Nazi punk

A Nazi punk is a neo-Nazi who is part of the punk subculture. The term also describes the related music genre,^[1] which is sometimes also referred to as hatecore. Nazi Punk music generally sounds like other forms of punk rock, but differs by having lyrics that express hatred of some ethnic minorities, Jews, communists, homosexuals, anarchists, and other perceived enemies.

Skinhead and punk supporters of the British Movement c.1979

Nazi punk
Other names	Hatecore
Stylistic origins	Hatred white power music
Cultural origins	1970s, United Kingdom 1930s, Germany
Subgenres
Rock Against Communism
Other topics
Neo-Nazism white power skinhead National Socialist black metal

It is a subgenre of punk that contrasts sharply with the anti-authoritarian and frequently leftist ideas prevalent in much of the punk subculture.

In 1978 in Britain, the white nationalist National Front had a punk-oriented youth organization called the Punk Front.^[2] Although the Punk Front only lasted one year, it recruited several English punks, as well as forming a number of white power punk bands such as Dentists, The Ventz, Tragic Minds, and White Boss.^[3][4] In the early 1980s, the white power skinhead band Brutal Attack temporarily transformed into a Nazi punk band.^[5]

The Nazi Punk subculture appeared in the United States by the early 1980s around the hardcore punk scene.^[6][7]

See also

• List of neo-Nazi bands
• National Socialist black metal
• Nazi chic
• Nipster
• Punk ideologies
• Rock Against Communism
• White nationalism
• White power music
• "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" – a song by the band Dead Kennedys