Ian Stuart Donaldson
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| Birth name | Ian Stuart Donaldson |
| Also known as | Ian Stuart |
| Born | 11 August 1957 Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Origin | Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Died | 24 September 1993 (aged 36) Derbyshire, England, UK |
| Genres | White power rock Rock Against Communism Rockabilly Folk |
| Occupations | 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 (11 August 1957 – 24 September 1993), also known as Ian Stuart, was a controversial English singer, musician and songwriter, best-known as the frontman of Skrewdriver, a British white power rock band. He was born in Lancashire, England, and raised in Poulton-le-Fylde.
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Career [edit]
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. 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. Skrewdriver became known for its involvement in the white nationalist movement and its associated music genre, Rock Against Communism. Donaldson, along with Nicky Crane, founded Blood and Honour, a neo-Nazi network that distributes white power music and organises concerts.
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.
Donaldson was one of the principal organisers of a white power concert near Waterloo station in London in 1992. Anti-Fascist Action organized a protest, which resulted in physical confrontations.[2][3] Skrewdriver played their final concert on 10 July 1993 in Waiblingen, Germany,. The programme, Second anniversary of the Kreuzritter für Deutschland, was organized by freelance writer and white nationalist book author Andreas J. Voigt,[4] who leads the semi-secret society Deutschherrenklub.
Death [edit]
On the night of 23 September 1993, Donaldson was in a car crash in Derbyshire that resulted in his death the following day. Stephen Flint, a friend of the band, died at the crash scene.[5]
Discography [edit]
Ian Stuart & Rough Justice [edit]
- Justice For The Cottbus Six (1992) (Rock-O-Rama)
Ian Stuart & Stigger [edit]
- Patriotic Ballads (1991) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Patriotic Ballads II - Our Time Will Come (1992) (Rock-O-Rama)
Skrewdriver [edit]
- All Skrewed Up (1977) (Chiswick) (later re-issued as The Early Years w. extra tracks)
- Peel Session (1977)[6] BBC Radio 1
- Back With a Bang (1982) (Rock-O-Rama)
- The Voice of Britain (1983) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Hail The New Dawn (1984) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Blood & Honour (1985) (Rock-O-Rama)
- White Rider (1987) (Rock-O-Rama)
- After the Fire (1988) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Warlord (1989) (Rock-O-Rama)
- The Strong Survive (1990) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Freedom What Freedom (1992) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Hail Victory (1994) (ISD Records)
Solo Albums [edit]
- No Turning Back (1989) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Slay The Beast (1990) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Patriot (1991) (Rock-O-Rama)
The Klansmen [edit]
- Rebel with a Cause (1989) (Klan Records)
- Rock 'n' Roll Patriots (1989) (Rock-O-Rama)
- Fetch the Rope (1991) (Klan Records)
White Diamond [edit]
- The Reaper (1991) (Rock-O-Rama)
- The Power & The Glory (1992) (Glory Discs)
Further reading [edit]
- Lowles, Nick; Silver, Steve (13 November 1998). White Noise: Inside the International Nazi Skinhead Scene. Searchlight Magazine Ltd. ISBN 0-9522038-3-9.
- Pearce, Joe (13 November 1987). Skrewdriver The first ten years - The way it's got to be!. Skrewdriver Services.
- Mark Green "Ian Stuart Donaldson - Memories", PC Records (2007)
- Mark Green "Ian Stuart Donaldson - Rock 'n Roll Patriot", PC Records (2009)
References [edit]
External links [edit]
- Diamond in the Dust - The Ian Stuart Biography
- Ian Stuart at skrewdriver.org
- Ian Stuart and Skrewdriver discography
- Information about early Skrewdriver
- Ian Stuart Donaldson at Find a Grave
- Ian Stuart's last concert in in Germany
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