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REBELLION SIGNIFIED – SKATE PUNK AS A SUBCULTURE
“Skaters have a completely different culture from the norms of the world’s society. We dress differently, we have our own language, use our own slang, and live by our own rules. People feel threatened by foreign attitudes. Everyone has his own views on different types of society and their own stereotypes…Please stop viewing us as a totally negative race of people.”

Beth Herbert
Mar 28 min read


DISCUSSION OF THE MUSIC VIDEOS “INSTITUTIONALIZED” AND “POSSESSED TO SKATE”
The importance of these videos as propagation of an authentic music subculture and indeed a way of life, are still just as popular and relevant in conveying meaning on an international scale in the present age. They are a visual representation of a time and a place, but include an attitude that still prevails to this day...[this band] as a representation of skate punk subculture, sustains its ideologies, whilst also challenging mainstream and conservative political and societ

Beth Herbert
Mar 25 min read
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