Real Skinheads

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Originally Posted by X

It was a bit before my time (and we were overseas when I was a kid), but I have some older friends who were British skinheads and they have told me that all the music actually was derived from Ska and Reggae. I know some black guys who were skinheads too.

Maybe it was different in America?

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Your spot on X.

Also, the actual name 'Skin-Head' was initially cahmpioned by British Jamaicans too. Im not sure about the Doc-Martins & Bommer-Jacket look though ???

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Originally Posted by J. Buddy

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Originally Posted by X

It was a bit before my time (and we were overseas when I was a kid), but I have some older friends who were British skinheads and they have told me that all the music actually was derived from Ska and Reggae. I know some black guys who were skinheads too.

Maybe it was different in America?

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Your spot on X.

Also, the actual name 'Skin-Head' was initially cahmpioned by British Jamaicans too. Im not sure about the Doc-Martins & Bommer-Jacket look though ???

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Its an offshoot of the mod movement
It was originally called "hard mod"
Basically it was a bunch of working class kids,who while they liked the hard rock sound of the mod movement,didnt want to,and couldnt afford to dress like total poofs
Slade are more or less skins on their first record,the two movements melded in to one about 1968
As far as bombers and Doc,quite sensible really,if your working class
Docs were a very comfortable workshoe that was subrisingly affordable,bombers you could get as army surplus,theyre warm,and they last roughly forever
I still do car repairs in my green one I got in the 80's