Bastards in Claret & Blue

thorn — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 03:15:34 +0000

After spending a fine Sunday afternoon in the wasteland that is Ohio watching West Ham take the on Columbus Crew, we figured a few of you might appreciate this documentary from 1985 regarding the infamous ICF–especially in light of the rumblings regarding the so called riot between the Crew’s Hudson Street Hooligans and the infamous bastards in claret & blue. Its long, and many of the lads could use a haircut, but its quite worth your time…

Hard Mod…

thorn — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:59:50 +0000

This looks like it’ll be great! Who’s going?

Nothing Has Changed…

thorn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:01:20 +0000

Its been a little while, but we’re back in action with the much loved and adored Skinbyrd.com mixtape! For this, the sixth manifestation of the series, we head off in a little more of a spirit of 77 meets power pop direction–the perfect soundtrack for your weekly scooter trek down to the shore, always on the outlook for teddy boys to get in a tangle or two with… (more…)

Skinheads on a Rampage…

thorn — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:08:38 +0000

Today, in honor of America, hot dogs, pretty girls and apple pie–we give you the classic Shaved for Battle from Boston legends Stars & Stripes. Fronted by the legendary Jack Kelly aka Choke of Last Rites, Negative FX and Slapshot, Stars & Stripes are the power and the glory that is American Oi. Fourteen tracks of shaven head and big booted glory! Classic punk that clearly aims to put the boot in! (more…)

Staring at the Rude Girls…

thorn — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:34:36 +0000

I know we got some stick for the last bit about Vice Magazine and Skinheads but, if they keep giving us photos of girls like this, how quickly our opinion of them changes… (more…)

Stay Close To Me…

thorn — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:39:35 +0000

Vice magazine continues their forays into the cult with this brief interview with notable skinhead photo maven, Gavin Watson. Known primarily for his book Skins Gavin lived the life he documented, and in this bit discusses the often overshadowed role, especially given the rise of the National Front and their co-opting of the shaven head and heavy boot look, of black skinheads in the late 70s. Check it.. (more…)

Pull’n on the Boots

thorn — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 17:59:16 +0000

Here Comes The Weekend…

thorn — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:48:37 +0000

…and it looks like it’ll be a great one as far as we’re concerned… here’s yer soundtrack. (more…)

Make Your Mark

thorn — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:33:24 +0000

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 (more…)

The Modern World

thorn — Wed, 21 May 2008 15:42:48 +0000

Its been a bit, yes I know, but we’re still here, pining away for the downward spiral of our favored footie club (FC Barcelona), drowning our sorrows in pint after pint while the strains of sweet soul music fill the air. While many of you lot will fill the bars today to watch Chelski take on the dark forces of Man U in the Champions League final, we’ll be down at the rubber factory, steel cap boots on our feet, dreaming of what could have been. In other news… (more…)