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PapaSkin
04-11-2007, 11:20 AM
Skinheads created one of the most iconic youth movements ever to emerge in Britain. It quickly became defined by terror, menace and racism. But beneath the shaved heads and steel-capped boots lay a more complex reality. Now the style and substance of this uniquely English tribe is to be reassessed in a new film and an exhibition of stunning photographs taken by a young skinhead in the early Eighties I was so intense about being a skinhead, to me it was final' ... Gavin Watson's brother Neville shares a bottle of cider with his mates. Photograph: Gavin Watson READ MORE..

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PapaSkin
04-11-2007, 12:44 PM
This is a good article....

SixAndChange
04-11-2007, 01:03 PM
Ive read that before, it's good except this one part scares me,

"'Just watch the way a skinhead moves. There is a lot of lapel twitching. The head twists out as if the skin is wearing an old-fashioned collar that's too tight for comfort.' He observed the cigarette tip turned inwards in the palm, brought down from the mouth in an exaggerated arc."

I can just see some old hairy psychologist with a laser pointer giving a lecture, "Here they are, these are skinheads! Fascinating little creature of sub-cultural fame..."

PapaSkin
04-11-2007, 01:17 PM
haha, ya some of it is odd..haha