- Final Forecast
Final Forecast (formed in 1996) is an alternative rock band noted for progressive compositions, complex harmonies, and neo-Nazi and white supremist leanings. The group is a side project of
neo-nazi leader and formerResistance Records ownerGeorge Burdi .Members
The band was founded by
George Burdi using thepseudonym George Eric Hawthorne. Burdi was a white supremacist, and at one time the leader of theCreativity Movement and the owner ofResistance Records that acted as the groups distributor. Burdi was lead vocalist. He was convicted of assault causing bodily harm in1995 for kicking anAnti-Racist Action memberAlicia Reckzin in the face during a riot that followed a RaHoWa concert inOttawa in1993 .Final Forecast's first album displayed a typical post-Oi racialist punk/metal sound, however, influences such as Moonspell, Type O Negative, Current 93, Danzig and neo-classical and epic metal influences crept into the picture on their second album, which received (though grudgingly) some good mainstream reviews and comment. It can be surmised that the band may have had more mainstream metal success if they would have dropped the racialist stand and lyrics. Burdi later renounced racism and served a jail sentence.
Burdi now plays in a multi-racial band called
Novacosm and has an Asian Indian wife Dees.External links
* [http://www.resistance.com Resistance Records] Resistance Records, the label previously owned by George Burdi
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