ACAB are, err were, a Skinhead band of the highest quality from Malaysia. Sadly, like most music from so called third world countries, they have been ignored by most of the world–not here, however! When we here at Skinbyrd.com scream ‘Working Class Pride’ worldwide, we mean it! Not just England, France and the USA! But the whole of the world! In fact we’d like to start featuring more top-notch skinhead bands from across the globe, so please do feel free to get in touch and point us in the direction of the finest street music from your corner of the globe. After the jump, videos of ACAB Read more »

Posted: May 22nd, 2008 under movies, music, oi! anthems.
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Oh the game! The beautiful, beautiful game! Of course, we’re talking about football–and not that steroid fueled thick necked yawnfest the NFL–but rather the most popular sport the world over, the one true love of any self-respecting byrd and the joy of every youth on the street. I know we’ve promised you more coverage of the leagues, but just getting boys away from the pubs long enough to scribble or pound the keys has been more of a hassle than we anticipated. The pull of lager, whiskey and cider is too great!

Hopefully you’ve been keeping tabs on neck and neck horse race that BPL has turned into, with Arsenal and Man U scraping and clawing over each other for the glory, every point being worth more than its weight in gold. Meanwhile, amongst the dregs, Fulham struggles to stay clear of regulation–turning it on in the last minute this week to clear three, keeping the dream alive. Then there is the African Cup, with the seemingly unstoppable Cote-d’Ivoire’s thrashing of Guinea and Ghana’s startling ten man upset of African powerhouse Nigeria–will they meet in the final? And finally, I cry myself to sleep over the nightmare that my beloved FC Barcelona’s season has become, so much promise coming in, only to spend most of the year sniffing around Real Madrid’s refuse. Speaking of which, me and some of the geezer’s hit up a viewing of the rather brilliant Zidane, Un Portrait Du 21e Siècle, and I can’t recommend it enough… Read more »

Posted: February 5th, 2008 under football, movies, photos, reviews, soccer.
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