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

Dadas was a record store that I used to go to all the time. They sold punk records.

Back in 1980, 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 record store.

And as I was walking out, they were about maybe seven or eight Nazi skinheads 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 start 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 Kennedys and they've got a song called Nazi Punk's Fuck Off.

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

which said Nazi Punk's Fuck Off with a picture of a swastika 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.

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