Why would there be Skinheads at a Punk Rock Convention?

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  1. Tarntyke

    Tarntyke Well-Known Member

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    Politically they are Poles apart. The Punks I knew were very left wing indeed. Skinheads are associated with the far right and tend to listen to Ska music, or am I just being stereotypical. Anyway, I noticed a lot of skinheads amongst the Hoardes of Punk Rockers at Blackpool yesterday. Very colourful indeed.
     
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    Because they like punk. There is much more overlap I think now rather than in 80's. And I know a guy who was a skinhead in 80s and he's very left wing
     
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    Go to the Courthouse and ask Spam about it. Had an interesting chat with him about the 80s and skinheads.
     
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    Ok Cheers, perhaps its the 'modern' skinheads that need a history lesson then? Anyway, enjoyed the spectacle yesterday, it looked fantastic.
     
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    Are you sure it wasn't just old punks that have gone bald?
     
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    there's actually a very close link. ironically, the original skinheads were actually ska/reggae/rocksteady boys, which is black music, and was adopted by the left wing/anti racist punk philosophies. the NF turned the skinhead into something very ugly.

    [video=youtube;WDAsVpsGo4w]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDAsVpsGo4w[/video]
     
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    Tomfun is quite right; don't confuse the skinheads as a musical collective with the political side that was hijacked by right wing extremists such as the NF.
     
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    The British skinhead movement pre-dates British punk by by a good 6-7 years. Bands like the Clash had a big skinhead following back in the late 70s.
     
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