Burdi has been credited by Canadian law enforcement and other observers of the radical right with bringing a younger, more militant contingent into the more established hate group. Youth seek role models through musicians. Resistance Records is operated by a COTC member in Detroit, Michigan. Resistance Records has also signed the racist bands Nordic Thunder, Aggravated Assault, Aryan, and the Voice. He astutely added that Canada's restrictions on hate speech could inadvertently spread the music's appeal.
Music is fed on controversy.
Ignore us and we get huge because we can develop unhindered. Attack us and we get huge because you create controversy and the youth want to hear us. Either way, we win. The law appears to have caught up with Fischer, however, as a result of his bizarre effort to avenge the alleged theft of a computer, complete with extremist mailing lists and correspondence from a fellow extremist. Carl Fischer and Maynard were additionally charged with threatening death and bodily harm.