One of Screwdriver’s biggest so-called hits was called ‘Smash the IRA’. One of Ulster’s most infamous far-right activists has been laid to rest after passing away on New Year’s Day with what was reported as “Covid complications.” ‘Big Merv’ Shields was a leading member of the notorious white power Nazi band Screwdriver, where he played the bass guitar for several years on at least three albums. He played at many White Power concerts and was instrumental in the notorious Blood and Honour neo-Nazi music network. (…) It’s understood Shields, who was in his late 50s, had suffered underlying health problems with his heart and on some far-right websites it was reported he had died in hospital from “Covid complications”.
via sundayworld: RACE HATER Infamous neo-Nazi skinhead band member dies of ‘Covid complications’ in Co Antrim hospital