I was a big Slade fan back in the early 70's so I remember that! I have
a photo of them in boots and braces with shaved heads except for Dave
Hill of course who even then had the comb-over or should I say
comb-front. As I recall the skin's didn't want anything to do with them.
Jim Rhoads
http://www.jimrhoadsaction.com
http://www.rhoadsmusic.com
> Interesting you mention Slade... when they first came out, their manager
> marketed them as bootboys, ie. the first skinhead band...
> Hardly any of those bands were racist... in fact, the [n]ational [f]ront
> would probably not even have recruited skinheads or punks had the Sex
> Pistols not done the whole nazi armband thing for shock value... when
> too
> many things are mixed, the original purpose seems to be lost.
> Skrewdriver was a band on chiswick records who released a pretty good 7"
> as a rock n' roll/punk band... then they became skins and released their
> first LP, which wasn't bad either... (and also happened to be the
> influence
> for most of the punk, oi, and what was to become the mod revival at the
> time) what happened after that was that the band broke up, but retained
> the
> lead singer, who formed another band by the same name, got nf
> endorsement
> and became their spokesband so to speak.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Rhoads" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 3:40 PM
> Subject: RE: Re(2): Re(2): How about Skrewdriver...?
>
>
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > that's what i implied with my reply... (about the boneheads and just
> > > punks in general)
> > > oi music doesn't imply anything about race though, it's just punk rock
> >
> > I agree. The few oi bands I listen too don't appear to be racist, at
> > least their music doesn't seem to be. Even a band like Sham 69 which
> > attracted a racist crowd, I don't think wrote songs concerning the
> > subject did they? They always reminded me of a punk version of "Slade"
> > anyway with all the singalong chorus's and stupid lyrics.
> > Who is Skrewdriver anyway?
> > By the way Ben, am I seeing double or are all your posts showing up
> > twice?
> >
> > Jim Rhoads
> > http://www.jimrhoadsaction.com
> > http://www.rhoadsmusic.com
> >
>
>
>
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