Band With Alleged Neo-Fascist Ties To Play D.C. Area This Weekend

By Ally Schweitzer

Offensive Weapon, a New York band with alleged ties to neo-Nazi groups, is set to perform somewhere in the D.C. area Saturday.
Offensive Weapon, a New York band with alleged ties to neo-Nazi groups, is set to perform somewhere in the D.C. area Saturday.

offensive-weapon-flyerThis Saturday in the D.C. area, a skinhead band called Offensive Weapon is scheduled to play a show. But good luck finding out where it’s taking place. Originally scheduled at Columbia Heights dive The Pinch, the gig was relocated because Offensive Weapon is allegedly sympathetic with neo-fascist groups.

On Facebook, a Belgian record label called Pure Impact posted an invitation to the now-moved show. That record label doesn’t make a secret of its white-supremacist bent: It’s described in Google search results as a “record label specializing in music and bands with a white race pride theme,” and it sells recordings by bands affiliated with the white-power Rock Against Communism movement. Offensive Weapon, which is from New York, released its self-titled record on Pure Impact and Crowbar Records. It also released a split 7-inch record with a group whose fans have been photographed giving Nazi salutes at their shows.

It’s not clear whether or not Offensive Weapon identifies as a neo-fascist band. When asked via email to clarify its views, the group did not respond. Previously, Offensive Weapon’s vocalist has been pictured wearing a T-shirt that says “ANTI ANTIFA,” a statement against the international anti-fascist network.

On its Facebook page Wednesday, the band posted, “THIS SATURDAY IN WASHINGTON DC. DESPITE THE LEFTIES BEST EFFORTS THE SHOW IS GOING ON AS PLANNED. MESSAGE FOR DETAILS.” Pinch co-owner Carlos Eyster did not return a request for comment. But another individual with knowledge of the show says the Pinch canceled the event because its operators became concerned that Offensive Weapon could present a problem for the venue. (Though the band has played D.C. before, at a bar on 9th Street NW.)

Some of the other acts on Saturday’s bill—including The Wolverines and Lonewolf—publicly describe themselves as “patriotic.”

According to Brooklyn Vegan, Offensive Weapon played a show at New York’s Acheron last year that prompted the venue to later apologize.

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  • Dougg Alo

    Offensive weapon isn’t a racist band they is down wiff da clown and will be playing da gathering of da juggalos dis year. Whoop Whoop!!! Whoop, whoop, whoop!!!!

  • Trisha Davis

    i saw dat band wit ma fam det wuz cool ta me gave m tshirt n shit good songs n shit specially dat song dat go yellow journalist dat was a good’un

  • Jamaal Uddin

    Oi! Oi! Fuck these infidel pigs who “Rock Against Terrorism.” Ginger-Jihad cannot be stopped. Allahu Akbar.

  • sdfasd

    the nazis were very sharp dressers. where do these skinheads get off? if you’re going to be a nazi, at least wear some damn hugo boss

  • Guest

    I’m pretty sure ” It’s described in Google search results as a “record label specializing in music and bands with a white race pride theme,” is because either their site was hacked or being trolled by google.

    Why do I say that?

    Because they’ve put out records from non-white bands before.

    Case in point – http://pure-impact.com/?p=1299

  • Crush

    Glad we have a site like Bandwidth to fact-check who’s racist and who isn’t based on what shirts they wear and their supposed labelmates. And really, who the fuck cares what their politics are? Are we in 8th grade? Listen to the music or don’t, but you probably shouldn’t form your political opinions based solely on a band’s lyric sheet anyways.