Skrewdriver

First album is a punk holy grail and it should be re released ,not banned.Now go watch GG Allin eating his own crap on you tube ,you milk drinkers.

The 80‘s were a different cup of tea.. Ska,Punk and RAC walked hand in hand… and Skrewdriver were the biggest Band back then

There were 2 very distinct and quite separate bands called Skrewdriver. That this isn't widely known, commented upon or acknowledged is a real shame. The dismal legacy of Ian Stuart’s neo-Nazi band has unjustly meant the earlier unrelated punk band has been denied reissues of legitimately great records.

Skrewdriver (1) were a punk band from Blackburn operating in the late 70s with 3 great 7" singles and an album on Chiswick. Classic 70s thug punk. At one point Mark Radcliffe was a member. Prior to his coming out as a neo-Nazi in the early 80s, singer Ian Stuart Donaldson also counted Suggs of Madness as a mate. Both Suggs and Radcliffe must have been disgusted to find out their former mate's new views. There was no hint during this band's time of the views that Stuart would later come to express.

Skrewdriver (2) were from London, and a different band entirely - completely different material and band members……apart from the singer. They were not a ‘reformed’ version of the initial band but a totally new band altogether. Essentially Ian Stuart started a NEW band to foist his new ‘weltanschauung’ on the world, but decided shamelessly to use the name of his previous band. There is no other connection – they were 2 separate bands. If he'd called his new band a different name (for example The Fluffy Kittens), then this issue of the 2 bands being connected wouldn't ever have arisen. They would correctly be seen as 2 entirely different bands – which they were. But he stole his previous band's name thereby smearing their legacy with his puerile idiocy, and falsely ‘connecting’ the 2 bands.

Although there's an undeniable case to separate the 2 bands as such here on Discogs, and therefore unblock the releases of the 70s punk band for sale, I certainly won't be attempting to create 2 separate entries - I can only imagine the long slog of arguments and to-ing and fro-ing that would entail!! Haven’t got the energy for it. If someone else wants to champion the cause however, good luck.