PC Records | |
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Founded | 2000 |
Founder | Hendrik Lasch |
Genre | Neo-Nazi rock, RAC |
Country of origin | Germany |
Location | Chemnitz |
PC Records is a German Neo-Nazi music label. The label is an artistic outlet for the Chemnitz Neo-Nazi scene and one of the most active of the far-right and "Rock Against Communism" music scene in Germany. PC Records is releasing some of the most regionally popular Neo-Nazi bands. Several of the albums released by the label have been indexed for Neo-Fascist content. The label includes a shop and a mailorder business. The name "PC" refers to the phrase "Political Correctness, no thanks!" [1]
According to the Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Landesamt für Verfassungsschutz Sachsen), PC Records "has a high reputation in the right-wing extremist scene at home and abroad. Its turnover is estimated at several hundred thousand euros per year. The profits enable business owners not only to make a living, but also to finance and promote scene activities." [2]
Founder of PC Records, Hendrik Lasch, had good connections to National Socialist Underground (NSU) member Uwe Mundlos in the 1990s. Lasch promoted a T-shirt, made to raise money to support the three Neo-Nazi activists of NSU, who hid from the police. [3]
The album Adolf Hitler Lives by Gigi & Die Braunen Stadtmusikanten was released on PC Records in 2010. The CD features the song "Döner-Killer". In the song, Daniel Giese praises the series of murders committed by the NSU, which were later uncovered. [4] [5]
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