They May Be Nazis But They Really Rock!

Although that was their public stance in the media frenzy circa 1994, that argument doesn't really hold - they were on the Euronymous tribute, toured with tons of Norwegian bands, shared labels, etc. If you're strictly talking music, it makes more sense though, although it's not a massive difference.

They really don't have much in common with garden variety neo-Nazi skinheads. Lords of Chaos is a great book and addresses this complex question.

Interesting as it undoubtedly is, the writers do have the annoying tendency of streamlining those dozens of viewpoints to line up with their own theories. This could be said of nearly every "scene book" though.

Back to the original question: Graveland's and Burzum's musical contributions to metal are more or less beyond criticism/canonized by now, despite them being unambiguous about their fascist views. The fact that they refrain from being explicitly political in their music might explain their long term appeal - it's a lot harder to take even a half-decent band singing about killing job-stealing Pakis (Skrewdriver) seriously.

To Sherlock Holmes final mystery.

The Fall wore Nazi armbands to pubs and stuff when the were starting out.

For me, a band's music doesn't HAVE to transcend any
sentiment. I view them completely independantly. True, if a band
is utterly reprehensible, I don't want to support them
financially buy buying tickets or CDs, but hey, I download
most of my new music now, anyway.

Heh heh...that reminds me of Chuck's throwaway "Stairway To Hell" comment describing JD's "I Remember Nothing" as a Sgt. Schultz tribute!

Otherwise, i hate nazis and i go out of my way to taunt them. i went on a SLSK chat room for industrial music the other day, there were nazis, here was an exchange:

Me: "Sorry, I thought this was a music room, not the Garbage-tip for racist scum room" Nazi: "Come back when your testicles descend" Me: "Ask your mom how they descended on her face last night" Nazi: "you talk like a nigger" Me: "you're jealous because you have a tiny penis and your mom loves big black cocks" Nazi: "a horse has a bigger penis but it's just a dumb animal like you" Me: "So what you're saying is, your mom likes horse cocks even more than black cocks" Nazi: "Shut up"

Anyways i have a little bit of music that was made with bad sentiments. I don't seek anything for those politics- if i have it, it falls under some other category in my collection.

If you can appreciate "triumph of the will" or "birth of a nation" for art or history's sake, sometimes this kind of music is worth attention too.

Here is some stuff i have:

-Death in June - good if you like joy divisionesque "gothic" music, or music that is blasphemous yet pretty. They were gay nazis.

-Boyd Rice- his article in the Re/search Pranks book is worth reading and funny. It can be interesting to hear , or at least read about what he did in music (fan guitar, "one of the first uses of turntables as an instrument", DIJ/coil collaboration) Fascist although can be appreciated as simple misanthropy.

-GG allin- he did a couple songs with out and out racism in a bad-taste joke way. But he's GG allin.

-oi punk had bands with righty wingy militarism and nationalism as part of the violent subject matter- mixed with contradictory messages. If you can appreciate it as "from the street" than it can be taken as stories not propaganda- not Skrewdriver mind you, but 4 skins, cocksparrer, Combat 84, Condemned 84, Last resort.

-like someone else said, i heard skrewdriver's 1st album actually was not intented to be nazi, and said something like "down with imperialism" or something on the cover. I would listen to it. Although nothing else of theirs.

The occult I believe, and I remember some Nazi stuff. Of course some people say Hitler was connected to the occult, in which case it's a two for one deal maybe.

And The Strong Survive
For The Love Of Life
And The Strong Will Rise
In The Endless Light
For The Blood Of Life
For The Love Of Life

Also, Mr Snrub...you got my attention. When did Reggae singer Snow turn racist? Dish the gossip, man.