Brottby Concert
| Concert by Max Resist, Vit aggression and others | |
|---|---|
| Date(s) | 17 |
The Brottby Concert (Swedish: Brottbykonserten) was a Neo-Nazi rock concert held at the Yesterday dancing venue in Brottby, Sweden on Saturday evening, 3 January 1998. Participating bands and audience came from several countries. Swedish police stroke against the concert, arresting several suspected for hate speech. Totally circa 250 personer people were arrested.[1] Participangs from other countries, for example the USA stated during the trial that they didn't knew doing a nazi salute was considered hate speech in Sweden. The concert and the following trials were brought major attention by Swedish newspapers.[2]
Among the bands appearing at the concert, major attention was brought to among others Max Resist and Vit aggression. It was when Vit aggression played, the police stroke. On their 2002 album Keep Fighting, Max Resist also recorded the song Battle of Brottby, with references to the Brottby Concert.
References
- ↑ "Dagens bild: Slog till under konserten" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 4 January 1998. Retrieved 12 September 2008.
- ↑ "Strängnäsbo fick fängelse för hets mot folkgrupp" (in Swedish). Eskilstuna-Kuriren. 26 May 1998. Retrieved 14 March 2008.