The
forerunner of every
Rock Against (or For)
Foo. Formed in the
punk era, as
neo-Nazi groups (e.g. the National Front) tried, successfully, to siphon off some of that constituency for their own uses (
Margaret Thatcher, in turn, tapped into NF anger for electoral gain); it didn't help that
Sid Vicious and
Siouxsie Sioux had naïvely worn
swastikas, unwittingly lending street cred to Hitler. RAR concerts, by celebrating
pop culture diversity, showered gob on the
racialism parade.