Codes And Conventions Of My Album Cover - Chosen

I chose the album cover Boots and Braces by Skrewdriver as it has all the connotations of a skinhead band but yet does not stand for what skinheads stand for and are extremely racist and have very right wing connotations whereas they still make good music and are very good musicians. Personally im not about what they believe in but I do really like the music they uphold and made in the 80s. the boots on the front automatically symbolise the connotations of skinhead culture as they are the main thing a skinhead is recognised for.

the writing is in a very distorted fashion which looks kind of edgy with the writing being in black to go with what the rest of the album cover has as the rest is black and white and plain yet captures a very edgy fashion. the boots look great as they are the centre piece of the album cover representing the boots being the centre piece of skinhead culture. The use of the boots being the largest and most centre piece of the album cover portray it as a big part of skinhead culture in which it is and look rather aggressive and sturdy which also connote skinhead attitudes and views on certain situations as skinheads are renouned for being aggressive and for fighting, especially with other subcultures such as mods, punks and goths. They are also renouned for fighting at football matches in the 1980s as hooliganism was a large on-going theme around that time of history.