Panzerfaust Records was a
Minnesota-based
white power record label founded in September
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
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. Named after a
German anti-tank rocket, the record label distributed the music of white power bands and organized concerts across the
United States.
At the label's peak around 2000, it was the main competitor of
Resistance Records,
and they had grown close to the
neo-Nazi
Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...
group
White Revolution.
History
Panzerfaust Records was founded in 1998 by Anthony Pierpont, Ed Wolbank and Eric Davidson.
[Etter, G.W. (2009). "Hip-Hop, Narcocorrido, and Neo-Nazi Hate Rock: A Comparison of Alienated Criminal Groups", ''Journal of the Institute of Justice and International Studies'', no. 9, pp. 98-112.][Simi, Pete; Futrell, Robert. (2010). ''American Swastika: Inside the White Power Movement's Hidden Spaces of Hate'', Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, . p80.] The organization had ties to a number of other groups, including Hammerskin Nation,
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Top "white power" music label prospers from Twin Cities home base
', Minnesota Public Radio. Retrieved June 30, 2014. the "largest
S skinhead group",
Volksfront and White Revolution.
In 2003 Bryant Cecchini, aka
Byron Calvert
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824), known simply as Lord Byron, was an English romantic poet and peer. He was one of the leading figures of the Romantic movement, and has been regarded as among the ...
, joined the company.
In 2004, the label launched ''Project Schoolyard'', a United States-wide campaign to distribute free Panzerfaust sampler CDs to middle school and high school students. In response, schools were notified and in some districts CDs were confiscated or voluntarily turned over by students, and the
anti-fascist
Anti-fascism is a political movement in opposition to fascist ideologies, groups and individuals. Beginning in European countries in the 1920s, it was at its most significant shortly before and during World War II, where the Axis powers were ...
record label
Insurgence Records responded by offering a free downloadable compilation called ''Project Boneyard''.
Panzerfaust Records shut down in early 2005 after the arrest of Pierpont for drug possession upon returning from a
sex tourism
Sex tourism refers to the practice of traveling to foreign countries, often on a different continent, with the intention of engaging in sexual activity or relationships in exchange for money or lifestyle support. This practice predominantly oper ...
trip to
Thailand, and the emergence of evidence that Pierpont was of
Hispanic descent and had dated
transgender individuals and women outside the White race.
The company was reorganized without Pierpont to become "Free Your Mind Productions" but disbanded for good shortly after.
Pierpont has since supposedly moved away from racism and the white power movement.
As of January 27, 2005, the Panzerfaust Web site was no longer operating.
Panzerfaust Records: Distributor of Hate Music
, ''Anti-Defamation League
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is an international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States specializing in civil rights law. It was founded in late Septe ...
''. Retrieved May 30, 2014.
See also
* List of record labels
References
External links
The Well-Tanned Skinhead'' - SPLC Intel Report
Panzerfaust collapses amid Aryan purity debate
Panzerfaust Misfires
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American record labels
Record labels established in 1998
Record labels disestablished in 2005
Neo-Nazi record labels
Neo-Nazism in the United States
Independent record labels based in Minnesota
1998 establishments in Minnesota