Trojan skinhead

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Trojan skinheads (also known as traditional skinheads or trads) are individuals who identify with the original British skinhead subculture of the middle 1960s, when ska, rocksteady, reggae, and soul music were popular, and there was a heavy emphasis on mod-influenced clothing styles. Named after the record label Trojan Records, these skinheads identify with the subculture's Jamaican rude boy and British working class roots.{{cite web|url=http://www.reggaereggaereggae.com/Special%20Articles.htm|title= Special Articles|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217000127/http://www.reggaereggaereggae.com/Special%20Articles.htm |archive-date=2008-12-17|url-status=dead }}Old Skool Jim. Trojan Skinhead Reggae Box Set liner notes. London: Trojan Records. TJETD169

Because of their appreciation of music played by black people, such as skinhead reggae (also referred to as boss reggae), the movement's philosophy tends to be either non-racist and apolitical, or left-wing or anti-racist, unlike the white power skinheads.{{cite web|url=http://www.skinheadnation.co.uk/glasgowskinheads.htm|title= UK skinheads - the Glasgow skinhead crew, the Spy Kids|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927212559/http://www.skinheadnation.co.uk/glasgowskinheads.htm |archive-date=2007-09-27 }}{{cite book|last1=Marshall|first1=George|year=1991|title=Spirit of '69 - A Skinhead Bible|place= Dunoon, Scotland|publisher=S.T. Publishing|isbn=1-898927-10-3}}. Trojan skinheads usually dress in a typical 1960s skinhead style, including items such as button-down Ben Sherman shirts, Fred Perry polo shirts, braces, fitted suits, cardigans, tank tops, Harrington jackets and Crombie-style overcoats.{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/skamelet/|title= RudeBoy/Skinhead Style - Ruder Than the Web!}} Hair is generally between a 2 and 4 grade clip-guard (short, but not bald), in contrast to the shorter-haired punk-influenced Oi! skins of the 1980s.