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Skinheads, named for their close-cropped or shaven heads, are a working-class subculture that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1960s, and then spread to other parts of the world. The first skinheads were greatly influenced by West Indian (specifically Jamaican rude boys and British mods, as well as American greasers and British Teddy boys, rockers, and Ton-up boys, in terms of fashion, music and lifestyle.[1][2] Originally, the skinhead subculture was primarily based on those elements, not politics or race.[3] Since then, however, attitudes toward race and politics have become factors in where skinheads align themselves. The political spectrum within the skinhead scene ranges from the far right to the far left, although many skinheads remain apolitical. Fashion-wise, skinheads range from a clean-cut 1960s mod-influenced style to less-strict punk- and hardcore-influenced styles. In the late 1950s, the United Kingdom's entrenched class system limited most working class people's educational, housing, and economic opportunities. However, Britain's post-war economic boom led to an increase in disposable income among many young people. Some of those youths spent that income on new fashions popularised by American soul groups, British R&B bands, certain movie actors, and Carnaby Street clothing merchants.[4][5] These youths became known as the mods, a youth subculture noted for its consumerism—and devotion to fashion, music, and scooters.[6] Mods of lesser means made do with practical styles that suited their lifestyle and employment circumstances: steel-toe boots, straight-leg jeans or Sta-Prest trousers, button-up shirts, and braces (called suspenders in the USA). When possible, these working-class mods spent their money on suits and other sharp outfits to wear at dancehalls, where they enjoyed soul, ska, bluebeat and rocksteady music.[7][8] Around 1965, a schism developed between the peacock mods (also known as smooth mods), who were less violent and always wore the latest expensive clothes, and the hard mods (also known as gang mods), who were identified by their shorter hair and more working-class image.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skinhead
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Wojtka09 napisał :what's the artists name in the last song? the melodic one
BoOtSnBrAcEs93 napisał :
Im a 15 year old skin and the only one in my area i love the music the style the Mates!Its a shame the skinhead name was taken from us working class skins and given to these rich up their own ass nazi's,(Yes i am a 15 year old working class kid..work as a part time removal man) see you guys later Oi!
oispiritof69oi napisał :
oi oi mate im a 14 year old skinhead where a bouts you from?
Hondaboy27160478 napisał :
photo at 4.02 shows, cop chasing skin & closed petrol station, price is £1.56, but that was per gallon. Thought it was too much then, :-) Little did we know.
skinxhead napisał :
its sad how our culture just became a scene. people are fucking it up making crews and fighting for some dumb reasons.. now u can even go to an allniter cuz theirs drama and people hating on everyone man its not wwhat it used to be when i first became a skinhead good times !!! oh well life goes on skinhead is in the heart
arbeia76 napisał :
Skinheadz are skinheadz and nazis are boneheadz
colinkiang napisał :
This montage was wicked! I wasn't born until '73 and was always very militantly a Mod, but my best friends were all skins (good protection:) ). I am glad that this Youtube video is out there, to set the record straight. For all of the boneheads and racists...fuck ya sideways and go to hell. Best clothes, best music, best attitude. Bar none.
Crazymike00 napisał :
Skinheads are skinheads, nazis are nazis.
grungesponge489 napisał :
what in the FUCK does that have anything to do with what im talking about oh wait oi oi oi oi i remember typing that and some shit about a uniform... if only i can find that anywhere in where i wrote
oldpatcole napisał :
i was a skin in the early 70s dont think it was racial then could be wrong it was the clothes for me stay pressed ben shermans laofers cherry reds reggea ska fucking great times