Crass was an influential English anarchist punkband. Crass formed in 1977, based around Dial House, an 'open house community' near Epping, Essex, in England. Whereas the Sex Pistols' anarchism seemed to be a self-consciously nihilistic prank, Crass's stance was more directly linked to the libertarian socialist or communalistic varieties of 20th century political thought. Taking literally the punk manifesto of "Do It Yourself", Crass combined the use of song, film, sound collage, graphics and subversion to launch a sustained and innovative critical broadside against all that they saw as a culture built on foundations of war, violence, sexism, religious hypocrisy and unthinking consumerism. They were also amongst the progenitors of the anarcho-pacifism that became pervasive in the punkmusic scene (see also anarcho-punk).
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Crass
They sell us love as divinity
When it's only a social obscenity
Underneath they're all lovable
Chorus: Hello hero, hero hello. Hello hero, Hello hello.
Hello hero, hero hello. Hello hero, Hero hello.
Hello, hello, hello, hello
Obscene sentimental, hero hello
Obsession, obsession, hello, hello
Desire for protection, hero hello
Protect your possessions, Enola hello
Possessions, possessions, hero hello
Protect your obsession, hero hello
Obsession, obsession, hello, hello
Obscene sentimental, hero hello
Chorus
Obscene sentimental, obsession obsession
Desire for protection, protect your possession
Possession, possession, protect your obsession
Obsession, obsession, obscene sentimental
Protection, protection