In 1981, he appeared on the cover of the Oi! compilation album Strength Thru Oi! (due to his skinhead appearance, not his racist views), with his Nazi tattoos partially airbrushed out. Crane appeared on several T-shirts and calendars produced by the Aldgate skinhead shop The Last Resort during the 1980s. For this act, he was convicted of unlawfully fighting and making an affray, and given a suspended sentence. In 1980, he attacked a black family at a bus stop near Liverpool Street station. Nicky Crane joined the British Movement (BM) in the late 1970s, and by 1980, he had become the BM organiser for Kent. Max Schaefer‘s 2010 novel Children of the Sun depicts an aspiring screenwriter’s search to find out about who was the “real” Nicky Crane. He came out as gay before dying from an AIDS-related illness in 1993. Nicola Vincenzio “Nicky” Crane ( – 8 December 1993) was a British neo-Nazi skinhead activist.
The 4 Skins played in Southall, a predominantly Asian area (and much recommended for cheap and delicious restaurants), which resulted in a mini-riot and the boozer being torched. This was despite the fact that Gary Hitchcock of Combat 18 was the manager of the Oi band the 4 Skins. Crane was featured on the cover of one of the Oi! albums, looking very butch, much to the embarrassment of Gary Bushell who was promoting the music and was desperate to convince people that Oi! wasn’t involved with organised fascism. He was mates with Ian Stuart Donaldson of Skrewdriver etc. He was a member of the fascist British Movement Leader Guard and had something of a fearsome reputation on the cobbles. Nicky Crane caused the British Neo-Nazi Skinheads and British Movement considerable embarrassment Crane was for some time a Nazi poster boy and very prominent in the Nazi movement in the 1980s. “IT’S ALL HISTORY FOR GOODNESS SAKE”….EVEN IF ON OCCASIONS, SENSITIVE, THOUGHT PROVOKING SUBJECT MATTERS THAT INCITE STRONG DEBATE. PLEASE DO BE AWARE THAT THE CRIME THROUGH TIME COLLECTION, IT’S OWNER, OR ANY OF IT’S STAFF HERE AT LITTLEDEAN JAIL HAVE NO AFFILIATION, CONNECTION OR INVOLVEMENT WITH ANY EXTREMIST, POLITICALLY MOTIVATED OR OTHERWISE MOVEMENTS WHATSOEVER …… WE SIMPLY EXHIBIT AND TOUCH UPON A GREAT MANY POLITICALLY INCORRECT AND TABOO SUBJECT MATTERS THAT NO OTHER VISITOR ATTRACTIONS DARE COVER IN THE WAY WE CHOOSE TO DO HERE. SHORTLY AFTER COMING OUT NICKY CRANE DIES FROM AN AIDS RELATED ILLNESS IN DECEMBER 1993 NOTORIOUS BRITISH NEO-NAZI SKINHEAD NICKY CRANE SHOCKS CLOSE FRIEND IAN STUART DONALDSON – FRONTMAN OF FAR RIGHT SKINHEAD BAND – SKREWDRIVER – REVEALING THAT HE IS GAY.