From the archives, an article written about us in the local rag.

In 1983 I became Santa Cruz’s first skinhead and remained the only one for over a year. Without older skins to teach me I gleaned what...

Also from Santa Cruz, this skinzine made by BnB contributor Mike Crowell debuted in 1989.

This originally appeared in the Sunday Times Magazine, 1971. Without a doubt one of the coolest thing we’ve ever found.

The 2-story clubhouse stood in what could be called central-Lompico.  A dead-end valley deep in the woods of the Santa Cruz mountains....

My Introduction to the SC Skins was before I was even a Skinhead. A scruffy kid with a [a]big smile, shaggy hair, a punk T, shorts,...

It was fast approaching Spring and Glen, Sid and a few of the mountain boys had suggested we camp up in the backwoods of Lompico. Long...

In the spirit of Richard Allen but a hundred times better comes a story of skinheads, punk rock, and werewolves. Set in late 70’s London...

In 1987 my mom’s best friend was a secretary at the police station and when I told her we were making a fanzine but didn’t have the money...

Back in ‘86 our friend Jerry switched to the other side and started having nazi rallies at his house with older prison type boneheads....

SoCal’s own paisley pirates in one of their few seemingly MTV friendly music videos. Back at a time when budgets were low but you could...

Drinking Slurpies with booze. Mandy, Tanya and myself. I assume a party before going somewhere. Stop off at 7-11 on the way, get a...

Growing up in the Santa Cruz mountains, we often had to walk home from a bus stop, in the pitch black. All sorts of noises and bumps...

So here we are on lockdown during the Covid 19 pandemic. Many of us are out of work and suddenly finding more time to think and...

Backs Against The Wall#4, 1987. A skinzine out of Cardiff, Wales by an excellent fellow named Dudley Summers. We figured we'd feature...

The Dover Arms. Where we got our start: The Dover Arms was a pub we created one summer. Bored kids of Santa Cruz too young top get into...

Aside from being one of my favorite Hip Hop producers, I was fortunate to work with Madlib ( Otis Jackson Jr.) on a few projects, and was...