DAF (Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft, meaning German-American Friendship) were a post-punk, post-industrial, proto-EBM band that emerged from Düsseldorf’s early punk scene, active mainly in the early ’80s. They weren’t skinheads, but their singer, Gabi Delgado-López, had multiple encounters with skins while the band lived in London – some positive, some negative, all of them memorable. He retained a soft spot for the subculture.
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I read on these various groups, often run by Americans who don’t seem to have any connection or vague identity as skinheads talking about ‘skinhead birds’ in some sort of sexual demeanour, as easy meat or some sort of fetish. I’m not quite sure really, it’s the same lot that are constantly screaming about racism, but they don’t have any more knowledge than what they’ve read on some toilet paper.
As for me, coming from a family of three sisters I’ve always 100% put girls on an equal platter to boys, or in fact I have more respect for women than men in many ways, the hardship of being a working class girl on a council estate with the only expectations of becoming a cleaner, typist or if you’re really successful a school teacher or nurse.
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“I love betrayal, but I hate the traitor” – these words are attributed to Julius Caesar. Whether he really uttered them or not, who could disagree? Nobody respects a traitor, even if the information they provide is useful, thank you very much. Continue reading
Creases Like Knives 