Where Have All The BootBoys Gone ?
Many late Twentieth Century subcultures have been exhaustively analysed and pored over
by historians, academics and journalists; collected, collated and curated in books, magazines,
galleries and museums. This level of recuperation has never been applied to the Skinhead
movement – the subculture retains a strongly close-knit and largely underground identity,
away from the cultural mainstream.
THE BOVVER BOOT
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| Bovver Boot Fanzine |
It’s no secret that the British ‘sussed skin’ movement of the 1980s is one of several sources of inspiration for this blog. Although we ultimately want to do our own thing rather than imitate, the combination of sharp style and smart politics is still an excellent starting point.
That’s especially true in a time when much of what passes for leftwing skinhead culture has been reduced to black-clad autonomist chic and the kind of headbanging anti-fascism peddled by the likes of The Oppressed. OK, so you’re against nazis – but what are you for, mate?
.The fact that bands such as the Redskins and The Burial – but also NYC’s The Press – could answer this question without hesitation is what gave their music and culture a positive edge. They didn’t really need the eternally looming bonehead to define themselves against in each and every song.
Alongside Hard As Nails, Spy Kids and others, Glasgow’s Bovver Boot constituted the spearhead of sussed zines. Find attached issue number 2, which came out in early 1986. Features include the Redskins and The Business alongside forgotten underground luminaries such as The Condemned, The Silence and The Restrictors.
Notably, both the Redskins’ Neither Washington Nor Moscow and Condemned 84’s Battle Scarred receive top marks in the review corner. Well, few could deny these are both fucking awesome albums. Did it really surprise anybody that C84 turned out to be what they are, though?
Thanks to original spy kid, Mark A, for supplying us with this copy of Bovver Boot. Click the link below to download the PDF (guaranteed virus and malware free) and enjoy the zine!
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Discipline ~ Frontline Skins ( Live at Punk & Disorderly Berlin 2016)
Discipline ~ Frontline Skins ( Live at Punk & Disorderly Berlin 2016)
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Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution ~ Movie
A documentary on Queercore, the cultural and social movement that began as an offshoot of punk and was distinguished by its discontent with society's disapproval of the gay, bisexual, lesbian and transgender communities.
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Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk trailer features Billie Joe Armstrong, Kirk Hammett, Tim Armstrong, and Iggy Pop — watch
Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk
Is a new full-length documentary covering over 30 years of history of the California Bay Area’s punk scene, with a focus on the emergence of Berkeley’s 924 Gilman Street music collective. The Godfather of Punk himself, Iggy Pop, narrates the film.
The documentary was directed and produced by Corbett Redford, with Green Day serving as executive producers. It will have its world premiere on the opening night of the 16th San Francisco Documentary Film Festival on May 31st.
Subsequently, there will be screenings in tandem with the US leg of Green Day’s Revolution Radio World Tour. There will also be a theatrical campaign launching in New York City in late July, followed by a run in Los Angeles in mid-September. In anticipation, a full trailer has been unveiled.
Green Day and Rancid’s success is just part of the story — the roots of East Bay punk rock go deep. Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk premieres May 31 at the San Francisco Doc Fest (SF IndieFest). http://bit.ly/2rSC1Wu
Posted by Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk on Thursday, May 25, 2017
Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong, Noodles of The Offspring, Kirk Hammett of Metallica, Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys, Kathleen Hanna (Bikini Kill, The Julie Ruin), and Tim Armstrong (Operation Ivy, Rancid) all make appearances in the jam-packed trailer.
Spliced between their fond memories of the scene are images of the type of mayhem that went on at 924 Gilman Street, from confetti parties to tricycle races. Watch the full thing above.
“Turn It Around gave us the opportunity to tell the story of the East Bay punk rock scene, a scene that’s a sacred thing to me, Mike and Tré and to a lot of others who were there at the founding and who helped to shape the genre,” Billie Joe Armstrong shared via press release.
“We’re proud to bring the history of this movement to the world and hope the film inspires people to create their own music and to build an artistic community.”
You can see a full list of upcoming screenings at the film’s website.
Blink-182 share new song “Parking Lot”
Blink-182 has announced a deluxe edition of its 2016 album, California. Coming May 19th via BMG, the reissue includes 12 new bonus tracks in addition to the 16 original songs.
Amongst the additional tracks is the rarity “Hey I’m Sorry”, originally available only on the Japanese version of California. There’s also an acoustic version of the record’s lead single, “Bored to Death”. As for the purely new material, some of the track titles include “Don’t Mean Anything”, “Bottom of the Ocean”, “Last Train Home”, and the classically ridiculous “Can’t Get You More Pregnant”. There’s also “Parking Lot”, a pummeling bit of pop-punk that shouts out Naked Raygun, The Violent Femmes, and Chicago’s famous Metro venue. Take a listen via the lyric video below.
Pre-orders for the California deluxe edition are going on here. Find the tracklist below.
California DLX Tracklist:
01. Cynical
02. Bored to Death
03. She’s Out of Her Mind
04. Los Angeles
05. Sober
06. Built This Pool
07. No Future
08. Home is Such a Lonely Place
09. Kings of the Weekend
10. Teenage Satellites
11. Left Alone
12. Rabbit Hole
13. San Diego
14. The Only Thing That Matters
15. California
16. Brohemian Rhapsody
Bonus Tracks:
01. Parking Lot
02. Misery
03. Good Old Days
04. Don’t Mean Anything
05. Hey I’m Sorry
06. Last Train Home
07. Wildfire
08. 6/8
09. Long Lost Feeling
10. Bottom of the Ocean
11. Can’t Get You More Pregnant
12. Bored to Death (Acoustic)
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