Mannen som skjøt seks sikher ved et tempel i Milwaukee søndag, har tilbrakt flere år i det som kalles white supremacist-miljøet, dvs. et miljø som tror på den hvite rases overhøyhet, og har nazi-kulturelle islett. Det dreier seg om identitetspolitikk på ytterste høyre fløy. Musikk har vært et samlingspunkt. Man skiller mellom skinhead-band og hatband, interessant distinksjon. Man finner noe av samme hardhet og sinne i punktband, også i utstyr og klær blant autonome. Eller blant black metal og death metal. Men supremacist-miljøet har likevel sitt særegne preg, og det ser man bare man tar en titt på bildene.
In 2010, Page, then the leader of the band End Apathy, gave an interview to the white supremacist website Label 56. He said that when he started the band in 2005, its name reflected his wish to “figure out how to end people’s apathetic ways” and start “moving forward.” “I was willing to point out some of my faults on how I was holding myself back,” Page said. Later, he added, “The inspiration was based on frustration that we have the potential to accomplish so much more as individuals and a society in whole.” He did not discuss violence in the interview.
Page told the website that he had been a part of the white power music scene since 2000, when he left his native Colorado on a motorcycle. He attended white power concerts in Georgia, North Carolina, West Virginia and Colorado. At various times, he said, he also played in the hate rock bands Youngland (2001-2003), Celtic Warrior, Radikahl, Max Resist, Intimidation One, Aggressive Force and Blue Eyed Devils. End Apathy, he said, included “Brent” on bass and “Ozzie” on drums; the men were former members of Definite Hate and another band, 13 Knots.
In 2000, the Southern Poverty Law Center has found that Page also attempted to purchase goods from the neo-Nazi National Alliance, then America’s most important hate group.
