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
This country tell us that we're down and out
Got you thinking that we're through
Got to suffer to get us moving
Say it's up to me and you
Well, look around and you'll see who gets the goods
Not you or me
Cause they ain't suffering
No, not for us
They're masquerading like pissers must
They abuse us, keep us right underfoot
With the illusion of contentment and good
Well it's not over, war's still around
And they've got no problem when you're underground