Ian Stuart Donaldson


Ian Stuart Donaldson, also known as Ian Stuart, was a white-supremacist musician from Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire. He was best known as the front-man of Skrewdriver, an English Oi! band which, from 1982 onwards, he rebranded as a Rock Against Communism band. He raised money through nationalist concerts with his Blood and Honour network.

Life and career

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.
After the original Skrewdriver lineup disbanded in 1979, Donaldson formed a new lineup and began to write songs for youth and music in the National Front. The new version of Skrewdriver openly promoted far-right groups such as the National Front and raised funds for them 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. In 1987, Donaldson founded Blood and Honour, nationalist music and organised concerts.
Donaldson also became leader of two other bands, the Klansmen and White Diamond, 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"
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. A friend of the band died at the crash scene.

Discography

Ian Stuart & Rough Justice

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