Vinyl LP pressing. "Crass were the missing link between counterculture
hippies and punk's angry rhetoric. The fact they got so big with no
radio play and music so uncompromising is testament not just to their
communication skills, but also to their generation's willingness to
experiment. The band released a series of records that spliced
art-school (in the best possible way), avant-garde collage with
white-heat, punk-rock anger. "When Crass got mad, they got really mad,
and they were ranting and raving at the UK during a mean and miserable
time, when Labour buckled and Thatcher took over. The music of Crass can
only properly be understood in this context - the decaying nation,
state brutality, the miners' strike, the Falklands war, and the death of
60s idealism. Sadly, we're living through similar times now. Are we too
cynical to create an answer like Crass did?" - The Guardian
