Ian Stuart Donaldson

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Ian Stuart Donaldson
Birth name Ian Stuart Donaldson
Also known as Ian Stuart
Born (1957-08-11)August 11, 1957
Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England
Origin Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
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Derbyshire, England
Genres Rock Against Communism
White power rock
Rockabilly
Folk
Occupation(s) Musician, singer, songwriter
Instruments Vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, piano
Years active 1975–1993
Labels Chiswick, Rock-O-Rama
Associated acts Skrewdriver, Stigger, Rough Justice, Tumbling Dice, The Klansmen, White Diamond

Ian Stuart Donaldson (August 11, 1957 – September 24, 1993), also known as Ian Stuart, was an English singer, musician, songwriter and far-right political activist from Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire.

He was best known as the frontman of Skrewdriver, a British punk rock band which he rebranded as a white power rock band. He raised money through white power concerts with his Blood and Honour network.

Donaldson died in a car crash in 1993, aged 36, and remains widely revered in white power rock circles.

Life

Ian Stuart Donaldson attended Baines School in Poulton, where he met Sean McKay, Phil Walmsley, and John Grinton. They formed the cover band Tumbling Dice, who played songs by The Rolling Stones and other bands. In 1975, they formed Skrewdriver, a band that gained a reputation for attracting violence at their concerts.[1]

After the original Skrewdriver lineup parted ways in 1979, Donaldson formed a new lineup and began to write songs for a white power audience.[2] The new version of Skrewdriver openly promoted far-right groups such as the National Front and raising funds for them (and affiliated organisations) through the White Noise Records label.[2] Skrewdriver became known for its involvement in the white nationalist movement and its associated music genre, Rock Against Communism.[2] In 1987, Donaldson founded Blood and Honour, a neo-Nazi network that distributes white power music and organises concerts.[2]

Donaldson also became leader of two other bands, The Klansmen (a rockabilly band) and White Diamond (a hard rock/heavy metal band), and he released several solo albums. Along with Skrewdriver guitarist Stigger, he recorded the albums Patriotic Ballads volumes 1 and 2, which included covers of traditional folk songs such as "The Green Fields of France". Donaldson's voice also appeared in the song "The Invisible Empire" (whose title refers to the Ku Klux Klan) on the 1989 album See you in Valhalla by neo-Nazi rock band No Remorse.

On the night of 23 September 1993, Donaldson was in a car crash in Derbyshire that resulted in his death the following day, at the age of 36.[3] A friend of the band died at the crash scene.[citation needed]

Discography

Ian Stuart & Rough Justice

  • Justice for the Cottbus Six (1992) (Rock-O-Rama)

Ian Stuart & Stigger

  • Patriotic Ballads (1991) (Rock-O-Rama)
  • Patriotic Ballads II – Our Time Will Come (1992) (Rock-O-Rama)

Skrewdriver

Solo albums

  • No Turning Back (1989) (Rock-O-Rama)
  • Slay The Beast (1990) (Rock-O-Rama)
  • Patriot (1991) (Rock-O-Rama)

The Klansmen

  • Rebel with a Cause (1989) (Klan Records)
  • Rock 'n' Roll Patriots (1989) (Rock-O-Rama)
  • Fetch the Rope (1991) (Klan Records)

White Diamond

  • The Reaper (1991) (Rock-O-Rama)
  • The Power & The Glory (1992) (Glory Discs)

Further reading

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  • The soundtrack of neo-fascism, Patterns of Prejudice (2013)
  • Mark Green "Ian Stuart Donaldson – Memories", PC Records (2007)
  • Mark Green "Ian Stuart Donaldson – Rock 'n Roll Patriot", PC Records (2009)

References

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  4. ↑ 19/10/1977 - Skrewdriver

External links

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