(UPDATE 4/9/25 I originally typed this about 4-6 years ago- I went to several YouTube pages with Jewdriver videos/songs and left a comment with a the link for this post. I don't think hardly anyone clicked on those links and I imagine I might have been placed on probation or something by YouTube, so I haven't tried it again. I just found what might be a way to send a message to Jewdriver, so I made this post "published" instead of "draft.")
About 5 years ago I stumbled onto a band called Jewdriver. They were (I don’t think they’re around anymore) a bunch of Jewish punks and skinheads who named their band after the (unfortunately) popular Nazi skinhead band Skrewdriver and wrote spoofs of Skrewdriver songs, as well as (I think) some COMPLETELY original material with Jewish themes. There’s more about them here and here. I found a few of their songs on YouTube, but most of those are live, not studio, and of course the quality isn’t good. Even with the studio versions it’s difficult to understand the lyrics and the last time I tried to find the lyrics on the web I couldn’t find them. But the music is good and the song names and the band name all make me laugh. They did a song called “Boots and Bagels” based on “Boots and Braces” and a song called “Hail the Jew Dawn” based on “Hail the New Dawn.” The three (apparently) studio versions I found on YouTube are here, here, and here (it’s actually “Hail the Jew Dawn”). The vocalist used the stage name Ian Stuartstein, based on the name of Skrewdriver's vocalist, Ian Stuart.
FOR JEWDRIVER FANS FROM YOUTUBE
I encouraged you to come to this post on my blog because I do something with Nazi skinhead lyrics similar or very similar to what Jewdriver did. I explain that more here, although you might want to read a little more of this before you go there.
I am a leftist and an Irish republican and so many of my poems some of you might have no interest in or might not like. Below I give you some guidance about what poems you’re likely to enjoy if you’re neither a leftist nor a republican.
But there’s something to get out of the way first. Although there’s a ton of material on my blog about opposing anti-Semitism (the posts that are partly or entirely about that are here) I also strongly support the Palestinians (the posts that are partly or entirely about that are here).
If that doesn’t turn you off, let’s get to the “Fun With Nazi Lyrics” as I call it. The Following posts contain poems you’ll definitely like:
1. Tearing Down the Swastikas!- A New Poem.
2. 3 New Poems: Irish Tet, Six Million Died, and We Are All Republicans. You’ll like “Six Million Died” and might like “We Are All Republicans” since it’s based on a song by The Oppressed.
3. British Fools: Three More Poems. You’ll like “Fash Are Fools” and “Hitler’s A Fool.”
4. Two New Poems: “Hundred Million Died” and “Smash The Klan.” You’ll probably like both.
5. Two New Poems: “Neutral No More” and “Brits Out II.” You’ll like “Neutral No More.”
6. The KKK are Fools: Three More Poems. You’ll like “No Surrender (to the KKK).”
7. Three More Poems. You’ll like “Take On The Klan.”
8. Anti-Fascist Republicanism: Four New Poems. You’ll like “In The Spirit Of Connie Green” and “Frank Ryan Brigade” (it’s not based on a racist song, but it’s about SHARPs).
9. Four New Songs. You’ll like “Lace Up Your Boots.”
10. Six New Songs. You’ll like “The Hate Froze” and “SHARP Skinheads.”
11. Some New Lyrics. You’ll like “RASH” (not based on a Nazi song, but about anti-racist skinheads), “Spirit of the Streets,” and “Red Rider.”
12. Lyrics!! Lyrics!! Lyrics!! You’ll like “Scum of Britain,” “Son of America,” and “The Great Escape” (the original lyrics are connected to British fascists and it’s about WWII).
13. Skinhead!! SHARP!! To one extent or another you’ll like all of these.
14. Victory or Valhalla. You’ll like “D-Day.”
15. Five More Songs- MLK, Rosemary Nelson, etc. You’ll like “Rot in Hell Rudolf Hess.”
16. Cool Image and Two More Songs. You’ll like “Always Stupid” and you’ll like the image.
17. More New Songs. You’ll like “Oh, No, Here Comes A Fascist,” and “Fuck Ian Stuart.”
18. In Memory of FDR: Three New Poems. You'll like all three.
19. Taking Down Columbus: Three New Poems. You'll like "Taking On the Boneheads" and might like "Indigenous Peoples Day."
20. 1847: Three New Poems. You'll like "1945."
