Usually these are punk rockers who aren't truly nazis but vaguely hold racist, anti-intellectual, anti-socialist or fascist beliefs.
"The fascists are the only true anarchists," a phrase coined by Benito Mussolini seems to describe the Nazi punk attitude toward bourgeoise culture
A group that would have been gassed in Auschwitz for cross-dressing, refusing to obey orders and/or wearing BDSM fetish wear.
Sid Vicious, Siouxie Sioux,
Johnny Rotten, Richard Hell, Iggy Pop, the Adolescents, Black Flag, Exene, Darby Crash and most early punks latched onto the Nazi Punk image in the late '70s.
In 1976, the swastika was borrowed from Iggy and the Stooges, the Outlaws
Motorcycle Club and the Hell's Angels and then updated and modified into an easily consumable teenage trend by fashion designers Vivian Westwood and Malcolm McLauren in their London boutique called "Sex"
By 1982, the Nazi Punk fad was driven underground, because the big record companies were no longer
interested in signing punk rock bands and were totally focused on New Wave. Without the
mainstream media paying attention punks started concentrating less on image and more on substance.
Most of the Nazi Punks were uneducated and not nearly as bigoted and extreme as their Nazi fetish would indicate.
In the '70s, Darby and Sid were into heavy leather and swastikas on their clothes. Although they were
cross-dressing, they could also be considered
Nazi Punks.
"Nazi Punks Fuck Off" - Dead Kennedys song that became a hit in 1981, because of all the trendy, rich kids in the O.C.
pretending to be Nazis & leathermen from London's East End.
