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Just before we start, this episode contains descriptions of violence and strong language.

Dada's was a record store that I used to go to all the time and they sold punk records. Back in 1988 Neil was just a teenager. He was your classic 80s punk, bleached denim jacket, piercings, and short-cut blonde hair with a long fringe that went down to his chin.

And on this day he was in Dada Records searching for something particular.

And I had to look around, but they didn't have what I was looking for.

So after a bit, he turned to leave the records door.

And as I was walking out, there were about maybe seven or eight Nazi skin heads walking in.

These guys had shaved heads, jackboots and swastikas.

They were part of Perth's Nazi skinhead scene, racist bullies and

kind of disorganized. But since the Australian nationalist movement had started covering

the city in racist propaganda, the skinheads had become more confident and more visible.

So they started to become a lot more public, right? So they started to get out and about in groups.

Neil was literally wearing his feelings about that on his sleeve as he walked out

the record store that day.

I had a, there's a band called The Dead Kennedies and they've got a song called Nazi Punx

Fuck Off. When you bought the EP they came with a little patch that you could sew on your jacket

which said Nazi punks fuck off with a picture of a swastik or a circle around it and across through it.

So I had that on my arm.

Whether the skinhead saw the patch or just his general look, they weren't impressed.

And what Neil says happened next would haunt him for years to come.

So I saw him and as I kind of got down four steps,

I felt an elbow got me right in the eye.

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