Crass
It is hard to imagine anyone reading the lyrics to a Crass song and missing the point. Crass expressed its anarchist, feminist, pacifist agenda in words and images more explicit, and often more crude, than any of the band’s London punk contemporaries. However, the explicitness and crudity of Crass’ creative output were considered strategies. Crass had its origins in a house full of artists and outcasts committed to avant-garde forms of expression and radical politics. The members of Crass strove to embody their collective ideals: the band lived communally, grew its own food and ate a vegetarian diet. Crass also used its income from records and shows to finance the Anarchy Center, an art/performance/action space, as well as numerous bands, fanzines and... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock, Punk, Crust Punk
- City Of Origin:
- Epping, Essex, England
- Formed Date:
- 1977
