Crass
Christ The Album

THE REVIEW

Today, I wanted to review one of the most uncompromising punk bands in general, who stood against the more important bands of the time, such as the Sex Pistols and The Clash, whom the singer of Crass described as puppets and promoters of the music business, leading them to establish their own record label, Crass Records, to produce their own albums. With their nihilism, Crass laid the foundation for crust punk and the heavyweights of grindcore, Napalm Death, who with the song "Crucifix of Possessions" from their 1983 demo Kak, contributed to the 1984 Crass Records compilation Bullshit Detector Volume 3. Moreover, during their short career, Crass performed at the Virus social center in Milan and in other social centers around Europe, always with the flag of Anarchy displayed, affirming their distance from any injustice and the music business... Crass thus became one of the most important hardcore punk/anarcho-punk bands of the early '80s. 

Now I move on to review the album, which consists of two CDs. The first CD is entirely in studio and was recorded between July 1981 and February 1982 at the Southern Studios in London. It is composed of fifteen songs. The second CD is live and was recorded at the 100 Club in London on June 9, 1981, featuring a whopping twenty-five songs, continuing the massacre started on the first CD. Both CDs reach a duration of 95 minutes, which is almost a record for a punk album.

The main characteristics are that almost all the songs begin with snippets of television programs, newscasts, and from there, the critiques of the system in every part begin, or they have nonsensical or blasphemous lyrics, which caused quite a few problems for the band. All the songs are bullets that suddenly gain speed, sometimes reaching the limits of cacophony or almost grindcore...

I think there are very few bands like Crass that attacked everything and everyone with their ideas, not caring about anyone, but always moving forward for their beliefs. How much better the world would be without the music business and other various injustices....

Greetings to everyone... the next review will be better.... I promise you....  

"WE ARE CRASS NOT CLASH" 

LINEUP:

STEVE IGNORANT - vocals
JOY DE VIVRE - vocals
PEEVE LIBIDO - vocals
PHIL FREE - lead guitar
SRI HARI NANA B.A  - sitar
SYBIL RIGHT - bass
ELVIS RIMBAUD - drums
G. SUS - tapes

PS: Today there are kids who consider themselves alternative because they listen to Tokio Hotel, Vasco, Ligabue, Finley, Green Day, and other various garbage... this review of mine is an invitation to open your eyes and look beyond these pseudo-singers/pseudo-bands from MTV... true music is not this....