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.
Reader Comments
September 30th, 2008
2:04 pm
why cant the chinese come up with their own counter movements? i mean where are the rayden zordons go?
September 30th, 2008
3:22 pm
Mexican Skin heads too, i mean get a fucking clue!
September 30th, 2008
6:49 pm
how is it any worse than american, russian or, say, italian skinheads?
September 30th, 2008
9:43 pm
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
10:09 pm
i agree with Tommy. being a Punk in China is like being a swinger in Saudi Arabia.
October 2nd, 2008
1:28 pm
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
6:50 pm
Martin Connelly shot a video with MiSanDo a couple months ago…
http://current.com/items/89149960_beijing_skinheads_it_s_a_way_of_life