SKINHEADS Skinheads are working class citizens that enjoy music and beer, yet they are continually portrayed as racists and bigots. Skinheads are constantly called Nazis, but skinheads originated as working class men from England many years earlier. Skinheads spend most of their time with ot...

Can You Feel The Beat Thrashing Punk, smooth Reggae, thumping Hip Hop and peaceful Classical music each involve different styles and beats that make each sound unique. Music can either sooth my soul or give me an adrenalin rush that stimulates my body and mind. The beat ...

On November 26th I went to the Stone Pony in New York to see another of my favorite bands, NOFX. NOFX is a punk-ska band. Punk meaning fast paced drumbeats and quick singing and ska meaning a song played with trumpets. The band members are Fat Mike (vocals, bass), El Hefe (guitar, trumpet, vocals), ...

A story about seeing NOFX On November 26th I went to the Stone Pony in New York to see another of my favorite bands, NOFX. NOFX is a punk-ska band. Punk meaning fast paced drumbeats and quick singing and ska meaning a song played with trumpets. The band members are Fat Mike (vocals, bass),...

It is a truth recognized throughout history. What you wear determines what people think of you. Even Shakespeare said "For the apparel oft proclaims the man." Therefore, people, especially youth, in today's society choose what they wear very carefully, in accordance with what they wan...

Music is one medium through which a generation can express itself. For a generation of suppressed, restless, working-class youths living in early 1960's Jamaica, this voice was a genre of music known as ska. Since its original appearance, ska has resurfaced twice. Ska music has been pr...