Saga (singer)

Saga is a Swedish white nationalist singer-songwriter. She started as the vocalist for Symphony of Sorrow, [ [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=46043 Encyclopaedia Metallum, Article on Symphony of Sorrow (Saga as vocalist)] ] but has since become known for her tribute CDs to the white power skinhead band Skrewdriver, and her for her softer physical representation of the white power message. In 2001, the Southern Poverty Law Center listed Saga within its" White Power Bands Intelligence Report" with input compiled by the Center for New Community and Searchlight, a notable British anti-fascist magazine. [ [http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=139 Southern Poverty Law Center - Intelligence Report, White Power Bands] Retrieved January 2008, however this page is no longer available online]

The Discovery Times Channel described Saga as a performer that "targets the mainstream by softening her image, while still maintaining her racist ideology." She has been described as the "Swedish Madonna of the far right." In the Discovery interview Saga said, "What makes me different is I think that I'm a lot more mainstream looking in that I'm very much toned down compared to the other ones. It's not in your clothes. It's not in the way you dress. It's not in your appearance. It's what's in your heart. It's a lot easier for the mainstream public to see themselves in me, than to see themselves in a Skinbird." According to Saga, "Personal experiences has made me feel the way I do, and most people do have the same beliefs that I do. It's a bad thing to be labeled a racist these days, and it's such a bad thing that people rather shut up than express what they feel. I'm just trying to say that I don't want people that's not like me around me. [ Discovery Times Channel interview, Retrieved and confirmed June 2007 through Youtube posting; this interview is now included in a compilation of images etc. at [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FlfSE6_4jE&feature=related] ] "

Saga was featured on the front cover of the Fall 2000 edition of Resistance Magazine, a US Neo-Nazi publication. [ [http://www.micetrap.net/shop/catalog/product_info.php/cPath/25/products_id/1341 Resistance Magazine] (Issue #13) Fall 2000, retrieved via micetrap.net June 8, 2008] Shaun Walker wrote the following at the website for the National Alliance, a US white power advocacy group: "... just having her in front of the camera helps our Cause. But, she also is quite good at interviews. She comes across as the girl-next-door, who also understands the dynamics of racial conflict." [ [http://www.natall.com/adv/2006/03-04-06.html American Dissident Voices] National Alliance website, by Shaun Walker, retrieved June 8, 2008]

Discography in Symphony of Sorrow

* "Paradise Lost" (2000)
* "Symphony of Hatred"

Discography as Saga

* "Live and Kicking" (2000)
* "My Tribute to Ian Stuart Volume 1" (2000)
* "My Tribute to Ian Stuart Volume 2" (2000)
* "My Tribute to Ian Stuart Volume 3" (2001)
* "On my own" (2007)

References

* [http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?sid=139 Southern Poverty Law Center - Intelligence Report, White Power Bands] Retrieved January 2008
* [http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/05/13_horwichj_panzerfaust/ Top "white power" music label prospers from Twin Cities home base, by Jeff Horwich, Minnesota Public Radio, May 13, 2004]
* [http://www.natall.com/adv/2006/03-04-06.html National Alliance website, Shaun Walker retrieved 12/30/06]
* [http://www.midgaard.org/tribute/musicians/saga-interview.htm Midgaard Interview retrieved 12/30/06]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=46043 Encyclopaedia Metallum, Article on Symphony of Sorrow (Saga as vocalist)]
* [http://www.jdl.org/enemies/nazi/hate_music.shtml Jewish Defense League, A Primer of Neo-Nazi Hate Music, November 10, 2004]
* [http://www.midgaard.org/tribute/musicians/saga-discography.htm Discography Source retrieved 12/30/06]

Notes

ee also

*Blood and Honour
*Neo-Nazism
*Racism
*Rock Against Communism
*Skrewdriver
*White nationalism
*White power skinhead

External links

* [http://www.thisissaga.com Saga - Official website]