Lost Legion

Chicago’s Lost Legion is a band that has established itself as an enigmatic entity in the Oi! scene since its foundation almost a decade ago. Without ever releasing any band photos and marking their live debut way too late in 2023, their music has always had a distinctive lo-fi and outsider quality. The images used on their record sleeves featured forgotten bovver bands and old photographs of Chicago’s street gangs from the 1960s and 1970s, further allowing the band to live their own life outside of the time and space of modernity.

Nevertheless, the members of Lost Legion continued to be active in Chicago’s South Side punk and skinhead scene throughout. Lost Legion’s singer, Ian Wise, was extraordinarily productive, not only performing in numerous other bands and publishing the fanzine Our Way of Life, but also managing Foreign Legion Records. Through his label, he has released an impressive number of records for bands such as Fuerza Bruta, Ultra Razzia, Syndrome 81, Urban Savage, Snake Handler, Rogue Trooper, Brick Assassin, as well as Lost Legion’s own early work. His efforts culminated in a notable compilation collecting essential Alabama Hardcore acts from 1981-2003, reminiscent of iconic bootlegs like the Killed By Death and Bloodstains Across series...

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