Rude boy is a subculture that originated from 1960s Jamaican street culture. In the late 1970s, there was a revival in England of the terms rude boy and rude girl, among other variations like rudeboy
Prince Buster performing at the Cardiff Festival, Cardiff, UK
Rude Boys in Notting Hill, London (1974)
A skinhead or skin is a member of a subculture that originated among working-class youth in London, England, in the 1960s. It soon spread to other parts of the United Kingdom, with a second working-cl
Rude boy
…and lyrical content. In the 1960s, the Jamaican diaspora introduced rude boy music and fashion to the United Kingdom, which influenced the mod and skinhead subcultures. In the late 1970s, the term rude boy and rude boy fashions came back into use after the 2 tone band the Specials (notably with a cover of…
Skinhead women with straight-cut fringes in Portugal in 2008
Hoxton Tom McCourt, a revival skinhead pictured in 1977
Late 2000s female skinhead with a Chelsea cut