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Epping, Essex, England (1977 – 1984)
In contrast to the Sex Pistols ‘anarchy’, Crass’ attitude was more directly influenced by libertarian socialist philosophy and anarchism’s nineteenth century roots. In the process they promoted anarchism as a legitimate political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement … , popularizing the seminal peace punk movement and touching on such overtly political issues as anti-consumerism, direct action, feminism, pacifism, anti-corporatism, environmentalism, anti-globalization, anti-racism, religious power, and squatting.
Taking literally the punk manifesto of “Do It Yourself”, Crass combined the use of sound collage, graphics, song, film, and subversion to launch a sustained and innovative critical broadside against all that they saw as a culture built on foundations of war, violence, sexism, prejudice, capitalism, religious hypocrisy and unthinking consumerism. They were also critical of what they perceived as the flaws of the punk movement itself, as well as wider youth culture in general. Crass were amongst the progenitors of the anarcho-pacifism that became common in the punk music scene.
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The Feeding of the 5000
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Penis Envy
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Stations of the Crass
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Best Before 1984
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Kristman
he hangs in crucified delight
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Cybertiago
Good
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GustavoArrietaB
Best Punk band ever.
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the_raytownian
"mixing punk + neofolk seems like it'd be a bad idea." FALLING BACK IN FIELDS OF RAAAYPPE!
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Isaaaaaak
but yeah it just seems to be steve, mixing punk + neofolk seems like it'd be a bad idea.
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Isaaaaaak
i love this notion that a band who are so intricately intertwined with their ideology that the second sentence of their biography is about their politics should be judged and criticised regardless of it. their music is an absolute soapbox and it's impossible to ignore that, to people that follow them they're not just "that cunt that plays guitar badly from crass" they're political figures and if they're perpetuating the shite they've protested against for 30 years then people that have been buying their overpriced crap have every right to lay into them. do you see a single mention of their music in that brief summary of the band you smug oh so mature twats? swallow barbwire.
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Isaaaaaak
steve ignorant's a fucking fanny.
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ZelosWilder88
All criticism should be directed at Steve, not the rest of the band. They've been railing against his overpricing/exploitation bullshit since the 00's.
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bgk90
Nah but seriously...who put the shit in #10?
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leeeeeevi
entertaining shoutbox 7/10 would read again
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BallerCraig
Fuck y'all dang-ol' Lefties. Go to Russia, you soulless cunts. Horseshit. Like some sounds tho!!!
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Jonas_Migas
Bla bla traitors...do they owe you anything? They have the freedom to do whatever they want. So what? They did a lot in the late 70s/early 80s. Stop moaning and move on.
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shaunpowell
people love to find a reason to hate unique thinkers such as the members of Crass.
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Poelzig
Traitors?Sell Out? Are we 14 years old? Pay attention to what is important here: their music. Stations of the Crass is pretty avant garde for a punk band,and we're talking about 78/79. Great band,unique sound,end of story.
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lukacrust
years back i thought they were good but then i realized that they are stupid
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satanicazrael
from what i read i understood it as just steve ignorant. the other members don't approve. apparently ignorant has been playing crass songs on his own live since the early 00's or something and they see that as a betrayal of crass as well.
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stupidstuff
Is this Crass or Steve Ignorant and/or Southern? Skimming through the linked page it doesn't appear to me that it's the entire band.
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Spurck
Crass: Capitalist traitors using copyright laws against Anarcho-Punk.Net - 3000 albums deleted because of these greedy selfish sellout bastards http://www.anarcho-punk.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=8983
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ToulouseLR
I hope they'll lose all their precious money through falling stocks and get no further income because no one wants to buy their music.
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HeroinVelvet
I am proud to be an emo little girl. Can I enjoy Crass now?
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