Sharpies (cont] 1974

[Holdncaulfield]

Sharpies were around in the '60s. A friend and I went to Broadmeadows in Melbourne from a small country town in 1967 and encountered them there. They scared the christ out of us.

[unreal22000]

Skyhooks at Festival Hall, yea I got the shit kicked out of me by some skinheads. haha good times!

[snodgrassish]

I was a Sharpie before skinheads, before AC/DC - try Melb. 1965 - no SKA, no West Indian beat. Mainly Rockers turned Sharp.

[ManFromMelbourne]

I think that is the difference between the english skinheads and the australian skinheads. The english skins of the early 70s listen to ska, whereas the aussie skins listened to AC/DC and Rose Tattoo. Of course in the late 70s both english and aussies skins listened to punk

[loempiavreter]

@ManFromMelbourne

That's not entirely true. Skinheads in the late 60s listened everything from black music, Soul and music with an West Indian beat to even pop songs from that time. Later on a lot of Glam Rock had also infiltrated the sean, as was evident with Bootboys. T-Rex, The Sweet, Hector, Slade as well as non-glam band The Faces.