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.
