TARA

From Montreal, Canada, a strong, proud woman has emerged to join our musical resistance – her message of truth, hope and unity falling upon welcome ears! Those fortunate enough to see Tara play her solo set at ISD this year truly had quite the treat! An unannounced guest slot ensured safe passage into the UK and at the same time pleasantly surprised the crowd present early in the day.

We are very excited to see a woman in our movement playing her own material! How long have you been writing and playing for?

I have been writing “poems” and rants since I can remember. I played piano as a kid, and hated it. One of my dreams was to be a famous rock musician one day, and to play the guitar. It didn't happen, but when I lived in Ireland in 1998, I was asked to sing in a punk band called “Def Con 4” so I figured that was good enough. I was only supposed to sing their material,
but I immediately started writing lyrics, and taking control of the situation. We were playing shows for about a year. Nobody in the band was a lyric writer, so with the help of the guitarist’s musical input, we created new songs. When I came back to Montreal in 2000, I formed another punk rock band called “Beavershot”, but this time, I had nobody to help me with writing music, so I learned on my own. Our band broke up in 2002, and I continued writing but I began replacing the songs about beer and debauchery, with songs of a more political nature, hoping all the while that someone would notice. Apparently, Blood and Honour England has, which is absolutely brilliant!

ISD, 2006, was your official debut to Blood and Honour. How did that feel? How were you received by the crowd? What was the feedback like?

It was the first time that I can ever remember being nervous and frightened. I only got to drink one beer before hand, it was terrible (not the beer, but the fact that I only had one)! It was the first White Power gig I had ever attended, AND it was the first time I had seen more than about 70 Pro-White people in one place at one time, and that had only happened once. I played quite early on, so most people were only arriving, and were still sober, unfortunately! I got a great reception though, from the people who did manage to make it in early. I’m not very good at being modest, so it’s not modesty when I say I thought I got a better reception than I deserved. I am really surprised, when people say I did well. I only play really choppy bar chords!!

We loved your pink guitar! What is your usual musical weapon of choice?

I loved that guitar also!! That was Steve from Whitelaw’s daughter’s guitar. They were nice enough to give me a lend of it for the day. It actually matched my socks and underwear! Pink is my favourite colour at the moment, so I was totally impressed when I first saw it. I didn’t bring my guitar over with me on the plane, but it’s a Fender stratocaster. If I was a proper guitarist I’d play a Les Paul, they have the best sound ever.

Have you ever played for crowds in Canada at shows / parties or other gatherings?

Of course I played for any comrades who would come over to my house. But they had to be polite, because it was my house!

I organized a few meetings here in Montreal in 2003 and 2004. I invited Paul Fromm from Ontario to speak, and at the last meeting, I brought my amp and played some of my songs. Of course, if meetings in Montreal draw 25 people, you are doing pretty well. And apart from some old lady who began to cry when I played “For Our Race”, nobody seemed too interested in my music, so I didn’t bother doing it again.....and someone went on Stormfront forum afterwards and said I sucked.

Who are your most important musical influences?

I don’t know. I have so many, and a different influence for each song. And then sometimes I just have no conscious influences, and I really don’t know where my ideas come from. But, I’d say the majority of my music is influenced by ’77 style British punk music, Oi!, and Skrewdriver. I have been listening to a lot of German White Power Rock 'n' Roll type bands for
the past two years, and I can see myself becoming slowly influenced by them. "Nordfront" is my favorite. I want to start writing songs in German also, but so far that hasn't panned out.

We understand you’ve been an activist for many years and the target of left-wing attention. Which organisations have singled you out for grief and has this attention had any adverse affects on you?

I’ve only really been an activist since 2003. Before that the only activities I participated in were those of a more violent nature (against reds). I was the main target for reds here for years, and I still am of interest to them, incredibly. They did everything from breaking into my house and stealing all my photographs, to smashing my windows on a bi-weekly (fortnightly) basis, to beating the hell out of me in gangs, to drawing backwards swastikas on the neighbor’s property. I have some idea why I was
such a target, but that’s only my opinion so I’ll leave it out. The ARA and homosexual-led RASH, I guess, were the biggest morons of all, but there are so many communist and anarchist organizations in Montreal, and they are all interlinked, so they are probably all involved to some degree.

Did it have any adverse affects on me?? Hell no! I can say with 100% certainty that if it wasn’t for them and their constant encouragement, I would never have had the incentive to join or stay in the movement this long, and taken the time to enlighten myself politically. I’m a contrary bastard. And I still haven’t gotten them back for all they’ve done.

Your song White Resistance is certainly of crucial importance - the message it holds for women in our movement resonates with us here. Having met you, it clearly holds true to your ideals. Is this message of unity and political activism among women still needing a major push in Canada and the USA?

The message of unity and political activism needs a major push with everyone in the movement and within the general public here in Canada, not just for women. I just wrote it for women, because it sounded better! I love this country dearly, but citizens here have been brainwashed by unrelentless left-wing skutter coming from our Government and media since 1965. I would go so far as to say that we are the most apathetic, naive and politically correct people and Nation in the world, among other things. I find as Quebecers, and Canadians in general, we have adopted this extreme mentality of individualism, where it’s every man for himself, and everything else is only for show. People in the movement here are no different. It seems as
if nobody is willing to really get involved in anything, if it doesn't greatly benefit them personally.

We don’t understand things like family values, and community support here in (especially eastern) Canada. And, in Quebec, everyone is simply jealous of one another, so if you happen to work harder, and or do more than the majority of people, you’ll be hated for it. You have to be as lazy as everyone else around you or be hated, period. I'm hated.

How would you describe the movement in Canada? What are your most prominent issues, in your opinion?

In one word, I’d describe the movement in Canada as, for the most part, regressive. The reasons for that are, in my opinion: a lack of support and general work ethic among (most) comrades in most major areas; too many divisions between people in such a small movement; extremely poor behaviour by people in the movement is largely ignored; we have some of the worlds
worst “hate” laws; pretty much anyone who is politically active gets brought to a human rights tribunal (and sued); and the country is so large, and with too few people that makes it hard to work together as a unit. The fact that there are a lot of reds here may also have something to do with it, but that is arguable.

I’d say that perhaps Anglophone-Francophone issues in Quebec should be addressed as well. Wow, that was a really objective remark on my part. Moving on....

I must add that I have consciously withdrawn from the Canadian movement almost completely, because of the above reasons, and more. But, I’d like to just mention the hard work and dedication of a few comrades, against all odds: The Canadian Heritage Alliance, Northern Alliance, Paul Fromm’s C-FAR, and Marc Lemire and his constitutional challenge. I wish them all
the best of luck with their tribunals.

What do you hope to achieve with your music?

I’ve already achieved more than I’d ever hoped I would. If someone would have told me even 6 or 7 months ago that I would share a stage with English Rose, Brutal Attack, Whitelaw.....(the list continues), I would have laughed and called them an idiot! I think my new goal is to get this CD together, with better than ever material.

I also am in the midst of trying to get a band together, so I don't have to play alone. The members are 6000 km away in England, so it's challenging, but of course, never impossible. My new dream is to play in Germany.

We are really excited to hear more from you and understand we can all look forward to a CD in the very near future! How long do we have to wait for that?

I have an idea when it will be, but I don’t want to make statements that I won’t live up to! All I can say, is I am working very hard at it, and will do the best I can to get it done ASAP.

Any closing comments?

I want to (again) thank Sharon and Steve (Whitelaw) from Blood and Honour Central Division for their persistent efforts to have my music heard. There’s so many people in Blood and Honour in general, who touched and impressed me when I went over there in September, you know who you are, you are all amazing, and I thank you all for such kind hospitality, a warm
welcome, and a chance to share my music with comrades.

Und, zu meinem Held, Sebastian D. in JVA Tegel (Berlin), einen dicken Kuss!!

Thanks Tara – you are a true asset to our movement! We look forward to
seeing and hearing much more of you in the future!