As well as playing bass in Misandao, Mark Oi (pictured) has been taking photographs of his friends in Beijing’s punk and skinhead scene for almost a decade. As you might be able to tell, he’s a huge fan of Skins photographer Gavin Watson. And to thank us for sending him a copy of Gavin’s new book, Mark sent us a selection of his favourite photos from over the years.
While you sleep there are hundreds of partiers out there givin’ er nonstop and watching the sun rise and fall like an irrelevant flaming basketball. Can we not get these poor bastards a hangover, please?
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When you see a hot girl dressed like a stupid candy it’s kind of like all those cool lesbians in San Francisco that you want to fuck but you just can’t.
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Reader Comments
September 30th, 2008
why cant the chinese come up with their own counter movements? i mean where are the rayden zordons go?
September 30th, 2008
Mexican Skin heads too, i mean get a fucking clue!
September 30th, 2008
how is it any worse than american, russian or, say, italian skinheads?
September 30th, 2008
Punk was an Uproar when it first came about. Its a lot harder to be “punk” in a place like China than it is in the U.K. or U.S. The anti-government message could get you killed there, instead of just pissing your parents off.
September 30th, 2008
i agree with Tommy. being a Punk in China is like being a swinger in Saudi Arabia.
October 2nd, 2008
well tommy is wrong. it’s not that tough, the punk scene there is too small to really piss the government off. it hard to be a punk there for a lot of reasons, but its not like they are on the run from the law. if it were i doubt they would be so into making films, publishing books, and taking photos.
October 6th, 2008
Martin Connelly shot a video with MiSanDo a couple months ago…
http://current.com/items/89149960_beijing_skinheads_it_s_a_way_of_life