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Jeremy Hall once tattooed a swastika over a fellow prisioner’s heart

  • Billy Idol reflected in 2025 on how Siouxsie Sioux wore a swastika in 1976 as a punk performance statement in Paris.
  • They wore the symbol to mirror perceived rising fascism in England, though French audiences misunderstood it as endorsing Nazism.
  • Siouxsie's swastika night porter outfit provoked anger from left-wing French viewers and nearly caused violence at the show.
  • Idol described the use of the swastika as 'performance art' meant to reflect oppressive powers, saying, 'If you're going to go fascist, then we're going to reflect that back to you.'
  • The event exemplified punk’s anti-establishment stance and highlighted cultural gaps between London’s punk scene and Parisian audiences in the 1970s.
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France Info broke the news in Strasbourg, France on Monday, May 5, 2025.
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