Skinhead is a British phenomenon. I was a skinhead Rudeboy and I was into all the old stuff but mostly Two-tone, Selector, The Specials, Madness, the Beat, Bodysnatchers and if I had a time machine I'd go back to 1980 and stay there forever, that's my heaven. God bless the true skins and the Rudeboys.
@theselector47332 жыл бұрын
I was at school back then and we had 4 distinct groups: Ska Skins, Oi Skins, Rudeboys and Mods. The Oi Skins were Skinheads that were into Oi, Punk and harder music. Some of them were racists. The Ska Skins & Rudeboys liked the same music but looked and dressed differently.
@skinnyskinhead9492 Жыл бұрын
Yea we know it’s british lol
@lowriderskin3 жыл бұрын
Skinhead is an attitude towards life. Above all a working class attitude. Even though I don’t look like one anymore I am still a skin deep down inside. It’s in my heart. I kept all me clothes even though they didn’t fit anymore and some I gave away to younger skins the new blood as they say. I am retired now lol. I am still the same person with the same interests as back then. I still listen to all the music, still go to the football, still lift weights at the gym, still love boxing preferably unlicensed bareknuckle and still have a laugh and have a say. No mess, no fuss just pure impact!
@lindawinchcole99623 жыл бұрын
And so the moral of this guys message is to never be ashamed of who you are ,whether its skin ,mod , rocker , punk , or whatever that's what makes Britain Great Granny 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse5 ай бұрын
“Never be ashamed of who you are”? Being a skinhead is a choice you’re not born that way! 😂🤣💀
@grahammaguire4044 жыл бұрын
Made in Britain and damn proud to be British,it's more than fashion, music,it's a statement of life that could never ever come from anywhere else.....in ... edible/gastro terminology it's " THE FULL ENGLISH" ,I'm not a SKINHEAD but I've got nothing but massive respect for all of them and to listen to them over a beer or two is infectious and eye opening into a way of life that truly means and has a purpose of genuine brotherhood ....... listen ...watch....dress...be...educated!!!!
@seamusohoulihan6663 жыл бұрын
Amen cheers from the US
@TheBossskinhead4 жыл бұрын
Growing up in compton ca i was the only skinhead around and brown. I'm 37 now and still lacing up my boots. i'll get the cross looks here and there but it's all good . Skinhead till I die.
@briankeep48233 жыл бұрын
Like wise
@skinhead53 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@niemals9837Ай бұрын
Young guy! Welcome.i am 56
@hyramhackenbacker3953 Жыл бұрын
A man who knows the history. My brother was a Mod and I didn't buy into that scene,so in 68 when this new fashion was coming in it suited me. You are also right about the music we adopted that after the trend started, the great lie is that the movement was started by Reggae and the rude boys this not true they were just a small part of it. We lived in Hammersmith west London, brought our Records in Shepherds Bush and Brixton markets, drank in several pubs in Notting hill/ Brixton and never had any trouble in any of those locations. And it was all over by 70/71 thats when hordes of young fourteen, fifteen year olds started becoming Skinheads and that ruined it for the older guys. A lot more silly aggro, vandalism and assorted stupidity. A moment in time I'm glad I didnt miss, but you can't turn the clock back more's the pity. Just to prove that it never leaves you, my message alert is the opening fanfare from Long shot kick de bucket and my ring tone is Double Barrel by Dave and Ansel Collins.
@COLEY722 жыл бұрын
I'm a skinhead and proud !!!
@johnburns332 жыл бұрын
Brilliant fella
@brasilalan32165 жыл бұрын
Nostalgic . . . skinhead never dies
@thomasvieira56115 жыл бұрын
Fuck a mod, fuck a mod today. [The Exploited]
@antonyjones42593 жыл бұрын
If you had a older brother who dressed smart as a mod, but he in the later 60's became a hippie type (for example). He would probably still have a lot of good clothes in the house that he would no longer wear and occasionally in the shed or garage a scooter (cheap transport). Those clothes that he no longer wanted would now fit the younger brother, who may not be impressed by the hippie fashion and wanted something smarter. The original 'skinheads' did not like the music/fashion of the late 60's and wanted something new/fresh. They found it in ska/bluebeat/reggae brought in from Jamaica etc....and they married this to the look of the earlier mod style of clothes, because they simply wanted to look smart. They needed to protect these clothes whilst going out in the uk weather, but did not want to be 'new mods' or a revival. So they looked for something that did the job of a parka, but looked smarter. The most popular option was the 'crombie' style overcoat in general. So to a point its true that the mods and skinheads have a lot in common. The original 'skinheads' were more the 'rude boy' look from the 2-tone/ska revival in dress/attitude. Skinheads were mostly around cities with good transport links and cars were more popular than scooters in general , but scooter skins and scooter clubs did exist in many parts of the country. Being a mod/rude boy/skinhead/scooterist is a great way of life and if you become one, it moulds the rest of your life, for the better in my opinion. Be proud and love your country.
@PankyMeVil Жыл бұрын
Absolutely true mate it's all about music, I salute you stay safe and well. Thanks for those words spoken from the heart. Cheers ✊️
@angelicskin77565 жыл бұрын
been a skinhead for 40 years, now im a grandpa skin. its for life
@lukeoiskin4everoioi5435 жыл бұрын
Same here buddy skin 4 life 👍
@AtZero1385 жыл бұрын
Mad Respect.. from Skinhead since 90s. And my son will make me a Grandpa soon haha Peace 50 years and Going.. Stay Rude Stay Roots
@lukeoiskin4everoioi5435 жыл бұрын
@@AtZero138 👍
@keithmoon89004 жыл бұрын
IAM the same But a mod just going on the 50 Mark keep the faith 🇮🇪🇮🇪 🔘🔘 🛵🛵🔘
@argus1654 жыл бұрын
Same here..For life
@johnfothergill15814 жыл бұрын
Old Head Skinhead 40 yrs on and still stomping
@rosscop.coltrane27473 жыл бұрын
Ska is the Greatest music ever. It makes me wanna dance 24/7
@daledale27185 жыл бұрын
1970 my first doc martens Christmas present... I was 12.. still wear docs today.
@grahamhawkins74133 жыл бұрын
We were running 200 Lambrettas early in the 70's..we got mixed up with suedeheads and NS, hair grew a bit longer, trousers tapered then wide, then tapered again...wow what a mix...
@jamesstephen73504 жыл бұрын
Been a Skinhead since I was 16...I'm 36 now...I started out in the Neo Nazi's....hate bashing without being educated about it!! Then I started getting educated, Started loving my nation, and my people!! Canada was founded on multi cultural-ism...So how can I honestly believe the white race is Superior in Canada? So I left my position in Right Wing Resistance Canada, I was former 3rd in command, Commander of the Retaliators! I've had many threats upon my life...many brothers wont ever speak to me again...But sometimes the Wolf must stand alone! Sometimes we must Stand for what we believe (Alone) even in the face of danger!! to me, that makes me who I am Today!! OI! OI! OI!
@stevenvail54934 жыл бұрын
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 fuck up lame
@charlessalvador82963 жыл бұрын
So basically you turned soft
@jamesstephen73503 жыл бұрын
@@charlessalvador8296 if you call being educated soft...sure...But it takes even bigger balls to admit it openly!!
@charlessalvador82963 жыл бұрын
@@jamesstephen7350 you aint got balls your a beta male.
@ryantascone9 ай бұрын
I’m for boneheads that come clean, get it right and still having the balls to fly the skinhead flag. Glad to hear you got your head on straight! Skinhead Forever Forever Skinhead
@robertroberts26665 жыл бұрын
Iam a Skinhead and a member of the National Front but am no Racist! I just resent my Country being ruled by unelected Zionist bureaucrats in Brussels and uncontrolled immigration! As for Skins not developing from Jamaican reggae, I am wholly with you on that one!
@sqaudronsquadron38084 жыл бұрын
Real skinheads are no NAZI''S,,,greetings from Holland,,,respect
@maikelschuler4984 жыл бұрын
Im a skinhead but also national socialist anno 2020 🔥
@ricklyman36524 жыл бұрын
skinheads are whatever they want im a national socialist and im an odinist and im a punk rocker and im a skinhead ......try and take that from me
@andimgay37944 жыл бұрын
sorry pal im skinhead and i love to hate
@dlakonja3 жыл бұрын
@@andimgay3794 ure fool
@dex-one25563 жыл бұрын
Yeah mates..remember one thing..skinhead wont exist without jamaica...oi oi oi from malaysia
@robmckinnon47965 жыл бұрын
Love it man. I don't know why it's called skinheads and people think it's racist. It's just people wanting their way of life with their own people. Why is it so hard to have a country for our own
@katelennon6869 Жыл бұрын
Well said!!
@Smoking_Man Жыл бұрын
Because Britain exploited and ruined the rest of the world so they could prosper. Now when people leave those torn up countries to safer ones like Britain the British act like they're not the reason they're there.
@derekstynes96314 жыл бұрын
Good for You Fella and that is the Best Mural I have seen !
@AtZero1385 жыл бұрын
Stay Rude, Stay Roots, keep your Boots Stomping, Skinhead forever!!..
@graemedouglas39955 жыл бұрын
60 years of age and still wearing Sherman's and Perry's and my brogues but music is Motown first the rest second
@johnsalvidge41312 ай бұрын
I was an original Skinhead in 1969/70/71 I was a Skinhead then a boot boy then suedehead, because the times changed and Glam rock came in and if course my hair grew and I was a Glam rocker 😮 But Glam died in 1976/77 when punk rock came in, but I was pleased when the Skinheads came back into fashion.. but the Original Skinheads were tough but it was about the music as well. Ok there was trouble but a lot of it was overblown 😮
@keithmoon89004 жыл бұрын
Super from Dublin mod (s) lreland 🍀🍀🇲🇱🇲🇱🇻🇦🇻🇦🇮🇪🇮🇪 from Ska to northern soul Trojan R&B keep the faith 🇮🇪🇻🇦🇲🇱🍀
@joedini42954 жыл бұрын
Siga saga siga saga my mate!!!!!! Oi!!! Oi!!!!!!!! Oi!!!!!!!! Skinhead for life... Cherrrssss all skinhead.. from Malaysia..
@mariaamaralamaral50084 жыл бұрын
Sharps? Há há há há há há
@stevennash26205 жыл бұрын
Good topic. I've been a Skinhead for thirty six years. I'm no racist but I'm very proud to be white. I think all race's/ cultures are great but I don't pander to any of them and don't expect them to me. A great way of life and the music is fantastic. Going to see the Specials this April and still watch Last resort etc...
@barryguyer83065 жыл бұрын
Yes that exactly how I feel
@dobbsy875 жыл бұрын
All cultures are great? Steady on
@Dan-bg3ub5 жыл бұрын
Sorry but being "very proud to be white" is by definition racist. If you're a a swazi bonehead then out with being a sorry WP knob. Traditionalists (Traditional, Trad Skinheads) are all well and good unless they're only of that sort so they can lean right while they sit on the fence about social and political issues.
@kyczrad15 жыл бұрын
@@Dan-bg3ub when I reading comments like you I simply cannae find the words to describe stupidnes of young generation
@Dan-bg3ub5 жыл бұрын
@@kyczrad1 I'm 40... I was a skinhead in the mid 90's. I had two good mates murdered by a local White Pride crew in 98. I don't take comments like that with a grain of salt. Yes you're definitely finding words "hard to find" in general. You're proud to be White? Why would you be proud of your race? Be proud of the achievements you've made in life, not something you were born with and did nothing to attain. Things may be different for your from and you simply vocalized an idea that was lost in translation. If that's the case, I apologize but fix it. Something like: "I consider myself luck I don't have to go through the hardships other Races, Ethnicities, Religions, Gender, Sexualities have to go through. It's terrible that they do have to go through life experiencing troubles I never will have to." would clear it up.
@michaelmarifern95412 жыл бұрын
Yank here, hard rocker 1st. discovered punk 40 + yrs ago..skin/ Oi came naturally along w/ reggae. The stripped down, meat & potatoes of Oi is the fucking best, cheers.
@MattVerrellDrums6 жыл бұрын
Love this David, proper old school skinhead.
@madness76625 жыл бұрын
Man speaks for the heart
@theselector47333 жыл бұрын
Artists such as Laurel Aitken, Symarip & The Skatalites were popular with late 60's Skinheads but did they have a black following as well in the UK?
@jimdoyle87574 жыл бұрын
Ska'd for life 😎
@nankypooh6555 ай бұрын
You're only half right. Skinhead came from both Mods, AND Jamaican Rude boys. Still nice to see some old timers carrying the torch, though. (Even if this video DID come across as an advert for your scooter club, at times)
@malcolmcog4 жыл бұрын
I was a skinhead in 1971, not racist, my friend was a Bengali, it was the music that did it for me, I hated the pop and progressive rock music, I just liked soul and reggae and my favourite disco played reggae
@eburoviccelt Жыл бұрын
Was it not laurel atkin that Used first the term skinhead in his song? Or i'm a wrong?
@keijotoivonen39885 жыл бұрын
Goooooöd said Lemmy and Mannerheim & me! I learn walkin England Twickenham! Peoples said Keke Walking like a london style!
@creepingdeath16143 жыл бұрын
SKINHEAD NOW! SKINHEAD FOREVER!
@jimmothescouser32694 жыл бұрын
True true boss but true skins 69 same as scooter boys
@antonyware98877 ай бұрын
Love the brogues
@mm3nrx Жыл бұрын
Once a skin always a skin! was that Shane Meadows in the background of the pub? :D
@Gremthebiker3 жыл бұрын
53 now and still love the music and image , strange for a outlaw biker ! But let’s be honest the right wing won over most skins , fact
@milesbettah9682 жыл бұрын
Agreed. In the 80's most skinheads were into oi, and tended to have right wing political beliefs.
@AtZero1385 жыл бұрын
Where you At Skinhead.. Oi to you and Yours.. from Westminster CA USA..
@missfoxee17095 жыл бұрын
Was a skin for 15 years .once a skin ALWAYS a skin
@georgecross5275 жыл бұрын
Skins forever!!!!!
@andreclarke8881 Жыл бұрын
SHARP SKINS TORONTO CHAPTER, BIG UP!!!!!!
@adamweston41525 жыл бұрын
He's wearing 508s,not skin.
@dubthabreak4 жыл бұрын
Boots and braces for life, Oi ! À lion walks alone amongst the sheep!
@kopynd14 жыл бұрын
true words mate bring back the skins
@specialse4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting , im not a skin but do like SKA , couldnt agree more about the biker analogy , ive never left the science in any way for over 35 years and have no time for role play Rolex retro rebels .
@daveyhando95364 жыл бұрын
Proper generations back then
@kyczrad15 жыл бұрын
Been punk for 20 yrs until 2012 then I've discovered best band ever... SKREWDRIVER. HAIL TO VICTORY💪
@paulslotman40824 жыл бұрын
Great 👍 video very true I was a Wycombe skin from 1980 loved every minute never say die
@numbnutone4 жыл бұрын
Been a skin since 82 and never looked back. Still dance to the beat of Bronkski & Right Said Fred.
@andrewchippendale28204 жыл бұрын
Burnley skins No surrender.
@sirrichardthethird36445 жыл бұрын
Skinheads was a youth sub culture like mods,looks a bit strange dressing like that when you get past about 25 🤔
@pauldunneska5 жыл бұрын
Well if your slim and have hair stubble and not naturally bald it looks okay,but really looks best on a tough looking youth.
@andrewalexander23135 жыл бұрын
aye all these 50+ yr old skinheads just remind me of all.the old men still dressed as teddy boys, bit creepy.its a youth thing and thats why i packed in when was 24, and dont get me started on the weekend skinheads lol
@pauldunneska5 жыл бұрын
@@andrewalexander2313 They need their hobbies at the weekend.
@andrewalexander23135 жыл бұрын
Paul Dunne they should just go fishing or something like i do lol
@angelicskin77565 жыл бұрын
richard the turd
@cipotestomp52276 жыл бұрын
Toast Tighten Up!
@andrewchippendale2820 Жыл бұрын
Toilet wipes 😅
@nomoral75005 жыл бұрын
real skins are related to jamaicans, without rudeboys,hard mods wouldn't exist, and i am still a skinhead even if i've grown some hair, im still skinhead at heart and soul, it will never go away, i never had a scooter, but skinhead subcultre isn't all about that, it's about music, friendship and even nowadays there's skinhead gamers its the new breed, online generation like some call it, skinheads aren't dead, just a new wave. and there will always come a new wave of skins because you know skinhead 4 life, not bonehead that's a totally different thing.
@youareaspook58974 жыл бұрын
skin is a staying fashion, Itll always be around and every so often it rolls back around into the mainstream again, its the media that portray skin in such a bad way because its more sensationalist to say that you can identify a nazi by how they look rather than it could be anyone
@chrisoneill27834 жыл бұрын
"Levi jeans-501s".... But your tag clearly states 5-0-8...???!!!!!
@johnbonner2585 жыл бұрын
There's no such thing as a middle class skinhead.
@BrokeMoeHowardUHF4 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@barcanet52455 жыл бұрын
I am a arab skinhead thats oke right ??
@parthenope.4 жыл бұрын
Yes!!
@tottoguido88314 жыл бұрын
I m mexican, and I am skinhead!!!
@redterraces63314 жыл бұрын
Lad be whatever u want
@shirleylyn115 жыл бұрын
My husband and I were skinheads in the '80s. There are maybe 15 skinheads in the US these days.
@stevelira525245 жыл бұрын
What part of the states you in? We got more than 15 Skinheads.
@shirleylyn115 жыл бұрын
@@stevelira52524 North East PA. Back in the 1980's there were dozens of WP skins in the north east. A ton of trads, too. WP skins and the trads got along fine.
@judahjones3795 жыл бұрын
they are wiggers now:!
@stevelira525245 жыл бұрын
Right on. I'm out of Texas. Went back to San Antonio on leave in 94 met a bunch of S.A. Skinheads then and since moving there (off and on since 97) once you were out the drive by Skinheads (???yeah I know) S.A. has had a strong scene. Of course the highlights of my Saturday nights now a days is sitting back taking pride...............in the garden I started on (Spinach, garlic, peppers, Oi!)...................yeah. Oldness.
@stevelira525245 жыл бұрын
"Weed out, the drive by".........
@godzilla18065 жыл бұрын
Rude Boy!Maximum Respect!!
@daved21845 жыл бұрын
Great video mate, you stick to your roots...its what made you what you are and I see a decent bloke
@andrewchippendale28206 жыл бұрын
Burnley skins on a European tour oioi
@user-ct5nq8zn6k4 ай бұрын
Bournemouth skinheads 1985 oi oi oi
@charlessalvador82963 жыл бұрын
Black doc martens olove bomber jacket and any dark blue jeans.
@urareknaw5 жыл бұрын
Oi Oi Never Surrender
@ricardoborges893110 ай бұрын
"it didn't come from Jamaica" ok why the ska and reggae and the whole you know skinhead label which is originally from JAMAICA? only mod bits are some clothing and vespas foh
@marcobagut5 жыл бұрын
Does skinhead mean something else in the UK? I am a bit confused!
@marcobagut4 жыл бұрын
@Annika Mermaid Oh! So nothing to do with nazism?
@teguhfiliphian16824 жыл бұрын
oioi🍻🛠
@iluciferi53205 жыл бұрын
Heil Skrewdriver!!!
@diarrhealatte28815 жыл бұрын
Heil No Remorse! Heil Squadron! Heil English Rose!
@prfu12225 жыл бұрын
Don't forget to wear your seatbelt poser.
@sovietrussia20824 жыл бұрын
Skinhead hate the nazi pig
@johnpaulneanderthal23075 жыл бұрын
We don't mean to be racist we want white smiling faces
@4th_Lensman_of_the_apocalypse5 ай бұрын
Peanut comes from the cropped hair you nugget! 😂🤣💀
@stashandskate5 жыл бұрын
Trojan skins over boneheads bash the fash...
@sebastianganga266 Жыл бұрын
some confusion here, jamaicans were not skinheads. english working class youth product. the rest just rubish
@geegod91224 жыл бұрын
You were biting the style, swag, vibes of Jamaican and west Indian rude boys, let's not front
@paddynijmegen87762 жыл бұрын
yeah iam a skinhead to 27 years and i die like a skin
@StephenDBurge-in5qi3 жыл бұрын
Still pulling on the boots 😜
@roybowers43155 жыл бұрын
i was a skinhead in 1967 in coventry listening to reggae and soul this where they started not london and it can be proved by photographs in the local paper at that time
@AtZero1385 жыл бұрын
Much Respect to You.. from a Skinhead since the early 90s.. California.. your Legacy is alive and well with Us..
@user-fn8yh6zh2s Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😅
@yordanstoqnov66815 жыл бұрын
0:10 where is this
@justindacke50124 жыл бұрын
Subculture it's not from Jamaica but certainly influenced in some ways by Jamaica
@skinhead53 жыл бұрын
No.
@iconsana98435 жыл бұрын
This is beautiful ❤️ Got Instagram?
@vandie97592 жыл бұрын
levi 501's and he has 508's on
@jarnomontanamusic235 жыл бұрын
Free london circxs...
@johnnyb88253 жыл бұрын
0:19 Skinhead didn't "come" from Jamaica but a lot of their influences did. Both mods and skinheads were influenced by Jamaican rude boys and there was overlap between all three.
@Smoking_Man Жыл бұрын
Whats skinhead about? Music. Where did the music come from? Jamaica.
@adriansymcox16414 жыл бұрын
great upload very interesting
@teguhariw4 жыл бұрын
Sharp
@wayneshanton39274 жыл бұрын
All my. Life. 73. For. Life. It's away. Of. Life
@dolanpatrick75655 жыл бұрын
I came across this and was a bit confused, but flooded with thought. And going to reasearch. A counter movement against extreme racist/ predgedist movement?
@oiskinheadpeter68632 жыл бұрын
Sharp and Rash
@susanarapretti36274 жыл бұрын
Que exitante.
@alejandrocastro20534 жыл бұрын
😵😵😵😵
@wyverntheterrible5 жыл бұрын
How comes everytime you see a doc or feature on skins, they are falling over themselves to stress 'oh no, skins was never racist, we all wanted to be rude boys, and were influenced by Jamaicans, who were all our pals', yet pretty much every skin i ever met was, if not overly racist, defo nationalistic. And that's not a criticism, far from it, just fact. Fair play to this guy, this sounds more like the true skins. I think it's the absolute minority that looked up to Jamiacan culture or aspired to be like them at all, despite what every fucker on BBC would have you think. Yeah that listened to ska in the early days, but that was that.
@jansolo48245 жыл бұрын
Talking Wyvern i was a part of Punk/Skin gang and we were definitely Antifascist and Antirascist. The roots of Skinheads are black and white, so as the the lad in the Video says.
@wyverntheterrible5 жыл бұрын
@@jansolo4824 Your anecdotal experience doesn't mean anything pal.
@jansolo48245 жыл бұрын
Talking Wyvern the same goes for you.
@sektionf11765 жыл бұрын
What are you rambling about? Skinheads didn´t look up to Jamaican culture or aspired to be like them. It isn´t that simple, so just drop it. It can be very hard to understand, even if you have been in the skinhead scene for 10-20 years. Most documentaries, books and stuff like to tell the same narrative. But it isn´t as simple as they often make it sound. It was a thing that happened then and there. Times where a changing, and a lot of things happened in the UK. In all this, two workingclass cultures came to merge with each other, to what years later became to be known as a subculture wich they called "Skinheads". There is thousands of crucial elements that needs to be taken in consideration. It´s a natural phenomenon.
@gieen77552 жыл бұрын
Just a bold punk. Nothing to do with SH movement.
@mickywilde29595 жыл бұрын
That's yer lot
@elpentagramainvertido29794 жыл бұрын
Oi!OiOi!
@jamespage5473 жыл бұрын
check out tim steinfort freedom and change the establishment oi oi great video