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Originally posted by Fenton-J-Cool
Acquire (through no downloading means, of course) Two Tone Army by The Toasters. They're Australian ska, and they kick a ton of ass. (Non-Racist skinhead ska).
I'm not familiar with the non-racist skinhead scene, frankly, and I don't really get it. I don't know why you'd call yourself a skinhead if you don't want to be pegged as with the same title as a racist. Also, the biggest thing punk music stands for is anti-racism.
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The Toasters originated in NYC. They kick all sorts of ass!!! Buck Hingley, the lead singer, is originally from the UK. So was Coolie Ranx, one of the original singers who moved on to form the Pilfers. But they're not from OZ....
"Skinheads" as it relates to ska music and the British Skinhead movement has a tradition in music and culture that has nothing whatsoever to do with racism. The best link I can find right now to learn about the skinheads who are not racist is:
http://www.johnnyspencer.info/Page13.htm
and some links can be found here too:
http://ska.about.com/cs/skinheads/
I sure don't know what to make of that 2nd commment, maybe indeed it's coz you're not familiar with the non-racist skinhead scene...
Also please understand that ska is a very diverse genre of its own and *not* punk, although there is something called Punk Ska, the forefathers of which are Op Ivy.
<<<< Operation Ivy in the avatar, that is.
And you are right, the majority of punks are not racist.
Hope this clears some of this up!!