The Band

 

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 a 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 tow 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 with 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 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.

Today Legittima Offesa are: 
Gigi (voice and guitars), Elia (bass), Marchino (guitars), Mala (drums)
...but we are traditionalist, and so...expect you some changes!!! ahahaha!!!

See the "Legittima Offesa" in the years >>