Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerskins
Notes
- Explicitly neo-Nazi group formed in 1988 in [[Dallas]] [[Texas]]
- Promoted [[white power rock music]] and were affiliated with the record label [[9% Productions]]
- Hosts white power rock festival [[Hammerfest]] honoring [[Joe Rowan]] of [[Nordic Thunder]]
- They also have a presence in [[Europe]], [[Canada]], [[New Zealand]], and [[Australia]].
- Associated with the [[Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting]]
- It is somehow associated with the name [[Crew 38]]
- [[Tom Metzger]] announced that the group was shut down in 2001
- There was a splinter group created under the Hammerskin Nation name in 2002 which was still up around 2018, but it was inactive by 2020.
- Logo and symbology normally include two red and black crossed hammers
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- Hammerskin [[Wade Michael Page]] was killed by police after he killed six people in the [[Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting]] in 2012.