A new youth subculture emerges in an era of Hippies and "Flower Power." Adopting Reggae as their music of choice, short cropped hair and a street style born out of their Working Class roots, this new breed are dubbed "Skinheads."
A mixture of Mod and Jamaican Rude Boy influences (and later redefined by 2 Tone, Punk, Oi and Hardcore), Skinhead represents a cross of cultures that came together to form a singular identity. From the onset, it was a positive match. But as their numbers swelled across the UK, so did their dubious reputation in the media; largely for public drunkenness, football hooliganism, and confrontations with Police. Although some of these reports were well deserved, most were often exaggerated.
Over time this unabated negative characterization by the British media (mixed with the rise of Right Wing politics in the '70s) would peg Skinheads with a new identity, one that embodied only the worst elements of society... Violent, Racist, Ignorant, Criminal. By the time Skinheads came to the attention of the American media (and Hollywood) in the mid-'80s, most of the mainstream public would only know this image of a Skinhead.
Yet, despite all the misinformation about Skinheads, the original spirit and style still thrives to this day. Its sense of Working Class pride is universal and bridges borders from Europe to the Americas, Malaysia and beyond. International and multicultural, Skinhead knows no bounds. The music, style and attitude still appeals to new generations across the globe. This documentary is a testament to that spirit.
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thanks for your comment in france in the 80's there are a lot of nazi skins and now in the 2000 there are a lot of red who are like nazis!!in my town they hurting kids of 13 years and say that's a nazi (nazi at 13??) and after there are stop by police and the other one make gig for help us!!!it make me vomit!!in the 80 they hunt skins (all!! not only nazi) with and spit on skinhead culture now they said they are the real skinheads beurkkk!!!!there a lot in france (paris bordeaux limoges marseille)they make gigs with extreme left wing party here i spit on these guys!!!
I loved all the information regarding the record companies and the background
tid bits regarding the bands. That was fascinating. There were some things I simply had not run across before. Great great reading. I never view any written work as the definitive TRUTH, because if you read different writers they will swing the microscope around and tell it from another perspective - what they think is most important you know. Plus if a person has any connection to what they are writing there can be an affect to the whole presentation which emerges from the effect the subject has on the author. So yes, there was a negative slant to some degree.....but I went in with an an awareness of the author beyond the history. So, it was kind of funny in places. It's like listening to someone talk direct. I have to check out "Five Minutes of Heaven!"
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