Skinhead
noun
A person, particularly a young person, with a shaved or closely cropped head, sometimes associated with aggressive behavior and certain subcultures.
The skinhead movement emerged in the 1960s UK and involved distinctive fashion trends.
Often appears as...
- skinhead subculture
- skinhead gang
noun
A person, particularly a young person, with a shaved or closely cropped head, sometimes associated with aggressive behavior and certain subcultures.
The skinhead movement emerged in the 1960s UK and involved distinctive fashion trends.
Often appears as...
- skinhead subculture
- skinhead gang
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Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Origin
Initially, skinheads were not tied to political views but focused on music and fashion.
He's researching the cultural roots of the skinhead phenomenon in the '60s.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
The term can imply violent, racist ideologies, although this is not universally true.
The film portrayed a former skinhead who renounced his past beliefs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Hairstyle
Being a skinhead is often about belonging to a group with shared tastes, not just a shaved head.
Despite his shaved head, he didn't identify with the skinhead lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Origin
Initially, skinheads were not tied to political views but focused on music and fashion.
He's researching the cultural roots of the skinhead phenomenon in the '60s.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
The term can imply violent, racist ideologies, although this is not universally true.
The film portrayed a former skinhead who renounced his past beliefs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Hairstyle
Being a skinhead is often about belonging to a group with shared tastes, not just a shaved head.
Despite his shaved head, he didn't identify with the skinhead lifestyle.
Pro Tip 1/3Cultural Origin
Initially, skinheads were not tied to political views but focused on music and fashion.
He's researching the cultural roots of the skinhead phenomenon in the '60s.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotations
The term can imply violent, racist ideologies, although this is not universally true.
The film portrayed a former skinhead who renounced his past beliefs.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Hairstyle
Being a skinhead is often about belonging to a group with shared tastes, not just a shaved head.
Despite his shaved head, he didn't identify with the skinhead lifestyle.
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Video examples
Skinheads Recruiting...
techniques are both powerful and far-reaching leaving behind the conventional uniform they've learned to blend into mainstream society to attract new recruits you know we had a run with the skinhead thing and it was fun but then i said well it's time you know
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Getting started as a DJ:...
Well, as you just saw earlier, they mix tracks. What I just did was mix a Kanye West intro from "Black Skinheads" with a track called "LRAD." One of the main goals is to really trigger samples, tracks, or clips and kind of create this long journey.
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My descent into...
And soon, I became the leader of that infamous organization that was led by that man in that alley who recruited me that day, who was America's first neo-Nazi skinhead and who had radicalized me.
Video examples
Skinheads Recruiting...
techniques are both powerful and far-reaching leaving behind the conventional uniform they've learned to blend into mainstream society to attract new recruits you know we had a run with the skinhead thing and it was fun but then i said well it's time you know
Video examples
Getting started as a DJ:...
Well, as you just saw earlier, they mix tracks. What I just did was mix a Kanye West intro from "Black Skinheads" with a track called "LRAD." One of the main goals is to really trigger samples, tracks, or clips and kind of create this long journey.
Video examples
My descent into...
And soon, I became the leader of that infamous organization that was led by that man in that alley who recruited me that day, who was America's first neo-Nazi skinhead and who had radicalized me.
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Quote examples
Tricky
English Musician
My background was Rude Boys, Teddy Boys, rockabillys and skinheads. I was into reggae and Blondie and The Cure, and especially The Specials - these black and white guys getting it together. Extreme personalities. Extreme talent.
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Bill Bailey
English Comedian
When I was 15, I went to see the Stranglers at Bath Pavilion. I saw Jean-Jacques Burnel take off his bass and whack a skinhead over the head with it because he gave a Nazi salute. I thought: 'This is brilliant!
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Sami Zayn
Canadian Athlete
Neville and I are big fans of ska. He's actually more into original, Jamaican, skinhead, two-tone ska from England, but I'm more into punk ska - Operation Ivy and stuff Rancid would do.
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Sean Dyche
English Businessman
I've put all the hours in and there's a depth to my education. There are a couple of brain cells in there, more than you might expect of a 6ft 1in ginger skinhead.
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Edward Furlong
American Actor
If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take, we were normal people again.
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Gary Rossington
American Musician
Through the years, people like the KKK and skinheads kinda kidnapped the Dixie or Southern flag from its tradition and the heritage of the soldiers.
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Kathy Burke
English Actress
I was a very lame skinhead. I had to be in by 8:30 P. M., so I used to pretend that I had a baby sister I had to go home and baby-sit.
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Ron Stallworth
American Public Servant
Skinheads and Neo-Nazis are commonly known to openly attack people who get in their way or don't agree with them and their agenda.
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Mark Zupan
American Athlete
For those of you who worry that I am a skinhead and anything that goes along with that, I am not.
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David Draiman
American Musician
I'm incredibly defiant against neo-Nazis and skinheads.
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Tricky
English Musician
My background was Rude Boys, Teddy Boys, rockabillys and skinheads. I was into reggae and Blondie and The Cure, and especially The Specials - these black and white guys getting it together. Extreme personalities. Extreme talent.
Quote examples
Bill Bailey
English Comedian
When I was 15, I went to see the Stranglers at Bath Pavilion. I saw Jean-Jacques Burnel take off his bass and whack a skinhead over the head with it because he gave a Nazi salute. I thought: 'This is brilliant!
Quote examples
Sami Zayn
Canadian Athlete
Neville and I are big fans of ska. He's actually more into original, Jamaican, skinhead, two-tone ska from England, but I'm more into punk ska - Operation Ivy and stuff Rancid would do.
Quote examples
Sean Dyche
English Businessman
I've put all the hours in and there's a depth to my education. There are a couple of brain cells in there, more than you might expect of a 6ft 1in ginger skinhead.
Quote examples
Edward Furlong
American Actor
If I was in a room with a bunch of skinheads talking about racism, then I would be disturbed, but after we finished a take, we were normal people again.
Quote examples
Gary Rossington
American Musician
Through the years, people like the KKK and skinheads kinda kidnapped the Dixie or Southern flag from its tradition and the heritage of the soldiers.
Quote examples
Kathy Burke
English Actress
I was a very lame skinhead. I had to be in by 8:30 P. M., so I used to pretend that I had a baby sister I had to go home and baby-sit.
Quote examples
Ron Stallworth
American Public Servant
Skinheads and Neo-Nazis are commonly known to openly attack people who get in their way or don't agree with them and their agenda.
Quote examples
Mark Zupan
American Athlete
For those of you who worry that I am a skinhead and anything that goes along with that, I am not.
Quote examples
David Draiman
American Musician
I'm incredibly defiant against neo-Nazis and skinheads.
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