Mike Skinner On 97

GOODHOOD recently sat down with The Streets' front man Mike Skinner to talk about the musical landscape in 1997 and the Nike Air Max 97, which just has re-released.

"You were in Birmingham in 1997, what was happening then – what can you tell us about the musical landscape at that time?"

"97, for me personally, was all about speed garage. Grime was when I came to London in like 2001 and before that, around 95, was house. Birmingham was a funny one because I hung out with guys that were rappers, really, because I used to record other rappers. Because we were from, like the suburbs really, I didn’t really feel safe at Drum’n’Bass events at that time. It did quickly go quite studenty, probably around 97. Certainly before 97 going to drum ‘n’ bass events wasn’t really, I mean it was alright but it was always something; someone firing a gun or kicking off. I wasn’t really into that. You know, ecstasy and gun fire doesn’t really go together. Weirdly, speed garage really worked for us because they played it in all the House clubs. Because it started with Armand Van Helden putting those sort of big jungle basslines on house records, so it really started in house clubs. The House clubs at that time were quite safe, you know, although they did try and put on a few bassline events at the Que Club and that was a total nightmare..."

for the full interview click here.


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Yu Nagaba x Goodhood x BEAMS T t-shirt collection

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The Goodhood Store "Halfway To Crazy" lookbook

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GOODHOOD x Mark McNairy Derby Shoes

after the recent collaboration with Caliroots, McNasty teams up with London's GOODHOOD for another solid drop. available as Derby shoe in black and as boot in black & brown.


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An In-Depth Interview with GOODHOOD’s Kyle Stewart

accordingly to yesterdays shots from the new GOODHOOD store, Highsnobiety recently met up with store founder/ owner Kyle Stewart to chat about GOODHOOD’s future, their unique mix of brands and the place Britain has in the wider fashion world.

What does the new store mean for current Goodhood and Life Store locations?

We’re closing them down – so we had Goodhood on one side and Life Store on the other – they’re both closed and we’re going to have our office in what was Goodhood. We’re open officially on September 10 – in terms of the store, its gonna be a massive step up for us – it’s a lot bigger and it’s gonna have a cafe in it, we’re going to be doing food. It’s quite exciting in that aspect, being able to communicate with our customers on a different level. We’re dead excited about it.

Are you guys going to be expanding your brand range?

Yeah, we’ve expanded it quite a bit, not so much on menswear but on women’s quite substantially and also on the Life Store area – we’re adding in stuff like cosmetics and books as well.

So more of a lifestyle store?

Yes, exactly that...

for the full interview click here.

inside the new GOODHOOD Store London

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Goods by Goodhood Pyramid Shirt

more updates for your summer wardrobe with this shirt from Goods by Goodhood, the inhouse label from London's finest The Goodhood Store. made in the UK and screen printed by hand to give it a beautiful uneven finish. available instore or online here.


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The Goodhood Store x R. Newbold Dot shirt

as we were in Milan last month i found a very nice Marni shirt with similar dots, but my size was not available anymore. this shirt is part of an ongoing collaboration between London based Goodhood Store with japanese R. Newbold. an exquisite alternative to the Marni shirt.

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The Goodhood Store "Them Bones" lookbook

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