TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ONE: 1977 – 1979

The National Front – The Leeds Punk Front – The birth of RAC – First London RAC concert at Conway Hall – Skrewdriver, the punk years

TWO: 1980 – 1982

Oi – The Ovaltinees – Peter and the Wolf – Skunx Club – Brutal Attack as a punk band – Nicky Crane and the Afflicted – The return of Skrewdriver, ‘Back With a Bang’ – The story of Eddie Stampton – Indecent Exposure – British Standard – Residency at the 100 Club

THREE: 1983

The rebirth of RAC – The Ovaltinees, British Justice EP – Skrewdriver, ‘White Power’ – The story of Steve Sargent – Offensive Weapon – Enter Brutal Attack

FOUR: 1984

Skrewdriver, ‘Voice of Britain’ – White Noise Club – Skullhead – Skrewdriver, Hail the New Dawn LP – Concerts – A Nazi Interruption at Jubilee Gardens – First RAC open-air festival – New bands – Violent end to the year

FIVE: 1985

Indecent Exposure – Above the Ruins (Tony Wakeford, ex-Death In June) – electronic band The Final Sound – Second RAC open-air festival – Last Orders – Skrewdriver, Blood and Honour LP – Ian Stuart locked up

SIX: 1986

Albums by Brutal Attack and Public Enemy – Peter Mathewson memorial gig – story of Jim the Skin – The National Front splits – Third RAC open-air festival – Return of British Standard – British Born – Skinzines – story of Chris Hipkin (British Oi) – New bands

SEVEN: 1987

St George’s Day open-air festival – Vengeance – Time of change – Blood and Honour, the magazine and movement – First B & H gigs at the St. Helier Arms – Skrewdriver, White Rider LP – Skullhead, White Warrior LP

EIGHT: 1988

No Remorse, This Time the World LP – Summer of concerts – Skrewdriver, After the Fire LP – The movement grows

NINE: 1989

Unity New Year’s concert – This time it’s just a scuffle, Ian Stuart attacked – Nazis in London – Counter Culture – A tidal flood of vinyl – Two new albums from No Remorse – Main Event 2, violence but ‘the show goes on’ – Ian Stuart moves to the Midlands – Rebelles Européens – English Rose and Lionheart releases

TEN: 1990

Stigger – Chad and the long arm of the law – St. George’s Day concert, Newcastle – Kicking ZOG across America, No Remorse tour – More vinyl releases – Ian Stuart, solo releases and The Klansmen – Brutal Attack split up – Skullhead, Odin’s Law LP – New bands, Razor’s Edge – Police clampdown

ELEVEN: 1991

More vinyl releases – Summer fun – Concert at Northampton ends in trouble – Public Enemy, Our Weapon Is Truth LP – Battlezone, Nowhere to Hide LP – Patriotic Ballads – Ritorno A Camelot – Disaster at Cottbus – Paul Burnley and the Fourth Reich – Last Chance tape – Baldock, followed by arrests

TWELVE: 1992

Tragedy strikes Violent Storm – Concerts in the Midlands – Skrewdriver, Freedom What Freedom? LP – Nicky Crane and betrayal – Brutal Attack reform – Aryan Fest – New battle of Waterloo – Neil Parish, renegade – More Skrewdriver solo and side projects – Mansfield White Christmas concert

THIRTEEN: 1993

Kirk Barker and Charles Bronson – Brutal Attack, London gigs – Brutal Attack tour America and Canada – Aryan Fest cancelled by biggest police operation since the miners’ strike in the early ’80s – Skrewdriver play on – Death of Ian Stuart and reaction – Come the brand new day: Combat 18

FOURTEEN: MEANWHILE, ACROSS THE POND

Hammerskins – Tom Metzger and WAR – The Arresting Officers and The Allegiance – Bound For Glory – RAHOWA – Detroit, Rival, The Rogues and White American Youth – No Alibi – Nordic Thunder – Aryan Fest ’92 – Death of Eric Banks, former BFG – Das Reich, Triumph of the Will CD

ACRONYM/SLANG GLOSSARY

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