Crass

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 24. Chapters: Crass albums, Crass members, Dial House, Essex, Gee Vaucher, Penny Rimbaud, Crass Records, Schwartzeneggar, Bullshit Detector, Eve Libertine, The Feeding of the 5000, Steve Ignorant, Penis Envy, N. A. Palmer, John Loder, Honey Bane, Yes Sir, I Will, Crass Records discography, Stations of the Crass, Christ ¿ The Album, Thatchergate, Last Amendment, Southern Studios, Best Before 1984, There Is No Authority But Yourself, Joy De Vivre, Pete Wright, You'll Ruin It for Everyone, Acts of Love, EXIT. Excerpt: Crass were an English punk rock band that was formed in 1977, which promoted anarchism as a political ideology, way of living, and as a resistance movement. Crass popularised the seminal anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, and advocated direct action, animal rights, and environmentalism. The band both utilised and advocated a DIY punk ethic approach, producing sound collages, graphics, albums, and films. Crass also criticised mainstream culture and attempted to subvert it with messages promoting feminism, anti-racism, anti-war, and anti-globalisation. Crass practiced "direct action" by spray-painting stencilled graffiti messages around the London Underground system and on advertising billboards, coordinating squats, and organising political action. The band also expressed its ideals by dressing in black, military surplus-style clothing, and using a stage backdrop which amalgamated several "icons of authority" including the Christian Cross, the swastika, the Union Flag, and an Ouroboros. The band were critical of punk subculture itself, as well as wider youth culture in general. Crass promoted the type of anarcho-pacifism that eventually became more common in the punk music scene (see anarcho-punk). They are also considered involved with the art punk genre, due to their use of tape collages, graphics, spoken word releases, poetry and improvisation. Crass, 1981. N. A. Palmer (left) and Steve Ignorant (right)The band was based around Dial House, an open house community near Epping, Essex, when Dial House founder and former member of avant-garde performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion Penny Rimbaud (real name Jeremy Ratter) began performing with Clash fan Steve Ignorant (real name Steve Williams), who was residing in the house at the time. Between them, they produced the songs "So What?" and "Do They Owe Us A Living?" as a drums and vocals duo. For a short period of time, they called themselves Stormtrooper, before choosing the name Crass, a reference