Whats it like being the only skinhead band Beijing?
Leijun: We started a band because no one else in China was playing the music we wanted to hear. It’s still the same. If I lived in London I probably wouldn’t play in a band, I’d just go to gigs. In London there are some racist skinheads. Fuck Nazi scum. What about Commie scum? Your song “Soul Of Chinese Cops” is pretty angry. What are you so angry about? You can see my lyrics. There is the answer. Do you worry that being so outspoken will get you into trouble with the police? We don’t have trouble saying what we want because Chinese policemen don’t understand English. Our first T-shirt said: “Great country. Shit government.” We love China, but we don’t like the government. What do you say to people who say that you’re just a jokey band – just rehashing old Oi! music and playing dress up? Copying is normal, but in punk you need to sing lyrics that relate to you and the truth about where you’re from and your life, not some lyrics that don’t mean anything. Some people say we need to sing
