The bigger they become, the more they look down on you. Most 'anarchist' bands are/were total fucking hypocrites.. this lot included, with the exception of Oi Polloi and maybe Rudimentary Peni. But, this is a music site, not a politico rant, and let's face it, the tunes were great even if the sentiments were as shallow as a puddle.
CRASS  'do they owe us a living ?'
The pioneers of the anarcho-punk movement, Crass were a brilliant band til they disappeared up their own collective arsehole. This is a different version to the one on Feeding Of The 5000.
CONFLICT  'this is not enough'
As Crass waned, so Conflict grew... someone had to carry the flag, I suppose. Later on, these south London punks also decided to get arty and clever, but this is one of their finest moments, powerful, fast and pissed off, just like it ought to be. *Recently released a new 'album' lasting 20-odd minutes. As if that in itself wasn't bad enough, less than half of it was actually new.. a new album should, surely, have more than ten minutes of new material ???
RUDIMENTARY PENI  'rotten to the core'
Short, wierd songs wrapped up in some of the best artwork the punk scene has ever known. Not as blatantly 'anarchist' as some of their contemporaries. A pretty unique sounding band.
SUBHUMANS  'no thanks'
Forerunners to the (terrible) ska punk movement .. great lyrics, guitar solos that sounded like elephants in pain, another very original sounding band.
OI POLLOI  'thugs in uniform'
Going strong since the early 80s. No need to reform cos they, unlike so many others, never went away. This is a very early track, but thankfully, the band never 'matured'.
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