Crass

{ Crass were an English art collective and punk rock band formed in Epping, Essex in 1977 who promoted anarchism as a political ideology, a lifestyle and a resistance movement. Crass popularised the anarcho-punk movement of the punk subculture, advocating direct action, animal rights, feminism, anti-fascism and environmentalism. The band employed and advocated a DIY ethic in its albums, sound collages, leaflets and films. Crass spray-painted stencilled graffiti messages in the London Underground system and on advertising billboards, coordinated squats and organised political action. The band expressed its ideals by dressing in black, military-surplus-style clothing and using a stage backdrop amalgamating icons of perceived authority such as the Christian cross, the swastika, the Union Jack and the ouroboros. The band was critical of the punk subculture and youth culture in general; nevertheless, the anarchist ideas that they promoted have maintained a presence in punk. Because of their free experimentation and use of tape collages, graphics, spoken word releases, poetry and improvisation, Crass have been associated with avant-punk and art punk. {

Cease & Resist - Sonic Subversion & Anarcho Punk in the UK 1979 -1986 - 2023-05-12 00:00:00

Normal Never Was – Revelations (The Remix Compilation) - 2022-01-21 00:00:00

CHRIST ALIVE! – The Rehearsal - 2021-07-23 00:00:00

Feeding Of the Five Thousand (Crassical Collection) - 2020-10-02 00:00:00

Stations of the Crass (Crassical Collection - 2010 Remastered Edition) - 2020-10-02 00:00:00

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