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
Doesn't take much to bring you down
There are plenty of people standing round
Wait till you slacken off just a bit
Then they fill you up with passive bullshit
It's too good. It can't last. What a shame
Watch out for the quiet ones at the back
All they want is the smallest crack
Everythings happening down the front
Innocent bystander you're the biggest runt
Fuck the punks, punks are fucked
It's too loud, awful row
They can't play, they'll give up
In the end, what a shame
Oh what a shame (x 2)
It's still the same
That's what you think
Watch out for the quiet ones at the back
All they want is the smallest crack
Everythings happening down the front
Innocent bystander you're the biggest runt
We all know, it's so bad, but we say so
WHAT A SHAME