According to the Southern Poverty Law Center:
The man who allegedly murdered six people at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee yesterday, identified in media reports as Wade Michael Page, was a frustrated neo-Nazi who had been the leader of a racist white-power band.
In 2010, Page, then the leader of the band End Apathy, gave an interview to the white supremacist website Label 56. He said that when he started the band in 2005, its name reflected his wish to “figure out how to end people’s apathetic ways” and start “moving forward.” “I was willing to point out some of my faults on how I was holding myself back,” Page said. Later, he added, “The inspiration was based on frustration that we have the potential to accomplish so much more as individuals and a society in whole.” He did not discuss violence in the interview.
Page told the website that he had been a part of the white power music scene since 2000, when he left his native Colorado on a motorcycle. He attended white power concerts in Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Colorado. At various times, he said, he also played in the hate rock bands Youngland (2001-2003), Celtic Warrior, Radikahl, Max Resist, Intimidation One, Aggressive Force and Blue Eyed Devils. End Apathy, he said, included “Brent” on bass and “Ozzie” on drums; the men were former members of Definite Hate and another band, 13 Knots.
I am now expecting that the mainstream media will be barking up the trees and all of the anti-racist skinheads will be caught up in the frenzy... There are so many thoughts in my head but they all come back to one thing: Fuck that guy.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:15 (9 months ago) Permalink
Apologies, but upon reflection I don't know if I should have linked to the racist website... I did it because the SPLC website did. Can a mod remove the link in the middle of the text please?
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
throw a post up on the Mod Request forum too, just to catch mod attention
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:17 (9 months ago) Permalink
Caught it, edited.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2012 14:18 (9 months ago) Permalink
Thanks, Ned. Sorry about that.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
what is going on on that album cover
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:22 (9 months ago) Permalink
racist skinheads have discovered how to suspend the laws of physics
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:22 (9 months ago) Permalink
They ripped off this classic:
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:23 (9 months ago) Permalink
"he dies as he lived: in the shadow of an imprisoned man whose hands were as large as a car"
― steven fucking tyler (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
I truly wonder whether this guy mistook Sikhs for Muslims or Sikhs were already good enough targets for him.
I will never fail to savor the irony of white hate groups loving any kind of rock music.
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:45 (9 months ago) Permalink
I truly wonder how many "isolated incidents" we can have before Americans as a group start noticing a pattern
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:47 (9 months ago) Permalink
xp White supremacists are stupid. Some day there'll be a white supremacist hip hop group.
― Jeremy Clarkson Sex Face (snoball), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
Already happening.
http://imagine2050.newcomm.org/2008/08/28/white-power-hip-hop-seriously/
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2012 14:53 (9 months ago) Permalink
Putting '"white power" hip hop' into Google leads you strange places.
I'm sure any search with "white power" as a parameter is going to be full of tears
like, I'm sure '"white power" "ice cream"' is not going to be as funny as one would hope
― keeping things contextual (DJP), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:57 (9 months ago) Permalink
I think it's actually called "vanilla."
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Monday, 6 August 2012 14:59 (9 months ago) Permalink
I Love Music
― am0n, Monday, 6 August 2012 15:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
"I wish to exalt my people. This I will do by being a really dumb mass murderer so that people will see how great we are. Also have you heard me 'sing'? Great, no?"
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 6 August 2012 15:05 (9 months ago) Permalink
'white power ranger'?
― Jeremy Clarkson Sex Face (snoball), Monday, 6 August 2012 15:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
End Apathy began in 2005 with roots in old school hardcore punk and metal influences. The music is a sad commentary on our sick society and the problems that prevent true progress. Our first release will be a 7" split with Definite Hate, then we will have one song on the UPRISE compilation, and our full length CD will be out later this year released by Label 56. The early recordings I did everything myself (songs currently posted), but now Brent and Ozzie from Definite Hate/13 Knots have joined End Apathy and we will be playing the UPRISE fest and a few other upcoming shows. So, check back on this page and the Label 56 myspace page/website for updates.
― buzza, Monday, 6 August 2012 15:06 (9 months ago) Permalink
End Apathy = White America erwache!
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 6 August 2012 15:16 (9 months ago) Permalink
End Apathy - Classic or Dud
― am0n, Monday, 6 August 2012 15:46 (9 months ago) Permalink
rolling neo-nazi murder music
― am0n, Monday, 6 August 2012 15:48 (9 months ago) Permalink
Tbh, the only thing that elicits any enthusiasm in this music is the lyrics, which I'm sure to enthusiastically loathe. The music would probably leave me indifferent, or should I say, still apathetic.
― sive gallus et mulier (Michael White), Monday, 6 August 2012 15:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
huh...must be another 13 Knots?
― Elrond Hubbard (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 6 August 2012 15:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
or not
They have a MySpace page still up with links to streaming audio, for those so-inclinded:
http://www.myspace.com/endapathyband
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 16:03 (9 months ago) Permalink
Influences:
Sabbath, Slayer, Maiden, DRI, COC, RKL, GWAR, GBH, Aggresion, Misfits, Bad Religion, Sick Pleasure, Exploited, Dayglow Abortions, Crumbsuckers, Cryptic Slaughter, Mike Watt, Innocent Addiction, Soak, BumKon, Burnt Fase, etc...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 16:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
.. video games ..
― Mark G, Monday, 6 August 2012 16:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
Mike Watt, eh?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2012 16:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
You can hear the Mike Watt influence for sure...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 16:13 (9 months ago) Permalink
Plans for his tribute album This is a Picnic fell apart.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 August 2012 16:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
― am0n, Monday, August 6, 2012 11:48 AM (34 minutes ago) Bookmark
― tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Monday, 6 August 2012 16:24 (9 months ago) Permalink
There they go again, appropriating images of powerlessness or exploitation. Scary how visible they are.
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Truck Bombing Begins at Home (Mount Cleaners), Monday, 6 August 2012 16:28 (9 months ago) Permalink
The music is a sad commentary on our sick society and the problems that prevent true progress.
― omar little, Monday, 6 August 2012 16:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
― ○ (gr8080), Monday, 6 August 2012 17:00 (9 months ago) Permalink
Military veteran, psyops.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/sikh-temple-shooter-was-military-veteran-who-lived-nearby/2012/08/06/648d8134-dfbd-11e1-a421-8bf0f0e5aa11_story.html
― StanM, Monday, 6 August 2012 18:04 (9 months ago) Permalink
Page shot the first police officer to arrive on the scene eight or nine times at close range
holy hell...
― tauheed & cambria (J0rdan S.), Monday, 6 August 2012 18:10 (9 months ago) Permalink
― โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว aka Truck Bombing Begins at Home (Mount Cleaners), Monday, August 6, 2012 12:28 PM
who, fugazi?
― am0n, Monday, 6 August 2012 18:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
Label 56 is very sorry to hear about the tragedy in Wisconsin and our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who are affected. We have worked hard over the years to promote a positive image and have posted many articles encouraging people to take a positive path in life, to abstain from drugs, alcohol, and just general behavior that can affect ones life negatively. Likewise we have never sought attention by using "shock value"/ symbols and ideology that are generally labeled as such. With that being said, all images and products related to End Apathy have been removed from our site. We do not wish to profit from this tragedy financially or with publicity.
― MUBU gai pan (Whiney G. Weingarten), Monday, 6 August 2012 21:37 (9 months ago) Permalink
Positive racism is so much better than the negative kind...
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Monday, 6 August 2012 22:51 (9 months ago) Permalink
Mr. Page’s stepmother, Laura Page, 67, who divorced his father more than a decade ago, described Mr. Page as “a precious little boy, a very mellow and soft-spoken person.”
In an interview in Denver, where she lives, Ms. Page said she had known her stepson since he was 10. As a child, she said, he worshiped the guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan. His aspirations and dreams all centered on music.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/07/us/army-veteran-identified-as-suspect-in-wisconsin-shooting.html?pagewanted=all
― buzza, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 01:43 (9 months ago) Permalink
Page wanted: all
― StanM, Tuesday, 7 August 2012 03:09 (9 months ago) Permalink
Journalism Ethics 101: What not to do when you call a band a white power group
A look at media (ir)responsibility after Hatebreed was incorrectly listed as a White Power band in a CNN story courtesy of Alternative Press.
― Loud guitars shit all over "Bette Davis Eyes" (NYCNative), Thursday, 9 August 2012 22:13 (9 months ago) Permalink
Someone did that with Swervedriver as well, recently. (You can see what they did, there)
― Mark G, Friday, 10 August 2012 08:26 (9 months ago) Permalink
lol Ethan did that with Swervedriver here a few years ago
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 10 August 2012 08:38 (9 months ago) Permalink
To be fair, Hatebreed is a really fucking stupid band name that does sound kinda white power.
― The Sword and the Saucier (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 10 August 2012 08:55 (9 months ago) Permalink
their last single:
...on Supremacy/Roadrunner Records
(now we know what tripped up CNN's search queries)
― Lee626, Friday, 10 August 2012 10:52 (9 months ago) Permalink
that can't be a white power band, there's more than 150 ppl in the audience
― Lee626, Friday, 10 August 2012 10:54 (9 months ago) Permalink
What about Hatebeak? Isn't their singer quite white as well?
― StanM, Friday, 10 August 2012 12:19 (9 months ago) Permalink
(maybe it's just his right wing, idk)
― StanM, Friday, 10 August 2012 12:20 (9 months ago) Permalink
http://www.juancole.com/2012/08/top-ten-differences-between-white-terrorists-and-others.html
― kanye shiwen (dayo), Tuesday, 14 August 2012 01:55 (9 months ago) Permalink