A collection of faces: some past, some present; some influential people, some who have made great contributions to skinhead culture. Any suggestions for inclusion are welcome.
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Written by Alan Guest
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 Alex Hughes (b1945 - d 1998), is better known as Judge Dread. He was the first white artist to have a reggae hit in Jamaica and is credited in the Guinness Book of Records as having the most banned songs (11) of all time.
He lodged with a West Indian family in Brixton, where he was exposed to artists like Derrick Morgan and Prince Buster. He bounced at the Ram Jam Club in Brixton, and was given the job of being Prince Buster's bodyguard on his UK tour. A debt collector for Trojan Records, he also DJed on local radio and on his own sound system.
He often sang about Snodland where he lived and has a Alex Hughes Close named after him in the village in Kent. He collapsed on stage in Canterbury in 1998,and was never revived. Truly a figure close to all skinhead's hearts, we'll never forget him. Alex Hughes - he was a lad - when we were skins...
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Written by Alan Guest
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 Chris is an original skinhead from back in the day. He is an oracle of all things Trojan, compiling and writing sleeve notes on many releases up until a few years ago. He also revived the Trojan Appreciation Society in the 90s and edited/wrote its magazine Let's Catch The Beat. A lifelong Millwall fan, he can be seen here at his beloved Den.
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Written by Alan Guest
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 Gavin began photographing as a hobby, encouraged by his father, Richard, who helped him develop the film in a home-made darkroom. His documentation of the skinheads, family and friends growing up on an estate in Wycombe culminated in what can be seen in his book Skins. He has worked as a photographer ever since and has released Skins & Punks. He also released the Raving 89 book, documenting the rave scene. He is known as Britains biggest youth culture photographer.
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Written by Alan Guest
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 Well known figure in London and a complete music buff, djing to this day both live sets and on his punky reggae radio station. He authored a fanzine called Chargesheet which ran to double figures of issues - far outnumbering its contemporaries. He later wrote the novel - England Belongs to Me which was published by ST Publishing. His punky reggae radio station runs on live 365 and can be accessed through Steve's website http://www.punkyreggaeradio.co.uk
He has a second novel "Pressure Drop" written but is still seeking a publisher. He graduated in video and television production at Southampton in 2009 and has videos on Youtube under the name stevegoodman100
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Written by Alan Guest
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 Chris Brown is Bristol born and bred and a Tote End Boy through and through. A lifelong Bristol Rovers and skinhead reggae fan, he has written two books - the autobiographical 'Bovver' and the more recent prequel 'Booted and Suited'
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Written by Alan Guest
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Garry was born in 1955 in sarf east london and is a Charlton lad to the bone. Between 1978-1985, he wrote for Sounds magazine and pioneered the Oi! genre, compiling the first 4 albums. In 1981, he wrote the book Dance Craze - the 2-Tone story and less memorably - Running Free (the Iron Maiden biography). In 1985, he joined the Sun newspaper and in the 90s hosted his own TV slot - Bushell on the Box. A socialist and patriot at heart, often criticised, often despised but he deserves his place in the rogues gallery.
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Written by Alan Guest
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 Lee is primarily known for being the drummer with The Oppressed between 1981 and 1983. He is very active on the skinhead scene and has his own Big Shot Sound System radio show on Newport City Radio which is available to stream online here (newportcityradio.org). His shows are on Sunday evenings at between 9-10pm.
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