Prussian Blue (duo)
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Prussian Blue was a white nationalist pop teen duo formed in early 2003 by Lynx Vaughan Gaede[1] and Lamb Lennon Gaede,[2] fraternal twin girls born on June 30, 1992, in Bakersfield, California.[3] The twins have referred to the Holocaust as a myth[4] and their group has been described as racist and white supremacist in nature.[5][6]
History
Lynx and Lamb Gaede first performed together by singing at a white nationalist festival called "Eurofest" in 2001.[7] They began learning how to play instruments in 2002 (Lamb plays the guitar and Lynx plays the violin). In the same year they appeared on a VH1 special called Inside Hate Rock. In 2003, they were featured in a Louis Theroux BBC documentary, entitled Louis and the Nazis, on racism and white supremacy in the United States. Lamb, Lynx, and their mother, April Gaede, also appeared in the low-budget 2003 horror film Dark Walker.[8]
The twins recorded and released a debut CD at the end of 2004 called Fragment of the Future (Resistance Records) which had both an acoustic folk-rock and a bubblegum pop sound. A year later, they recorded their second album, The Path We Chose, which has a more traditional rock sound including both acoustic and electric guitar. Most of the songs on the second album lack the racial and white supremacist overtones of Fragment of the Future and are about more mainstream subject matter, like boys, crushes, and dating. On October 20, 2005, Prussian Blue was featured in a critical segment on ABC's Primetime.[5] A DVD, Blonde Hair Blue Eyes, featuring three music videos and some live performances, was released in 2005. The pair toured the United States in 2005. On August 22, 2006, they were again featured in a critical segment on ABC's Primetime.
The twins moved with their mother and stepfather, Mark Harrington, and younger half-sister, Dresden, from Bakersfield, California, to Kalispell, Montana, in 2006; in their mother's words, Bakersfield was "not white enough." Some of their new neighbors did not welcome them; many city residents passed out flyers warning of the family's views, and signs proclaiming "No Hate Here" appeared on some windows around the town. Some of the people who passed out flyers received threatening letters from members of out-of-state white supremacist organizations.[9] The Montana Human Rights Network planned a rally in Kalispell to protest the family's racist views.[9][10]
The twins toured Europe in the summer of 2007, performing at events for white nationalist organizations. They also appeared as guests on The Political Cesspool. As of early 2009, the band's website and MySpace page are no longer operational.
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References in the media
Prussian Blue was parodied in Ryan J. Davis and Joe Drymala's musical, White Noise.[11] The show received mixed reviews despite being featured on Good Morning America[12] and ABC Primetime Live.[13] The show has been optioned for a major New York run.[14]
Prussian Blue has appeared in two British television documentaries. The first, 2003's Louis and the Nazis by documentary maker Louis Theroux, was an account of white nationalists, including Prussian Blue.[15][16] The second, Nazi Pop Twins, by James Quinn, was first aired in 2007. This documentary stressed the tension that existed between the twins and their mother, April. In this documentary, Lynx and Lamb disavowed their mother's race-related views and said that they want to perform music that was not focused on race. Lynx told Quinn that they wore the infamous t-shirts bearing a smiley face that resembled Adolf Hitler because she believed they "were a joke" and said that "being proud of being white" did not mean she was a racist.[17] Louis Theroux later revisited the twins and their mother to collect material for his book Call of the Weird.
The twins were parodied in a Boston Legal episode entitled "The Nutcrackers," in which Alan Shore successfully defended a family from losing custody of their two daughters, a pair of white supremacist singers.[18]
The girls were also featured in a 2006 issue of Bernard Goldberg's book 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America.
The two were noted in Jackie Mason and Raoul Felder's book Schmucks!.
Discography
Albums
- Fragment of the Future (2004)
- The Path We Chose (2005)
- For the Fatherland (compilation, 2006)
Singles
- "Your Daddy"
- "Keepers of the Light" (Battlecry featuring Prussian Blue)
- "Stand Up"
- "I Will Bleed for You"
See also
References
- ^ Lynx at NNDB.com
- ^ Lamb at NNDB.com
- ^ "Young Singers Spread Racist Hate". ABC News. October 20, 2005. Archived from the original on 05-11-2010.
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- ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373782/fullcredits IMDb.com
- ^ a b Bill Redeker (2006-09-15). "Town Tells White Separatist Singers 'No Hate Here". ABCnews.com. Retrieved 2007-11-12.
- ^ Karina Shagren (2006-11-17). "Montana dealing with new influx of white supremacists". KXLY4. Retrieved 2007-11-12. [dead link]
- ^ White Noise On Playbill.com
- ^ White Noise On Good Morning America(Video)
- ^ White Noise On ABC Primetime Live (Video)
- ^ White Noise Ends Run Sept. 30; Off-Broadway Transfer? (BroadwayWorld.com)
- ^ "Those ugly Americans". New Zealand Listener. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ^ "Reich and wrong". Guardian. Retrieved 2010-10-10.
- ^ "Nazi Pop Twins". IMG Media. July 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ^ http://www.tv.com/boston-legal/the-nutcrackers/episode/926122/summary.html
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