Quebec City’s Légitime Violence are the main opening act for the Condemned 84 gig currently planned for June 22 in the Toronto area (see our original piece below). Affiliated with the right-wing skinhead crews Quebec Stompers (Quebec City) and Coup de Masse (Montreal) most known for their love of steroids, posing for Facebook photos and drug dealing, LV are a far-right, ultra-nationalist RAC band whose associations with neo-Nazis are no secret, but who cower under the “apolitical” banner, whining that they are the innocent victims of some “red” conspiracy to ruin everybody’s fun. We’d like to set the record straight on these clowns once and for all by reproducing here the full, unabridged interview they did recently with Russian neo-Nazi Dmitry Velikorusov, who trolls the internet under the pseudonym “xH8edgex.” The career of this fascist cyber-warrior is a perfect example of how the “apolitical” or “anti-PC” movement is used by the boneheads to worm their way into the skinhead mainstream: Velikorusov maintains both openly fascist websites that engage in Holocaust denial and worship the Nazi bastards who killed 20,000,000 of his fellow countrymen (some “patriot,” eh?), as well as “apolitical” skinhead sites where members are threatened with being banned for the slightest mention of politics – but which constantly feature RAC bands. All “no politics” means for these lowlifes is: boneheads welcome. We’re not surprised this scumbag has become such great chums with the likes of Légitime Violence and NYC’s Offensive Weapon.
The original interview can be found at http://classicskinheadphoto.blogspot.ca/2013/02/legitime-violence-quebec.html. Our translation.
xH8edgex: Hi Raf! What made you become a skinhead?
Raf: I used to be a punk, like the majority of skins here. But I listened to a lot of Oi!, RAC and in addition I was a nationalist, which induced me to join the movement.
xH8edgex: How did Légitime Violence form?
Raf: We began as a cover band. But all our friends asked us to record our own songs, and we delivered. We had no idea then that we would become one of the most controversial bands in Canada.
xH8edgex: Can you tell us about Quebec Stomper?
Quebec Stomper – our family in Quebec City. We formed in 2004, as an association of nationalist and anti-red skinheads. A few years ago we decided to raise up the Quebec scene, and so now we organize big annual concerts with bands from other countries. We had a big concert with Les Vilains in the past year, another big concert with Offensive Weapon, and we will organize a big concert with TMF (Tattooed Mother Fuckers) in April ; )
xH8edgex: You have a very energetic sound; what bands have influenced your music?
Raf: Very many groups have had an influence on us; our guitarist Ben Stomper is a big fan of RAC and metal, our drummer Johnny Damage likes to listen to ’77 punk, and our bassist Phil Thapain loves hardcore…I consider this the reason our band has a certain sound.
xH8edgex: Are you working on any new records?
Raf: Yes, right now we are in the studio recording a new album, ‘Hate Rock Oi!,’ and recently there were some splits. One with Orgullo Sur (Chile), to be called ‘United Skin Thugs of America,’ recorded on Hostile Class Records, and one more with Offensive Weapon – our friends from New York – to be called ‘Fight the Red Dawn,’ to be released in the near future on United Riot records.
xH8edgex: What bands have you shared a stage with?
Raf: Les Vilains, Offensive Weapon, Trouble Makers, Section de guerre, Tailgunner, Out of Order, The Business, Bootprint and soon TMF !!!!!
xH8edgex: What bands do you listen to?
Raf: Coup de masse, Hais et fier, Short Cropped, Nessuna Resa, Tattooed Mother Fuckers, Les Vilains, Evil skins, Legitima Offesa, Offensive Weapon, Orgullo Sur, Wrongdoers and many, many others…
xH8edgex: Is it often necessary in Quebec to fight with leftists?
Raf: Not now, we’ve beat them up too many times…now they watch their asses, calling the cops. At the moment they are only at war with us on the internet, and when we find them, they spray us with pepper spray and flee very, very quickly hehehe.
xH8edgex: What is your attitude to the ‘Spirit of 69’ trend among young skinheads?
Raf: It is better than RASH, SHARP or gay skins, but if you ask me what skinhead culture is for me, I SHALL NOT say “listening to politically correct music, dancing to ska and talking about Fred Perry all night non-stop” hahaha.
xH8edgex: What is your attitude to old-school RAC music? Skrewdriver, English Rose, Evil Skins and others?
Raf: We fucking love it!!!
xH8edgex: In your songs you practically do not sing about politics at all, but do you have any political views, beliefs?
Raf: We never aspired to the ranks of neo-Nazi or fascist groups, but we are not apolitical. We are nationalists. We are 100% politically incorrect and take a hard anti-communist position. And we will smash the face of anyone who wants to put a stick in wheel of the Légitime Violence machine…Street politics!
xH8edgex: What is your attitude towards SHARP, RASH and political correctness?
Raf: Nothing to do with them…SEARCH AND DESTROY!!!
xH8edgex: Have you heard much about Russia? Are you familiar with our Oi!/RAC scene?
Raf: All we know is that there are a lot of skinheads in Russia, we heard they really love violence, and that they know how to take care of antifa…three fucking meaningful things ; )
xH8edgex: Would you like to play in Russia?
Raf: Certainly!!! But I think it cannot happen in your country because of our previous criminal convictions… If you invite us, we would do everything possible to get our asses to Russia!
xH8edgex: Thank you for the interview, any last words for our readers?
Raf: Greetings to all Russian skinheads…we hope to play in your country one fine day!
