Bands that remained faithful to punk's ridgid tenets

[Mississippi Blind Child Assburn]

....through all their releases.


Can you think of any, or were they all , in the end, posers.

[Mississippi Blind Child Assburn]

Were most of them American? (Cos Brits are two-faced.)

[joe]

UK Subs?
Vibrators?

[CN211276]

Sham 69?

[Engypoos]

Crass made a valiant attempt.....That's about it.

[savvypaul]

Crass (1977-1984)

DIY ethos, did everything on their own terms. Crass set up their own label (and, later, their own recording studio) to release their records at below half the usual retail prices. They took a nominal wage of £10 per week, grew their own food and made / repaired their clothes.

They wouldn't play any of the usual venues but, if you ran a fanzine or you had a group of mates and you could find them a village hall, an old warehouse or a field, put the word round, get people there and put the band up for the night and feed them...they would come and play. No door fee, just 'what you can afford' donations to go the nearest anarchist centre or youth club.

They made flyers for the gigs - the one I still have has 'how to make fresh bread' on one side and 'your rights under SUS (stopped upon suspicion / stop & search)' on the other side. You couldn't buy a Crass t-shirt or other such merchandise but they gave out free stencils with records and at gigs so you could spray your own t-shirt / hoodie / leather jacket / wall.

Any left over monies from the records / gigs were used to help unknown artists record and release one single. These included: Poison Girls, Dirt, The Mob, Captain Sensible (of The Damned), Flux Of Pink Indians (whose singer went on to form One Little Indian records), Kuki (Bjork was a band member), Honey Bane, Conflict, Omega Tribe, The Cravats. Crass also gave a large donation to an East London anarchist centre when one record was accidentally 'too profitable'. Record sales are well into seven figures.

After disbanding, as well as individual projects including poetry, street art, free jazz, other punk bands...at least two of the members became leading players in the 'Stop The City' marches and other direct action 'happenings'.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

Cheap second hand drums basher and a talker (you can't call him singer) and what ever hangers on were available to bash or pluck things. Epping semi hippi / punk commune.

[savvypaul]

Cheap second hand drums basher and a talker (you can't call him singer) and what ever hangers on were available to bash or pluck things. Epping semi hippi / punk commune.

Actually a very settled line -up:
Steve Ignorant (vocals)
Eve Libertine (vocals)
Joy De Vivre (vocals)
N. A. Palmer (guitar)
Phil Free (guitar)
Pete Wright (bass, vocals)
Penny Rimbaud (drums, vocals)
Gee Vaucher (artwork, piano, radio)
Mick Duffield (films)

An 'Open House' rather than a commune. People came and went. Contribute something, make art / food, work the garden, tell your story...you're welcome to stay. Some stayed a few days, some a few years, some a few decades.

Penny had been involved with his friend, Wally, in setting up the original Stonehenge music festivals.

[Dr Bunsen Honeydew]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j3_R18a-tw

[savvypaul]

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