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{{short description|English punk rock band}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Use British English|date=July 2016}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2011}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Cockney Rejects | image = | caption = | image_size = 300px | alias = The Rejects | origin = [[East End of London]], England | genre = {{hlist|[[Punk rock]]|[[Oi!]]}} | years_active = 1978β1985, 1987β1991, 1999βpresent | label = Cadiz Music | website = {{url|cockneyrejects.com}} | current_members = Jeff Geggus aka Jeff 'Stinky' Turner<br />[[Michael Algar]] aka Olga<br />[[JJ Pearce]] aka JJ Kaos<br />[[Ray Bussey]] aka Ray Dust | past_members = Mick Geggus<br />Vince Riordan <br />Paul Harvey<br />Chris Murrell<br /> Andy Scott<br />Nigel Woolf<br />Ian Campbell<br />Keith Warrington<br />Nobby Cobb<br />Tony Van Frater<br />Andrew Laing <br />Joe Perry Sansome }} '''Cockney Rejects''' are an English [[punk rock]] [[band (music)|band]] that formed in the [[East End of London]] in 1978.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cockneyrejects.com/|title=Cockney Rejects|website=Cockney-rejects.com|accessdate=15 October 2019}}</ref> Their 1980 song "Oi, Oi, Oi" was the inspiration for the name of the [[Oi!]] [[music genre]].<ref name="Bushell">{{cite web|title=Oi! β The Truth |author=Bushell, Garry|author-link=Garry Bushell|url=http://www.garry-bushell.co.uk/oi/index.asp|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731120915/http://www.garry-bushell.co.uk/oi/index.asp|archivedate=2008-07-31}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Neal|first=Martin|date=2019-07-16|title=Punk legend's tribute to much-missed former bandmate who died suddenly|url=https://www.essexlive.news/whats-on/music-nightlife/punk-legends-tribute-much-missed-3095665|access-date=2020-06-21|website=essexlive}}</ref> The band members are supporters of [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]], and pay tribute to the club with their hit [[cover version]] of "[[I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles]]", a song traditionally sung by West Ham supporters.<ref>{{Cite web|title='I'm forever blowing bubbles' - The story behind famous West Ham chant {{!}} Goal.com|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/im-forever-blowing-bubbles-the-story-behind-famous-west-ham/v2c0pje1uewx170vlhczghgxx|access-date=2020-06-21|website=www.goal.com}}</ref>
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