Crass - You'll Ruin It for Everyone

Few punk bands matched Crass for sheer undimmed vitriol -- just ask Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, whose hard-line conservative government provided irresistible fodder for concept albums like Yes Sir, I Will, which indicted her bid to retake the Falkland Islands. The band shunned any 1977-era notion of accommodating major labels, organizing as an anarchist collective to release its own albums (and related affairs like the Bullshit Detector compilations). Behind the seemingly casual pseudonyms (Joy Devivre, Phil Free, Steve Ignorant, Eve Libertine) lay an intensity that never shied from painting with a broad brush (as exemplified by slogans like "When You Vote, Government Wins"). Read More