Skrewdriver

Skrewdriver
Skrewdriver, c. 1977–1978 from left to right: Kevin McKay, Phil Walmsley, Ian Stuart Donaldson, Ron Hartley.
Background information
Origin	Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, England
Genres	Punk rock Oi!
Years active	1976–1979; 1982–1993
Labels	Chiswick Rock-O-Rama White Noise

Past members	Ian Stuart Donaldson Martin Cross Merv Shields Phil Walmsley Ron Hartley Kevin McKay John "Grinny" Grinton Jim "Sturmfuhrer" Rice Mark Radcliffe

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Skrewdriver were an English punk rock band formed by Ian Stuart Donaldson in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, in 1976. Originally a punk band, Skrewdriver changed into a white power skinhead rock band after reuniting in the 1980s. Their original line-up split in January 1979 and Donaldson reformed the band with different musicians in 1982. The new iteration of the band played a leading role in the Rock Against Communism movement.

The band broke up after Donaldson died in a car crash in 1993.