Friday, February 5, 2010

Chema Skandal. Big Shot magazine.

by Pug-In-Boots



Big Shot is a German skinhead zine that started in 2006 and is now in it's sixth issue. The cover says "50% auf Deutsch 20% in English 30% Fotos" which is about right (it's 66 pages). It focuses entirely on soul, ska, reggae and traditional skinhead culture, there is no oi except where mentioned in interviews or on ads. It costs about 13 bucks to get it in Australia: 2 Euros for the mag and 6.50 for postage. I reckon it's still worth it, for the pics, the few articles that are in English, the bands you'll discover in it, and just cos it's, as far as I know, the only glossy high quality skinhead zine in the world.

Big Shot 6 has an interview with the Mexican skinhead artist Chema Skandal, whose art is fucking sick. I have this flyer printed out and stuck up on the wall:



I've scanned in the whole interview. Click on the pics to see them full size.





The same issue also has an article on Aussie ska, which unfortunately is in German. Still, you can scan it for band names.

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