Ian Stuart Donaldson

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Ian Stuart Donaldson (August 11, 1957 - September 24, 1993), commonly known as Ian Stuart, was the founder of Skrewdriver, the British racist skinhead punk band. He is infamous for his far right National Socialist beliefs.

Contents

1 Musician
2 Racist
3 Death
4 Trivia
5 Further reading
6 See also
7 External links

Musician

Stuart was brought up in Blackpool, where he formed the band Skrewdriver in 1977 after seeing the Sex Pistols play in Manchester. The band disbanded in 1979, but Stuart reformed it in 1982 with different backing players. Unlike the original lineup, the new Skrewdriver was a racist band with connections to the far-right Rock Against Communism organization. Stuart became the leader of Blood and Honour, a militant, nationalist organization involved in the distribution of racist music and propaganda, and the organization of rock concerts.

Stuart was the leader of two other bands, White Diamond and The Klansmen, and released several solo albums, including Patriotic Ballads vols. 1 & 2 with Skrewdriver guitarist Stigger, which covered traditional songs such as "Tomorrow Belongs To Me" and "The Green Fields of France".

He was the most influental person in the White Power music movement. His voice could be heard in Nazi rock band No Remorse's album "See you in Valhalla" (1989) in the song The Invisible Empire which refers to the KKK.

Racist

Stuart was one of the principal organisers of a concert near Waterloo station in London in 1992. When anti-Nazi groups heard of it, a protest was organized, resulting in a near riot. Shortly before this, he had taken a part-time job at a supermarket to help pay his rent. After the incident his employers dismissed him from his position.

In July 1993, Ian Stuart and Skrewdriver played their last concert (organized by Andreas J. Voigt) for their German friends Kreuzritter für Deutschland in Waiblingen by Stuttgart.

Death

In September 1993 Donaldson died in a car crash in Derbyshire. He was not driving the car. Some friends and supporters claim his death was the result of a plot by MI5 and the Special Branch, who were alleged to have infiltrated Blood and Honour. However no evidence supports any of these claims.

The anarcho-punk band MDC made fun of Donaldson's death with their song "Nazis Shouldn't Drive". [link]

Trivia

He was a strict vegan and was strongly opposed to animal testing and fox hunting.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
The biography of Ian Stuart called Diamond in the Dust (2002) claims that he had argued with and beaten up Iggy Pop and Bob Geldof.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]}
He was rumoured to be friends with both Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead and Suggs from Madness in the early 1980s.^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} They both distanced themselves from him after he became an outspoken racist.

External links

[Ian Stuart in Germany]
[Neo-Nazi Skinheads and Racist Rock: Youth Subculture of Hate]
[Fascism in the United Kingdom and Europe 1997]
http://punkandoi.free.fr/skrewdriver_biography.htm
http://skrewdriver.net/stuart.html
http://stefan.sonic.tripod.com/skrewdriver.htm - The Complete Ian Stuart and Skrewdriver Discography Collection

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