tutto", out in 2011 for the label Ferlandia.

Members

	Cioni dr
	Spalla dr
	Ale b
	Monti dr
	Simonino b
	Mala dr
	Elio voc, b
	Marco Bonazzi acg, eg, key
	Manuelino
	Jess Wade
	Luigi Guerzoni