Been a skin since 79. It never leaves you and the only memories are good ones. Especially the bad memories, they were some of the best. Skinhead for life
the govt had destroyed everything, the youth needed something to call thiers, sometimes it was musical, sometimes whimsical, sometimes just violent. but we were skins......and it was magical......a group that embodied not just mususic byt culture of the time......the thatcher govt created the monster that bacame beautiful and didnt divide people it united them against a common enemy...........the establishment.......now we are seen as cultarly significant, and youths of today dress like us....i still dress the same, only moire stylish.
We used to go to the 100 club in Oxford street , got to know some French skins (they had fags) they asked me where there was a Tattooist and i told them , next week they came in with there faces totally covered in tats ( one had the french flag on his cheek ) , we thought they were mental back then .
THIS IS WHAT YOUTHS WAS ABOUT GREAT FASHION AND GREAT MUSIC NOT LIKE TODAY RUBBISH 70s AND 80s WERE THE BEST TIMES PROUD TO BE BRITISH SKINS AND PUNK MUSIC WAS JUST FUCKING BRILLIANT
What I remember about the early Skinhead generation '68/72 was just how young most of them were. Mainly all around 10 to 16 year old working class lads. In those days as son as you left school (& youth clubs) then you would have to dress appropriately for work or change style because you was getting married!!!
late 70's early 80's they got along with many mixed bands, half punks and half skins so called Skunx, bands like Blitz, Anti Social, Attak, Ejected, Crux, Infa Riot, Violators and many more had both punks and skins followers. Earlier bands Like Sham 69, Menace, Angelic Upstarts, Cock Sparrer and Cockney were originally punk rock bands with Skinehads following, but no Skinhead outlook. By 1983 /1984 the two scenes split apart because politic issues had become heavy influential, so no more shows with both punk/hardcore and OI! bands on the same bill. Also bands like Exploited, One Way System, Peter & The Test Tube Babies were considered almost OI! bands, then you had the Crust Anarcho Punks scene of the like of Crass, Amebix, Conflict...another thing...
Some great pics. I didn't go skin til 88-89. Lucky enough to remember the 80s well though. Last great era for music and subcultures no doubt bout that. The tune is an old Acid Attack song isn't it?
My uncle and his gang use to beat up skinheads for fun, they eventually grew their hair and the “baldie bashing” stopped because there was no skinheads to beat up, most grew their hair back out of fear of attacks.
Cool story bro! What time period? City? Country? Did they pick on loners when they were 12-1? Did they use weapons? Who were these skinheads that they 'beat up'-just non political ones? Nazis? Or did the gang didnt even know?
Whot a Joke..🤣🤣🤣 Hey tough guys send your uncle's and his gang to Malaysia and I will surely confirmed yrs uncle n his gangs R.I.P in split second.. Skinhead 4life
@@zackstinger9385 Since he hasnt answered I call bullshit on this one and will assume his uncle and his gang at most scared some 14 year old freshcut a time or two.
The song is by The Disrupters, an early 80's Punk band. Skinheads didn't have their own music in 68-73 as you probably remember. it wasn't til the late 70's that Skinheads formed their own bands and started to have their own music.
@@wolflarson6831 Early Slade attempted to be a 'recognised Skinhead band' but it wasn't accepted by the media at the time. In a way you are right about Skinheads not owning their own music preferring to listen to mainly Jamaican/reggae sound instead. There were song's referencing skinheads in '69.
skinhead since the 80's and still going .funny thing is i get complimented on my look by people who don't know what the look represent but they like the shiny boots and the half inch suspender on my fred perry button-up work shirt .what can you say ,we skinheads do look good .oi! from montreal canada.
Things have evolve since the 60's you know. I have never meet a skinhead over the last 30 years that didnt have a handful of punk/Oi records in their record collection.
Skinheads don't listen to Punk, wow that's a new one. So, all the Skinheads who have been listening to Punk music since 1977 are what figments of the imagination? Glad there is still people like you in the scene writing rules for everyone else.
@@wolflarson6831 I was referring to the original skins who started in the late sixties and early seventies. I’m not stupid enough to think that the later ones didn’t listen to punk. I was there in 76 when punk started.
@@Mod-rw9cw Then why even make your original comment? The title of the video is 70's/80's English Skinheads. I don't think anyone is stupid enough to think 60's Skinheads listened to Punk. I am old and remember 76 as well, as if that matters.
Good lord mate.. even if you are wp, you have to admit skinhead was not all white.. .I met a half caste Brit Jamaican skinhead when I had to live in a kids home in 87. We were both 15 at tine. He ran with Hereford skins. He was one of the first friends I made in Worcester and I was only there 3 yrs..
Anyone after the 90s just don't know what they've missed....late 70sEarly 80s was a great time growing up...U had Mods/Skins/Punks/Teds.....know you have nothing....No cultural identity....U went out to look good back then...that was the Botton.....LOOOOKING GREAAT!!!!!!.....I DO MISS'EM🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
I think that too mate. Back then there were all sorts. Now everyone's the same bland X-Factor idolising wankers. My first holiday without mum & dad was to some crappy caravan park in Great Yarmouth with a mix of lovely non racist skins and two of us punks. We all had a right good laugh.
I was born in 2001 but I’ve always liked 70´s 80´s and 90’s music styles : punk rock, ska, rock steaddy beat, And I would have loved to live in these eras
THEY ALL LOOK LIKE ORPHANS..WITH THEIR REENIHAIRCUT, THE GIRLS WERE VERY UGLY..ANGRY BOYS..short hair..(cause of lice) UGLY TOO BACK TO ORPHANAGE MISSING SOMETHING?..........love
The Disrupters!
Schöne alte bilder
Been a skin since 79. It never leaves you and the only memories are good ones. Especially the bad memories, they were some of the best. Skinhead for life
BOVVER BOYS !!!!!!
That's a skinhead,scar,to toon,a real skin.😊
the govt had destroyed everything, the youth needed something to call thiers, sometimes it was musical, sometimes whimsical, sometimes just violent. but we were skins......and it was magical......a group that embodied not just mususic byt culture of the time......the thatcher govt created the monster that bacame beautiful and didnt divide people it united them against a common enemy...........the establishment.......now we are seen as cultarly significant, and youths of today dress like us....i still dress the same, only moire stylish.
We used to go to the 100 club in Oxford street , got to know some French skins (they had fags) they asked me where there was a Tattooist and i told them , next week they came in with there faces totally covered in tats ( one had the french flag on his cheek ) , we thought they were mental back then .
I was a Skin all thru out the 80s and 90s- They need this lifestyle to come back-
Hehe spotted meself 0:14 :P
Forever S.H.A.R.P. SIMPLEMENT PERFECTE.
Miss ya Skins. Come back and give Blighty some class again.
Scots, Brits, Irish, Welsh, we're all gonna be bred out eventually if this nonsense continues!
And up north in my home, Glasgow, we need to get our Razor Gangs back ASAP!!!
Good skrewdriver tshirt👍 hello from Spain 🇪🇦
Shame about the choice of music
Love the skinheads , wish they were more visible these days though , we need some English spirit back
Crap music
THIS IS WHAT YOUTHS WAS ABOUT GREAT FASHION AND GREAT MUSIC NOT LIKE TODAY RUBBISH 70s AND 80s WERE THE BEST TIMES PROUD TO BE BRITISH SKINS AND PUNK MUSIC WAS JUST FUCKING BRILLIANT
What I remember about the early Skinhead generation '68/72 was just how young most of them were. Mainly all around 10 to 16 year old working class lads. In those days as son as you left school (& youth clubs) then you would have to dress appropriately for work or change style because you was getting married!!!
Did punks and skinheads get along or did they hate each other?
late 70's early 80's they got along with many mixed bands, half punks and half skins so called Skunx, bands like Blitz, Anti Social, Attak, Ejected, Crux, Infa Riot, Violators and many more had both punks and skins followers. Earlier bands Like Sham 69, Menace, Angelic Upstarts, Cock Sparrer and Cockney were originally punk rock bands with Skinehads following, but no Skinhead outlook. By 1983 /1984 the two scenes split apart because politic issues had become heavy influential, so no more shows with both punk/hardcore and OI! bands on the same bill. Also bands like Exploited, One Way System, Peter & The Test Tube Babies were considered almost OI! bands, then you had the Crust Anarcho Punks scene of the like of Crass, Amebix, Conflict...another thing...
Some great pics. I didn't go skin til 88-89. Lucky enough to remember the 80s well though. Last great era for music and subcultures no doubt bout that. The tune is an old Acid Attack song isn't it?
disrupters - "shelter for the rich" from the album: gas the punx
Nice songs!
the disrupters (norwich punks)
I'm glad my video is still up.
At 2:51 black skin hanging out with a guy in a skrewdriver shirt. Yep, that was the 80's.
My uncle and his gang use to beat up skinheads for fun, they eventually grew their hair and the “baldie bashing” stopped because there was no skinheads to beat up, most grew their hair back out of fear of attacks.
Cool story bro! What time period? City? Country? Did they pick on loners when they were 12-1? Did they use weapons? Who were these skinheads that they 'beat up'-just non political ones? Nazis? Or did the gang didnt even know?
Whot a Joke..🤣🤣🤣 Hey tough guys send your uncle's and his gang to Malaysia and I will surely confirmed yrs uncle n his gangs R.I.P in split second.. Skinhead 4life
@@zackstinger9385 Since he hasnt answered I call bullshit on this one and will assume his uncle and his gang at most scared some 14 year old freshcut a time or two.
@@Millwall77 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Cheers mate
Your uncle used to beat your auntie and then his meat.
this is absolutely NOT skinhead music, i was a skinhead 1968 to 1973
That's because it's oi! Music you idiot
The song is by The Disrupters, an early 80's Punk band. Skinheads didn't have their own music in 68-73 as you probably remember. it wasn't til the late 70's that Skinheads formed their own bands and started to have their own music.
@@wolflarson6831 Early Slade attempted to be a 'recognised Skinhead band' but it wasn't accepted by the media at the time. In a way you are right about Skinheads not owning their own music preferring to listen to mainly Jamaican/reggae sound instead. There were song's referencing skinheads in '69.
3:36 the girl and boy dancing together are American skins visiting from Santa Cruz , California.
Oi
Best days ever, wish I could go back and live it all again Oi Oi 🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴
Me too 👍
Lucky
skinhead since the 80's and still going .funny thing is i get complimented on my look by people who don't know what the look represent but they like the shiny boots and the half inch suspender on my fred perry button-up work shirt .what can you say ,we skinheads do look good .oi! from montreal canada.
Always looking sharp
Music crap and nothing to do with skins
He's speaking about the rich u loser arse
check out tim steinfort freedom and change the establishment oi oi
Are you his manager or something? Since you copy and paste that text all over youtube.
@@Millwall77 no about time people woke up that’s all oi oi
I was a skin loved my look . boots and corduroys red braces now days its perverts shitheads
Now this IS Skinhead. No mess no fuss. Pure city streets. No larping about what the neo liberals idea of what skinhead is. This is my generation.
Glad you enjoyed, check out my new skinhead compilation
What’s up with the music . Skins listen to reggae and ska not punk.
Things have evolve since the 60's you know. I have never meet a skinhead over the last 30 years that didnt have a handful of punk/Oi records in their record collection.
Strangely Skinheads in the 60's were into Ska, Reggae, and Slade, they went mad on just that one rock group.
Skinheads don't listen to Punk, wow that's a new one. So, all the Skinheads who have been listening to Punk music since 1977 are what figments of the imagination? Glad there is still people like you in the scene writing rules for everyone else.
@@wolflarson6831 I was referring to the original skins who started in the late sixties and early seventies. I’m not stupid enough to think that the later ones didn’t listen to punk. I was there in 76 when punk started.
@@Mod-rw9cw Then why even make your original comment? The title of the video is 70's/80's English Skinheads. I don't think anyone is stupid enough to think 60's Skinheads listened to Punk. I am old and remember 76 as well, as if that matters.
Better days no shite or victim cards been played pure white British 👏🏻
Good lord mate.. even if you are wp, you have to admit skinhead was not all white.. .I met a half caste Brit Jamaican skinhead when I had to live in a kids home in 87. We were both 15 at tine. He ran with Hereford skins. He was one of the first friends I made in Worcester and I was only there 3 yrs..
@@colddaze6680 I'm not a racist pal I'm just saying those where better days for everyone
@@GlasgowBandit fair enough.. you can understand how "pure white British' might look to some though yeah.
A way of life...
Good pictures but crap irrelevant music. Could’ve kept the original skins separate from revival.
Anyone after the 90s just don't know what they've missed....late 70sEarly 80s was a great time growing up...U had Mods/Skins/Punks/Teds.....know you have nothing....No cultural identity....U went out to look good back then...that was the Botton.....LOOOOKING GREAAT!!!!!!.....I DO MISS'EM🇬🇧🏴🏴🏴
me too, it was amazing. All those tribes, all those cool looks. Always keep on looking back to it.
I think that too mate. Back then there were all sorts. Now everyone's the same bland X-Factor idolising wankers. My first holiday without mum & dad was to some crappy caravan park in Great Yarmouth with a mix of lovely non racist skins and two of us punks. We all had a right good laugh.
I was born in 2001 but I’ve always liked 70´s 80´s and 90’s music styles : punk rock, ska, rock steaddy beat, And I would have loved to live in these eras
You forgot Rockabilly’s and Psychobillys..
100% well said miss them days but at least have great memories unlike today
I recognize some Dutch skins in this. Ray from Evil Conduct and some cunts from Amsterdam. Fuck 020! FCU Forza Utreg!
Why the odd music?
Cock Sparrer Sunday Stripper was a mellow song for an Oi album. Used to like that one.
THEY ALL LOOK LIKE ORPHANS..WITH THEIR REENIHAIRCUT, THE GIRLS WERE VERY UGLY..ANGRY BOYS..short hair..(cause of lice) UGLY TOO BACK TO ORPHANAGE MISSING SOMETHING?..........love
The girl's were smokin
They don't make 'em like they used to. Watching from London.
Jamaican Skins ? Guardian readers would be shocked.
I was a skin back in 78 to 81 good old days. no shite phones and everyone filming what they eating ffs
Que banda es????
The disruptors - shelters for the rich
whats going on, 2mins 50 seconds?
hahahaha situación bipolar
wrong music skinhead moon stomp
Things have evolved since 69 you know....
Very cool ..nice pictures .greetings from germany
Que banda es
disrupters - "shelter for the rich" from the album: gas the punx