The History Of White Nationalist Music

Before we can understand where White Nationalist music is today it is important to know where it came from. There is not a ton written about the history, but I figured it might be useful to get an idea of where it came from a Nationalist perspective. When researching, I came across a transcript of a radio broadcast produced in 2006 presented by Shaun Walker, called The Growth of White Power Music. Though he is a White Nationalist he gives as close to an unbiased view of how the music scene emerged as possible for his views, with the exception of stating numerous times that the "Jews" control the record labels, which is why it was so hard for their music to emerge into the mainstream. According to Walker, there had been a long history of pro-white music in America, first noting the 1800's. Songs such as Oh Susanna, which many people know parts of these days, but probably not the whole song. At one point mentioning " De Lectrie fluid magnified, and killed 500 nigger". This is a very mild example, with many other songs referencing much worse. At the time this would be considered an appropriate thing to say in American culture, but by our standards today these songs would obviously be considered hateful. Around the time of the Civil Rights Movement, there was a decline in pro-white music and no record labels would release music of this sort. The timing was bad, with the dramatic changes the U.S. was making in the social structure. Though there were a few bands/ artists that had moderate success with songs such as "Move those Niggers North." Classy right? But as all of the information I have found on White Nationalist music has stated, in the late 70's an English band by the name of Skrewdriver dramatically changed the scene for the pro-white music. They brought it back with a bang you could say? Walker mentions their success was forever limited when they decided to become a White Nationalist band, though they opened for a few well known bands, like The Clash, and could have been as successful if they continued to play mainstream music. For a little over a decade pro-white music was hard to get a hold of. Most of the time it was a bad recording or recording of a bad recording that people were listening to. Finally, in the early 90s the first CD was made in America, ironically by a Chinese man. From there the growth has continued and now there are many small and a few large record companies producing large amounts of White Nationalist music (Resistance Records, Prophecy Records, etc.), with an average of one or two new CD's released out each month. With the youth being the target audience to get involved in the movement, there is a great need to utilize sites that they use to reach them, mostly social media (MySpace Music, etc). Even though the government has many ways of controlling and banning what is put on social media sites White Nationalists are evolving as regulations change to find other ways to spread their messages. Also, there are still very popular forms of music distribution that are not being regulated, such as iTunes. This is one of the largest ways that White Nationalists spread their messages at this point in time. Only time can tell where this genre will go in the future, depending on government regulations, changing views, and many other factors that we will have to wait till they happen to see the impact.




It would only be appropriate to leave you with a Skrewdriver song, called Back With A Bang. Take a listen.