| Panzerfaust Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1998 |
| Founder |
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| Defunct | 2005 |
| Status | Defunct |
| Genre | Rock Against Communism |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Minnesota |
Panzerfaust Records was a Minnesota-based white power record label founded in September 1998. Named after a German anti-tank weapon, [1] the record label distributed the music of white power bands and organized concerts across the United States. [2]
At the label's peak around 2000, it was the main competitor of Resistance Records, [2] and they had grown close to the neo-Nazi group White Revolution. [3]
Panzerfaust Records was founded in 1998 by Anthony Pierpont, Ed Wolbank and Eric Davidson. [4] [3] The organization had ties to a number of other groups, including Hammerskin Nation [2] (the "largest [US] skinhead group" [5] ), Volksfront and White Revolution. [3] In 2003, Bryant Cecchini, aka Byron Calvert, joined the company. [2]
In 2004, the label launched Project Schoolyard, a United States-wide campaign to distribute free Panzerfaust sampler CDs to middle school and high school students. [6] In response, schools were notified and in some districts, CDs were confiscated or voluntarily turned over by students. [7] [8] The anti-fascist record label Insurgence Records responded by offering a free downloadable compilation called Project Boneyard. [9]
Panzerfaust Records shut down in early 2005 after the arrest of Pierpont for drug possession upon returning from a sex tourism trip to Thailand, [10] [11] and the emergence of evidence that Pierpont was of Hispanic descent and had dated transgender individuals and non-white women. [4] [12] [13] The company was reorganized without Pierpont to become Free Your Mind Productions but disbanded for good shortly after. [3] Pierpont has since supposedly moved away from racism and the white power movement. [14]
As of January 27, 2005, the Panzerfaust website was no longer operating. [15]
