This is probably gonna be a long post
trevhagl ,but i'll try and make it as short as i can,mainly because havin to synthesise stuff that's been around a good few years now for someone who should know this stuff is slowly sapping my will...
First of all the two statements that have been linked to from phil rigaud and lars inversen,are scanty, sneering, without any substance,either politically or in terms of self reflection.
They both indulge in the usual bollocks of tryin to undermine anyone who questions their behaviour/politics/motivation.They both refuse to address any of the questions/issues which have lead to the situation they find themselves in,willingly.
In rigauds case the whole thing is laced with nasty homophobic shite,no surprises there then,at least the man knows how to play to his audience of "real men".These people also insist on personalising the debate as opposed to addressing the politics of the thing,which gives them a framework they can work with,somethin that you've coveniently done on this thread trev...well done once again.
Now without goin over old ground here's an important link to read with regards to this issue,something iversen doesn't even address in his "reply" to you.Try and read it this time trev...the whole thing
http://nomattimen.wordpress.com/201...d-cult-the-argument-about-oi-band-stomper-98/
The "sister" article of this one i linked to above is here
http://nomattimen.wordpress.com/2012/03/01/greyzone-in-germany-the-cult-of-randomness/
Read them both together to get a flavour of what's being discussed
So lets ignore the liguistic framework iversen uses to set out his stall,stuff like
"the
shitstorm against stomper 98"
"mostly on the internet of course"
"these accusations"
"keyboard warriors"
"nazi n*gger"
Lets get down to the meat n veg of it.Never have i heard,anywhere,the phrase nazi n*gger used to describe rigaud,i don't believe that was used by anyone on the progressive side of this debate,and definitely not by anyone i know...sounds more like something rigaud and his right wing pals would've come up with themselves.So i'd like to see the evidence for this please...
The people who research this stuff,trev,are the same people who've been goin to the gigs for years,some are punters,some run record labels,some are in bands,some are promoters...almost all of them were active in smashing the fascists out of their scene when your pal iversen was consorting with the very same fascists,before he moved on(about the only thing he's been honest about).
Endstufe were not germanys biggest "skinhead band" whatever that means,they were however one of the most well known on the rightwing/neo nazi/bonehead scene,together with KdF and storkraft they were important to the nazi bonehead movement.They were extremely right wing at the time when you pal joined them although not openly neo-nazi,any german skinhead from the time who didn't know this was very naive or a liar.
The band had already been going for near six years by the time your pal recorded "skinhead rock n roll" with them,a phrase invented by ian stuart and his scarecrow cronies.Their first two lps,the second of which iversen played on were released on rock o rama records,a label which by the mid 80's released ultra nationalist and neo nazi "rock",and records by our oul friends skrewdriver...
Now i'm not sure why your mate has felt the need to muddy these facts up ,or misrepresent them , i have a theory,but we'll come to that later.
I don't really want to spend anymore time pullin your pals reply to you apart,because i think it's just playin into the hands of people who want to individualise the debate rather than deal with the politics of it,although the endstufe thing is important...
Sorry to disapoint larsy boy but he's actually fairly peripheral to this debate (and i think he'll jump ship in the next year or so,havin established himself as a "face " through playin with s98,that's just my personal view).
The two characters who really matter in the argument over s98 and the issue of "grey zone" bands /politics, are sebastian "sebi" walkenhorst and phil "templar" rigaud.The reasons are this,photos that have appeared of walkenhorst with nazis/right wing fuckers,and the fact that rigaud is one dodgy right wing cunt who is determined to spread his particular americanised version dodgy shite throughout europe, to youngsters, using himself as a brand through his shite bands/music,dj escapades,promotions and tshirt business.To establish a common anti left hegemony...for money
[contd