As a lot of people reading this will already know, the first book published by S.T. Publishing was Spirit Of €˜69 - A Skinhead Bible back in 1991. Originally, a mainstream publisher in London was going to release it, but after a few months of pissing me about, I decided to do it myself. I wrote Spirit Of €˜69 - A Skinhead Bible not because I think I€™m some sort of expert on skinheads, but because I passionately believed that the history of the cult, warts and all, had to be written from the inside. The idea behind Spirit Of €˜69 was to offer a view of the cult from within, and one so detailed that it would stand proud amidst the reams and reams of complete nonsense that have been written about skinheads over the years. The end result was a book that covered the history of the cult and its music from the late Sixties to the present day, and one that celebrated the skinhead way of life without dodging any issues or pulling any punches. It isn€™t perfe
Buku ini nunjukin kalau dunia skinhead gak sesempit yang orang kira. Ada yang rasis, ada yang anti-rasis, dan ada juga yang cuma pengen nongkrong, denger musik, dan tampil keren. Marshall ngulik gimana musik, fashion, dan sepakbola jadi jantung kultur ini. Dari ska dan reggae, ke punk yang keras kepala, dari jaket harrington sampai scarf stadion, semuanya bentuk ekspresi diri anak kelas pekerja yang lagi nyari arti “jadi diri sendiri. Oi 3x sehari!
Five stars for an EXCELLENT, TRUTHFUL primer on Skinhead-ism. (Is that a word? It is now.) There's a mention of Ben Mancel, from PIST & BROKE in here! That made my day and was worth the price of this book! Skinhead's are NOT racist! "Hooligans and Rude Boys know one thing for sure..." is what RANCID says in that one song, so get into it!