Duo Considered the Olsen Twins of the White Nationalist Movement
Oct. 20, 2005 — - Thirteen-year-old twins Lamb and Lynx Gaede have one album out, another on the way, a music video, and lots of fans. They may remind you another famous pair of singers, the Olsen Twins, and the girls say they like that. But unlike the Olsens, who built a media empire on their fun-loving, squeaky-clean image, Lamb and Lynx are cultivating a much darker personna. They are white nationalists and use their talents to preach a message of hate. Known as "Prussian Blue" -- a nod to their German heritage and bright blue eyes -- the girls from Bakersfield, Calif., have been performing songs about white nationalism before all-white crowds since they were nine. 
"We're proud of being white, we want to keep being white," said Lynx. "We want our people to stay white ... we don't want to just be, you know, a big muddle. We just want to preserve our race."| Maybe you should spend a little less time thinking about race and a little more time thinking about right and wrong? Or even social utility? |
| And see if I can make a few bucks off of them since their Pa split. |
| Mom making bucks off the kids' singing careers? Where have I heard that before? |
| The mere fact that it's provocative, of course, makes it good. Maybe I'm just not smart enough to comprehend the fascination some people seem to have with Nazi regalia and philosophy. If you're a hunnert percent purebred Merkin, why would you find the Thousand Year Reich anything more than a horrid curiosity? A bunch of boneheads tromping through the streets of Baltimore belting out the Horst Wessel song is as foreign as 700 Tibetan monks tromping by banging gongs, and approximately as likely to cause people to want to join in. If you want to be a racist in this country you should either buy a sheet or turn black and join the Nation of Islam. |
Teaching Hate
Songs like "Sacrifice" -- a tribute to Nazi Rudolf Hess, Hitler's deputy Fuhrer -- clearly show the effect of the girls' upbringing. The lyrics praise Hess as a "man of peace who wouldn't give up."
"It really breaks my heart to see those two girls spewing out that kind of garbage," said Ted Shaw, civil rights advocate and president of the NAACP's Legal Defense Fund -- though Shaw points out that the girls aren't espousing their own opinions but ones they're being taught. On that point, April Gaede and Ted Shaw apparently agree. "Well, all children pretty much espouse their parents' attitudes," she said. "We're white nationalists and of course that's a part of our life and I'm going to share that part of my life with my children."
| "We don't have any use for that Thomas Jefferson fellow, or James Madison or any of those other American guys. That's 'cuz we're Aryans. Our ancestors invented the chariot. Then they got nifty uniforms and held torchlight rallies and beat on kettle drums. That's what important in life, by Gar! Kettle drums! And uniforms! And... And... And chariots!" |
Gliebe, who targets young, mainstream white rockers at music festivals like this past summer's "Ozzfest," says he uses music to get his message out. But with names like Blue-Eyed Devils and Angry Aryans, these tunes are far more extreme than the ones sung by Lamb and Lynx. "We give them a CD, we give them something as simple as a stick, they can go to our Web site and see other music and download some of our music," said Gliebe. "To me, that's the best propaganda tool for our youth."
A Taste for Hate
Gliebe says he hopes that as younger racist listeners mature, so will their tastes for harder, angrier music like that of Shawn Sugg of Max Resist. One of Sugg's songs is a fantasy piece about a possible future racial war that goes: "Let the cities burn, let the streets run red, if you ain't white you'll be dead."
"I'd like to compare it to gangsta rap," explained Sugg, "where they glorify, you know, shooting n****** and pimping whores."
| "And they make an delightful counterpoint to that idiot that wrote about "exterminating Whitey. There's not much difference, is there?" |
| "I got that line from an apologist for some rapper. Works pretty good, dunnit?" |
| Thanks for that statement of the obvious. On the other hand, I'd say that when the claptrap gets that egregious, it'll put more people off than it brings into the Sooper Dooper Soopermen fold. |
A Place to Call Home
Despite the success of Prussian Blue and bands like Max Resist within the White Nationalism movement, most Americans don't accept their racist message. Like many children across the country, Lamb and Lynx decided to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina -- the white ones. The girls' donations were handed out by a White Nationalist organization who also left a pamphlet promoting their group and beliefs -- some of the intended recipients were more than a little displeased. After a day of trying, the supplies ended up with few takers, dumped at a local shop that sells Confederate memorabilia.
Last month, the girls were scheduled to perform at the local county fair in their hometown. But when some people in the community protested, Prussian Blue was removed from the line-up. But even before that, April had decided that Bakersfield was not "white" enough, so she sold her home, and hopes that she and the girls can find an all-white community in the Pacific Northwest.