These days, it seems everyone thinks all skinheads are racist. Thanks to the mass-media (looking for a sensationalized story to sell papers and air-time), and the increased growth of the racist right's organizing efforts in North America, the skinhead subculture has been stolen and demonized by racists. The original skinheads first appeared in England in the late 1960's, growing out of the "rude-boy" and "hard-mod" movements. White, working-class kids who couldn't afford to keep up with the increasingly expensive tastes of the mod movement adopted their own, hard mod, style, placing their emphasis on clean, practical clothing and hairstyles suitable for work and on taking pride in being working class. An influx of working-class immigrants from the West Indies brought the hard mods into direct contact with the Carribean youth subculture of the rude boys, who introduced the hard mods to the joys of ska and reggae and the rugged individualism that was their trademark. Never at odds with each other, the members of these two youth subcultures united, and skinheads were the result. The original skins were black and white, and listened to ska music (a faster, more danceable predecessor to reggae), as well as soul and blue beat. These skins had a tough, clean style which expressed their working-class backgrounds, wearing Doc Marten workboots, Levis jeans, donkey jackets, and suspenders (called "braces"). At dances they would wear flashy suits, and youth from Britain and the West Indies would mix freely, openly admiring and adapting each other's music, style and culture. Racial violence by "skinheads" was practically non-existent at this point. How could there be when the skinhead style grew out of black culture, and skins listened to black music?! (for this reason, we call neo-nazis "boneheads" because they are an abomination to where real skinheads come from and a betrayal to the real skinhead culture). Obviously, the skinhead subculture can truly claim to be one of the only youth movements with multicultural roots. It is true that skinheads were often linked to violence (which was frequently mindless). Skinheads frequently got into scraps with other subcultures, the police, and towards the end, other skinheads. This eventually led to their downfall, and by 1972 the original skins were a rare breed. Out of the punk rock explosion of the late 70's grew Oi!, a street level movement of kids dedicated to bringing punk back to its angry roots. Oi! bands sung about real issues faced by youth in the UK, such as unemployment, prison, authority, etc., and many of the original and most revered bands had an obvious left-wing slant (such as SHAM 69, THE BUSINESS, and the ANGELIC UPSTARTS). Since the skinhead movement is a movement for and about working-class youth, this political leaning only makes sense. Following the popularity of OI!, the NATIONAL FRONT (a fascist political party which at the time was at its height in Britain), eager to recruit young, expendable cannon fodder to do their dirty work for them in street fights, began to attempt to co-opt the skinhead image. It is at this point (more than a decade after the original birth of the skinhead movement) that the first racist and neo-nazi "skinheads" also began to appear. A bastardization of the original racially-mixed skinhead movement, they sought easy scapegoats to the problems of unemployment and recession, blaming immigrants, blacks, and other minorities instead of the conservative British government (then under Maggie "the vampire" Thatcher). Nazi bonehead bands such as SKREWDRIVER and BRUTAL ATTACK, and organizations like BLOOD & HONOR (a racist bonehead network) made the message popular Of course, the mass media helped the nazis along by giving them exposure without debate. Interested only in selling papers, the media refused to allow anti-racist skins a voice, effectively silencing those who directly fought this nazi-resurgence on the streets, and flooding the skin scene with right-wing scum. Despite this setback, real anti-racist skins continued to fight on for their tradition by organizing Oi! against racism concerts, and physically fighting nazis out of the streets and shows. It was at this point that the real skins also gave rise to the Two-Tone ska movement, which strongly condemned the racist boneheads. Multiracial ska bands like The Specials, Bad Manners, Madness & The Selecter rose to the top of the charts, building ska to the height of its popularity and promoting multiracial unity along the way. People ask why we don't just give up being skins, since we get attacked both by the right for being anti-racist, and the left and general public who think all skins are racist. To this,we answer that skinhead is our identity. We believe in it. It is who we are. We are proud of what being a skin really stands for (and not the racist shit preached by the right and the media), and we want to create a culture that expresses our ideals. In short, being a skin is our life, and we won't let anyone take that away from us. Many skins argue that we should keep our beliefs out of the scene. To this we argue that being a skin means standing up for what you believe in, and having pride in it. We hate the rich, the police, the nazis and the politicians. We want change because we're tired of being screwed over, and we want a better world. Politics affects our lives, and we're of letting others "crucify" us without a fight. We're proud of our beliefs because they are a part of who we are and where we want to go. And we're working-class skins who want a change, so our beliefs belong at the shows, clubs, and dancehalls "Fencewalkers" are skins who refuse to take sides, but claim to be into "unity". We argue that there can be no "unity" with boneheads who are a blight on the authentic skinhead culture and have no place in our scene. In the coming battle you have to choose sides-the nazis or us. And you'd better know which side of the fence you stand on.
This is Our answer to those BONEHEAD who claim that it is great to be racist in Indonesia! Fuck You All! Bloody Wankers! and Fuck You to all the FENCEWALKERS! Better Off Dead!
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Real SKINHEADS ain't Racist!!!! Fuck the bonehead nazis and ignorance!
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Di Bandung sendiri, Oi! dimulai pertengahan 90-an diawali dengan Runtah. Ketika terjadi booming Ska di Indonesia, bermunculan banyak Skinhead, entah mereka hanya poseurs, trendy wankers ataupun a true SKINHEAD itselfs. Seiring dengan "mati"-nya tren ska karena dihantam secara dahsyat oleh major label, maka menghilang pulalah Skinhead. Tapi ingat, setiap hilangnya suatu tren bukan berarti hilang pula subkultur yang tercipta atau terbawa oleh trend tersebut. Walaupun sedikit, tapi Skinhead di Indonesia, di Bandung khususnya still going strong and getting bigger. Ada beberapa organisasi Skinhead di dunia yang masuk ke Indonesia. Antara lain adalah Red Anarchist Skinhead dan Skinhead Against Racial Prejudice. Bahkan Neo-Nazi Skinhead sendiri ada di negara kulit berwarna seperti Indonesia ini. Beberapa gelintir Skinhead Rasis ini terlihat di Bandung dan Jakarta. Di Yogyakarta para Skinhead umumnya sudah mengerti asal muasal sub Kultur ini. Di Yogyakarta beberapa band skinhead memainkan ska selain Oi! dan Hardcore. Sampai saat ini sudah banyak sekali band Oi! di Bandung, seperti Haircuts, Rentenir, Battle 98, The Real Enemy, Sanfranskins, One Voice, dan banyak lagi. Karena gelombang Skinhead Rasis yang mulai meresahkan maka beberapa skinhead non-rasis dan anti rasis dari beberapa band Oi! di Bandung, membuat sebuah band bernama Combat 34 yang sangat anti rasis, nama band ini adalah ejekan untuk skinhead rasis di Jakarta yg menamakan diri COMBAT 18 Indonesia atau apalah!, lagu-lagu mereka bercerita tentang apa gunanya jadi rasis di Indonesia, ajakan berkelahi untuk para skinhead rasis, dan pastinya juga tentang sepak bola, perkelahian di jalan, dengan moto mereka "Sometimes Anti-Social but Always Anti-Racist". Band-band ini sudah merilis beberapa kompilasi dan mini album di bawah naungan United Races Records. Skinhead di Bandung sering terlihat di workers store di gedung Miramar lantai dasar sebelah Palaguna. Sekarang Gd. Miramar ini sudah tidak ada, dan kita dapat menemui mereka di P.I. (Pasar Induk) yang berlokasi di belakang mal Bandung Indah Plaza. Jangan lupakan kota pelajar, Yogyakarta, disini ada banyak band2 Oi!/streetpunk, mereka masing2 memiliki ciri yang berbeda antar bandnya, seperti Captain Oi!, Sardonic, Dom 65, Elang Bondol, Selokan Mataram, Bala Nusantara dan masih banyak lagi, selain banyak yang sudah RIP, band2 ini berada di bawah naungan Realino Records, Ruckson Music (milik salah satu personel Dom 65), Unite n Strong. skinhead di Yogyakarta dapat ditemui di daerah jalan Mataram. Ada beberapa album baik full ataupun kompilasi yang telah beredar. Di Jakarta sendiri scene skinhead cukup berkembang dengan baik. Kita dapat menemui banyak skinhead di seputaran kota ini. Mulai dari Trad Skins, SHARP Skins, sampai yang Rasis pun ada. Band-band Oi! asal Jakarta antara lain adalah The End, Anti-Squad, Garuda Botak, the Gross, the Bretel, dan lainnya. Beberapa Band tadi ada yang dirilis oleh WARRIOR records.
Keep It Fwd!!!,1969-2009 Spirit of '69, 40years Celebration!!! Kite berpecah kerana permusuhan antara golongan Pemusuhan!!! Againt the hatred,unite the kids,to the streets we belong!! Tribute to Warzone Free CD Compilation HC World wide CD 24Blasting Song!! for early bird!!! The kids R united "Tribute to Warzone" list band update....Skinheads,hardcore,StraightXedge & Punk Malaysia Gath!!! Rest In Power...We never forget the streets...RIP Raybeez!!! Respect!!SUPPORT D.I.Y BAND!!! FINAL Band UPDATE!!!To the streets where we belong!!! www.myspace.com/streervoice69
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Keep It Fwd!!!,1969-2009 Spirit of '69, 40years Celebration!!!
Kite berpecah kerana permusuhan antara golongan Pemusuhan!!!
Againt the hatred,unite the kids,to the streets we belong!!
Tribute to Warzone Free CD Compilation HC World wide CD 24Blasting Song!! for early bird!!! The kids R united "Tribute to Warzone" list band update....Skinheads,hardcore,StraightXedge &
Punk Malaysia Gath!!! Rest In Power...We never forget the streets...RIP Raybeez!!! Respect!!SUPPORT D.I.Y BAND!!! FINAL Band UPDATE!!!To the streets where we belong!!!
www.myspace.com/streervoice69
Keep it fwd Final list band!!! United HCPunk & skinheads tribute 2 warzone!!!!
i wish u were here.......
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Tribute to Warzone 2009 on this 18 Oct 2009!!!One Cafe Jln Tar Chow kit Kualau Lumpur
be there!!! Keep it fwd HcPunk,Skinheads & Crass!!The kids R united!
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