Saga (singer)

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Saga is a Swedish right-wing singer/songwriter, notable as a symbol of racism and for her international following as a singer, including the UK and US. She first appeared on the scene as the female vocalist for Symphony of Sorrow, but has since become well known with her tribute CD's to the band Skrewdriver, and her softer physical representation of the White Power message.

1 Music
2 Political Ideology & Influence
3 References
4 See also
5 External Links

[edit] Music

There are two releases with Saga as the lead singer for Symphony of Sorrow. She has released Live and Kicking and three "Tribute to Skrewdriver" albums since the death of that band's singer Ian Stuart. In 2001, the Southern Poverty Law Center listed Saga within its White Power Bands Intellegence Report with input compiled by the Center for New Community and Searchlight, a notable British antifascist magazine [1].

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)

[edit] Political Ideology & Influence

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 then express what they feel. I'm just trying to say that I don't want people that's not like me around me." (View Discovery Interview)

Saga was featured on the front cover of the Fall 2000 edition of Resistance Magazine, a US Neo-Nazi publification. [2] 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." [3]