Vanguard

Vanguard is Oi!/Street Punk band from North Carolina, United States. The band was started in early 2003 by Nathan and Joseph and Joseph's brother Justin. At the time there wasn't much of anything going on in the American Oi! scene, especially locally. The band began practicing twice a week by covering songs to find their correct sound. After playing several shows and being released on Sta Press/Street Anthem Records 'Backstreets of American Oi! vol 2' Justin decided to leave the band and move on. This left Vanguard with/ no lead singer and no guitar player. Almost immediately following Justin's exit, Nathan contacted James, singer of the Beatdowns (also based in North Carolina) to find out that they too had broken up. Without any haste James quickly agreed to come and sing for Vanguard. Shortly after James joining the band, they entered the studio for a second time and recorded 10 tracks, 5 of which would end up on the Vanguard/ATF 'Stronghold split' and several compilations. With there name out in the open and fans able to buy their music, Vanguard were taking offers from bands like the Templars, Condemned 84, and Battle Zone to go out of state and expose their sound to a new crowd. After settling down after many shows and a few line-up changes on guitar, the band was ready to write and record their first full-length album. They now had the solidarity of Luke and Ross 'the Boss' on guitars that they had needed. The full-length was written and recorded in about 6 months time, starting in winter of '07 going until early '08. With the aid of good bands, Dim records and the fans around the world who realize what good Oi! Oi! music is, Vanguard is ready now more than ever to take on the world!

Hard Road To Travel (2008)

01 - What We Bleed

02 - Brand New Boots

03 - On The Run

04 - Glory

05 - United

06 - PCL

07 - We Are Vanguard

08 - Patriotic Action

09 - Working Man

10 - Fencewalker

11 - The Horror Show

12 - Culture War

13 - Fuck The Blues

14 - Fight To Win

Vanguard & ATF
Stronghold Split (2007)

Vanguard:
01 - Survival Of The Fittest

02 - They Want Me Dead

03 - We Won't Believe Your Lies

04 - Blowing The Lights Out

05 - Underground

ATF:
06 - Suffer The Children

07 - Hands Of The Few

08 - Anti-U

09 - A Plague In Our Land

10 - The Hidden Hand

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