But when Neo-Nazis begin infiltrating the punk rock scene, 7 friends UNITE to fight racism.

The Sound:

Husker Du, Public Enemy; Suicidal Tendancies; Cro-Mags, Descendents, Social Distortion.

The Method:

Righteous Acts of Violence

“We go where they go”

Mike is forced to make a decision.

To keep fighting with his fists…

Or travel a different path.

Mixed Native American/ Black Skinhead, and Co-founder of The Baldies.

Gator is a graffiti artist and skater, who became straightedge after the downfall of his drug dealing father.

Punk rock beauty, vegan, and radical feminist, who demands women fight Nazis alongside the men.

Greenie is Mike’s first love, but their relationship falls apart due to her excessive drug use and alcohol addiction.

Co-founder of The Baldies who is heavily involved in the music scene.

Jon is kind and compassionate from a middle-class family. More conservative than the other members.

Intelligent, mixed-race platonic friend of Mike’s who becomes his voice of reason.

Her father Rudy was an original Rude Boy, who inspired many anti-racist skinhead and anti-fascist ideals.

Mike’s best friend and Baldies cohort. They’d often compete over the same punk rock chicks.

A bad ass fighter who commands everyone’s respect.

Caring, thoughtful, and easily influenced. Willing to do anything for his friends.

Because his heart is in the right place, others often take advantage of his kindness.

One of the few black members of the crew, Mo, encourages Mike to stay in touch with his black identity.

He listens to political roots and reggae and later convinces Mike to take MCing seriously.

After joining the Baldies, Kieran quickly becomes the Idealogical brain of the crew.

He was raised in a family of union organizers and community activists to become a radical revolutionary anti-fascist.

Minneapolis punk rocker turned Neo-Nazi, Paul founds the White Knights— rivals of the Baldies.

Mike gets arrested after throwing a brick through Paul’s window. When Mike organizes a fundraiser to cover his fine, all of the MPLS street gangs come together to oppose the White Knights.

Reluctant member of the White Knights. Brent is a participant in the local punk rock scene, who comes to his senses and eventually turns on his racist counterparts.

Ruthless Cuban-born cop who identifies as white, and terrorizes the Baldies.

Bautista is a secret ally of the White Knights and other white supremacy organizations.

Mike’s mother and his rock. Iris struggles financially and personally, but always takes care of her family.

After divorcing Mike’s stepfather, Don, Iris moves to Portland for a new beginning. Soon after, Mike follows her to the Northwest.

Mike’s collegiate older brother who constantly makes fun of Mike and his friends.

After moving to Portland, Mark begins socializing and partying with the same “rejects” he used to make fun of—The Sharps (Skinheads Against Racial Prejudice).

The pro-black Afrocentric stepfather of Mike, who works as an attorney in the DA’s office.

Don looks out for Mike and warns him when the police classify The Baldies as a street gang, but Mike never seems to appreciate his sacrifice.

Just as Mike hits rock bottom, he has a one-night stand with an 18-year-old April, who becomes pregnant and decides to keep the baby.

April gives birth to Mike’s first daughter, Shomarri, and forces him to look at the world differently from a young age.

The Look: The Warriors, American History X, Juice, Rumble Fish

The Sound: Punk, Reggae, Ska, Metal, Hip Hop.

The Feel: Coming of age, adolescent, political consciousness, social movements, urban gang culture, sex, violence, and drugs.

We can all imagine a SKINHEAD.

The tight SHAVE. Bomber jacket. Swastika patches. Pegged jeans. Racist tattoos. Suspenders. Fred Perry shirts. Doc Martin boots.

But skinheads weren’t always the symbol of White Supremacy…

The Nazis jacked their style.

The original fashion, music, and movement date back to the Jamaican Rude Boys.

And more recently, to the 1960’s UK working-class teens.

The legacy created by the Jamaican Rude Boys and established by theBritish working class, would be continued by The Minneapolis Baldies.

Many of Antifa’s current methodologies can be traced back to The Baldies.

Full Circle Moment

In the wake of the tragic 2019 murder of George Floyd, attention immediately shifted to protesters on the streets of Minneapolis. President Trump and his supporters denounced the Black Lives Matter movement, and labeled Antifa (short for Anti-Fascist) a terrorist organization. Although Antifa is not a unified group, the organization actively challenges white supremacy, similar to the Baldies and the antiracist skinheads that existed prior to them.

Maniac Psycho Lunatic Savages

Riding on my rivals through the streets of Minneapolis

Organized nationwide interstate traveling

Pacifist activist they stayed mad at us

My posse born to ride on Nazis

We put a lid on the hype, these kids tried to copy

Anti-racist into bands fights and skatin’

Bad Brains, Cro Mags, Dead Kennedy’s

BDP, X Clan, and Public Enemy

Agnostic Front, Fishbone, Suicidal Tendencies

A delicate subject, intelligent thug shit

Criminal elements enveloped in justice

Solidarity and unity across communities

A grassroots movement executed beautifully

I’m not invincible, I walk with sentinels

It was only sensible being principled and physical

You will respect my name, you will respect my game

You will respect the struggle from whence I came