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==Views==
Since the 1980s Rice's music and art have been influenced by [[fascist]] and otherwise transgressive ideas and aesthetics. He has often been at the centeraccused of controversyfascist sympathies as a result.<ref>Sunshine 168</ref> The packaging for NON's 1986 album ''Blood & Flame'', for instance, included a [[Wolfsangel]] and a quote from [[Alfred Rosenberg]].<ref>Sunshine 175</ref> He also cultivated connections with neo-Nazis such as [[James Mason (neo-Nazi)|James Mason]] (who he began corresponding with in 1986<ref>Sunshine 170</ref>), [[Tom Metzger]] (whose TV show he appeared on in 1986<ref>Sunshine 173</ref>) and [[Bob Heick]].<ref>Sunshine 180. "During this period, the ''USA Today'' TV show ran a series called 'Racist Youth.' The third episode featured interviews with both Heick and Rice. Heick, Rice, and others were shown walking through the streets and toasting in a bar. For his sit-down interview, Rice wore sunglasses and his paramilitary uniform, with an American Front patch on the breast."</ref> In 1989, Rice and Heick were photographed for ''[[Sassy (magazine)|Sassy]]'' wearing uniforms and brandishing knives. He has also made expressed support for fascism in his writings, interviews, and public appearances.<ref>Sunshine 179. "By 1987, Rice had already started referring to his views as 'fascist,' though not--in public at least--as a 'Nazi.' (He would continue to do so for many years)."</ref> Rice introduced Mason to [[Adam Parfrey]] and [[Michael J. Moynihan]], who would bring Mason's book ''[[Siege (Mason book)|Siege]]'' to a larger audience.<ref>Sunshine 168</ref>
Rice began to face a backlash for these associations in the late 1980s, when more left-wing avant-garde figures like [[Jello Biafra]], [[Peter Christopherson]], and [[V. Vale]] cut their ties with him.<ref>Sunshine 184-85</ref> In the 1990s he began to disassociate himself from the far right and to use fascist iconography with more irony.<ref>Sunshine 188. "After 1993, Rice kept some of the elements of Nazism that he had already picked up, including uniforms and Hitler iconography, even as he moved on. His attention turned towards tiki bars and Holy Grail mysticism, cultivating a relationship with actor Tiny Tim, and collecting Barbie dolls as well as writing and making art. The Nazi imagery he used became blatant and--as he was no longer embedded in the neo-Nazi milieu--more ironic. He posed for a photo in the ''ANSWER ME!'' fanzine, in a T-shirt with 'RAPE' in large white letters, in addition to wearing a swastika necklace."</ref>
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