Mod to Suedehead

[Ed Vaughan]

Jools Holland: London Calling

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01jxzfq/Jools_Holland_London_Calling/

Devoted a few minutes to mods etc... but just touched on skinhead style.

Skip through to around 10 minutes from the end.

 

[Basset]

Cross between Bowie and Skinhead.

That would be a zighead then

, theres a few other clips on youtube of the band circa 75 with lowe wearing boots, jeans with turnups, early weller style haircut, denim jacket etc, its a bit of a wade and most of the tracks are crap, theres a couple of him playing in rockpile still wearing button downs, denim, bout 79 i think, just found it interesting sort of like a link between the period im interested in now and a time when music and fashion came on the radar for me if that makes sense. Thanks for all the welcomes

 

[Ed Vaughan]



Evening one and all, best do a quick intro, Coatesy, skinhead, 45 (nearly), from Bristol, married, 2 kids one 10 the other 12, plasterer, know quite a few members on this thread, Roy,Shep,Will,Noddy and more i suspect.Roy told me about this thread a while back so i thought i'd get me ass in gear and have a look, bloody hell over 500 posts its taking some reading, good stuff and nice to see people sharing info, experiences, and opinions without it descending into the usual slanging matches which seem to happen on various other forums when it comes to clobber. Think thats about it, will try and join in and contribute although my knowledge is limited.

Hi Mate - good to hear from you.

Reading of the characters you obviously know, on here, there's no point in me advising you to stay away from bad company.

 

[Basset]

Hi Mate - good to hear from you.
Reading of the characters you obviously know, on here, there's no point in me advising you to stay away from bad company.

Im afraid its to late for me

 

[buttons]



Hi Mate - good to hear from you.
Reading of the characters you obviously know, on here, there's no point in me advising you to stay away from bad company. :satisfiedp:

Too late for that my friend. We've already got him well corrupted!

 

[ek77]



  the collar was not as wide as the picture above. 

what about that one??

 

[Jam74]

Great to see so many original skinhead pics. Not to mention some of people posting here are original skins! Thats something I always wondered about as a skin in the US. What the original skins were really like, and how they dressed etc. Took 20 years but I can finally see now gotta love the internet LoL

So did skins really develop from the mod scene? Was it 68-69?

 

[browniecj]



Great to see so many original skinhead pics. Not to mention some of people posting here are original skins!  Thats something I always wondered about as a skin in the US. What the original skins were really like, and how they dressed etc. Took 20 years but I can finally see now   gotta love the internet LoL

So did skins really develop from the mod scene? Was it 68-69?

It started to develop in `67(we were still Mods)-with the no.4 on top,then progressed through to `69 when the Media called us Skinheads.

 

[soundsnpressure]

Some classic American garments do seem to do up on the oposite side zipper wise. My Mrs bought me one of those American Chopper hoodies for Christmas a few years back. And it had the zipper on the opposite way around. I also had an Alpha Flight Jacket years ago that was like that.

Cheers.
I weren't sure if there was any technical or gender relevance to this zipper thing. Seems it makes no odds.

 

[soundsnpressure]

were did ya find it best one ive seen mate

I think I stole it of this forum mate, Any cool pics I find I tend to put in one of my photo folders.

I've read that 'Boys Story' novel, that another photo of that lad apperas on.
It's a wee bit cheesy, but some of the clobber descriptions seem authentic.

 

[Man-of-Mystery]



Technically the Mccloud jacket is that long, not sure where you guys are getting the idea that is not as the picture I posted is cut off half way, I think we can chalk up these jackets to a 70's trend no matter what kind of background you came from.

Except that the picture of me is from 1969.

 

[Ed Vaughan]

FWIW: just spent three hours reading all of the thread again... I'd missed so much when I originally skimmed the forum - brilliant stuff.

Ta.

 

[soundsnpressure]

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[bunty]



Thought this was interesting whats peoples thoughts on singer Nick lowes style

Hello Basset - Great clip, thanks for posting. Brownie beat me to it with the Bowie/Skinhead quote, I was gonna say 'Aladdin Braces'. The following photos are not for the purists with a nervous disposition.......... Jesse Hector (Formerly of 60s bands The Way of Life, The Mod Section and Crushed Butler) Photographed in 1970 fronting the Hammersmith Gorillas. An ex Mod/Skinhead's look, more 'honest' than Slade's attempt I reckon. Building up a good collection of 'Mods in Front of Caravans' photos, a few more here-http://www.flickr.com/groups/22014941@N00/pool/ Working on a 'Boot Boys'n'Bed and Breakfasts' collection too.

 

[Raff72]

Can't remember if I've asked this in this thread or not but does anyone have any info on a novel called Aggro?? I found a copy of it years ago (can't find it again unfortunately) and it was basically a Richard Allen style book but written by someone who seemed to be a bit more knowledgable on the subject. The main character got around in legit skinhead gear and hung around in reggae clubs. From memory the storyline had something to do with the British Movement or NF weaseling their way into the skinhead scene. It was a total pulp novel but written pretty well.