Ian Stuart Donaldson

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'''Ian Stuart Donaldson''' {{lived|1957|1993}}, a.k.a. '''Ian Stuart''' (he apparently felt that "Donaldson" didn't exactly fit his persona)<ref name=walmsley>[http://www.punk77.co.uk/groups/skrewdriverinterview.htm Punk77: Phil Walmsley Sets the Record Straight &mdash; Skrewdriver 1976-78]</ref> was a [[British]] [[neo-Nazi]] 
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 [[skinhead]] musician most known as the frontman for the [[white power]] rock band '''Skrewdriver''' and as one of the founders of [[Rock Against Communism]].<ref>[http://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=405 Ian Stuart: Zero of the White Race]</ref> While his singing and Skrewdriver's music sounds like 
someone threw a radio into a concrete mixer
 generic 1980s {{wpl|Hardcore punk|hardcore|,}} they are, nonetheless, very influential in the white power, and specifically neo-Nazi skinhead, movements.<ref>[http://www.adl.org/hate_symbols/Skrewdriver.asp Hate on Display:Skrewdriver]</ref>

==Skrewdriver==
[[File:Skrewdriver logo.png|thumb|right|165px|Skrewdriver logo]]
Skrewdriver began life in 1976 as a regular [[punk]] band with no political agenda.  Although it drew on contemporary skinhead fashion, skinheads of the mid-1970s had yet to become associated with the white power movement and were by-and-large a non-partisan (and multi-ethnic) sub-culture of British working class youths. The band's guitarist, Phil Walmsley, would later recall that Donaldson had an aggressive streak during this period, but was not politically active. This incarnation of Skrewdriver lasted until 1980; two years later, Donaldson revived it as an overtly [[racist]] band.<ref name=walmsley/> The first album released by Skrewdriver mark II was 1982's ''Hail the New Dawn'';<ref>[http://www.discogs.com/artist/Skrewdriver Discogs: Skrewdriver]</ref><ref group=notes>One of the tracks from ''Hail the New Dawn'' is a cover of ''[[Tomorrow Belongs to Me]]'', a faux-Nazi song from the musical ''Cabaret'', which has become something of a Neo-Nazi anthem. The song's authors, John Kander and Fred Ebb, [[Irony|are both]] [[Jews]].</ref> Later releases from the band featured cover art showing a distinct fondness for muscly blokes in their undies.<ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/RORAR Blood & Honour] ''Discogs'' (archived from 4 Aug 2022 04:13:05 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/wip/Uloue The Strong Survive] ''Discogs'' (archived from 4 Aug 2022 04:15:46 UTC).</ref>

Donaldson's life later came crashing down upon him (literally) and he died as a result of injuries from an automobile crash in 1993.{{fact}}

==Blood & Honour==
Outside of Skrewdriver, Donaldson's dubious legacy lies in founding the bloody dishonorable "Blood & Honour" in 1987. Originally an umbrella group for various white power bands, this organisation began to mutate into something more militant following Donaldson's death, with links to [[neo-nazi]] group [[Combat 18]].<ref name=vice>[https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/gqk54y/combat-18-aryan-homeland-essex-nick-ryan I Hung Out with the Neo-Nazis Who Hoped to Set Up an Aryan Homeland in Essex] by Nick Chester (5 Nov 2016) ''Vice''.</ref> The American branch, set up with the help of [[Tom Metzger]], seems particularly violent.<ref>[http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/groups/blood-honour Blood & Honour] ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>

==Legacy==
American hardcore group MDC wrote "Nazis Shouldn't Drive" in his memory.<ref>https://youtu.be/pypxw_jpzg4</ref>

==See also==
*[[Saga]]

==Notes==
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==References==
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