Music plays an important role in any youth subculture and skinheads are no exception. Originally, the group was closely associated with the ska and reggae music of Desmond Dekker and Laurel Aiken before forming their own flavors of the style with bands like Symarip, Joe the Boss, and Judge Dread.
In the 70's and early 80's, a variant on streetpunk, Oi! became accepted enthusiastically by skinheads and punks, and Oi! continues to be one of the most popular genres among skinheads.
Aside from the main two, other types of music are popular among skinheads, namely Northern Soul, Rocksteady, streetpunk, mod rock and, in America expecially, Hardcore.
For now, I'll be uploading some of my favorite bands and albums and some which mostly represent the Skinhead Youth Subculture.
NOTE: not all tracks are available.
Skinhead Revolt - 20 Skinhead Classics:Skinhead Reggae, Ska, and 2Tone compilation.
01- Joe The Boss - Skinhead Revolt
02- Clancy Jones - What Will Your Mamma Say?
03- Pat Kelly - If It Don't Work Out
04- GG All Stars - Champion
05- Lloyd Parks - A Little Better
06- The Paragons - Left With A Broken Heart
07- Lloyd Charmers - In The Spirit
08- The Tennors - Reggae Girl
09- Lloyd Charmers - Death A Come
10- Hot Rod Allstars - Skinhead Speaks His Mind
11- Pat Kelly - The Dark End Of The Street
12- Clancy Eccles - Shu Be Du
13- Eric Donaldson - Come A Little Closer
14- GG All Stars - Brababus
15- The Maytones - Loving Reggae
16- Soul Ofrus - Ease Me Up Officer
17- The Paragons - Got To Get Away
18- Busty Brown - To Love Somebody
19- Rudy Mills - Place Called Happiness
20- Silver Stars - Last Call
Skarface - Cheap Pounk Ska!: French Ska, really great band. This type of ska is faster than the original 2tone.
01- Soul Start
02- Intro
03- Stranger
04- Skarface
05- Scooters'r Back
06- Jamaica Ska
07- Freddy Goes
08- Violence
09- Blue Mood
10- Spécial France
11- I Hate You So
12- Jeune Vaurien
13- Best Friend
14- Midnight Hour
15- Tribus D'UK
16- Rude Girl
The 4-Skins - The Best Of: English Oi! Band and one of the best Oi! bands there is, simply as that.
01- One Law For Them
02- Yesterday's Heroes
03- Clockwork Skinhead
04- Brave New World
05- Chaos
06- Wonderful World
07- Evil
08- Sorry
09- 1984
10- ACAB
11- I Don't Wanna Die
12- Plastic Gangsters
13- Yesterday's Heroes (Single Version)
14- Get Out Of My Life
15- Justice
16- Jack The Lad
17- Low Life
18- Bread Or Blood
19- Seems To Me
20- Norman
21- On The Streets
22- Five More Years
23- Betrayed
24- Saturday (Live)
25- Dambusters
Decibelios - Vacaciones en el Prat + Oi!: Spanish Oi! band and one of the best Oi! bands. Their music is influenced by punk and this could be considered as Oi! music.
01- Vacaciones El En Prat
02- Boina!
03- Barna '92
04- Sangre Dorada
05- Rock Del Fiambre
06- Racion Doble
07- Mi Barrio
08- Electroshock
09- Mikel
10- Camaleon
11- Flamingo 1
12- Que Cante Figueras
13- Al Loro Que Vienen
14- Mescal
15- Vuelva Mañana ¡Coño!
16- Bola Extra
17- Viento De Libertad
18- Django El Apestoso
19- Kaos
20- Achuntament
21- J´N Roll Star
22- Ningun Nombre De Mujer
23- Subversion
24- Exploited Klimbers
25- Cancion De Cuna