Rare 1974 insight to Sharpies in Melbourne
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Uploaded by DMsii on Jul 9, 2008
Rare 1974 insight to Sharpies in Melbourne.By Greg Macainsh.
From the little I can find on them ,they were the original ozzie boot-boys from around 1972 - 1976 into 'Pub rock / Glam rock'.
GHANE CHANE (Ex-Sharpie}: It became very stylish. When it moved from being skinheads into sharpies, it became very stylish. People would dress very well -- the Conte, the crestknit, the black shirt, the black pinstripe pants -- we were all very fashionable. And I suppose that's where the name came, from looking sharp.
When you were younger, you thought, "I'm gonna be a skinhead forever." You know, "I'm gonna die in my Conte. I'll be buried in it." You thought your gang was there forever. But, eventually, everybody grows up.
I just got sick and tired of the violence and decided to move into music, fortunately
LARRY JENKINS (Ex-Sharpie): Our jeans and cuttings were short, we all wore undersized clothes to make ourselves look bigger. The girls had their uniform too and they were quite similar to ours. They just had slightly longer hair.
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Amazing footage but I'd really like to know what they were listening to!
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The dancing kills me
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wow football hooligans and skinheads while the rest of the world was rockin Yes and Pink Floyd.
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By the time this lot got into it, they had missed it.
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This was the type of crowd that AC/DC and Rose Tattoo played to in their early days.
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Is this the whole movie? I can't find it anywhere.
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I remember the THOMASTOWN SHARPS :p
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1:32 is awesomwe!
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I remember them being a tough aggro mob who'd kick the shit out of you if you looked at them sideways. And that was just the girls!
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Aussies have their own thing going. Sharpies eh?
Funny ,in England their counterparts were called smoothies or Boot boys.
It's all part of Skinhead culture really.
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