From: braunste@summit.ATMOS.ColoState.Edu (steam)
Subject: faq/skalist
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 18:36:05 GMT
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO  80523

so here's this thing again for lack of anything else to post.  any  
suggestions or additions or corrections or dedications or crustacians or  
anything would be appreciated.

steam

Faq for Alt.Skinheads - by steam and em
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WHAT?
====
Are all skinheads racist you ask?  NO!  Contrary to popular belief, 
traditional skinheads are the FURTHEST thing from the people you see
on Geraldo or Morton Downey Jr.  There are several varieties as far as we  
know.  All these, however, seemed to have evolved from the rude boy scene  
in Jamaica and later in England.  In the late 60's, the mods were starting  
to fade out, the rudies were coming into style, and between the both of  
them, we got the traditional skinhead.  Since this time, skins have come  
in all shapes and sizes.  You can see them anywhere from hardcore shows to  
ska shows to KKK marches.  The current definition then of being skinny has  
become somewhat vague.

HOW?
===
-The style of the skinhead in the early years and what it is today are  
extremely different.  Loafers, 501's, Fred Perrys and Ben Shermans were  
*the* style.  A nice crombie or Harrington for a jacket.  Red 1/2 inch  
braces to hold up jeans that didn't need to be held up.  For skinhead  
girls, the style was basically the same, fishnets and bobby socks, monkey  
boots or loafers. 
-The question of how you lace your docs or combats or whatever seems to  
come up periodically.  People seem to think that white means racist, red  
means anti-racist and black means you're lazy.  I think this is shit.  The  
code varies so much from place to place so that it's almost meaningless.

WHERE?
=====
-Skins seem to be everywhere.  There are scenes in most of the major  
cities here in the US.  The New York scene is active around places like  
Wetlands and New Frontier with bands like Mephiskaphales, Skafflaws, NY  
Citizens, etc. (Lemme know what the scene's like in your part of the  
world)
-As for Europe, some German friends of mine said the skin scene in Berlin  
has gotten pretty fucked:  mostly nationalistic and racist, especially  
against migrant workers from eastern Europe (esp the Turks).  There is one  
group though, called the Redskins, who are anti-racist (kinda like SHARP  
here).  In Spain, you'll see skins but more in the hardcore scene than  
anything else.  I believe the Netherlands is this way too.

ADDRESSES:
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EROS Comix (they publish "Skinheads In Love")
PO Box 25070
Seattle, WA 98125-1970

A.R.A.
P.O. Box 87471
Minneapolis MN 55408

S.H.A.R.P. (SkinHeads Against Racial Prejudice)
P.O. Box 56956
Sherman Oaks, CA 91413

John Brown Anti-Klan Committee
2220 9th Street #443
San Fransisco, CA 94103
(415) 330-5263

Nana's (mail order for Docs)
For catalog send $2.00 to:
Na Na Dept. Cr.
1228 3rd Street
Santa Monica, CA  90401

Santa Monica:  213 394 9690
San Francisco: 415 861 6278
New York:      212 496 2955

Mail order info:
1 800 347 4728

Wholesale info:
213 394 5305

MUSIC COMPILATIONS:
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Club SKA! '67, SKA! intensified, NYC SKA! live, Soundtrack from Harder  
they Come (Jimmy Cliff), Skaville 1 (New York bands), Skaville 2 (Boston  
bands-includes an early Bosstones tune), More Ska! Intensified-Original  
Ska 1963-67, Ska! Bonanza-Studio One Ska Years, Ska-BA-Dip-The Essential  
King Edwards, Ska-volution, Ska-Lutations, The Birth of Ska, Tighten Up  
Vol. 2., Dance Craze-the best of british ska...LIVE!!!!

VIDEOS:
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This is Ska;  features Prince Buster, The Maytals, The Charmers, 
Stranger Cole & more Recorded live at The Sombrero Club, Kingston Jamaica  
Out on IVA/Maverick.

Ska Explosion! with The Loafers, The Trojans, The Hot Knives, Potato 5,  
The Deltones and Judge Dread.

Dance Craze with Madness, The Specials, The Selecter, The Bodysnatchers  
and Bad Manners.

SKALIST:
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100 Men
Aitken, Laurel 
Aitken, Bobby
Alphonso, Rolando 
Author K and the Originals
Blechreiz - German
Booth, Ken 
Brooks, Baba 
Bad Manners - They do the Ska! bonanza tune
Bim Skala Bim
Bob and Marcia
Bodysnatchers
Bombassa Beed - German
Buster, Prince 
Busters All Stars
Collins, Dave and Ansel
Crucial DBC
Deltones
Dekker, Desmond - Greatest hits is a good intro (isrealites, it mek, you  
can get it if you really want it, shantytown, etc)
Desmond Dekker and the Aces
Donkey Show
Drummond, Don
Duffus, Shenley 
El Bosso & The Ping Pongs - German
Ellis, Alton 
Etch-A-Sketch - Ann Arbor, MI band
Gangster Fun
Guava Groove
HL Syndikat - German
Harriott, Derek
Hep Cat
I.H. Ska - German
Judge Dread
Just Kidding
Kelly, Pat 
King Apparatus
Kortatu -Band from Basque Country
La Piche
Les Frelons
Let's Go Bowling
Loafers
Livingston, Dandy
Lodgers - German
Madness - One Step Beyond
        - My Girl
        - The Prince
Marley, Bob - Relevant Wailer tunes:  SKA! jerk, Rockin Steady, Rude Boy
Marley, Rita
MephiSKA!phales - NY band
Messer Banzani - former East German
Morris, Eric 
Native Sun (Bigger Thomas)
No Doubt
No Sports - German
NY Citizens - NY Citizens were previously Legal Gender which had both
              Chris "Kid Coconuts" and Robert Tierney in it.  They have 
	      two albums, and a demo.  The demo has four songs, three of
	      which appear on other releases.  The two albums are, "On
	      The Move" and "Stranger Things Have Happened" a new 
	      release, not on Unicorn or Moon will be appearing in the 
	      indeterminate future.  
Oddly Enough
Perry, Lee "Scratch" 
Reply
Rolondo and the Soul Brothers
Romeo, Max 
Rudeness 8
Second Step
SHARP Sound Connection
Skadows
Skaface
Skaltere Club - former East German band
SKA!os
Skapa - Wellington, New Zealand based - excellent live gigs
Skappele
Skankhead
Skankin' Pickle - California band
Skapone - Chicago band, contains former members of State of Emergency
Skatalites 
Skatet
Skatilater - New Zealand
Skatrek
Skinner Box (The Boilers)
Spy Eye
Swan Lake - a la Madness
Swim Herschel Swim - Provo, Utah band
Symarip - They do the skinhead girl tune.
The Bodysnatchers
The Boilers
The Braces
The Busters - Ruder than Rude (Unicorn)
            - Couch Potatoes (Unicorn)
The Charmers
The Checkmates
The Deltones
The English Beat
The Glory
The Jiving Juniors
The Kingstonians
The Maytals
The Melodians
The Now
The Pioneers
The Pork Hunts (Australian ska)
The Potato Five
The Rude Boys
The Rudiments
The SKA!danks
The SKA!flames
The Slickers
The Steadys
The Scofflaws - NY band, order from Moon records
The Selector - Too Much Pressure
             - My Collie, Not a Dog
The Soulmates
The Specials - Gangsters
             - Too Much Too Young
The Three Tops
The Toasters - NY band - Frankenska (good)
                       - This Gun's for Hire (shit)
The Wailers (originally Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer)
Tosh, Peter 
Toots and the Flames
Trojans                     
Upsetters
Urban Blight
Village Beat
Wise, Duke