Post by sektarisk on Nov 24, 2008 12:11:39 GMT
As I was looking for some info about an obscure spanish oi! band, I've fonud these on a Nazi Site :
"Taken from aryanunity.com
by Eddy Morrison (political activist)
When Punk Rock (begun in 1976) was becoming the dominant wave in the youth music scene. At first I was bewildered when I saw some of our once clean cut members wearing safety pins and dressing in ex-charity shop clothes. However, I could also see that Punk was becoming a powerful weapon for anyone who could turn it politically. The reds were already attempting to do this with their newly formed "Rock Against Racism", and many teenagers went to their concerts, not because they were anti-racist but simply to hear the music.
This couldn't be allowed to continue. We either had to condemn Punk or use it. I chose the latter option and started a spoof fanzine called "Punk Front" which featured a NF logo with safety pin in it. To my great surprise, "Punk Front" was a huge success and soon, especially in Leeds, NF members and supporters were going to the biggest Punk Club around - the infamous "F Club". I started to regularly go to the club and NF Punks were recruiting other punks.
In a few months, the NF was the dominant political force on the big punk scene in Leeds. Music papers such as "Sounds" and "The New Musical Express" were taking an interest in us. Gary Bushell was sent up to look into the phenomena. We had pro-NF letters published in many music papers and other punks started bringing out pro-NF fanzines. We even started two bands - the Ventz and the Dentists. Both these bands were to feature later on in the start of "Rock Against Communism".
The reds in Leeds hit back by getting their own bands onto the stage of the club. They didn't last long. One of their bands "The Mekons" had a particularly rough time of it. I remember one night the BBC "Old Grey Whistle Test" with John Peel turned up at the club to film the bands (and the audience). The first band on was, as I recall, the Mekons, whose first song was "The National Front is a F*****g Nazi Front". Of course this went down as welcome as a pork pie at a Jewish wedding. The audience was about 80% NF punks and skins and the first lines of the song were greeted by a shower of beer glasses. Then the crowd stormed the stage and the evening came to an eventful end with the BBC crew scattering for cover as a pro-NF band took to the stage instead and a slightly punk version of "Rule Britannia" finished off the evening. I remember standing at the bar and surveying the scene. The reds and media had fled. The NF were triumphant amongst a litter of broken chairs, bottles and broken glass. In those days we considered that a successful evening! Foto: Leeds 'Punk Front' members on a NF demo circa 1978.
"Taken from aryanunity.com
by Eddy Morrison (political activist)
When Punk Rock (begun in 1976) was becoming the dominant wave in the youth music scene. At first I was bewildered when I saw some of our once clean cut members wearing safety pins and dressing in ex-charity shop clothes. However, I could also see that Punk was becoming a powerful weapon for anyone who could turn it politically. The reds were already attempting to do this with their newly formed "Rock Against Racism", and many teenagers went to their concerts, not because they were anti-racist but simply to hear the music.
This couldn't be allowed to continue. We either had to condemn Punk or use it. I chose the latter option and started a spoof fanzine called "Punk Front" which featured a NF logo with safety pin in it. To my great surprise, "Punk Front" was a huge success and soon, especially in Leeds, NF members and supporters were going to the biggest Punk Club around - the infamous "F Club". I started to regularly go to the club and NF Punks were recruiting other punks.
In a few months, the NF was the dominant political force on the big punk scene in Leeds. Music papers such as "Sounds" and "The New Musical Express" were taking an interest in us. Gary Bushell was sent up to look into the phenomena. We had pro-NF letters published in many music papers and other punks started bringing out pro-NF fanzines. We even started two bands - the Ventz and the Dentists. Both these bands were to feature later on in the start of "Rock Against Communism".
The reds in Leeds hit back by getting their own bands onto the stage of the club. They didn't last long. One of their bands "The Mekons" had a particularly rough time of it. I remember one night the BBC "Old Grey Whistle Test" with John Peel turned up at the club to film the bands (and the audience). The first band on was, as I recall, the Mekons, whose first song was "The National Front is a F*****g Nazi Front". Of course this went down as welcome as a pork pie at a Jewish wedding. The audience was about 80% NF punks and skins and the first lines of the song were greeted by a shower of beer glasses. Then the crowd stormed the stage and the evening came to an eventful end with the BBC crew scattering for cover as a pro-NF band took to the stage instead and a slightly punk version of "Rule Britannia" finished off the evening. I remember standing at the bar and surveying the scene. The reds and media had fled. The NF were triumphant amongst a litter of broken chairs, bottles and broken glass. In those days we considered that a successful evening! Foto: Leeds 'Punk Front' members on a NF demo circa 1978.
