Offensive Weapon (Belfast Oi Band)
Offensive Weapon were a short lived far-right 'Oi' band formed in Belfast in 1981. Their lineup consisted of Sam 'Skelly' McCrory on vocals, Brian Watson on guitar, Johnny 'Mad Dog' Adair on bass, and Julian 'Tarzen' Carson. The band were noted for espousing white nationalist, racist, neo-Nazi and sectarian views, with their members later becoming prominent in the Ulster Defence Association.
History
Offensive Weapon were a short lived far-right Skinhead band formed in Belfast in 1981. Essentially they were a Shankill Road outfit. They recorded a demo with songs like 'Made In Ulster', 'Gestapo R.U.C', ‘We Killed Your Kid With A Plastic Bullet’, and 'Bulldog' (which had a theme of 'Keep Britain White'). They made appearances at a number of White Power gigs in 1983, being a member of the wider National Front family. Their first major live appearance was in a National Front-organised ' Rock Against Communism ' festival on 29 September 1984 in Suffolk together with: Last Orders, Buzzard Bait, Public Enemy, Brutal Attack and Skrewdriver. Their dedicated following were known as the ‘Offensive Weapon White Warriors’ and Skrewdriver bodyguard Matty, led them. This band was noted in the media for wearing 'Hang Nelson Mandela ' t-shirts and gave pro-Hitler press interviews saying that Hitler should have "gassed ' taigs ' as well" during the Holocaust. Carson left the band in 1983. In Septemb