This is a list of white power bands, bands that create music that promotes white supremacy. It encompasses various music styles, including rock, country, and folk.[1][2] Genres include Nazi punk, Rock Against Communism, National Socialist black metal,[2] and fashwave.[3][4]
Neo-Nazi bands first appeared in the late 1970s. Punk rock, and genres influenced by it, had used National Socialist imagery for shock value, but those bands were usually not fascist. This changed when Oi!, a genre of punk rock, became popular with white power skinheads. The ambiguity of National Socialist chic can make it difficult to identify a band's intentions, especially when the bands do not express a clear political message. Academics usually identify these bands as neo-Nazi by analyzing their worldview.[5] National Socialist bands may break with white power music in that they maintain hardline National Socialist beliefs.[6]: 2 In countries that were persecuted by the Third Reich, bands may criticize aspects of fringe National Socialists while adopting a somewhat modified worldview.[6]: 78
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References
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- Unit, Yarno Ritzen, Al Jazeera Investigative. "Exclusive: Facebook used extensively to spread neo-Nazi music". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2025-09-24.
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- Cakl, Ondrej; Wollmann, Radek (2005). Mudde, Cas (ed.). Racist Extremism in Central and Eastern Europe. Routledge. p. 33. ISBN 0-415-35593-1.
- Koehler, Daniel (2017). Right-Wing Terrorism in the 21st Century. Taylor & Francis. p. 142. ISBN 978-1-138-12328-1.
- Finley, Laura L. (2019). "Music and Violence: Punk Music". In Finley, Laura L. (ed.). Violence in Popular Culture: American and Global Perspectives. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 9781440854323.
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