Rock Against Communism

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'''Rock Against Communism''' was a series of [[white power]] concerts held in the [[United Kingdom]] between the late 1970s and early 1990s, originally started by the British neo-fascist political party [[National Front]]. The name of these concerts is a play on [[Rock Against Racism]], and is extremely deceptive, in that the concerts seldom focused on the subject of [[communism]] and, more often than not, featured [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]], [[antisemitism|antisemitic]], [[racism|racist]], and violent themes.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20030111100525/http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/Rac.asp RAC], A Visual Database of
Extremist Symbols, Logos and Tattoos</ref> Later, the term "rock against communism" (RAC) was adopted by white power and neo-Nazi [[skinhead]] organizations as a [[meme]] in reference to racist and [[bigot]]ed [[rock music]] that they often promoted.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040908064308/http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/stories/s225691.htm The World Today archive]</ref> A lot of idiots involved with these groups and their records will peddle the "[[Cultural Marxism]]" [[bullshit]] about how things such as letting [[miscegenation|interracial couples]] marry and stopping [[police brutality]] against minorities are [[Conspiracy theory|somehow communist plots]] as a half-assed justification for the bait-and-switch.

In the [[United States]], there were some would-be [[punk]] bands who continued to insist on "rocking against communism", but most of their fan base is too young to remember what the [[USSR]] was. In general, the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] sees their racism as quite peripheral to real political problems and more of the stuff that jackasses do to make fools of themselves.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100825053516/http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/publications/skinheads-in-america-racists-on-the-rampage/racist-skinheads-a-timeline-of#.UYR_4OAXuKo Inbreeding at its finest!]</ref> Unfortunately, many of these kinds of groups still gather big followings among hardcore extremists in various European nations and other places, with the ones who actually perform in places with historical memories of [[World War II]] often being pretty damn shameless for their belief that [[Nazi Germany|the bad guys]] should have won.

The term "rock against communism" or "RAC" is sometimes used as a kind of musical sub-genre label (roughly akin to calling something "new wave", "post-punk" or such) to signify that a particular recording has [[far right]]-type lyrics combined with stereotypical rock instrumentation. Examples of groups given this tag for their [[fascist]]-type messages include No Remorse, [[Skrewdriver]],<ref group=note>This group started out as an apolitical punk band with a Ramones-esque kind of sound, so don't be surprised if you run into non-racist fans online (who appreciate the stuff from their saner days only).</ref> and Skullhead, among others. The "music" (using that word very, ''very'' loosely) ranges from the terribly forgettable to the unforgettably terrible all of the time, although it can be rather enjoyable to note how shamelessly a lot of the racist dopes steal from mainstream artists (besides the whole fact that [[rock and roll]] music as a very concept was invented largely by [[African American]] musicians in the first place).

==See also==
*[[Red-baiting]]
*[[Saga]]

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