Panzerfaust Records was a

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founded in September

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. Named after a German anti-tank weapon, the record label distributed the music of white power bands and organized concerts across the

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. At the label's peak around 2000, it was the main competitor of

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, and they had grown close to the

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History

Panzerfaust Records was founded in 1998 by Anthony Pierpont, Ed Wolbank and Eric Davidson. The organization had ties to a number of other groups, including Hammerskin Nation (the "largest S

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and White Revolution. In 2003, Bryant Cecchini, aka Byron Calvert, joined the company. In 2004, the label launched ''Project Schoolyard'', a United States-wide campaign to distribute free Panzerfaust sampler CDs to middle school and high school students. In response, schools were notified and in some districts, CDs were confiscated or voluntarily turned over by students. The

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responded by offering a free downloadable compilation called ''Project Boneyard''. Panzerfaust Records shut down in early 2005 after the arrest of Pierpont for drug possession upon returning from a

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, and the emergence of evidence that Pierpont was of

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descent and had dated

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individuals and non-white women. The company was reorganized without Pierpont to become Free Your Mind Productions but disbanded for good shortly after. Pierpont has since supposedly moved away from racism and the white power movement. As of January 27, 2005, the Panzerfaust website was no longer operating.

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''The Well-Tanned Skinhead'' - SPLC Intel Report

Panzerfaust collapses amid Aryan purity debate

Panzerfaust Misfires
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